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Just like "you create your reality", "live in the present" is also a well-known slogan in the new era.

And most people just shout slogans, and most of the time they don't live in the present.

The word "reality" means "experienced here and now".

And the only thing that can be experienced is here and now.

You can't experience yesterday, you can only recall it;

You can't experience tomorrow, you can only hope.

The only thing you can experience in the universe

Only here and now.

therefore

Only by living in the present can you create the reality you want.

German philosopher Eckhart Tolley wrote only two books in his life-The Power of the Present and the New World: Spiritual Awakening.

These two books are popular all over the world and are regarded as the most influential spiritual enlightenment books of our time.

Its core idea is to teach us how to live in the present.

The contents of these two books are both professional and profound, which may be difficult for people without spiritual foundation to understand.

In fact, living in the present can be very simple, if you can understand this short story written by Tolstoy.

One day, an emperor met such a thing:

There are three questions. As long as he knows the answers to these three questions, he will never have any trouble again. These three questions are:

1. What is the best time to do anything?

2. Who is the most important person with you?

What is the most important thing at any time?

The emperor disguised himself as an ordinary farmer and ordered his entourage to wait for him at the foot of the mountain.

When the emperor arrived, he found the hermit digging in the vegetable garden.

The emperor asked him those three questions, and he just patted the emperor on the shoulder and kept digging.

The emperor said, "You must be very tired. Here, let me give you a hand.

The hermit handed him a shovel and sat on the ground to rest.

After digging two ridges, the emperor repeated his three questions. The hermit still did not answer. The emperor continued to dig.

The sun began to set. The hermit asked the emperor, "Do you hear someone running over there?" The emperor turned his head and saw a man with a long white beard coming out of the forest. He ran as fast as he could, covering the bleeding wound in his chest with his hand.

The emperor and the hermit saved the injured people together.

The next morning, the injured man told the emperor that he had come for revenge. He has been lying in ambush on the way down the mountain, but he didn't wait for the emperor but waited for the emperor's attendants.

The emperor was overjoyed. He didn't expect to make up with his old enemy so easily. After ordering his entourage to send the man home safely, the emperor went back to ask the hermit.

The hermit said:

"Your question has been answered."

"What?"

"Yesterday, if you hadn't helped me dig, you would have been attacked by that man on your way home. At that time, you will regret not being with me. So, the most important time is when you dig in the nursery. The most important person is me. The most important thing is to help me.

"Later, when the injured person came here, the most important time was when you bandaged his wound, because if you don't take care of him, he will die, and you will lose the chance to make peace with him. Similarly, he is the most important person, and the most important thing is to look after his wounds.

"Remember, there is only one most important moment, and that is now. Now is the only time we can control. The most important person is always the person you are with now. The most important thing is to make people around you happy, because only in this way is the pursuit of life. "

This is a well-understood story about the present.

Vietnamese thich nhat hanh also mentioned it in The Miracle of Mindfulness.

He said that the story written by Tolstoy is very similar to a story in Buddhist scriptures-it can be compared with any scripture.

Another important rule in Wang Yangming's mind is

"This heart doesn't move, it just moves randomly."

His disciples asked him, "Those great men can do great things. Do they all have plans in advance? "

He replied, "How can there be a plan? Their conscience is bright, just waiting for him. When things come, do it. If things don't come, don't make trouble. Just follow your heart. "

His views are similar to the answers to the above three questions.

Our selves always live in the future or the past. Most of our time is controlled by ourselves. When you can truly live in the present, you are out of the control of the ego.

At this time, what controls you is the real me, the real me, the eternal me, the me who has everything in nature, the me who is integrated with the universe, and the "heaven and earth family" that the Buddha said.

At this time, you are the supreme king-the creator and master of your own destiny.