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The Present Moment, Part 5 You do not need to know precisely what is happening, or exactly where it is all going. What you need is to recognize the possibilities and challenges offered by the present moment, and to embrace them with courage, faith and hope. Thomas Merton Figure 1 is the two-dimensional representation I … Continue reading The Present Moment, Part 5

The Present Moment, Part 4 “Eternity is in the present. Eternity is in the palm of the hand. Eternity is a seed of fire, whose sudden roots break barriers that keep my heart from being an abyss!” Thomas Merton[1] Figure 1 is the image I have been using to explore what the present moment is, … Continue reading The Present Moment, Part 4

The Present Moment, Part 2 “The present moment has no beginning and no end. It always was and always will be ‘Now.’ That which has no beginning and no end in time we call ‘eternal.’ We live and die in the eternity of the present moment; there is no other place in which we can … Continue reading The Present Moment, Part 2

The Present Moment “The present moment has no beginning and no end. It always was and always will be ‘Now.’ That which has no beginning and no end in time we call ‘eternal.’ We live and die in the eternity of the present moment; there is no other place in which we can live.” Robert … Continue reading The Present Moment