Timeisn'tpreciousat all,becauseitisanillusion.Whatyou
perceiveas preciousis nottimebuttheonepointthatisout
oftime:theNow.Thatispreciousindeed.Themoreyouare
focusedontime—pastandfuture—themoreyoumissthe
Now,themostpreciousthingthereis.
Whyisit themost preciousthing?Firstly, becauseitis
the only thing. It’s all there is. The eternal present is the
space within which your whole life unfolds, the one factor
that remains constant. Life is now.There was never a time
whenyourlifewasnotnow,norwillthereeverbe.Secondly,
the Now is the only point that can take you beyond the
limited confinesof themind.Itisyour onlypointof access
intothetimelessandformlessrealmofBeing.

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Aren'tpastandfuturejustasreal,sometimesevenmorereal,
than thepresent? After all,thepastdetermines whoweare,
as well as howwe perceiveand behave in the present. And
our future goals determine which actions we take in the
present.

You haven’t yet grasped the essence of what I am saying
becauseyou are trying to understand it mentally. The mind
cannotunderstandthis.Onlyyoucan.Pleasejustlisten.
Have you ever experienced, done, thought, or felt
anythingoutsidetheNow?Doyouthinkyouever will?Isit
possible foranythingtohappenor beoutsidetheNow?The
answerisobvious,isitnot?