The problem with brains is that it’s 99% trust.
If you lose confidence in your cognitive performance, that’s the worst thing there is.
Then you start seeing everything in that light.
Staring Out of the Car Window
Why are Buddhists obsessed with staying in the here and now?
I love daydreaming and leaving the here and now. There is nothing better. I daydream 24/7.
The difficult thing about time is that at every moment you perceive, only the present exists.
It’s like a small square moving through space. Whenever you measure it, there is always only “now.”
If you look at it from that angle, you are moving forward in time, but you are also standing still.
It doesn’t matter which day we travel to — at that moment, there is still only the present.
On the other hand, time is also simply perspective. I live in Western Europe; for someone in Australia, it might already be dark. Those two perspectives are happening at the same moment.
Sometimes people say something like, “The past, present, and future coexist at the same time.” In this narrative, you are doing life a bit of a disservice. It would imply that future generations don’t live in freedom, that they can’t make autonomous decisions.
Being distracted all the time is actually part of it.
That voice in the background is there because you associate quickly — that’s what many people with ADD often do. It has nothing to do with being distracted. It’s more about making a new connection, but very quickly — an association with something else.
That’s why it’s important to learn to look at yourself with compassion and not be too hard on yourself. If you are truly strict with yourself, you’ll feel distracted all the time. But that isn’t really what’s happening.