Day 6 - Present Moment Awareness II

40 Day Meditation Retreat 2007 with Sri Vasudeva
"Be Wise in Action"
Day 6 - Saturday March 31, 2007
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Present moment awareness is being fully in the moment, being completely in the present. It means being fully attentive to whatever you're doing, complete devotion to the object of your concentration, giving full attention to whatever you're focused on. So in that moment you may not be aware of everything around you because you are focused on your task and, of course, you are in a safe space. If you need to be aware of something while you are in activity, then you bring that into your awareness.

When you can actually hold every moment very powerfully, in the present, the experience is extraordinary. You see more in that particular event so it becomes an extraordinary event. So, in actually narrowing your point of view to whatever you're focused on, can also lead you into an expansive awareness. So even though you are focused on some object and you may think that you are limiting your view, or focus, it is also an opportunity, an invitation, to enter an expansive state.

The whole idea here is, when subject, object and process become one, it is an experience of freedom. When you're completely in oneness with whatever you are focused on there is an experience of freedom, an expansive experience of oneness where two become one.

Has anyone ever experienced this before?

Perhaps while playing a sport? Going completely into "the zone", being completely focused on the game, and yet feeling like you're in an expansive state?

Perhaps while studying for a school exam? The outside world slowly ceases to exist and you become completely at one with the subject.

Or perhaps you've experienced this while staring into the beautiful eyes of a young child?

Come share your experiences and your thoughts about today's message!

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