Why It Is So Hard to Live in the Present

[ElectricSavant]

Too much smog around me...back to the future.

The breathe and focusing on the breathe can help bring you into the present. It is our connection to the world around us.

 

[maxinger]

Because people don't comprehend what is

consciously aware of the present moment, and
living moment by moment.

And are unable to change subconscious programs
to match the wishes and desires of the conscious mind.

 

[Grantx]

Because youre a time travelling meat battery. Your purpose is to generate emotional energy by oscillating between past and future events. Your reactions to the emotion causes ripples which affect the ripples of other time travelling meat batteries around you.
You have the unique ability to generate ripples at will by simply travelling into the past and recreating happy or sad events or travel forward in time to imagine glorious revenge scenarios, or slaying enemies with the cheering admiration of onlookers who drive your emotional energy to new heights.

The problem with getting into the moment is that you have become so accustomed to time travelling that you dont know how to stop that process. The energy generated by your oscillations between past and present is all you know. Being still takes practice.
Good luck

 

[Frederick Foresight]

I find it difficult to live entirely in the narrow present because I'm not very happy with it in a wider sense. If I felt entirely happy with the present, I wouldn't be able to go on trading, it would be an unjustifiable financial risk and a time distraction.

As trading will be my best available current path from the present, I don't want to be overtaken by complacency and calmness. The uncomfortable present is helping me towards a better future.

So you think you operate better in a state of discomfort? Then imagine the worlds you would conquer if you were sitting on a thumbtack.

The author of this book makes the case that happiness precedes success rather than follows it:

 

[ElCubano]

I find it difficult to live entirely in the narrow present because I'm not very happy with it in a wider sense. If I felt entirely happy with the present, I wouldn't be able to go on trading, it would be an unjustifiable financial risk and a time distraction.

As trading will be my best available current path from the present, I don't want to be overtaken by complacency and calmness. The uncomfortable present is helping me towards a better future.

Chasing Money, Status and Fame can never produce the happiness that Personal Growth, Community betterment and giving can. Once your needs are taken care of its all noise.

 

[ElCubano]

Flow - Mihaly Ciskszentmihalyi … Athletes call it "the Zone" in the moment. This dopamine comes from focusing all your energy on a something...Mountain Climbing etc. preferably something you do because of the love for it not because they forced you or are getting a check.

 

[Frederick Foresight]

Chasing Money, Status and Fame can never produce the happiness

Chasing women, on the other hand...

 

[SteveH]

Remove 90% of sugar sources from your diet. It will dramatically change how well you think, look and deal with emotions for the better. You won't emotionally dwell on trivial things. Your concentration levels will increase dramatically. Depression abates. Every day feels like a good day and your mind feels more active, creative.

 

[Sprout]

That questtion just produces more of the same. Reframing the question, “What are the easiest ways to get present?”

Reframing stimulates a solution oriented focus, rather than a problem oriented one.

Thinking about problems just creates more problems and more of the same.

Thinking about solutions calls in new experiences.

 

[ElCubano]

Thoughts come and go. Through practice these thoughts can have less attachment and flow through your mind easier. The space between thoughts is where present lies. peace.