The Present Moment--at the brink of the Falls

I spent several days last week in a hotel room overlooking one of the natural wonders of the world. Niagara Falls, and its majestic misty menacing mega-presence has been a part of my life since birth in the neighboring city of Buffalo. Strange dreams of being sucked into that aquatic vortex in myriad ways have come and gone. Niagara as Casino queen and tourist experience. A Maid of the Mist boat ride with parents on a pivotal birthday.....all of the memories came back to me as I perched high above the falls.

As I sat at the window of room 2407, marveling at the never-ending flow of water over the edge, an inevitable metaphor flooded over me. The mysterious Niagara meets the even greater mystery of timelessness. The brink of the falls representing the present moment--the still point--neither past nor future--the pivotal spot where everything is affected.

The present is always a bridge between the past and the future.

In my earlier discoveries via Jane Roberts and the Seth books, one of the stomach churning truths revealed to me is the ultimate power of the NOW moment. Wrapping your little 3d linear thinking brain around the idea that time is an illusion--that there is nothing (really) but the present---takes some time. I realized immediately that though my brain was confused, I felt this a Big Truth. Intellectual understanding of such a concept is just an allowance for new possibilities--an opening--a crack into which the light of a higher perspective can shine.  And higher perspective almost always comes from the place of feeling/inner knowing.

As happens when you engage periscope in a quest for clarity, I found a wonderful article this morning on this very topic at the 2012 Scenario website---written by DL Zeta  (Zeta's actual website is www.celestialvision.org). The article articulates how the power of the present moment really works and how we can use it to connect with our more empowered (5th dimensional) version, at the same time providing guidance to the lower vibratory aspects of ourselves.

An excerpt:

Our Present Moment is the Bridge between Past and Future Selves

One way we align with our higher self is to become the higher self for our other aspects or “selves” in this lifetime. Our present moment is the vehicle for serving as the bridge or guide to all our selves in this lifetime. The present is always the bridge between the past and future.

When our present-moment self chooses to serve as bridge between past and future aspects, we automatically set ourselves on our chosen path for this lifetime. When we set the intention to serve as the higher self for this lifetime we begin to see all our “selves” through the lens of unconditional love. There is no judgment of past selves or fear for our selves in the future.

Serving as the bridge between past and future also opens the door to blessings and guidance from a much expanded future self.

Creating the Causes of an Empowered Future Self

When we choose to serve as the bridge for our past and future, we create the causes of an empowered future self that is able to bring us needed insights and guidance with impeccable timing. At the same time, we bring about healing and release to younger aspects of our selves that are trapped in emotional traumas of the past. As our present-moment self acts on behalf of past and future aspects, the present takes care of itself.
The focus shifts from the ego’s desires to one of love and service.

 Our ego desires love at the root but is easily distracted by a myriad of objects, people and situations for reasons that are illusory, conditional and fleeting. From a place of limited understanding, illusory distractions look like the eternal love we are seeking.
By choosing the path of service to our “selves,” we choose true unconditional love and are able to see through illusory distractions that appear before us.

So, what we do--think--act upon NOW has consequences that flow out in every direction (past/future/parallel) of our being. It has to be that way. We exist on an eternal precipice--the razor's edge. While the language may seem ominous, the NOW is our ultimate gift--consciousness poised in creative potential. It is here we choose how to go forward and how we choose to see backwards. What strides we make now send ripples back into "our past", detaching us from traumas and wrongs perpetrated by us and on us. Those strings are snipped, and at the same time we are weaving a "future" as we would like it to be. 

Having the bird's-eye view that I did this past week--seeing the Niagara River flowing into and over the falls, and its path beyond-- stimulated me to consider again how I want my life to unfold. Memories and dreams of the past--our collected experiences--form our current operating system.  From this point and ever on, we are constantly updating. Unfold as you wish, as you will, the newest and best you yet.