The speaker argues that only the present moment is real and encourages you to stop ruminating and stay present in everyday situations: driving a child, caring for a sick body, attending yoga. A practical guide to mindfulness without the theory.
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I just dig in a little bit. The only thing that is real is right now. We don't need to get into the quantum physics about time not being real, etc., and all time is exactly the same, because it's a bit heady, and we don't want to be in our heads. So I would just like to propose that, for now, what if right now is the only thing that matters? Not even what if, because right now is the— it's the only real thing. Anything else forward and backwards is not real right now. This is real. So this is what we're going to practice. And I mean, like, practice in the nitty-gritty. I mean, practice in my son needs to be driven here, my daughter wants to go there, I feel sick. How do I stay present in all of that? Like, oh, it's like you just— like, life is happening and it feels like I always— like, I've always played with this. And it's so nice if you can be present in a yoga class or on a nice