{"id":144,"date":"2011-01-06T06:55:31","date_gmt":"2011-01-06T06:55:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/lettinggo\/2011\/01\/the-secret-of-making-a-new-and-true-beginning-part-2.html"},"modified":"2011-01-06T06:55:31","modified_gmt":"2011-01-06T06:55:31","slug":"the-secret-of-making-a-new-and-true-beginning-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/lettinggo\/2011\/01\/the-secret-of-making-a-new-and-true-beginning-part-2.html","title":{"rendered":"The Secret of Making a New and True Beginning, Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The perfectly present moment is both the seed of who you are and of your experience of now. And just as you can&#8217;t separate who you are from your experience of now, neither can you separate now from the real moment of change. They are the same. You can&#8217;t end conflict later. You can&#8217;t stop being sad, or cruel, or angry, or scared, or anxious later. Later does not exist in reality. This self-created, false concept of time allows it to create yet another you in another time when, according to its prophecy, you&#8217;ll be a wiser, stronger, and generally superior individual. But for you to experience the miracle of real inner transformation, to step up to a superior life level, you must no longer think in terms of how you&#8217;ll be next time. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div>And so it&#8217;s imperative to meet each moment of your life with this realization: <i>it&#8217;s only what you do right now that is the seed of change<\/i>. And in the endless beauty and mystery of what is the now, this same seed of change is also the seed of a New Self. Here&#8217;s why this is true. If you choose to change right now, then you won&#8217;t have to worry about how to be different next time!&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In fact, choose to change now, and that moment will never come for you to worry about how to be better next time. Again, here&#8217;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 <i>now<\/i>, which is the only time it really matters!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The perfectly present moment is both the seed of who you are and of your experience of now. And just as you can&#8217;t separate who you are from your experience of now, neither can you separate now from the real moment of change. They are the same. You can&#8217;t end conflict later. 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