Thanks anita for sharing your thought and experience. It never occurred to me before the so called obsession. When I obsess about certain event in the past or about certain scenario in the future, I am tied to that object very tightly. That obsession make me anxious, angry. I cannot enjoy the present moment. Now after I think about it again, I often obsess about many things. For example, when I do not know an answer to some question, I keep thinking about the correct answer time and time again. Because of that, I can’t keep up with the next incoming question. This is really undesireable.

back to the topic, when we do meditation, we should let go of the past & future completely. not planning for future & not reflecting the past. Perhaps, we can’t really live in the moment when doing other activities outside meditation. Please enlighten me if I made incorrect assumption.