Be Here Now

Ruffff!  I am literally dancing up here!  I’m so happy to see the positive human response to my first DogBlog posting. It heartens me to see that there are Homo sapiens out there actually thinking about slowing down, smelling the violets and Being Here Now.  If I had one lesson to teach my recalcitrant mistress while I still inhabited the earth plane … that was it.  Yes. This was and is the lesson: Be Here Now, every letter capitalized. Be = I am. Here = located on this space I presently occupy. Now  = at this exact moment in time.  With all my disciplinary growls, barks  and (occasional but necessary) bites, even my outrageous temper tantrums … had but one distinct teaching goal:  Live this moment.  Concentrate, pay attention, be real, be authentic. Take this present moment as your only moment.

 None of us … even us dogs … have a guarantee on tomorrow or even the next ten minutes. There are no guarantees, period. You don’t see even one of my species Canis lupis familiaris participating in any of the following activities: ruining our thumbs (even if we had them) texting, bowing our heads to our PCs, ipads, Smartphones and/or spending 40% (uh-oh … or even more) of our waking hours on the Internet being discouraged and jealous about the exciting lives of our ‘friends’.  You will never see a dog missing WHAT IS because of getting distracted by what isn’t.

Sometimes it takes a wake up call to get humans to Be Here Now and to realize that there is just one life to live here on planet Earth. Sometimes it takes a frightening diagnosis, the loss of a job or an accident in traffic caused by lack of concentration to get a person to take the plunge back into the present moment. On the other hand and occasionally … a great teacher (could even be a Gurudog) enters to enlighten the human out of the artificial and back into what’s real.  This is, of course, the easiest (well, at least the most positive) road back to accepting reality.  The truth is that time waits for no one to catch up or make up. Lost time is lost.  You can’t redo the past even the past that occurred just five seconds ago. Many Quantum Physicists would disagree citing the Parallel Reality Theory, but until scientists can put that theory into practice (which might be a few light years hence) what  humans can do is to learn to value of the precious present.

It’s a fine thing when a dog can admire a human as much as I admired Andy Whitfield.  I  recommend an inspiring trailer for an especially moving documentary feature film:  Andy Whitfield’s story is entitled: “Be Here Now” http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wE_Y5brW-ZE  

After watching this you may be wondering if your own life is passing you by . If you get the message then I rest my case.

Look around you.  What do you see?  Can you still see anything at all without a digital screen lighting the way to your comprehension of what you are seeing?  It is my personal opinion (and particularly from my vantage point) that most humans are living in an altered (manipulated) state of reality that is spoiling real experience and one-on-one communication.  Ask yourself:  Have I forgotten (or never even learned) how to talk to someone without using my fingers?  Have I forgotten (or never even learned) how to express real emotions face to face with another of my species? Think about this.

What would your life look like if someone took all your toys (and that is what all those electronic devices from the simplest to the most sophisticated are … don’t delude yourself) away from you?  What would you do without just one of those toys? I ask you … the bigger question to ponder … what if there was no electricity to run the devices that control your happiness?  What if?  What on earth would you do? How would you cope?

So, for today this is the end of my lecture from beyond the Beyond. Straight from Whispering Fritz to those of you who might be reading this for comfort, for entertainment or for a new (or quite ancient) view of how to perceive what is going on all around you.  Look to and learn from the dogs, cats and other animals on your planet. Watch and listen to them.  They will teach you how to live in the moment … in real time. The clock is ticking.  No kidding. You only have this moment. Never forget it.