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A sure sign, symptom, cause and effect of mental illness is thinking the past, the present and the future are three different things.
The past, the present and the future are
three parts of one thing – motion. Together they represent time trinity, so to speak. They form one continuous process of time where each part affects the other, shapes the other and becomes the other.
Present Understanding
Due to malfunctioning
minds at the cellular level, your larger mind does not realize you cannot live or function in the present without using the past and being affected by the past.
Although you can't live IN the past, you always live WITH the past.
Since you are living with the past, the past has obviously moved forward into the present where you are. This means you are living in the present in the past.
In other words, No, you can't live in the past in a
“go back in time and live back then” sort of way. However, Yes, you do live in the past in a “the past transforms itself into the present” sort of way.
What “The Present” Really Is
The present is merely a workspace where both the past and the future take shape.
The present is merely a workspace where the past and the future are connected.
The present shapes the connection between the past and the future.
The present becomes part of the past and part of the future.
The present becomes the past and the future.
Related Proverbs:
Peer into the past, recognize yourself, now walk presently as your future.
