Accepting the present moment, and changing it.

Living in the present moment and accepting it as it is, doesn’t mean that we should stop progress and change. Being mindful doesn’t mean we agree with what is wrong with our lives, work, relationships, environment.

Mindfulness doesn’t equal stagnation. It’s a common misconception to assume that the philosophy of accepting the present moment also implies accepting everything that comes out of this present moment.

The present moment is like a blank whiteboard. Everything that appears on it is a fruit of our thinking. Our ideas, plans, designs, wishes, to-dos. Our careers, relationships, achievements and failures. Also our emotions and feelings.

It is only though those forms that we can enact what it means to be human. To show our love and compassion.

As Ken Wilber points out: “any realisation of depth carries a terrible burden: Those who are allowed to see are simultaneously saddled with the obligation to communicate that vision in no uncertain terms. That is the bargain. […] And therefore, if you have seen, you simply must speak out. Speak out with compassion, or speak out with angry wisdom, or speak out with skilful means, but speak out you must.”

Working mindfully, we are aware of what we are doing every moment, yet we do not attach ourselves to the outcome. Through mindfulness we give rise to the right thoughts, speech and action.