Awareness, Focus & Time

There's something crazy I was reminded of the other day as I was reading...

Something that for most of us in 100% completely UNCONSCIOUS and we're so "deep" in it that it never occurs to us how we really are, that there is another way to be.

Kind of like if you asked a goldfish how it felt to be wet. If you could ask, the goldfish would just stare at you and think... "Wet? What the hell is this person talking about?"

The point is... our minds have a funny little habit of developing patterns and ways of thinking and perceiving that become so ingrained that we see them as "reality". And we become more and more fixed and stuck in these patterns the more we use them.

Sounds like pretty esoteric stuff. So let me give an example of what I'm talking about to make this more simple and interesting. Here are some common mental and perceptive "orientations" that are very general and involve our perception of TIME:

-Focusing On Things That Have Happened In THE PAST

-Focusing On Things That Will Happen In THE FUTURE

These are the 2 of the most obvious and clear-cut examples around. But what's fascinating is that they have a HUGE IMPACT on the way you take in and experience the world, and what you do as a result.

A few other non-Time related modes of thinking/perception are:

-Is The World An Inherently GOOD Place? Or Is it BAD?

-Are People Basically Thoughtful And NICE? Or Are They Selfish And Evil?


Anyhow... back to our perception of TIME. The way we use and think about time can largely dictate where our attention and focus goes.

If you pay significant attention to what will happen in the future, and you experience FEAR and FRUSTRATION about what will be... then it's no surpise that this will have influence on your perception of events, your thinking, and even your actions in the present time.

And people wonder why there's so much "mumbo jumbo" about positive intention these days... when it's not the "supernatural" power of influencing your future that's at stake - it's your state of mind and your actions in the present that are largely effected by your views on your own future.

Funny how that works...

So then what happens if you can think your way to what the good things you want and are going to create in the future will look and feel like? Does this have some relevance on THE PRESENT if you take the time to think this through and then walk back in your mind to the present day from where you want to be in the future.

Yes, it does.

Some call it scenario planning. (Large corporations)

Some call it "The Secret".

Some call it NLP. (Neuro-Linguistic Programming)

Whatever you want to call it... it's fun, interesting and important to check-in with yourself and take a look at your own mental "model".

Do you think about THE PAST a lot? And in what context? To criticize yourself? To relive past negative experiences in an effort to somehow make good on them, or to avoid them in the future?

Or do you think about the future? And do you dream, or do you WORRY?

Start to become CONSCIOUS of where in time you spend your mental energy. And in what context. You'll like the outcome... I promise.