None of us has ever really left the present moment. Our life is a continual unfolding of now, yet our imagination creates these ideas called “future” and “past” and we somehow incarnate in them and start dreaming. Notice what happens now—after your last memory has passed and before the next one comes. The dust is cleared for a moment. What is the state of mind that is present without creating anything?

 
Howard Cohn, Going Nowhere We Find Happiness
Howard Cohn

Howard Cohn

Spirit Rock Residential Teacher