IAAP Newsletter: The Unified Field
Chris Kenyon
Being in the Now
"Being in the now" is a rather popular concept these days. The benefi ts of "being present" have been articulated for centuries by the followers of Buddhism, and lately popularized by Eckhart Tolle. Carolyn Myss speaks of not being in the now as giving up one’s power, which consequently (in her view) contributes to illness. Unity Magazine, published by the Unity School of Christianity, for years has featured a column called "God Moments". This column features stories about being open to experiences which call to mind one’s spiritual expression. But how often are we so caught up in yesterday, tomorrow, and/or "I want..." to discern those moments? I used to wish that the Lord would give me some spectacular sign-maybe not "burning bush" big, but something that was special and undeniably for me alone. This of course was before I knew about the One Law and being responsible for my own creation. I had some awareness of the everyday gifts, but I felt a lack of gratitude because the gifts I noticed were "ordinary" and shared with many others.
Then one day I awoke to an "aha" moment while walking my dog. There was a colorful sunset that evening. Usually I would have noticed and felt some level of appreciation for the cosmic artistry, but would also have felt "well, big deal, it’s the same for everyone else." But this time it struck me that this particular sunset was especially for me. Dozens of people were driving by, but few probably took the time to appreciate it. No one else was standing exactly where I stood, looking through my eyes. (You think you see things the same way as someone else? — try going to a paint store and agreeing what color is off-white.) That same event was available to hundreds of thousands of people across the Midwest at that particular time, yet no one else experienced it exactly the same way I did.
Over the years, that is what so many "God Moments" stories had in common — the necessity of being present in the moment in order to recognize the gift, or as Martin Exeter wrote in Beyond Belief, "The only place that we can know the truth is here and now....The only time we have any contact with life is in the present moment."
—CK
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