Why feel the present moment when it is hostile?

Everyone feels happy doing different things.
But the basis of happiness remains the same for everyone. 

My dear friend, 

Happiness is awareness and appreciation of the present moment!

Whatever we do, if we can pay kind attention to the present, with an attitude of non-judgment, it bestows with happiness.
We feel blessed and appreciate everything, and are less prone to stress and negativity. 

A beautiful observation by Gautama Buddha…

“Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.” 

Better said than done

Everyone encounters many moments when we feel like running away from our present.
Some situations are hostile, some moments are just not worth feeling them.

If we feel them, we stress more, we agonize more. 

I’m sure you can relate to any of the following hostile moments.

How can we:

• feel happy in the present when we are hungry and don’t know the source of the next bread?
• dwell in the present when we are a failure today?
• enjoy the present seeing a handicapped beggar lying down on the side street?
• extract happiness from the surroundings when rapes and killings are happening around?
• feel the present when we lose a family member in a sudden demise?

Seriously, why will we make our lives tougher living in the present when feeling it is already tough? 

If this is what you are wondering, let me tell you that your curiosities have landed on the right harbor.

Let’s unlock

To begin, let me bombard a few questions on you.

• Were you happy when there was no reason to feel sad?

• Were you free flowing when life was fair?

• Was there no ego in your competition before?

• Were you cheerful when the situations were not adverse?

• Did you enjoy nature when everything around seemed beautiful?

• Were you high on life or high on success – if ever it was?

• Did you forgive your loved ones when they were alive?

If you ask me ‘Why feel the present moment when it’s hostile’, I ask you… ‘Did you feel the present moment when it was unhostile?’

I’m sorry but my question is mightier than yours.

And it’s taking you to a deep self-analysis, your feelings get hurt.

You know why?
It’s because you are guilty of playing the blame game on people and situations.
And now finding it hard to take the onus on yourself.

Now let’s talk about the solution for which we are here.

Why feel the present moment when it is hostile?

My dear, it’s easy to blame life, situations, people as per your convenience but what’s tough is to bother least about the outside.
It’s easy to run from the present, but what’s hard is to stay there even in unfavorable situations.

In reality, you cannot escape reality.

No matter how hard you run, it soon catches up with your speed, this time with a harder intensity. 

Turning away from challenging life by taking the help of medication and intoxication is not a solution either.
It calms a few moments but these are not the solutions, just the momentary illusions.

Please stop creating your parallel world by opting for these options.
Because when the effect of these so-called solutions is over, it throws you to reality.

When you could not face it then, tell me how will you be able to face it now?

This time, reality punches even harder.

And this is when addictions are introduced, where you either become drug-addicts, alcoholics, and you get knocked down.

Let me ask you:

Are you doing justice to your life feeling the favorable present situations, your likable ones, and ignoring the unfavorable situations, the ones you dislike?

Is it not ignorance?
Is it right not to test yourself in tough situations?
How will you accept the truth without facing it courageously?
How will you be able to handle pressure situations when you don’t have any experience of withstanding it?

Let me tell you there is no definition of ideal present moment.
It is we who have to make the present moment ideal by feeling it.

Because even if you achieve your desired goals, you cannot be happy.
It is because you never settle for it.
You crave for more, you want more, you expect more.
And this desire for more keeps your mind running like crazy, and the happiness in the present moment is denied.

In-depth realizations

Be it a positive or a negative situation, we experience any moment compulsively, and not consciously. 

Surprisingly, most of us struggle to find happiness even when there is no reason to feel sad.
Yes, we cannot feel happy even if we have money, successful careers, a good personal life, no reason to feel negative.

On the other hand, I have seen people happy who do not know the source of their next bread.
Yes, these people exist.
Surprisingly, the reason behind it is that they are tripping to the beats of the present moment.

Time for some Happy Realizations

Life is not a fairytale.
It is all about peaks and valleys where highs and lows are in balance.
And when we are enjoying the highs, how can we run away from your lows?

This way, you can never dissolve the boundaries of your comfort zone. 

Only when you experience pain without judgment, you value happiness in its absoluteness.

My dear, when everything around is not happening according to you, or you cannot do whatever you feel, allow the reverse work… Start feeling whatever you do!

Happiness is seeking reasons, and it’s a sad state.

It’s shocking to see that our natural state has become sadness, which was once happiness. 

Agreed, it’s not always in our fortunes to turn the situation.
If that’s the case, we need to play the waiting game and allow the clock time to move on.

This creates an effortlessness for the unmanifested to lead the way so that the mind is free from the pressure of the psychological time.

When we are present in the now, we act more, think less, live more, as everything emanates from the source of consciousness.
It is when overthinking turns into imagination, and we begin creating something to overturn the unfavorable situation. 

Final words

Stop thinking about the future.
Live in the present moment for a better future.

Be happy if the situations are favorable.
In case of unfavorable situations, endure today for a better tomorrow.
Because only when you feel a hostile moment, the pain transcends.

Many people ask me what if I die enduring?
I say you are already dead if you are not enduring!

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