{"id":1817,"date":"2016-12-01T13:38:52","date_gmt":"2016-12-01T17:38:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.simpleserenity.com\/blog\/?p=1817"},"modified":"2016-11-24T14:01:16","modified_gmt":"2016-11-24T18:01:16","slug":"wonder-of-emerging-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.simpleserenity.com\/blog\/extraordinary-reading\/wonder-of-emerging-moment\/","title":{"rendered":"Soaking in the Wonder of the Emerging Moment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><small>Guest post by Leo Babauta, <a href=\"https:\/\/zenhabits.net\" target=\"_blank\">Zen Habits<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n<p>Lately I\u2019ve been using the image of an empty cup to find a more peaceful state of mind.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-1818\" src=\"http:\/\/www.simpleserenity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/cup.jpg\" alt=\"empty cup\" width=\"504\" height=\"364\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.simpleserenity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/cup.jpg 504w, http:\/\/www.simpleserenity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/cup-300x217.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.simpleserenity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/cup-150x108.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.simpleserenity.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/cup-400x289.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 504px) 100vw, 504px\" \/>One of the most peaceful, meditative states is when you\u2019re just open to noticing what\u2019s around you and happening in the present moment. You\u2019re just receiving the world around you (yourself included), soaking in the light, colors, shapes, sounds, touch sensations, just noticing.<\/p>\n<p>When you\u2019re completely open to noticing this moment, it can be amazing \u2014 you notice things you wouldn\u2019t have if you were in your normal dream state, you start to appreciate little details of everything around you. Most of us miss this almost all of the time. We all walk around in a trance, thinking about what we need to do, spinning stories about what\u2019s happening.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the thing: if our minds are full of thoughts and stories already, we actually <em>can\u2019t<\/em> notice the present moment. We can\u2019t see what\u2019s all around us, when we\u2019re caught up in our normal dreamlike state.<\/p>\n<p>You can\u2019t fill a cup up with the present moment, when it\u2019s already full.<\/p>\n<p>So I have been practicing emptying out my cup.<\/p>\n<p>I notice that I have an emotional state or story that has filled my mind and is blocking me from noticing what\u2019s in front of me.<\/p>\n<p>I let all of that flow out of the cup of my mind.<\/p>\n<p>And then I soak in the present moment, noticing the physical sensations of everything around me. Noticing my body and how it feels. Noticing what\u2019s flowing through my mind.<\/p>\n<p>Then, of course, I get caught up in my thoughts again. When I notice this, I empty my cup. I soak in the moment. Then once again, I get caught up, I empty my cup, I soak in the moment.<\/p>\n<p>Over and over, I empty my cup. And that leaves me open to whatever is happening right now, the wonder-filled beauty and joy of the emerging moment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guest post by Leo Babauta, Zen Habits<\/p>\n<p>Lately I\u2019ve been using the image of an empty cup to find a more peaceful state of mind.<\/p>\n<p>One of the most peaceful, meditative states is when you\u2019re just open to noticing what\u2019s around you and happening in the present moment. You\u2019re just receiving the world around you (yourself included), soaking in the light, colors, shapes, sounds, touch <\/p>\n<p>Continue reading <a href=\"http:\/\/www.simpleserenity.com\/blog\/extraordinary-reading\/wonder-of-emerging-moment\/\">Soaking in the Wonder of the Emerging Moment<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1001002,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-extraordinary-reading","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.simpleserenity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.simpleserenity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.simpleserenity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.simpleserenity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1001002"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.simpleserenity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1817"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.simpleserenity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1817\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1819,"href":"http:\/\/www.simpleserenity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1817\/revisions\/1819"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.simpleserenity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.simpleserenity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.simpleserenity.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}