Now is the moment

The moment is now

Your mind will ask how

It will want to reel and spin

It will want to escape this moment somehow

But escape you must not

Don’t give in to the game

Any attempt will be in vain

The escape routes will feel tempting

They’re familiar for sure

No matter what form

They’ll leave you wanting more

Drop out of the head

Stay away from the past

Avoid the future

This feeling won’t last

It’s energy in motion

Moving through the vastness of you

There’s a place inside waiting to be noticed

And notice you must

Don’t contract, don’t put up a fight

Instead, get still and ground

Even if you are moving or way up high

Then expand with all of your might

Throw the edges of you

In all directions

Ignore the bells and whistles of fright

Unless a tiger is chasing you

Then run, fawn, freeze or put up a fight

Your nervous system will decide which to pick

It’s not even up to you when you’re in the thick

But most of the tigers aren’t real

They’ve gone or may never happen

These are the fearful, angry, hopeless tigers we need to stop

By revealing and feeling

The feelings may be scary but you’re bigger than that

You’re built to feel, to know the real

You’ve just forgotten this fact

Your body alarms don’t mean to scare you

They’re doing their job

But they’re blind to fiction and fact

Past, present, and future

Are a mystery to them

They know nothing of thought and imagination

If it is focused on it is acted on as if it were true

If you’re in real danger your system will act

There’s no doubt about that

It’s the false alarms that throw you off course

These are the ones you want to catch

So first, check for tigers

And when there’s none to be found

Right here, right now

Stop and look around

Use your five senses to bring you back

To this moment

Come out of the dark alleys of the past

And the heart-thudding films of the future

Drop out of the habitual BS thinking loops

And drop into the REAL you

That’s your support

It won’t let you down

It will keep you on track

There will be no looking back

When you can be with this moment

Just as it is

There will be no feeling too big or too small

That you’ll need to escape

You’ll be at peace with your inner landscape