De-automatise

 De-automatise, Osho once said, is key to awareness. And nothing, absolutely nothing, in my view, could be more true. And, I hasten to add, could be more helpful. In fact, it is the best advice I've ever heard if you aspire to be in the present.

There is nothing more difficult than to be in the here & now for our brains are wired in an anticipatory mode: We are constantly anticipating what might come next. Needless to say, this is most useful when walking, driving and engaging in arguments. It is however slightly less useful when trying to mentally be where we physically are - hence de-automatise.