Memory is something that happens only in the present moment. It feels like it's something in the past, but it can only occur in the present moment. If we take a look at it from further back, giving us a more broad and all encompassing view, we would see that clearly. Memory is just thought, and we only have the ability to think in the present moment; just because a thought is about the past doesn't mean that it's in the past. The reason memory really feels like the past is because we are usually completely and absolutely lost in it.

This is the same as for thinking about the future. We often think our thoughts about the future are true. We think this because that is what we believe. We begin thinking about something in the future, but it's just the same as remembering something from the past, it all takes place in the present moment. But, when we are completely immersed in thought, it's all we can see and, thus, believe it.

What happens outside of the present moment? All of our thoughts occur in the present moment. Our bodies can't leave the present moment. All of our situations, feelings, experiences, failures, gains, good things, bad things, happen in the present moment.

Realize this deeply and that's the definition of true happiness.

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Brian Eric Cohen

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