The Present as Awareness

We Can Never Experience Reality

Matthew David
Embodying Philosophy
6 min readSep 13, 2023

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When we have the realization that we are “alive,” what comes to mind? What is it one of the first things we realize when we jolt awake into the consciousness of our Being?

The first thing we become aware of is the Present moment — that we are a Being that exists in Time. We call this immediate relationship to Time “The Present.” Most people are willing to inherit popular definitions of the “Present” from such figures from Buddhism or differently, the popular social media “Meditation apps” that promise…

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Matthew David
Embodying Philosophy

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