It's important because it creates a state that creates a feeling of confidence and trust. It is RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW. A clear space of being which is very natural to us all.

We think backwards and forwards in time. When we are planning or worrying, we are moving our attention forward in time. When we also take out minds backward in time and space by remembering. We can create strong feeling by remembering things that upset us, like anger, anger is thinking backwards. We can also remember places back in time that create good feelings, but the problem is they are all moving out attention away from the here and now.

What is the present moment? A place of non-thinking or , peace of mind. Nothing processing in your mind.

What are we made of?

Physical - the body, always in the here and now.

Emotional - thinking , every bit of thinking generates a feeling, and it's these feelings that we are looking to reduce.

Spiritual - Peace of mind, or extended conscious gaps between our thinking.

The trust techniques has a healing quality because of the brings into your mind and also into your life. Humans crave peace of mind, even if the are not conscious of it.

Exercise 1: (10 sec.) Putting full attention or mind onto your body, by focusing on keeping your body completely still. Still body equals a still mind. Eyes will rest on a spot, keep eyes still and focus on keeping the littlest of movements motionless. Your body will be in the present moment so you will find that your unable to think clearly about the past of future. Next, (10 sec.) remain still but focus on keeping your body still, and listen to a sound that you can hear in a room. Next, focus on keeping still, listening to a sound and feeling the sensation of touch. The human conscious mind cannot focus on too many things at once, so it's a great way to increase the focus you have on the body, and keep you in touch with the present. You may have a thought come into your mind, but there is a difference between a thought and thinking.

A thought can drift into your mind, but if you leave it alone it will drift right through and disappear, but if you engage the thought, the process of thinking will begin, and thinking produces "feelings". Feeling are what we want to keep down to a minimum. The trust technique can be described as a neutral state of feeling, neither up or down, positive or negative. The best way not to engage in the thought is to know that its okay and to refocus on your body and your senses, and this will keep you present every time. Next, (30sec.) of stillness focusing on all three. When a thought comes up, know that it's okay, and refocus on your body and senses.

Recap:

Body still, Listen, Touch, Acknowledge thoughts, Back to re-focusing on Body, Listen, Touch.

Home Work. Get present at least 5 minutes per day, somewhere where you are already relaxed. You will need these skills for the following exercises.

MAKING YOUR PRESENT MOMENT STRONGER

Thinking is hard work. Making your present moment stronger is going to be looking at your hard work thinking as a means to making your focus and non-reaction way stronger on many levels. This will be your "focus" gym workout! Your thinking will be the resistance, and peace will be the muscle. You will be overcoming heavy thinking with the power of peace of mind.

You will need a pen and a pad of paper for this exercise. What am I un-peaceful about? Make a list of non-peaceful thoughts that you think about. Next, Score each topic from 1 to 10. Number one would be hardly any thinking at all. Go through your list and think about each topic and ask yourself where can you feel it on your body and write t that location next to the number. Thoughts always rest in your body somewhere, and the higher the number the more you will feel it.

Working with the list. Choose one of the lower numbers to start with.

Think about it, BUT ONLY UNTIL YOU FEEL IT. Once you've got that, move your attention away and get present for thirty seconds. When you start to get present you may feel that feeling there again, but when getting present, rather than feeling the touch of clothing (etc), use the sensation of the feeling you are working on. Do this fo ten seconds. You may find it goes away quite quickly. Then, get present for thirty seconds. So.

Choose a topic from the list, think about it until you feel it, get present for thirty seconds. Repeat 5 times on the same topic.

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