“Be here, now!” — Ram Dass
This writing is Certified Human
The Obstacle
We are here but not.
Our bodies are somewhere, and our minds are somewhere else.
Every task we do seems to distract us from what and where we are.
Podcasts while working or doing dishes. Cooking, eating, social media, news, audiobooks, books, TV, email, text messages, phone calls.
A constant barrage pulling us away from what we're doing and where we are.
It's almost impossible to just do what we're doing without thinking about what we could be doing. Or replaying the past or projecting into the future.
Can we not just be here?
The Gift and Opportunity
We can turn off our phones and schedule time to be here.
We can do what we're doing regardless of what we're doing.
We can be where we are while cooking, eating, doing the dishes, having conversations, or whatever mundane task or situation we're in.
We can really notice what's around us and what's happening in our bodies in the space of time we actually occupy.
We can choose to be here.
The Practice of Self-Mastery
• Turn off the distraction
• Notice where we are
• Do what we're doing
• Be here
CHEAT CODE: TURN OFF → NOTICE → DO → BE
The Why
From the time I wake up to the time I go to bed, I seem to be distracted by everything except what's actually happening.
I find myself multitasking, listening to podcasts while doing chores, audiobooks and music while driving.
My mind is constantly pulled into the past and projected into the future.
Today, as often as I could, I focused on just doing what I was doing.
Driving in silence, cooking without distraction, washing my hands without letting my mind wander.
All the little things.
I was just there for them.
It's surprising how often my mind was pulled into wanting to do something else.
And how much I enjoyed just being where I was.
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