What happens when we wake up?

When we wake up, what happens actually? What actually am I talking about? All this waking up stuff. All I can tell you is when you're in the "here and now" that's what I mean by "waking up". Most of the time we are lost in the illusion of what happened in the past and of what might happen in the future. We spend so much of our lives spinning our wheels about what did happen and what could happen that we miss what is actually happening now. When we wake up, we notice this. We're here. Right here. In this place. Now. And it's all suddenly very clear and very peaceful and very simple. And that's about it... of course until the next thought arises and you find yourself running off in your mind to another distant mountain. Try noticing and see what happens. Watch yourself if you can, at least for a little while. And notice when you are really here now. How does that feel??

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[Diana Sigurdardottir]

Hi Barbara

I have been trying this for some time, to be "here and now" and I can tell you that the moment when you are able to do this is so much... I don’t know how to say it but it is like going from black and white to colors. But it is hard to stay there for there are so many things interrupting.
Think you for your book Fasr food for the soul, it has helpt me a lot.
Díana from Iceland