Living in the Now: Eliminate Negative Emotions and Find True Joy

All right, welcome back to the Daily Mastermind. George Wright III here with your daily dose of inspiration, motivation, and education. We are on part three, three of three, of a highlighted chapter I'm reading on The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle. Let's get right into it today. you know day one of this three-part series we talked about that you're not your mind and that time is an illusion because we're usually just caught up in the past and the future and that your mind is really tied to time and and the key to getting outside that is to ground yourself more in the present moment that's where you're going to get results that's where you're going to start to see progress in your life and get rid of a lot of the negatives is if you can get into the present moment. And in the day two, we talked about how to really focus on accessing the power of now, of the present moment, by becoming a silent observer of your mind and becoming more aware of where your mind goes and why it's going there and being a silent observer, not a critical observer. And we've also talked about letting go of psychological time versus the clock time, right? We have to be tied to time to a certain degree, but it's when we get caught up in the emotions of it that it becomes destructive to our success and our fulfillment. And then today what I want to do is I want to kind of cap it off by talking about and really highlighting a bunch of this chapter on how to get rid of negative emotions and the problems that we have all the time. How to really eliminate those and live more of your life rather than your life situation. You know and you've got to be able to learn to reframe your problems and we'll talk about how to you know, create more joy by operating in the present moment. So, you know, this particular section of this chapter, you know, I just highlighted a ton of this book. And so I may just kind of take some time to just paraphrase and read you some of the highlights that I have in order to give you the cliff notes. But there again, I really encourage you to get this book called The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle. And this is chapter three called Moving Deeply into the now, because I really, really believe that results in your mind, your body, your business, everything are going to happen if you can get more present moments. So we've now moved into the section where we talk about negativity and suffering are all rooted in time. You know, he says, usually the future is just a replica of the past. And I think we know that. I think we've seen in our lives that patterns and cycles continue to happen, right? And transformation is really going to depend on whether or not you're present enough. Because if your mind carries heavy burdens of the past, you'll experience more of the same over and over. And the past will always perpetuate itself through your lack of presence. And the quality of your consciousness at any given moment is going to shape whether or not your future is going to change And so if you struggling with those cycles that what you have to be more conscious of So what is it that determines the quality of your consciousness Well your degree of presence will do that And the only place that true change can occur is in the present. So think about that for a minute. You can only create transformation if you're focused on the present. All of your negativity, it's all caused by accumulation of psychological time and the denial of the present. Future, you know, when you have too much future, it's because you have, you know, not enough present, you have too much future, or you have too much of the past, it's also not enough of the present. You've got to focus on the present moment in order to overcome those challenges and things that you're having. So you find, you know, let's say that you find it hard to recognize that time is the cause of your suffering, and this is a key thought. Until you've dealt with the basic problem-making dysfunction of the mind, the fact that the mind, right, creates your problems in time, its attachment to the past and future, and denial of the now, your problems are just interchangeable. See, you're going to say to yourself, well, look, this thing really happened, and this situation really happened, and these things are really there. That's true. But until you deal with the real problem, that your mind keeps going back to the past or your mind is still anxious about the future, your problems are just interchangeable. Even if you fix that problem, you're going to continue to have other problems that you obsess about. So when you can become aware of this function that your mind attaches itself to time, the past, the stories, the future, the anxiety, that's when you can really create a change. And that's really amazing to think about. So Eckhart goes on to say, you know, finding the life underneath your true life situation. This is a good one because if you think about it, we need to learn to get away from this psychological time thinking because things in the past didn't go our way or we wanted them to go our way and they didn't and you're still resisting or you're hoping that the future will basically keep you going and give you something better to look forward to. All of that is rooted in past and future. You have to learn this. You have to learn to forget about your life situation for a while and pay attention to your life. And he goes on to say, what's the difference? Your life situation exists in time. Your life is now. So your situation is time. Your life is now. Your life situation is all stuff in your mind. Your real life is real. So you've got to learn to live in your life, not your life situation, one that's created by your mind. And when you're full of problems and there's no room for anything new, you know, you're not going to create those solutions. So you've got to create space. And the way you do that is by focusing on the present. And I know I'm really kind of trying to hammer this home, but it's because a lot of you just don really realize that 90 of your thoughts your challenges your negativity your