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Buddha - Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment · the Daily Quote - Positive Daily Inspiration and Motivational Quote of the Day

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  Podcasthero.com. Welcome to The Daily Quote, the
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  podcast designed to kick start your day in a positive way.
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  I'm your host, Anna McGivern, and let's dive into today's
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  quote from Buddha, who once said, do not dwell in the past,
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  Do not dream of the future. Concentrate the mind on that
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  present moment. Do not dwell.
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  Do not dream. Concentrate. 3 directives, one
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  target the present moment. Buddha understood something most
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  people miss. The only moment where you have
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  any power is right now. Not yesterday, not tomorrow.
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  Now. When you dwell in the past,
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  you're replaying something you can't change.
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  You're giving your mental energy to moments that no longer exist.
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  When you dream of the future, you're imagining something that
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  hasn't happened yet. You're spending your attention
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  on possibilities instead of realities.
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  But when you concentrate on the present moment, this moment
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  right now, you're in the only place where action is possible,
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  where decisions can happen, where life actually occurs.
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  The past is a memory. The future is a prediction and
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  an illusion. Really.
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  The present is the only thing that's real.
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  Most people live everywhere except where they actually are.
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  Their mind is in yesterday's argument or tomorrow's meeting.
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  They're physically here, but mentally somewhere else.
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  And they wonder why they feel powerless, why they feel
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  anxious, why nothing changes. Buddha's answer?
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  Because you're not actually present, you're dwelling or
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  dreaming instead of concentrating on the only moment
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  that matters. This reminds me of something
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  Doctor Benjamin Hardy writes about.
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  We think the past determines the present and the present
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  determines the future. How could it be otherwise?
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  The event circumstances and choices I've made created my
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  present situation, and what I do in the present will shape my
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  future. Obviously, right?
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  But it's actually backwards. It is true that you can't change
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  the past. Whether there was struggle,
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  abuse, suffering, there's no way to go back in time and change
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  anything. But in the present, you can
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  decide what those things mean. You decide how to perceive the
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  past, and it can hold you back or empower you to move forward.
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  A failure becomes a lesson. A set back becomes a set up.
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  OK, so that makes sense. But how is it possible that the
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  future can determine your present?
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  Well, your future vision determines how you act in the
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  present. Here's what that means.
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  When I decide what future I want, that decision changes what
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  I do right now, in this present moment.
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  If my future vision is just more of the same boring stuff from
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  the past, then how motivated will I be to take massive action
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  in the present? Not very.
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  But if I have a compelling future to look forward to, if I
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  set some impossible goals and believe that I can get there,
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  while that's a different story. If you have a compelling future,
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  you will be more motivated to take action in the present.
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  Buddha's teaching us to concentrate on now.
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  Benjamin Hardy showing us why? Because the present moment is
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  where you create a vision for the future and where you rewrite
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  the meaning of the past. All your power lives right here,
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  right now. So here's the question, where is
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  your mind right now? Are you dwelling in the past,
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  dreaming of the future, or are you actually here in this
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  present moment where your power lives?
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  Because in this moment, right now is the only place where
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  anything can change. Whether you are changing the
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  meaning of your past or creating a compelling future to make for
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  yourself, concentrate on the here and now and everything else
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  follows. That's it for today.
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  I'm Andrew McGivern, signing off for now, but I'll be back
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  tomorrow. Same pod time, same pod station
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  with another daily quote.