The past takes nothing away from the present moment, and the future will add nothing to it.
The only dimension where everything in the universe exists, and has ever existed, is in the present moment.
Consciousness / spirit is still, unchanging, and eternal within the dimension of non-matter. Because it is unchanging and beyond threat, it is real. It is permanent and true.
Then there is the dimension of matter (stuff), which is also here in the present and eternal—but it is always moving, shifting, and changing. This observable dimension of form is only meaningful to the extent that we give it meaning. By “we” I mean our true identity as spirit—not as bodies and confused minds but as the conscious observer of the mind and of everything.
Everything is here now. The concept of past is only a memory of how the changing physical dimension was once positioned or organized. Thoughts of the future are only wishes, fears, or predictions about how the physical dimension might one day be positioned or organized. Again, none of this has any meaning other than that which we give it.
This realization has the effect of undoing fear. If everything is here, what can we be afraid of losing and what are we waiting for to arrive? Furthermore, if our true identity is consciousness, which is beyond threat, then nothing in the dimension of form has any real power to threaten us anyway, but perhaps with a bit of temporary discomfort.
But through acceptance and forgiveness—the embrace of reality without judgment—even life’s temporary discomfort is transmuted. After the recognition of reality, we immediately see that all the suffering and crisis—all the drama of life—it was caused only by a misunderstanding of reality. Reality is only joy, love, perfect health, and eternal peace.
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