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Are you still constantly locked into the present moment, and if so how did you do it, what are the steps?

Hansol!! you here? I didn't know you were a buddhist too...

I've been meditating for over 2 years! :)

you don't have to be a Buddhist to practice mindfulness

Exactly the present moment is the present moment, there not different types of present moment but there just is the present moment. Ah I love life.

What he's describing is formal meditation, which is a great way to develop present moment awareness in day to day life. Look up Jon Kabat-Zinn's work on informal vs formal meditation.

Because the mindfulness is too weak to hold on to the present moment, as a result it drifts off to the past (memories, some may not be accurate) and the future (fantasies). Second, the mind finds it too boring and uninteresting to be in the present moment; some meditators can even hear music in their meditation! (because the mind is more interested in that so it fabricates that from the store of memory). In this case, one probably can try other methods other than mindfulness of breathing like metta, body sweeping, asubha, repeating mantra. Or simply let the mind be.....once it is done with all these overwhelming thoughts, it get tired and will settle....

Nope.. Datz the whole point....!!... mindfullness z all about watching non-judgmentally what ever arises in the present moment..now when u see light-works appear in meditation,u get identified wid fear,as dis concept z foreign to u...dere z no faith attached with it...dese r mostly vivid form of phosphenes dat happen to manifest, when mind z mostly devoid of external sensory input...no need to worry about dat ,dey come and go ....sometimes dey r too vivid..but by being scared,u actually start forming fearful conjectures about how dis will "trap u in ur body" or how it will "damage Ur nervous system"...it dsnt do anything of dat sort...however if u r too scared,initially do meditative practises for few minutes and slowly increase the amount...also add in breath-works or pranayama,dey help prepare Ur nervous system for handling such experiences....

@@constipatedbowels3473 you're talking like Ali G

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One way is by choosing activities you enjoy doing and being fully present while doing them. You can be fully present while eating a meal that tastes great. The more present in the moment one is the less thinking that happens. So being present makes the mind quieter, it quietens thinking. There'll still be thoughts but they will slow down and there will be longer gaps of silence in between the thoughts. If you enjoy singing or any other activity then doing that activity tends to cause one to be present in the moment. The more you engage in thought ABOUT something the less present you will likely to be. You can also be fully present in the moment to the thoughts that are passing through your mind. It is when we get lost in thought, identified with thoughts, that we have lost the witnessing presence or silent observer.This witnessing presence that you are (pure awareness/pure consciousness) directly experiences what is happening in the present moment without EVER engaging in thought about the present moment. It is your mind which engages in thoughts about the present moment. When you give your full focus, full attention to anything in the present moment this either completely quiets the mind or makes it considerably more quiet. With activities you enjoy greatly or have a passion it is easier to be present/in the present moment. The quieter your mind the more peaceful, calm, fulfilled and content you are likely to feel. It's a good thing if you do a formal practice like using the breath or a mantra as an object of focus in the present moment and also be present in both activities you enjoy and activities you find boring.

Because the mindfulness is too weak to hold on to the present moment, as a result it drifts off to the past (memories, some may not be accurate) and the future (fantasies). Second, the mind finds it too boring and uninteresting to be in the present moment; some meditators can even hear music in their meditation! (because the mind is more interested in that so it fabricates that from the store of memory). In this case, one probably can try other methods other than mindfulness of breathing like metta, body sweeping, asubha, repeating mantra. Or simply let the mind be.....once it is done with all these overwhelming thoughts, it get tired and will settle....

Watch the Watcher I’m sorry 😢

It's better to look at our subjective mental reactions and emotions when pain manifests,dan looking at pain itself...and dat can help us let go off the pain psychologically....mostly it's our narrative of our pain,like "oh my Gawd,why does it hurt so much"","why do dese stuff keep happening to me" etc,causes us much suffering dan the pain itself...but all dis should b done after u have contacted Ur physician for diagnosis and treatment offcourse....mindfullness z not an excuse to escape pain...pain z body's way of saying something z wrong wid it....

It's always fun, it's all there truly is. That's why when your not in the present moment, your mind is going places that don't exist which can be the past which is something that's has happened but is not happening and future which is something that's going to happen but isn't happening.

@@kooperkaney2883 Or could it be that there is no past and future, but that everything happens all at once, or what the book of Ecclesiastes refers to as “ONE EVENT?”