Past, Present, Future

When we look on the past, the future often reveals the illusions of the past and when such illusions are revealed all of us in the present tend to look on the people of the past as being primitive--not realizing that many of us would have been as duped as they were if we had been there.

A thousand years ago, many of us would have blindly accepted the decree of the Pope that the world was flat.

This is an important point to remember when seeking the truth in the present.
Consciousnesss cannot live in the present for the present cannot exist without the future and the past.

What would happen if there were no past or future?
There would also be no present for the present is the interaction of the two.

If then there is no past, present or future what would there be?
There would be no form, no energy, no consciousness, nothing to act or to be acted upon, no sadness, no joy, no duality.

Will that be a life that we wanted?

We cannot change the literal past, but we can change the effects of the past so a certain negative event in the past is changed so it is no longer negative to us. No matter what you do, never let the past affect you in a negative way.

Even if you have a good memory, a very positive or negative feeling associated with a past perception can fog the vision of the present.

So what's important!
Perception does not create the future. Decision does.

So eventually, what's your decision?