What we are seeking is right here. But we persist in looking south to find the north star. Any kind of speculating is just the discursive mind doing its habitual thing – creating scenarios in the mind that block us from discovering what is right in front of us.  This moment is not some narrow, tiny point but is actually everything.  Right now includes memories of the past, fantasies about the future, judgements about the present, emotions and sensations of all kinds.  As soon as we say, “I’m living in the present,”  we’ve made a significant cognitive error, and created another barrier for ourselves.  Meditation practice ….. brings us into the direct intimate experience of this moment.  There’s no room for speculating.  We feel fully alive.  There’s no place to go, and yet, we are continually moving through space and time.  The path is never blocked if we can realize that we are always on it, going in the only direction we can go.  We’re always heading for here, here, here, here.

Melissa Blacker, Trail Temporarily Closed