either on the future or the past. The mind, the creator of our
reality, is either in forward or reverse gear and rarely in
neutral, which is the present moment.
Most of us are living our lives through images, uncontrolled
thoughts rather than in the “now.” Our lives are in this
moment. We only have this moment. The past has gone. The
future will never come. It will always be just that, the future.
We have “now”. We only live “now”and we can only be happy
“now”. This is all we ever have. Focus on the “now” and
happiness is assured. Thoughts control our emotions. Control
our thoughts. Ipso facto happiness is within our grasp. We
weed out what makes us unhappy and we are left with Class A
happiness.
Unfortunately we have one major problem. How to monitor
and control our working minds. Two well-known and
expensive procedures are psycho analysis and cognitive
behavioural therapy. They take time but apparently they do
help us overcome our states of unhappiness. Another more
readily available way is through the practice of meditation and
the development of mindfulness. This is a key to happiness,
which everyone can use. Try it.
Tony Downey M.Ed.,Dip Spec.Ed. DASE.
If you would like to know more or if
you are already practicing meditation I
would love to hear from you. Possibly
we could set up a group of meditators,
a group of friends who are interested
in self-development and happiness.
Anyone out there interested can
contact me at [email protected].