edfreelife: The past, for all intents and purposes, does not exist. And yet… somehow, when it
edfreelife: The past, for all intents and purposes, does not exist. And yet… somehow, when it comes to our past, we’re all hoarders of it. We collect moments that have happened and have gone and then cling on to them like to life itself. To us those moments (seem) like they’re our only identity. If we let go of the past, what do we have? We (think) we have nothing. In all reality, in the words of Eckhart Tolle (a truly enlightened spiritual teacher), all we really have in this life is the NOW. This moment, right now. That is all we have because everything else has either happened or is yet to happen but we are only truly experiencing what is happening now, here, today. If all you’re fixating on is your past - past mistakes, past joys, past hardships or successes, you’re doomed to keep yourself imprisoned in the memory of those experiences while you keep yourself from new ones NOW. You’re caging yourself while holding the key in your hand but refusing to use it to set yourself free. That is insanity. Your past does not define who you ARE in this moment. Who you ARE is who you are NOW. Perhaps events of your past brought you here but mentally living in the past will never propel you forward to what COULD be - they will only keep you trapped in old ways of thinking, old ways of doing and your (past) suffering. Just because up until NOW you have been a certain way, does not mean that you have to continue being that way if you choose a different path NOW. Identity is self-created and it is whatever you choose to make it. If you CHOOSE to create your identity around your past (something that has once been and that has gone), it will become that. If you choose to create your identity around the future (something arbitrary that hasn’t happened yet), it will become that and you might find yourself on an endless hunt for something that isn’t guaranteed to ever come into existence. You can, however, also choose to create your identity around THIS moment, the NOW and open yourself up to truly just live what IS - what is REAL and TANGIBLE. You can make your NOW whatever you want it to be - that is the only power you actually have because the past cannot be changed and the future is an ever-elusive ghost, the shape of which we can never predict. Let go. Move on. Embrace the NOW. It is all you really have.Want an ED-free life? Click Here -- source link