{"id":1020,"date":"2011-11-04T03:00:53","date_gmt":"2011-11-04T07:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/lettinggo\/?p=1020"},"modified":"2011-10-30T18:14:14","modified_gmt":"2011-10-30T22:14:14","slug":"use-the-power-of-now-to-transform-your-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lettinggo\/2011\/11\/use-the-power-of-now-to-transform-your-life.html","title":{"rendered":"Use the Power of Now to Transform Your Life"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thinking, or hoping, that any destination we have in mind is going to be superior to where we’re presently standing, is exactly why we’re still standing in that same place where we have to hope that some tomorrow will be better.<\/p>\n

Before we can change our destination and arrive in that higher world we want, before we can ever start out in that new direction that leads to liberation, we must wake up to the steps we’re being given to take by a nature whose favorite direction is down.<\/p>\n

Victory over our own lower nature is now<\/em> or never<\/em>. You can’t end conflict later. You can’t stop being sad, or cruel, or angry, or scared, or anxious later. Later does not exist in reality<\/em>.<\/p>\n

And so it’s imperative to meet each moment of your life with this realization: it’s only what you do right now<\/em> that is the seed of change. And in the endless beauty and mystery of what is the now<\/em>, this same seed of change is also the seed of a New Self. Here’s why this is true. If you choose to change right now, then you won’t have to worry about how to be different next time!<\/em><\/p>\n

In fact, choose to change now<\/em>, and that moment will never come for you to worry about how to be better next time. Again, here’s why. Your conscious choice for real change in the present moment automatically cancels the need for a better you in a better future. All will be better for you now, which is the only time it really matters!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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