Presence: Be Here Now

Welcome to day four of Insight Timer's Intention Setting Challenge.

Setting an intention is making a decision about who you want to be and how you choose to show up.

Over time,

Those choices become change.

Let's begin.

Welcome to Insight Timer's Intention Setting Challenge.

My name is Charles.

I have a simple intention to offer.

But first,

Let's just settle in.

You can allow the eyes to close if they like,

And the breath to breathe however it wants to,

And the body to relax however it can.

Now here's a question.

Where do you come from?

And what if the answer was simply,

I come from here.

So,

This is my intention for you if you choose to accept it.

Just today,

I will live from here.

We might find ourselves often living in attachment to the possible future or the remembered past.

But today,

Just today,

I will live from here.

Unattached to getting to the end or getting to the next thing,

I will live from here.

You might imagine yourself on a sailboat,

Riding across the water,

And there is a destination out there in mind.

It's what gets you moving.

But once you're moving,

You can only get there by adjusting to what's here.

The wind of the present moment.

I adjust my sails again and again,

And then naturally,

I get there.

So,

Can you be here all along the way until there becomes here?

I will live from here.

Now you might just take a few more deep breaths.

If the eyes were closed,

You can gradually allow them to reopen whenever they want to.

If you like this and maybe you'd like to go deeper with me,

You'll find several long-form courses on my profile.

And now,

On the next few screens,

You'll be invited to set this intention,

Or your own version of it,

On your insight timer home screen.

The simple act of seeing your intention reflected back throughout the day is enough to create change.

Thank you for joining me.

I will live from here.