{"id":420,"date":"2010-12-31T09:26:54","date_gmt":"2010-12-31T14:26:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/idiotplayers.org\/?p=420"},"modified":"2011-01-03T15:15:08","modified_gmt":"2011-01-03T20:15:08","slug":"the-present-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/idiotplayers.org\/?p=420","title":{"rendered":"The present moment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I live in the present moment.<br \/>\nSo far as I can tell,<br \/>\nThe present moment is all there is.<\/p>\n<p>Hope and expectation,<br \/>\nI experience with the energies of the present moment.<br \/>\nMemories, as well as the traces of energy residing in places and times,<br \/>\nI experience with the energies of the present moment.<br \/>\nWhat is immediately present,<br \/>\nI experience with the energies of the present moment.<\/p>\n<p>This is no idealism;<br \/>\nNor is it a backdoor to an objective materiality.<br \/>\nAs long as I don\u2019t unpack artificial distinctions of<br \/>\nPast, present and future,<br \/>\nOr here and now,<br \/>\nThere or elsewhere,<br \/>\nI have no need of <em>idealist<\/em> or <em>materialist<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The present moment does not require or permit any kind of verification or justification.<br \/>\nIt is not a matter of belief.<br \/>\nThere is no demonstration to be had.<\/p>\n<p>Noticing, discerning,<br \/>\nThis brings a marked increase in the density of vibrations of the present moment.<br \/>\nThat is to say, <em>everything more vivid<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/idiotplayers.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/xyz_axes1.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-422\" title=\"xyz_axes\" src=\"http:\/\/idiotplayers.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/xyz_axes1-300x285.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/idiotplayers.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/xyz_axes1-300x285.gif 300w, https:\/\/idiotplayers.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/xyz_axes1.gif 417w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Drawing something of a map of the present moment:<\/p>\n<p>Ahead, hopes and expectations. What I am in front of.<br \/>\nThe state and condition of the body.<br \/>\nBehind, memories. Energy traces residing in times and places.<br \/>\nThe persistence of things.<\/p>\n<p>To the right, form.<br \/>\nThe form of my body.<br \/>\nThat every body has a form.<br \/>\nThe form of my thoughts.<br \/>\nGeometry.<br \/>\nMusic.<br \/>\nThe form of language.<br \/>\nThe forms of life.<br \/>\nTo the left, pattern.<br \/>\nThe pattern of my genes.The patterns of my behaviour.<br \/>\nArchetype.<br \/>\nDesign.<\/p>\n<p>Above. Decision.<br \/>\nTension.<br \/>\nAttention.<br \/>\nThe need for choice.<br \/>\nPatience.<br \/>\nBelow. Commitment.<br \/>\nGrounding.<br \/>\nPerseverance.<\/p>\n<p>Disorder arises.<br \/>\nAll of a sudden out of nowhere,<br \/>\nMy shoes need tying.<\/p>\n<p>The wolf is in with the sheep.<br \/>\nThe sheep is in with the cabbage.<br \/>\nThe cabbage is in with the earth.<\/p>\n<p>My immediate and present action is coalescence,<br \/>\nThe exercise of will, the enriching of being.<\/p>\n<p>I live in the present moment.<br \/>\nSo far as I can tell,<br \/>\nThe present moment is all there is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I live in the present moment. So far as I can tell, The present moment is all there is. Hope and expectation, I experience with the energies of the present moment. 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