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productive of growth for you to follow your preference  and be with this
individual less (or not at all) in the future。
Everyone and everything around you is your teacher。 If your washing
machine won’t work; you are being checked out on your ability to peacefully
accept the unacceptable。 If you are addicted to your appliances always
working; you will suffer。 If you prefer them to operate well; you will not
pound your problem by superimposing your unfortable emotions on
the here and now realities of repairing them。
Your moment…to…moment stream of consciousness bees interesting and
real when you experience everything as a step in your growth toward higher
consciousness。 You will soon begin to feel peaceful and loving almost all of
the time。 This is your consciousness telling you that you’re using the Twelve
Pathways more skillfully。 Just keep going  you’re well on your way!
Chapter 6
Being Here Now
On interesting aspect of the Twelve Pathways is that if you can follow any
one of them pletely on the deeper levels; you will be using almost all of
them。 They are systematically interlocking  and this makes it easier for you
to implement them in action。 Pathways Four through Six are particularly
helpful in learning to live in the eternal now moment; although all of the
Pathways reprogram you to tune in to the nowness of your life。
FOURTH PATHWAY
I always remember that I have everything I need to enjoy my here and
now  unless I am letting my consciousness be dominated by demands
and expectations based on the dead past or the imagined future。
If you are not enjoying every here and now moment in your life; it is because
your addictions (otherwise known as desires; attachments; demands;
expectations; emotional programming; models of how life should treat you)
are making you dwell in the dead past or the imagined future。 They are
keeping you from being here now。 All there is in your life is the eternal now
moment  and your experience of this moment is created by the programming
in your head。
Most people keep themselves on lower consciousness levels by endless
chatting about what they did in the past or what they plan in the future。 It is
best not to hang out discussing the past or to let your consciousness dwell on
the past; for the constant churning of your mind (and the torrent of words that
issues from it) keeps you from fully experiencing the now moment in your
life。
Nor will you generate the best future for yourself by being constantly
preoccupied with thoughts of the future。 If there is something you need to do
right here now  then get busy and do it。 If you’ve done whatever you feel
you need to do at this time; then there is no need to have your consciousness
filled with thoughts of the future。
The real solutions to the problems in your life will e to you when you
stop hassling yourself with your addictions and bee fully tuned in to the
people and things that are around you。 When your Conscious…awareness
watches your own body and mind and all the people and things in the world
around you from a deep; calm place inside; you will find that there intuitively
wells up within you everything you need to understand。 You will have
insights that yield exactly what you need to do in order to flow with the river
of life around you。
You can only be here now when you instantly accept emotionally whatever
happens in your life。 If you wish to change something  fine。 Do it。 And
you can make really effective changes when your consciousness is free of
emotional turmoil。 You will now be more perceptive and powerful because
you are able to use the full resources of your great bioputer to flow in any
direction you prefer。
For example; if a tire on your car blows out; you can get mad at the tire;
angry at the people who sold it to you; resentful at the extra expenditure now
necessary  or you can keep your addictions from destroying your peace and
serenity。 After all; the blown tire is part of the here and nowness of your life。
You can only make the situation unpleasant by getting uptight。 Don’t be
addicted to your tires not blowing  uplevel to a very natural preference that
your tires stay inflated and serve you longer。 When a tire blows; you simply
accept the unacceptable。 You realize that this is a here and now reality in
your life。 Although you have lost the tire; you do not have to lose your peace
and serenity  or send out vibrations that jostle the addiction patterns of
people around you and cause them tension and anxiety。
Serenity is the end  and serenity is also the means  by which you live
effectively。 By fully tuning in to the now moment in your life; you will
discover that you always have enough to enjoy every moment of your life。
The only reason you have not been happy every instant is that you have been
dominating your consciousness with thoughts about something you don’t have
 or trying to hold on to something that you do have but which is no longer
appropriate in the present flow of your life。 Here and now (not pasting and
futuring) is the key to the optimal interaction pattern between you and the
people and things in the world around you。
The meaning of here and now is beautifully illustrated by a Zen story of a
monk who was being chased by two tigers。 He came to the edge of a cliff。
He looked back  the tigers were almost upon him。 Noticing a vine leading
over the cliff; he quickly crawled over the edge and began to let himself down
by the vine。 Then as he checked below; he saw two tigers waiting for him at
the bottom of the cliff。 He looked up and observed that two mice were
gnawing away at the vine。 Just then; he saw a beautiful strawberry within
arm’s reach。 He picked it and enjoyed the best tasting strawberry in his
whole life!
Although only minutes from death; the monk could enjoy the here and now。
Our life continually sends us “tigers”  and it continually sends us
“strawberries。” But do we let ourselves enjoy the strawberries? Or do we
use our valuable consciousness worrying about the tigers?
Notice that the monk fully responded to the physical danger in the most
intelligent way。 He ran from the tigers  and he even scrambled down th
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