Originally Posted by Gem

Yep, it's easy - the now is this moment where existence is, as opposed to the past and future which aren't here now. It means the conscious experience is of 'this'. Question being, is one present with the present or are they somewhat distracted and unaware?

Originally Posted by Iamit

At least the distracted and unaware state would be occurig in the now so we wouldn't have that to worry about.

:)

Originally Posted by Gem

how would one know?

Originally Posted by Iamit

Yes you would have that doubt if you thought there was somewhere else to be other than the NOW. You would have to work out whether you were in that other place (wherever it is:) or in the NOW.

If one accepts however that we have flights of fancy, daydreams, distractions, memories about the past, and imaginings about the future, which all happen right NOW and do not therefore somehow remove us from the now, the problem is over.

Originally Posted by Gem

Nothing to do with doubt, just how would one know if they were "distracted and unaware"?

Originally Posted by Baile

Regret is all about looking back into the past. If you're still unclear here, it's no doubt because you're using logic to try and decipher it. You need to engage using intuitive understanding. Or in Hermetic terms, apply wisdom that differentiates between relative truth versus absolute truth.

We live in the NOW. That is undeniable.
And yet someone psychologically locked in the torment of regret, lives in the PAST.
Both of these statements are realities of physical-material life. Both are true.

Originally Posted by Iamit

If there is only the NOW one would not have to concern oneself with that question (what a relief:) in terms of whether one was in the now or not, because one would be distracted and unaware in the NOW.