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Originally Posted by Profpat  Hi infinitethoughts;
Consequently, my physical self is always living in the past.
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Well I'd say that the idea of the physical self living in the past is due to a belief in Linear time.
Linear time believes that we are constantly passing from the past to the future and the present is only a sliver of time.
This came about 300 years ago through Newton.
But it's interesting what happens when one stops and realizes that the words "past" and "future" are simply conceptual ideas.
No where in the present Now, are they perceivable, do they exist.
If one comes from the perspective that all there is is Now, and the above are only concepts, then the viewpoint changes for the perceiver.