When we pull ourselves out of the moment, by either dwelling on the past or projecting into the future it is easy to drift into morbid reflection, which is spiritually deadly. When thinking about the past, what surfaces? Do we remember the overwhelming number of times when things went well, when we did the right thing? Alternatively, does our consciousness have a curious tendency to focus on those times when we were less than our best? When musing on the future, is it along the lines of things will be great, seeing ourselves walking hand and hand with God or something darker?
Fear is a powerful foe and is forever trying to steer us onto the path destruction, away from the light. The only time we can stand in the presence of God, the only time we can be present for God, the only time God can act in our lives is in the present moment. Living on the Spiritual Basis, we have a history with God’s love and direction and the belief that He will be there tomorrow, but if we fail to practice spiritual principles in the moment all the self-knowledge in the world will be of no avail, in fact self-knowledge avails us nothing unless viewed through spiritual glasses.
The past is an asset used to teach those who seek answers from us, of what life was like before and after choosing to Live on the Spiritual Basis. The future a promise, chapters unwritten, the writing left to God, if we can only stay in the moment. Be present for God for He is always present for us, fear notwithstanding.
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