Our litmus test of whether or not our current worldview is truly functional as opposed to dysfunctional, is the state of our sense of well-being.
Any moment, a lack of a sense of well-being can be our reminder to bring ourselves back to “This Moment, Here and Now, Fullness” being. This is where well-being is found.
Any time we fall out of sync with this sense means we are somewhere along a “rabbit hole”, where we are NOT living in “This Moment, Here and Now, Fullness”.
I suggest that this might be what the reference of “being fed from within” or “the spring of living water” speaks to.
Note: whereas Christianity says that we must perform some act to acquire this fullness or inner feeding, i sense that it is innate part of all human beings, and needs to be nurtured for it to bear fruit.
This also gives us moment by moment meaning, as when we are living fully Here and Now, everything we do has a sense of pure meaning, mao dun is eliminated, and attention is pure and focused.
Any or all of the following are obvious signs of being out of touch with our well-being center:
Mind Spinning
Body Knots going uncontrolled
Overwhelmed
Wired
Anxious
Drifting
Daydreaming
Lack of focus
Reality is Dharma 
Thanks! I have really tried being “in the moment” and I think it is helping! My sleep sure is improving….
LikeLike
I heard a short clip from Jim Carrey where he said “I seem to be able to keep a good energy because, Most of the energy people lose is because they are “future travelling in their brain”, and I’m really nowhere but here. Being in “this moment” frees you from the entanglements. It’s just to me, it’s like all discomfort is caused from future… future time travel…. trying to fix the future”
Its stated a bit differently, but rumination or DMN is reflecting on past and present and future and making comparisons and narratives, while TPN is using our active senses, combined with keeping aware of our breath, living in, as we call it Now Now Now…. 🙂
I tell myself “I only suffer as much as I allow myself to”….. but then that brings up another question…. “if this is a situation where I feel responsible to care, I end up carrying it”….. each one of us has unique circumstances that we must work our way through… but in the end, we all know it is not good for us to carry baggage…. and doesn’t help the situation….. for me, “watching” is where I can stand in the situation, watching but not being drawn into it…. some might say this is a lack of emotional attachment…. I say, it is caring but not carrying.
LikeLike
“carry but not carrying” … I need to keep that in mind!
LikeLike