The pure present is an ungraspable advance of the past devouring the future. In truth, all sensation is already memory.

Henri Bergson
The pure present is an ungraspable advance of the past...
The pure present is an ungraspable advance of the past...
The pure present is an ungraspable advance of the past...
The pure present is an ungraspable advance of the past...
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The present is a strange world. We are alive now, but we are also living in the past and the future. Everything that is happening right now is simultaneously happening in the past, the present, and the future. We are all existing both simultaneously now.

This can be confusing because it is not easy to understand. The present is an unreal world where you are alive now, but your existence is also your memory of the past. The more vivid your memories of the past are, the more vivid your experience of the present will be.

Someone who has lived a long life will have many memories to draw on when they live in the present. That is why they feel so happy and alive.

Source: Matter And Memory

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