Whom are we competing with?

Recession, global warming, terrorism, GDP.....so many things to talk about. Everything around us is moving too fast. Explosive growth, never seen before. Accelerated human evolution.

Is anyone really concerned about what impact all this is having on humanity? World leaders? Why is it that they don't discuss this issue? How are we as human beings coping with it all? How is this fast pace changing our mind and our body? Who is measuring this aspect of growth and development and its impact on society and mankind? What are the metrics or yard stick to measure how much have we grown as human beings? Or de-grown as compared to our ancestors who lived in lesser developed environment.

Whom are we competing with? God? Nature? Aliens? Time? Past civilizations? ..May be all..may be none....we could just competing with ourselves.

What is this hurry and why is this hurry? Cant we slow down? Why does GDP have to grow at 8% and why not 4 or 14 or 25 or 2....? Fixation with numbers! Not quality. These numbers are driving humanity crazy...

Yes there is an urgency...but the urgency is to slow down this crazy pace of life....quieten the minds! Shut out the noise and the clutter! Find the silence within.

Mind and Body do not travel together

It is a challenge to keep the two in the same place; at the same time. Mind keeps jumping ahead of the body. Travels short and long distances. In the past and in the future. But the body can remain only in one place and that is the present. Body transitions in time, second after second. It can not be hastened. This pace can not be altered. But the mind transitions days and years. Body here means the human form and mind is thoughts.

The body does not crave to be in the past or the future. It know only the present. Hence all the needs. Needs are not past or future. Needs are only present. Now. Hunger, sleep, love....

Desires can be past, present or future. So is pain and unhappiness.

Living in the present means keeping the mind and the body in the same place. Both being together. Living in the present is freedom from desires. There is no pain or unhappiness in this moment. Pain or unhappiness is our reflection of the past.

Living in the present is stillness. Stopping the pendulum of time in the present moment. It means happiness. Freedom from pain and unhappiness.