Two Instances.

Yesterday  and Tomorrow.

This moment that is Now, has neither a past nor any future. The past and the future appear and disappear only in the form of a thought.

Thought arises and dissolves and in between there is silence from where thought emerges out and then merges into. This silence never emerges out nor dissolves. While Thought manifests and assumes a form, it is known in that silence but there is no-one who exists other than the Thought,

Thought itself creates the illusion of one who is supposed to be the independent Thinker .

As in the absence of Thought there is no any such a Thinker, but the continuity of two or more thoughts is responsible for this illusion. Only a silent and watchful mind though can but see how because of the In-attention or the lack of attention, in the absent-mindedness, a spurious Thinker appears to exist.

This is no effort or seeking at all.

What is before the emergence of Thought, during the happening of the Thought and when the Thought has been replaced by yet another Thought, is the one and the same unique underlying principle that neither emerges nor subsides.

So-called Past and Future are but the names of the hypothetical states happening in the timeless present / now. 

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