Becoming More Aware of the Present Moment

Becoming more aware of the present moment and accepted as it is slows down the over active mind. Present moment awareness means thinking subsides may not disappear completely, but something else arises that is primary. We call it presence or awareness. Thete's just an alert presence. And when the so called teacher stops speaking for a moment, the alert presence remains. It does not need to be filled with anything like now, what is there to think about? Nothing.