The Now

Why does mankind avoid the “now”?

Many seek to escape their “is-ness” by immersing themselves

in a fascination with past lives and past civilizations.

Many seek to escape into a future of speculation

and anticipation of a ‘salvation’ to come.

But JOY…. the rapture of BEING or ….the presence of GOD does not lie in some future.

Others seek escape from what they describe as an illusionary terrestrial reality to take up residence in what they will find to be ….…an equally illusionary astral reality.

All the while they struggle so, they proclaim that which they fail to grasp:

there is no past, no future, no time, no place. There is only the now.

True JOY, true BEING is immediate, is infinite, is here, is there, is within and is without.

Be still and hear IT.

Be alert and see IT. Feel IT.

Be still and know IT. Wonder at IT.

Where is JOY to be found? In the NOW.

In the “isness” of ALL.

In the glory of the stars.

In the elegant structure of the onion.

In the laugh of any child,

the embrace of another

the surge of the wind.

JOY may be found in the sea of life and love …….. surrounding all of mankind.

Embrace the moment totally – go into the quiet place. ALL awaits.

source unknown

From another connected Aspect of Source

Below is from a website I was referred to. It is Karen Bishop's "Emerging Earth Angels".
I'm including it for obvious reasons.

"Whatever phase you are currently experiencing is as always, right where you need to be. And being right where we are, without desiring to be somewhere else, opens an energetic portal to allow us to arrive somewhere else! Staying still, present, not trying to get somewhere, and simply being, always places us in alignment with Source, or a higher vibrating dimension. Source cannot find us when we are a moving target of “wanting!” Simply vibrating who we are, very naturally, draws much more of that to ourselves.
All said and done, we need only stay in a space as much as possible which reflects our passions and joys, with no agenda, planning, answering any of the questions above, or even understanding the process at all. Stepping into our soul shoes can be easily accomplished by following our passions and joys, being in a space that feels good as much as possible, no matter what that is, and simply knowing that we are already who we are, as we can be nothing else. In this regard then, we need only be validated for what we already know and who we already are.
We are all needed beyond measure, we are greatly valued by this planet, and each and every one of us makes this world a better place…right now."

http://www.emergingearthangels.com/ will take you where you can read the entire article.
You'll find it under "Stepping into your Soul shoes" (on right hand side of the site). She asks any such excerpts( as I've just done) to be done in it's entirety and not be taken out of context. Her context is 5 pages in length.This way you get an intro into her input. And it's well worth the reading, in my opinion.

It is quite obvious; Karen's been functioning within this "workshop" for a number of years,this time. Please visit her.