Photograph by @sanjeev kar, somewhere in Himalayas. He definitely was ‘in the moment’ when he clicked this, how else could he get this beautiful outcome.

‘Being present’, wholly and solely in the moment has always helped when i find myself on crossroads, weighing all the possibilities and probabilities. First and foremost, being in the moment has helped me look through solutions or rather made me aware of its existence. Living in the moment has also given me the feeling of tranquility, always and every time. Yet, i am struggling to be mindful – every moment (is it even possible?). Being mindful of millions of thoughts scrolling in high speed in my head or let’s start with basic, being mindful while eating, chewing your food to be precise.

Eckhart Tolle is one of my favourite authors as he talks and writes a lot of meaningful stuff about mindfulness or the state of presence. As mentioned in his book ‘The Power of Now‘ –

IT’S  NOT  WHAT  YOU  THINK  IT  IS 

You keep talking about the state of presence as the key. i think i understand it intellectually, but i don’t know if i have ever truly experienced it. I wonder – it is what i think it is, or is it something entirely different?

It’s not what you think it is! You can’t think about presence, and the mind can’t understand it. Understanding presence is being present.

Try a little experiment. Close your eyes and say to yourself: “I wonder what my next thought is going to be.” Then become very alert and wait for the next thought. Be like a cat watching a mouse hole. What thought us going to come out of the mouse hole? Try it now.

Well?

I had to wait for quite a long time before a thought came in.

Exactly. As long as you are in a state of intense presence, you are free a thought. You are still, yet highly alert. The instant your conscious attention sinks below a certain level, thought rushes in. The mental noise returns; the stillness is lost. You are back in time.