I Am.
Being.
Consciousness.

Aware that I think.
Aware of my thoughts.

I remember in my thoughts.
I look forward in my thoughts.

I am the watcher.
I am the owner of the mind.
My thoughts are not my identity.

I am aware.
I am the Being who is aware.

I think in the now.
I see, feel, hear in the now.

I Am. This is the situation I am in.
This is just the circumstances in which I find myself.
This is not me.

Peace is within me, as I know that I must continue to be and to cope with my situation.

I am happy to be.

Joyful, full of joy, at experiencing this moment.

The Becoming Aware Exercise.

Sit in a comfortable chair where you can be alone without distractions for a few moments. Close your eyes.

Begin by focusing on your breathing. Hear the sound as you breathe slowly in and out. Feel the air flowing into and out of your lungs.

If a thought comes into your mind, distracting you from your focusing on your breath, simply be aware of it. Accept whatever content it may have without entertaining the thought for any length of time. Say to yourself "This is only a thought in my mind". Then focus once again on your breathing.

Now, focus on your feet. Feel the sensations in your feet. Become aware of the pulsing of the blood through your feet. Feel the way your skin wraps around to shape your foot. Feel the edge of the skin on your toes where it meets the edge of your toe nails.

Then take your attention and move it to feel the from your ankles to you knees. Feel the pulsing, feel the skin wrapping around your ankle, lower leg and knees.

Do this for each group of parts as you work up your body. Knees to waist. Waist to shoulders. Shoulders to tips of your arms. Shoulders to top of your head. Ears, eyes, nose, lips.

Each time a distracting thought enters you mind, taking your attention away from your present focus, acknowledge, accept how it makes you feel, then say "This is just a thought."

Now, focus on any object you see when you open your eyes. Feels it's presence as though you are seeing it for the first time; as though it is brand new to you.

Whenever your thoughts drift, focus again on the task at hand. Be aware of what you sense in your body.

This is the practice of Being in the here and now. Through out the day, whenever your mind drifts from the task at hand, accept the thoughts. Say to yourself "These are just thoughts." Acknowledge that you are thinking a distracting thought. Then direct your attention once again to the task at hand.

The Only Time That Is.

By the time you observe something it is already past.

As you look over those events that you observe, you search your mind for meaning. Your meaning, your interpretation, based on your experiences.

Each time you remember those events, you re-interpret them to mean the same or you change them for better or worse according to your mood.

You cannot change the events you have observed, but you can change how you interpret them.

Being In The Now

Being is knowing that  life happens in this moment.

You can remember the  past, just don't re-live it. Acknowledge how it makes you feel. Accept the memory as just a thought. 

You can plan  for the future. Accept that as just another thought. Then focus on the task you need to do now to get to your goal. Be totally absorbed by that task in this moment.

Being here, in the now, brings peace from the voice in your mind.