Tips for living strongly in only one moment of the present

Hibikukagayaku

Thank you very much for your kind response to the previous answers.
I also understand this question very well.

Let me tell you first that my answer is exactly the same as the previous one.
This is because in order to be free from your current self, you must first know that structure.
Various thoughts, feelings, common sense, and notions always spring up in the mind of “me” and control the “me.” And every time, I think of those feelings as “myself.”
If you read the original Sanskrit text carefully, there is such an expression about Shakyamuni's inner depiction.

“I had this feeling in my heart”

What you notice here is that “I ≠ heart ≠ thought.”
In other words, a major point is that there is an “I” who looks at the “heart” of “me” and looks at the “thoughts” that spring up within it from a distance.

In order to understand that state, we must experience “silence.”
That's because it's not something that can be solved with thought or logic.
Please calm your mind and spend time away from the hustle and bustle of incense as if the smoke from the incense sticks rises vertically.

I recommend that you repeat returning to the center of breathing over and over again using the “view of breathing” to return to your center, which I told you about before.

And if possible, please write down your findings at that time and objectively fix them. The thoughts that spring up within me also flow constantly. In order to verbalize that, you can't do it without having an objective self. As I verbalize it and reread it, I gradually form a more objective self.

Shūkai Kaikai

Hibikukagayaku

This is Kawaguchi Hidetoshi. This is my humble answer to the question.

First, it's a bit difficult, but let's think about whether there really is a past or future.

The “past” that has already passed away is already past, so it is no longer in the “present.” Of course, when I think of the “past,” I have the illusion that it “exists,” but what comes to mind is just my “present.” Also, the “future,” which is yet to come, has yet to come, so of course it cannot be in the “present.” I imagine the “future,” and I have the illusion that it “exists,” but the self I imagine is my “present.” Also, even if you say “present,” it actually disappeared in “present” the moment you said it. The “present” itself is basically “impossible” unless time can be stopped.

So, when it comes to what can be said, it can be assumed that there is a current moment, a continuum of moments. Of course, this does not mean that there is no “past” or “future.” For the time being, compared to the “present,” it can be said that it “exists” in the world in general, but if analyzed strictly, it will become something impossible as an “entity.”

Now, what I can say here is that, in fact, we are only originally living for “only one moment in the present (momentary continuum).”

Of course, without my past, I wouldn't be where I am now. Furthermore, if you don't have your current self, your future self is impossible as a possibility. My past and present self are clearly connected, and it can be said that my current self is also connected to my future self, so I'm not different, but of course I can't say that it's the same. This is difficult, but it is called “not uniform.”

It has been described painfully up to this point, but in conclusion, in other words, once you understand how you are “living only in the present moment (moment continuum),” you will naturally be able to concentrate on this moment by moment and spend your time carefully and cherish it.

Of course, I still have a long way to go, but as much as possible, I want to spend my days taking good care of my days without getting too caught up in the past or the future yet to come.

Kawaguchi Hidetoshi Gassho

　HIBIKUKAGAYAKU That's good. This kind of trouble makes me feel young. Aren't you enjoying your life quite a bit right now? Worries are the most enjoyable when they are worried. Looking back now, I think so.
Dare I say, how can you try to improve yourself without getting caught up in the past? Why can we dream without worrying about the future? In conclusion, don't worry about it. Yes, of course. waste? Very good. Regret more and more, have anxiety, and waste. When I was training at Motoyama, I thought, “Zazen is wasting my time on useless things.” There was a time when I was told by a heartless worshiper. There are things I sympathized with. Certainly, this might be the right answer. However, I still think it was thanks to zazen that I was able to create an opportunity to broaden my perspective. As your perspective expands, your mind broadens. (I almost cry when I write while listening to Kana Nishino's “Goodbye.” (Reminds me of my ascetic days.) When that happens, I don't even feel nervous. They try to acknowledge others without feeling resentful or angry. Hey, how is it. Wouldn't it be tempting to give a bouquet of flowers for waste, waste, or regret?
Life isn't about you alone. I'm not living alone. I live my life by being involved with various people, such as parents, friends, seniors, and my lover. There are good and bad things involved with those people, so don't use words such as waste, regret, or mental waste in mischief. Mistakes and mistakes must be made up for, but it is impossible to do useless things or waste one's mind for others.
So, I think it's okay to look more into the past and the future. I think it's best not to get caught up in the past, present, or future.

The real present = “now,” there is no “ma” when saying “I,” and “I” has passed when saying “well.”
◎ “The past is just a memory.
The future is nothing but speculation.
Even now, it's just words.”
In the Buddhist sense, this is a Zen teaching to recharge = to live in real reality.
Currently, there are two types.
One is the present I imagined in my head, expressed by the expression of the word present.
One is a real life that is moving away from words and progressing in real time, a vivid real world.
There is no glare in the word sun, and the words only indicate what is in reality so that there is no coolness in the word wind.
There is no use for the term true present, now present,
It refers to a direct reality concert that is already right in front of you, even before you think of the word now and now.
When you didn't know the word present, you must have enjoyed running around like a kid.
Originally, the world didn't even have a word such as the present.
It's just that one point that is actually breathing, and that point continues to exist.

Even if I don't say this moment in words, it's a word no matter how far it goes.
Therefore, there is only such a word as “now,” and it is nothing but a matter of thought, and it is a direct vivid reality, LIVE = not now in the true sense of the word.

It's not that we shouldn't think about the past or the future.
① Remembering the past and future is also what I'm doing in the present.
I think there are things that concern you about the past.
From now on, if bad things from the past come back to mind, they should do it carefully so as not to make similar mistakes again for a brighter future.

② If this or that reminds you of the future, I think you should clarify that vision and do it concretely and constructively in order to make your dreams come true.

③ The present, the appearance of surviving a truly continuous present to the point where words are useless, should probably be called Buddhist remorse. (^o^)