When....

...you have a past from which you fail to draw warmth, energy and power (to love with)... for get it.

...you are attached to your material fictions to a point where you are blind to the joy of life... ferget it.

...you are afraid of your past, you avoid parts of your Now, and shy of the infinite possibilities of the future... futget it.

Opening your mind is as simple as telling yourself to believe. In order to believe (know) something, you must first, listen to it. In order to listen, you must quiet your surroundings. Eliminate distractions. Eliminate useless self-doubt. When your mind is quiet, you can listen. Only when your mind is quiet, can you listen.

There is an old saying.

When I listen, I know.

When I see, I remember.

When I do, I understand.

An important part of living in the Now, and seeing the world that is passing before your eyes, is being willing to let go of the past. Time is like a river. Sit, and listen as it goes by. All the voices are in the river, flowing past, and you learn from them. When you let the river flow by, the voices do not disappear, for they are still in the river.

The moment you dismiss the world as it is, in favor of emotions and ideas in the past, you begin to empty.

Author's note:

I'd like to take a second here to point out, that without using the language of religion, some of these concepts, or words, here may seem inappropriate. Admittedly, I'm writing this as more of a philosophy piece. Strictly known and understood science will resume next time. Consider that a promise.

When empty, their is only an echo of the mind. A distant, if not less potent consciousness, muted by our attachments, away from the Now. To bring yourself back to the now, you must only listen once again, to the voices in the river.

Forget these words.