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\n\t\tBecoming Present\n\t<\/h1>\n\t

Before I learned to Ascend, I was almost never present. I used to go back into the past, judging and analysing things I had done. Or I would go into the future, projecting forward my ideas about what I wanted to happen.<\/p>\n

It was like I had a remote control in my hand, and I was constantly using it to pause the movie of my life, and to scroll forwards and backwards.<\/p>\n

I didn’t realise how attached I was to my thoughts. Nor did I see how much stress I was causing myself, or how self-violence I was.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I was always worried and indecisive. I thought very hard about every step I was taking in my life, and I made up stories about everything that might happen. I was always scared of repeating the past.<\/p>\n

Deep in my heart, I wanted to stop the suffering. I wanted peace – constant peace. But I didn’t know where to look. I read a lot of books and everything they said resonated with me. And I practised some meditations by myself. But I knew a book wasn’t going to enlighten me, and I wasn’t going to enlighten myself. I needed a true teaching, and a teacher to guide me and help me achieve my purpose.<\/p>\n

\n\t\t“Life is now more fluid and simple.” \n\t<\/h3>\n\t

– Osvel, Cuba<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\"Become\n\t

As soon as I decided to find that teaching, Ascension appeared. Then I began to experience the peace I was looking for. I began to be more present, more alive. I began to discover things that I had not seen before.<\/p>\n

In the first week after taking the course I was walking down the main street of my town with a friend. I saw a big sign – one I’d never seen before. But my friend told me it had been there for years.<\/p>\n

Being more present also led me to have more discernment and clarity. I could make decisions without looking back. I began to take life less seriously and stop judging myself.\u00a0<\/p>\n

I realised that I was responsible for all my actions. I was not a victim. Everything that happened in my life, however my mind saw it, was happening only so I could let go and become free.<\/p>\n

Life is now more fluid and simple. Challenges still arise, but I experience them differently.<\/p>\n

It becomes obvious when I’m falling back into the past or projecting forward into the future. As soon as I see that is happening, I can choose to return. Peace and acceptance prevail throughout my life.<\/p>\n

I’ve seen that peace is a choice I can make anytime. And nothing and nobody can take it from me.<\/p>\n

\n\t\tAbout the author:\n\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\"Osvel\n

\n\t\tOsvel Ponce\n\t<\/h3>\n\t

Osvel is from Artemisa, Cuba. He learned to Ascend in 2009.\u00a0He finds Ascension exactly what he needed: A real and simple teaching.<\/p>\n\t\n\t\n\n