How can we be more and more in the present?

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Yes We forget to be in the present, so how can we be More and more in the present There are two distinct things Over here There is living In the present Which is very important But there is living for the present Which is not desirable Living in the present Means, ok The present moment is the opportunity that I have To do something constructive To do something purposeful To use for some Higher goal in my life But living for the present means The present itself becomes my ultimate goal We can’t live for the present Because if we Don’t think about the future Then how will we plan A basic sign of intelligence Is planning So see basically we have There are three modes of material nature There is goodness, passion and ignorance So we can think about the present In goodness, in passion In ignorance And we can think about past and future Also in goodness, passion and ignorance So when I think about the Think about the Say the present In ignorance Then what happens, I have got diabetes Acute diabetes And a delicious Gulab jamun comes in front of me I say forget the future Live in the present That will destroy me In fact When we fall for sense enjoyment How do we fall for it We only think about the present I want to enjoy now So living in the present Is fine But when our world view Becomes reduced only to the present This is the moment I want to enjoy I don’t care about anything else That is not positive So in the mode of ignorance We just don’t care about anything Actually in the mode of ignorance We don’t even really care Positively about the present also Whatever, this is what I feel like doing I will do it Even if it causes me pain, this is what I will do So In India there is this Alarm because many young kids Are Not a few young kids have committed suicide Because of this blue hill challenge It’s an online game Where some people challenge you Marker, mean blood Blue hill on your body Do this, do that People do that, ultimately they commit suicide So actually this is simply The mode of ignorance I just wrote an article about it From the blue hill challenge to the blue hole challenge The blue hole is Krishna So we need to relate with Krishna That is the challenge of our life So the point is that In the mode of ignorance Sometimes we just get caught by something It doesn’t even give us pleasure But just the passion of the moment is so great This is what I am doing Just don’t think about anything So we need to live in the present But in the mode of goodness In the mode of goodness means As you said We understand that the present is the womb of the future So yes, I want a brighter future In my life But how will I get it? By working in the present So when we Have a proper World view See living in the present Has become almost like a mantra in today’s world Just be in the present Be here now But when it is divorced from a higher world view Be here now Can actually be harmful Because I may just Do some things because they feel good right now So We have to have a proper world view Which helps us to understand What is the worthy goal for the future So for a devotee Our ultimate goal is That we want to attain Krishna’s abode We want to develop love for Krishna But the way to develop love for Krishna Is by serving him right now By doing our responsibilities In the mode of devotional service right now So when we see That the present is the womb of the future And we understand What it is that is Truly worthy in the future Then we will live in the present But we won’t live for the present We will live in the present For Krishna Does it answer your question? Thank you Prabhupada ki Gaur Bhakt Vrinda ki Sai Gaur Premanand Hai Hari bol Let’s once again thank this great