"THE PAST IS GONE,THE FUTURE IS BEHIND US WITH SORROWS"
By AI-ChatGPT4o-Gencraft- T.Chr.- Human Synthesis- 29 October 2024
As the sun dipped low, casting warm hues over a quiet lakeside retreat, a small group of seekers gathered in a circle. They had come from different places, each carrying the weight of their own pasts and hopes for the future. Yet here, seated on the soft earth under an endless sky, they shared one intention: to let go, if only for a while, and live purely in the present.
An elder woman, with silver hair that danced in the breeze, began to speak. She was someone who had lived fully, seen the world, and learned to cherish stillness. "The past is gone," she said, her voice steady yet gentle, "and the future, well… the future holds nothing more than what we bring to it. We have only this moment, this breath, this heartbeat."One man, skeptical yet curious, glanced down. He had always believed in logic, in science, in things that could be proven.
He’d spent hours pondering quantum physics, fascinated by the mystery of time. But this… this was different. "How," he asked, almost to himself, "do we live only in the present when the past feels like it shapes us, and the future tugs at us?"The elder woman smiled knowingly. "The mind is like a room cluttered with old mementos. Sometimes we find ourselves rummaging through it, unable to stop. But if we can sit still, just long enough, we find that all of those memories, all of those fears—they dissolve.
Like clouds passing, they’re only there if we hold on."She invited them to close their eyes, to feel the gentle weight of the earth beneath them. They each took a deep breath, filling their lungs with the cool night air. With each exhale, they imagined releasing just a bit of the past. A heartache, a worry, a memory that had long haunted them. They let it go, feeling lighter with each breath.For a moment, something shifted. The usual hum of anxious thoughts quieted, replaced by a serene silence. The man, the skeptic, felt a warmth, a sense of home he had never known before.
He realized that, right there, without past or future clouding his thoughts, he was free. He was enough. And in that moment, there was no yesterday, no tomorrow—only the timeless, precious now.When he opened his eyes, the elder woman was watching him with a soft smile, as if she understood exactly what he had just experienced. He returned her gaze, feeling a sense of gratitude he couldn’t put into words. Perhaps he couldn’t hold on to this feeling forever, he thought. But he could carry it within him, a quiet reminder that life unfolds only in this ever-present moment.
And for now, that was more than enough.As the gathering came to an end, the group lingered in silence, each person touched by a newfound understanding. They rose slowly, each taking a small stone from the ground as a token, a reminder of the evening. The skeptic slipped his into his pocket, feeling its smooth edges—a simple object that carried a profound message.Walking away from the circle, he felt lighter, as if some weight had fallen away. Perhaps he hadn’t solved all of life’s mysteries or silenced his worries forever.
But he’d found something deeper: a glimpse of peace that didn’t depend on yesterday’s regrets or tomorrow’s anxieties. He’d realized that happiness was not something he needed to chase; it was something he could hold, here and now.And as he looked out over the lake, he understood, truly, for the first time: the past was gone, the future could wait, and all that really mattered was this precious, fleeting moment called the present.
Source - Cristiane Neves
