Nano nano nano seconds after something happens, our brain signals something to our mind (the observer) which is our consciousness.
The point is, we live in the past and there is no way to exist in the present moment unless we were no longer conscious. This also helps the theory that if we move the speed of light, we will see no past or future because time doesn’t exist.
After a conversation with Dad, we realized, our bodies are ALIVE in the present moment breathing, blinking and receiving energy to relay in different mediums of taste, touch, smell, sound, sight and emotion, to our brain to our mind.
We exist where our mind is do we not? The thinker is me, I am in my head- I am perceiving and observing.
After spending 10 days in silence at a Vipassana retreat meditating in the desert near Joshua Tree National Forest, I was taught and realized we don’t even have to react to the sensations that come and go from inside our body and outside out body. If you have an itch, you can observe it and be annoyed temporarily but it goes away and if you pay attention, you can do NOTHING about it. You can have no reaction. This is when it is clear that there is consciousness that we can pay attention to and make more peaceful through diligent attention.
