The heart is the place where our thoughts comes from. The average person was said to have about 50,000 thought per day. Each of this thoughts is either in the future or past. It is like a judge is sitting at the center of our heart. Our heart is the magistrate court, each thought comes like an event in the past or future and the judge gives the judgement. Then, another thought comes up again. As if there was a thought case file in the magistrate court submitted to the judge for judgement at every interval.
All this thought comes due to our believe in time and they are not real. Once we parallel the future and past to become now. The magistrate court disappears. But it is not easy to remain in the now because we have get used to the magistrate court. By practicing the following exercises regularly, we can remove the court totally.

"when a thought comes up in the future say to yourself, it is not real"
"when a thought comes up in the past say to yourself, it has already happened "
" when you are in the moment or balance say to yourself, what is happening right now is the only reality"
"once you are in the now, pick the name of Allah (God) that you like most (e.g. ya Allahu, Jehovah, yahwey, La illa ila lahu, Ezekiel) keep repeating it silently in your mind and continue what you are doing. Essence of this is for you to stay connected with the universe and Allah (God) at all times "
" As you recite the name silently, you can also contemplate about anything in the universe and Allah"
Sufi Rumi said, "be empty on worrying, think about who created thought."
If after performing all this, it was still hard to be in the now. Then, pray loudly or silently at anyplace and anytime by saying :
"O Allah(God), send down your angels and arch angels to help me be in the now."
Once this exercise as become dominant in you. You will have a quiet mind. The judge will disappear forever.
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