WE BELIEVE THAT PAST AND FUTURE ARE INSEPARABLE PART OF OUR LIFE WHICH IS UNCONSCIOUSNESS AND CAUSE OF PAIN

We believe that the past and future are inseparable from my normal life and
hence worries of the Past and anxieties of the future incidents (pain due to the
past and future) are unavoidable and normal.
This is unconsciousness.
Most of the time we are living with the pastor future, mainly with past worries
and pains, and future anxieties. We are fully in the present very rarely.  In
short we are in pain always, our whole life. Most of our thoughts about the
past or future are negative and create pain and have a pattern which we are
continuing throughout life.

This is another unconsciousness people have due to which we create hell on
earth for ourselves for our whole life.

The fact is that there is a lot of confusion about the past, present and future. 
Many may not know that the ego mind has created this illusion deliberately
with a definite purpose of creating pain and has taken us for a ride.
The truth is that we cannot live in the past or future. We can live only in the
present moment. Everything in our life happens in the present moment,
whatever you want to do, feel and enjoy, you can do it only in the present that
means only in the present moment.
 
All types of pains are due to the worries of the past or anxieties of the future.
Present unfavorable situation, if any, is a reality; there is no other option but to
face it. Here again pain is created when we are not fully in the present and
resisting the reality. Of course we are products of the past and a lot of past
experiences and knowledge are useful in life and we have to plan and do a lot
of things for achieving many things in the future.  But the fact is that we use
past experience and plan for the future in the present only.
But we give a lot of importance to the past and the future which are non-
existent and non-reality now!! Difficult to believe? We have records of the
past-records are reality but the past is non-existent and non reality now. We
can use these data or records in the present for creating pain or happiness or
for different benefits. Can we use the past records for the future? No, but we
can use it for planning for the future; the future is available to us only in the
form of the present. But we think, feel and do most of the things thinking about
the past and future!!!   Practically we spend our whole life for the past and the
future, an illusory and unconscious life. Factually speaking the so-called past
has only a limited relevance in life.  Whatever happened in the past is not in
existence in the present, only the data or information in different forms like
memory, experience, practice etc., are available.
Coming back to the illusion of making the past and future as present by the
ego mind, now we have to understand why and how this illusion
(unconsciousness) is created?
When we are totally in the present moment – when we are fully alert and
attention is fully focused on the present moment reality where there is no
problem or conflict in life and hence, no pain. Whatever is there now is reality.
When you are totally in the present only, you can be truly joyful which is
feeling from within.  Even in an unfavorable situation, you are able to accept it
and face it as a reality and rationally respond to it without losing emotional
balance.  Ego mind cannot survive when one is fully in the present moment,

i.e., in the absence of unwanted negative thoughts and corresponding
emotions and pain .Hence the strategy of the ego mind or its survival
mechanism will not allow a person to remain in full presence.  Without this
awareness, we all fall prey to this strategy of ego mind.  Let us look into it
more closely, how it creates this illusion – past and future as present.
How is the illusion created?

Strength of the ego is directly proportional to the amount of energy deposits of
past pain in the mind.  The more emotional pain experienced in the past, the
stronger will be the ego mind and extent of its control on you. As they survive
on past worries and future anxiety, the strategy of ego is making you feel that
the past and future are part of the present moment – which are non-existent. 
For example, if ‘x’ (say Raju) was emotionally hurt one hour before, the ego
will make him feel the incident as a present moment reality and make him
continue to feel the pain of hurt.  This way the purpose of ego is saved.
Another example of a student ‘y’, his exam result is to be announced
tomorrow, (future) but severe anxiety is created about the result to be
announced tomorrow (future)  by creating  an illusion that it is part of present
moment reality.  In fact, past and future are not part of the present – past,
present and future are mutually exclusive.

Suppose  ‘x’ (Raju)  was the same way emotionally hurt 10 years before,
whether he does feel the hurt feeling now as he felt in the case of the hurt
event one hour before?
–           No.
–           Why not?
–           His rationality tells that it is a past event and it has no relevance to the
present moment reality i.e., your life.
–          Then what is the difference between similar events of hurt 10 years
before or 1 hour before, when both are past events? Past is non-existent and
non reality now but ego creates the illusion of making it feel as the present
reality.

Many may feel a little confused to answer.  A lot of introspection with an open
mind is required to become aware of this great truth and wisdom.  The ego will
try to mislead and block the realization of this simple, but great truth which can
transform your life and drastically reduce pain in life. This is also a test of
understanding the strength of your ego and ‘true you’.  People having a strong
ego mind will find it difficult to fully realize it, if at all realized, ego will gradually
mislead or erase it and carry on earlier belief and feeling patterns and illusion

and continue to create pain.  Hence, repeated reading and introspection is
suggested.  But for most of the people, this realization or awareness with
repeated reinforcements will enable them to gradually reduce the pain and
enhance happiness to a great extent. This will have a great impact on your
quality of life as all the pain one experiences is due to this illusion or lack of
awareness.
Another example through which this truth can be understood is the experience
in a beach. Why is the beach a thrilling experience mainly because without
being aware, we learn this valuable lesson of life on the beach. Waves are in
a continuum but we experience only the present wave like the present
moment in life. Past waves are not in existence but it has given us data or
information which we can use to negotiate with the present wave. Also we can
plan to face the future wave also, the fact is that we are using the information
of the past wave and planning to face the future wave in the present only. And
we can experience only the present wave which is existing and real.
As mentioned earlier the past and future have only limited relevance to the
present moment reality i.e., life.  They are non existing and hence non reality
now.  When we realize a scary dream as a dream, we realize that it is unreal
and we discontinue creating emotional pain.  Similarly, when we fully become
aware of the past and future as unreal and non-existent like a dream, it  helps
us to start living in the present and it is going to make a paradigm shift in your
life .