There's a lot -- and I mean a lot -- of "talk" these days about this thing called the present moment. It's everywhere. On TV. In books. Workshops. Seminars. Blogs. Everywhere!
Of course, this isn't new at all -- the call to "the present moment" is an ancient as any spiritual teaching in the world. Of course, it used different terms, but the core concept was the same: surrender the past, ignore the future, and find yourself in the here and now.
Sounds easy huh?
So...
Why is it so difficult?
Really. What's the big deal about this? Why are so many people -- for sooooo long -- talking about this present moment thing? Why is it so hard to "be" in it? Why should something so simple occupy the teachings of so many people?
It's because of one core, essential, perennial concept: the mind cannot exist in the present moment. In fact, the present moment is death to the mind.
Ask yourself: is the struggle to enter the present moment really your struggle? Or is it your mind trying to keep you -- in a million different ways -- from experiencing the here and now?
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