“There’s no future!” — he exclaimed cuttingly. “The future is only a way of talking. For sorcerer there is only the here and now”

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I’m asking for your attention.
Forgive me if I may sound pompous. What I wanna say sounds simple, but the meaning is huge. This is probably one of the most important knowledge I have which is simple to say but difficult to fully understand.
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The past and the future exist only in the present time.
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In other words nothing else except present moment exists.
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When we think about the future, when we devise plans or dream about things which are gonna happen — we are in present moment. There is no future, only thoughts about future. And these thoughts are happening now.
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When we remember something from the past, we deal not with the past but with our perception of the past, our memory. We do it in present moment.
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It doesn’t matter if we remember the past or think about the future, we do it in present moment. Present moment is a place where the past and the future are located. Nowhere else.
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Present moment is a place where everything starts and finishes. It’s the source and the joystick of reality.
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This is the knowledge which almost all spiritual traditions I know try to share with us. This knowledge is essential for walking the spiritual path or creating a better life.
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Take a moment and think about that. The past and the future don’t exist on their own, they exist only in the present.
Present moment is the key.