Is it possible for anything to HAPPEN or BE outside the Now?
Nothing ever happened in the past; it happened in the Now. Nothing will ever happen in the future; it will happen in the Now. What you think of as the past is a
memory trace, stored in the mind, of a former Now. When the future comes, it comes as the Now. When you think about the future, you do it now.
Past and future obviously have no reality of their own.
Just as the moon has no light of its own, but can only reflect the light of the sun, so are past and future only pale reflections of the light, power, and reality of the eternal present. Their reality is “borrowed” from the
Now.
Life is now!
The more you are focused on TIME — past and future — the more you miss the Now.
It is your only point of access into the timeless and formless realm of Being.
....possessions, the work you do, social status and recognition, knowledge and education, physical appearance, special abilities, relationships, personal and family history, belief systems, and often also political, nationalistic, racial, religious, and other collective identifications.
NONE OF THIS IS YOU!
You will know it at the latest when you feel
death approaching. The secret
of life is to “DIE BEFORE YOU DIE ” — and find that THERE IS NO DEATH.