Acting in the Moment

 

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Acting in the Moment

To be spontaneous means not to act out of the past, because out of the past arises cunningness, cleverness, calculation, arithmetic. When we act in the moment and it has no reference to our past, the action has a beauty, a purity – the same as a small child’s act. Whether he laughs or cries or goes into a tantrum or becomes angry, all his acts have purity – it is uncalculated. His anger is hot and not cold. The calculated anger is cold. His anger is natural, a responsiveness. He has not brooded over it; he has not planned it. He is just in the hands of nature – hence the beauty. He is surrendered to his nature; he is not trying to control his life. And that’s what Jesus means when he says ’Unless you are like small children, you will not enter into my kingdom of god.’ And the more experienced we become, the farther away we are from the kingdom of God. Those who know are far away – the ignorant are very close.

So, act in the moment, live in the present, slowly and gradually don’t allow the past to interfere and we will be surprised that life is such an eternal wonder, such a mysterious phenomenon and such a great gift that one simply feels constantly in gratitude. So, the message is: live in the moment, here and now. That’s why it is called divine purity; human purity is just it’s opposite.

And remember: impurity is not the real opposite of divine purity; but human purity is the real opposite of divine purity. And by human purity we mean people who are evil but who are trying to be pure by calculation – the so-called saints who are trying to be pure so that they can have the kingdom of God. But that is a bargain. How can it be pure? It is business-like – how can it be pure? They are simply waiting to be rewarded; they are not pure people. If some day they come to know that there is no reward, they will drop all their purity. They don’t have any joy in it – they think of it as a sacrifice, as if they are obliging God by being pure. They are doing it; they are its doers. It is not simple; it is not innocent. It is planned and a very long-range plan, even for after death. They are trying to control not only life but death too… and after death too.

Just live moment to moment and the gift will start arriving, something from the beyond will start descending within us, and this joy is infinite. That and only that gives meaning to life, nothing else. Life is a garden of love, and the moment we forget it, we go astray. The moment we forget love, we fall from grace. That’s the original sin.

If one can remain loving, and if loving becomes one’s very quality, then there is no need for any other religion. Love is enough unto itself, because prayer grows out of it of its own accord. And one day God arrives – one need not go in search of him. He himself comes seeking the heart that loves.