The past is memory. The future is imagination. What we truly have is this living moment.
Jack Kornfield
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- What Opens Us? The Gates of Awakening (2026); Exact wording and attribution checked. Quoted from the author’s written article, not an automated video transcript; contemplative perspective on lived time.
- What Opens Us? The Gates of Awakening (2026)
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