In
ancient times, prophets were placed high in the society. They were considered
to be divinely inspired and as middle men between gods and man. They were the
pronouncements of gods.
Man
had a great concerned about his future. What is hiding behind the days to come?
The thought disturbed man. It baffled man always.
Tomorrow
might bring sudden prosperity or unexpected ill fortune. Tomorrow might lift
you to kingship or may pull you down to dust. Future was so wayward. So the ancient
Greeks assigned prosperity to a wayward goddess. She came and went as it
pleased her.
Future
always stood beyond man’s reach – a mystery.
Till
today tomorrow maintains the same characteristics.
Who
was a prophet according to the ancient Greek concept?
A
prophet was a person who shared a certain characteristic of gods. The famous
classical prophet Tiresius was blind.
His physical eyes could not see. With his spiritual eyes he could see
the past, present and future all at once, at the same time.
Prophets
were people divinely inspired who could see the past, present and future at the
same time. They had no past, present and future. They had only the present –
the NOW.
Gods
were also like that. For gods there were no past, present and future. Gods had
only NOW, the present.
So
gods and their prophet were always living in the present. It was always NOW for
them. There was no ‘was’ and no ‘will’ for them. There is only ‘is’.
Prophets
were different from witches. Witches could look into the seeds of time. They
could see the past, present and future. But they always had the past, present
and future.
For
gods and prophets, there were no past and future, but only the present.
Today
none of us can live divinely inspired like the ancient prophets. But we can
live TODAY.
Do
not live in the past. The past cannot hold you now. Past has already thrust you
out. You are pushed into the present. The past has a door that opens only to
the present. It never let anyone in from the present.
Past
is the background of today. It is the experience and the lesson that you
learnt. You are standing on the past. It is the foundation of today. But you
cannot live in the past.
Future
is uncertain. However you try, you cannot live in future. We will be there
turning today as the past. Future is today turned to past. Tomorrow is always
tomorrow.
Tomorrow
will be build on today
Tomorrow
will be the effect of today – today as the cause.
Live
TODAY.
Today
is the foundation laid with the experience gathered from yesterday to build tomorrow.
Today
is a prophecy about tomorrow.
Today
is the cause for tomorrow.
LIVE
NOW!
Further
reading: One good thing about worries @ http://professorjacobabraham.blogspot.in/2013/04/one-good-thing-about-worries.html
Professor
Jacob Abraham
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