your ego hates the present
“To the ego, the present moment hardly exists. Only past and future are considered important. This total reversal of the truth accounts for the fact that in the ego mode, the mind is so dysfunctional. It is always concerned with keeping the past alive, because without it—who are you? It constantly projects itself into the future to ensure its continued survival and to seek some kind of release or fulfillment there…
Even when the ego seems to be concerned with the present, it is not the present that it sees: it misperceives it completely because it looks at it through the eyes of the past. Or it reduces the present to a means to an end, an end that always lies in the mind-projected future.”
- Eckhart Tolle
When you think about this, you can see why being present is such a struggle; aside from the distractions of the world, your own ego is fighting against your finding peace in the present.
See you tomorrow and keep pursuing,
JC
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