{"id":308,"date":"2015-02-23T19:05:30","date_gmt":"2015-02-23T19:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsfromheaven.info\/?p=308"},"modified":"2026-03-30T10:24:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T10:24:26","slug":"be-aware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsfromheaven.info\/?p=308","title":{"rendered":"Be aware!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

English version<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Recently I read again<\/span> „The Power of Now“ by Eckhart Tolle. I first read it about 12 years ago and I liked it, but it didn’t have too much of an impact on me. Anyway, this time it really hit me and so I remind myself as often as possible to stop thinking, be in the now and enjoy being present in the present moment – as he recomends. As many of you know, that’s not easy at all. Sometimes hours pass where I am lost in thoughts, dreaming about a future to come or a past that is forever gone and miss the present moment – the only one that ever is. So I asked my heavenly companions to remind me through out the day to be present here in the now.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The other day I took the Subway. Here in Vienna they inform you from time to time by loudspeaker to behave in a certain way and keep certain rules. They always introduce this announcement with „Be aware …!“ I heard it hundreds of times and never payed much attention to it. But this time I had an insight. All of a sudden this introduction „Be aware!“ sounded like a request, a call for beeing present. A very personal call to be aware.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By the way, there is a game that I play from time to time with my kids. It consists of two trick questions. The first one is, „What time is it?“. Usually one has a look on his watch and then tells the time. But the correct answer is, „Now!“. The second question is best to be asked when being on a trip in a car or train. One pretends to be a little bit lost and then asks innocently, „Where are we?“. As you can already guess, the correct anwer is, „Here!“.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Heavenly Yours<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Martin<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Deutsche Version<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Seien Sie achtsam!<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

K\u00fcrzlich habe ich wieder „Jetzt! Die Kraft der Gegenwart“ von Eckhart Tolle gelesen (Verlag Arkana, ISBN 3442345588). Als ich es vor 12 Jahren zum ersten mal gelesen hatte, hatte es mir zwar gefallen, aber mich nicht allzusehr beeinflu\u00dft. Doch diesmal hat es mich wirklich erwischt. Daher erinnere ich mich so oft wie m\u00f6glich daran, „nicht zu denken“ und stattdessen in der Gegenwart zu sein und es zu genie\u00dfen, jetzt im gegenw\u00e4rtigen Moment pr\u00e4sent zu sein. Wie viele von Euch wissen, ist das gar nicht so einfach. Manchmal vergehen Stunden in denen ich in Gedanken versunken bin, von der Zukunft tr\u00e4ume oder \u00fcber etwas Vergangenes nachsinne, das aber ohnehin nie wieder kommen wird. Damit verpasse ich den gegenw\u00e4rtigen Moment – den einzigen, der immer ist, mein Leben im Hier und Jetzt. Also habe ich meine himmlischen Gef\u00e4hrten gebeten, mich zwischendurch daran zu erinnern, ins Jetzt zur\u00fcckzukehren.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Letztens war ich hier in Wien mit der U-Bahn unterwegs. Von Zeit zu Zeit werden die Fahrg\u00e4ste mittels einer Lautsprecherdurchsage daran erinnert, gewisse Regeln einzuhalten. Dies beginnt immer mit der Einleitung, „Seien Sie achtsam…!“ Ich habe das schon hunderte mal geh\u00f6rt, doch dieses mal war es mit einer Einsicht verbunden. Diese Einleitung, „Seien Sie achtsam!“, klang aufeinmal wie eine an mich gerichtete Aufforderung, pr\u00e4sent zu sein.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00dcbrigens, da gibt es ein Spiel welches ich mit meinen Kindern \u00f6fters spiele. Es handelt sich um zwei Fangfragen, mit denen wir uns gegenseitig ins Bockshorn jagen und mit denen sie auch mich manchmal erwischen. Die erste Frage lautet: „Wie sp\u00e4t ist es?“ Daraufhin antwortet man gemeinhin mit der aktuellen Uhrzeit. Doch die korrekte Antwort lautet: „Jetzt!“ Die zweite Frage stellt man am Besten wenn man gerade in einem Fahrzeug unterwegs ist. Mit unschuldiger Miene, und leichte Orientierungslosigkeit vorsch\u00fctzend, fragt man: „Wo sind wir denn gerade?“ Und wie Ihr jetzt schon ahnt, lautet die korrekte Antwort: „Hier!“<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mit himmlischen Gr\u00fc\u00dfen<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Martin<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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