By Loch Kelly — 2015
Contrary to popular belief, you can’t be in the present moment.
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As human beings, our predominant agenda is to survive. The instinct is deep in our DNA. Of course we want to stay alive, but now this instinct has become more of an emotional response. It's less about a threat to our actual existence and more about the barrage of perceived threats to our ego.
The brain creates the images, thoughts, feelings and other experiences of which we are aware, but awareness itself is already present.
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