Comments on: How Much Of Life Are You Actually Living?

By: Erica

Erica — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 17:32:50 +0000

It is so hard to enjoy the journey when you are so excited about the destination.

I find myself looking forward to life events so often. I think one point that needs to be made is that looking forward to things gets some of us through the most mundane, unhappy situations. For instance, I work a cubicle job – living in the moment can be really difficult when you are working to pay the bills and get your next travel high. While I do understand the importance of “the moment” I think it is equally as important to keep ourselves sane.

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By: Joseph Ratliff

Joseph Ratliff — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 23:04:16 +0000

Glen,

Whoa.

I was driving in the car with my family the other night…in a hurry to get where I was going about 10 miles away (taking the kids to grandmas)…

I wanted to “rush” to get there…to get the driving done.

After reading this post (the first I’ve read on your blog)…I’ve had a “duh” moment. I drove the car just to get where I was going…and missed out on the drive itself.

Great stuff dude.

By: David @ A Happy Pocket Full of Money

David @ A Happy Pocket Full of Money — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 14:16:21 +0000

This is absolutely one of the coolest posts I have read in a while. I think, just to add, we should all find something we love that also makes meaning to us. Making meaning. Once you make meaning, in anything (not just ‘saving the world’, I mean anything that you feel a ring to, even if it is porn like Hug Hefner – up to you), you will live a full life!

By: John

John — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 22:44:58 +0000

Really enjoyed this article, I think it’s very important in today’s society of GOGOGOGO. We need to all learn to stop and smell the roses for two minutes and actually… Breathe.
Excellent article, and great template on your site as well.

By: Glen

Glen — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 14:52:33 +0000

You should watch The Hangover.

By: Bob

Bob — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 13:59:02 +0000

Thanks, It’s a great article.
But “Once we’re out with friends we’re excited about putting our photos on Facebook”, that bit is just retarded…

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By: Erik

Erik — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 11:39:49 +0000

Hehe! Thank you for your detailed answer, Alex. Funny how you interpreted it: with the ‘girl’ I was actually referring to Iain’s daughter, which obviously knows how to be in the now. Though I do doubt if she is in the state you mean, with awareness of thought and all.

Thank you for explaining the three versions of being in the now, it’s a little clearer now (…).

As for girls of my age leaving me…you’re probably right too. Acceptance is the key, also when being with her in the first place. Missed that the last ten years. It’s always me not accepting the now and leaving her. Zapping from channel to channel, girl to girl and life to life. I start to see that that is a rather anxious and shallow way of living. Life in a horizontal way, to put it abstractly. Choosing the now/situation I’m in adds a vertical level to it and deepens the moment. It is the ‘gate to the now’ which Eckhart Tolle uses to describe this process.

I read this blog yesterday and started listening to Tolle’s audiobooks. Very simple, but it reaches deep within me. I will try washing the dishes and doing what I do just for the sake of it as often as I can. There has been a veil around myself for too long. Wasting my now.

Good luck to all of you, and a happy present.

Erik