Arriving in the moment

19. Mai 2025

Arriving in the Moment

People’s thoughts:

„Thought and felt, I believe I must achieve this state (the present moment ~ the ‘I am’) — as if it were something: difficult to reach / rare / special (only for pros ~ experts) — something one must learn. (…) Well, the day ~ the time will (hopefully) come… (when it reveals itself)? Is it something like being in the flow while doing something?“

We are constantly searching — trying to achieve, find, or learn something — and that’s perfectly normal. It’s human. Because we’ve been taught to rely solely on our minds, we’ve become separated from the ever-present moment. A single thought can prevent us from fully perceiving the present. This state of deep peace is already here. It is only our thoughts — which we direct toward everything else, toward our thoughts and emotions — that draw our attention away, including the mental ideas mentioned above. Our reflections about whether this state is hard to reach, where to find it, and how to access it, are precisely what keep us from experiencing the now.

Personal experience

Unknowingly, I too searched everywhere. I believed I had to achieve something — by traveling, by dedicating myself to sports, by reading countless books, by meditating again and again. But instead of truly arriving in the moment, I lost myself in ideas of how it should feel. Yet in hindsight, that was my path. And only because I walked it, I was able to see that everything I had longed for had been here all along. The origin is the fulfillment.

Everything lies in this one moment — the very moment I write these words for you — within me. It is a process, one that every human goes through in their own way. What’s essential on this path is to learn to listen to your heart. Because it will always guide you back to yourself. Reason — your mind — will only get in the way. First, it’s important to realize that everything you say, judge, or believe — how you see the world — happens in your mind. And these are just thoughts — every judgment, every belief or assumed belief.

Approach

Once you recognize that all you’re striving for, all you’re trying to grasp or achieve, exists only in your mind, you begin to see the illusion. Only then are you able to truly perceive the present moment. It’s okay — just as it is right now. You, too, are on your own path. Every person needs the time and the process their life gives them in order to come back home to themselves — to truly arrive in the moment. Arriving in the Moment

Use the following questions to help you connect with the present:

What am I trying to grasp?
What do I want to achieve — what am I searching for?
Why do I want to arrive now, when what I’m looking for is already all around me?
What is the next step I can take to calm my thoughts?
What practice can help me quiet my mind — to find my way into this moment?

Arriving in the moment