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
Spirit Rock Residential Teacher
Howard Cohn has practiced meditation since 1972, and has led vipassana retreats since 1985. He leads a weekly ongoing class in San Francisco. Howard has studied with many Asian and western teachers of several traditions, including Theravada, Zen, Dzogchen and Advaita Vedanta, and has been strongly influenced by contact with the Indian master H.W.L. Poonja. He has done postgraduate work in East/West Psychology and has a private counseling practice.