emotions are all things that have either already happened or not happened And they not even your real life because your real life is really only what happening right now And, you know, there's even a whole section on your problems are all illusions. I mean, let's think about it. Problems are man-made and mind-made. And they need time to survive. Without time or a reference of time, they don't survive. Because let's think about it. How many problems do you actually have right now, this very instant? Exactly right now, how many problems do you have? Now, you might have problems that are going to happen or problems that have already happened. But what makes anything a problem? Well, the mind makes it a problem. And, you know, we become so overwhelmed with our life situations that we lose our own self, our own sense of being. And, you know, we create this identity around that. So when you create a problem, you create pain. and all it takes is a simple choice or a decision, no matter what happens, I'm going to create no more pain for myself. I'm going to just accept. Now, how do you do that? You won't make that choice unless you've decided that I'm going to live more in the present moment and become more mindful because you have to access that power of the now knowing that at this very instant, other than some rare exceptions, you don't have those problems. Those problems don't exist in this exact instant. They only existed in the past and in the future. And so that's a pretty strong, strong thought. But it's also a thought that leads us to this common message we hear a lot in personal development, which is many of us are living out the stories that we tell ourselves. The stories, we used to be this, we are that, it's always happened to us. These things never go right. I'm not good enough. The past has shown me this. And so people sort of get upset when we talk about problems or an illusion, because it kind of threatens to take away their identity. And it's an uncomfortable thought to take away your identity by talking about the fact that most of what you've spent your whole life convincing yourself that you are is not even real. But you have to learn to stop doing that. And maybe it's difficult for you to let go of that. Maybe it's easier for you to think about the fact of just being more present because when you're more present, you're not in that story that happened. You're not in that stress that's not happened. but that's what you have to do. So the final thought here is how to create more joy and how to become more aware. Am I doing stuff that's not psychological time? Am I doing stuff that's not detrimental to me? And Eckhart talks about if you're doing anything in particular and you're trying to figure out how to become more aware, ask yourself this question. Is there joy, ease, and lightness in what I'm doing? Because if there isn't, then time is covering up the present moment and life is being perceived as a burden or a struggle or difficulty If there is no joy ease or enlightenment in what you doing it does not necessarily mean that you need to change what you doing It may be sufficient to just change how you doing it In other words you might not like your job. You might not like your situation. You might not find joy and fulfillment in it. It might not be about what you're doing. It might be about how you're doing. See if you can give more attention to what you're doing. And this leads to that key idea that it's more about the process than the result. You know, don't be concerned with the results in your life. Be more concerned with the process. It's that analogy we've used of, it's the roots that create the fruits. It's not all about the result. It's about the process. And when you learn to tap into the process, which is really becoming more grounded in the present moment, that's going to create the fulfillment, the sense of happiness and things that you're probably looking for. So when this is your state of being, he says, how can you not succeed because you've already succeeded? So I think that, you know, some of you might be thinking, George, look, I mean, this is all kind of like fluffy, you know, law of attraction type stuff. But I'm here to tell you that there are very specific, tangible strategies here that you've got to learn to adopt. And that is mindfulness and presence, being consciously aware of what your mind is doing to you, whether it's business, marketing, strategies, relationship, or what, you've got to become more aware of where your thoughts are going. Because without that, all the strategies in the world, all the investing, all the business, all the opportunities, they're just not going to get monetized. They're not going to be as fulfilling. They're not going to be as successful. That's why as I was creating a lot of success for myself, I just, I wasn't as happy as I was as I became more aware of where my thoughts are and what I'm doing. So I hope those are some thoughts that have helped you. I hope this three days is something that you can really dig into and understand that you are not your mind. That you are the silent observer of your mind. You are the one in control. Learn to treat your mind as a tool and a tool to help you not to work against you. And make no mistake whether you're consciously working on it or not, your mind is working. So I would hope that you would spend a little time and effort. I'd encourage you to get that book. You know, I will go back and forth between business strategy books and thought process and mind and neuroscience and everything. Do whatever you feel is going to help you to kind of break the cycle. And that's my thought for today. I hope it helps you. Hit me up. Let me know your thoughts. Let me know if this has been helpful for you. If it has, I'd encourage you to refer or share this podcast. and you know and as always our goal is to help you to unleash your true personal potential in life and it's never too late to start living the life that you're meant to live. You just have to start making the decision to do it and so we look forward to talking with you more tomorrow. My name is George Wright III and this has been The Daily Mastermind. Have an amazing day.