Sensus Ergo Est

My Dear Child,

You seem to be under the impression that everyone lives in the same world. That might seem obvious, but it may not be true.
Everyone builds their own little world in their head. Their world is defined by their thoughts about the world, not by the world itself. And since everyone's thoughts are different, everyone lives in a different world. When you see how people behave, it is because, in the world they live in, this behavior makes some sort of sense. At least, most of the time.
But it may not make sense from the perspective of your world. Because none of us are immune. Our worlds are no more independent of our thoughts than anyone else's.

I blame Descartes. Cogito Ergo Sum, huh? I Think, Therefore I Am. Well, I guess that's a truth as far as it goes. But the I that IS is not your core being. The I that Thinks is, by definition, the I that is constructed from thoughts. And thoughts are transient, flimsy, unreliable things that can change in a heartbeat.Who notices that? Not I.

How about Sensus Ergo Est? Roughly, Awareness, Therefore Being.

Try not to think about it...

MacKay

NOW, because...

You can think about the Future, but that's all you can do with it - mainly because the only thing real about the Future is your thoughts of it.
And you can think about the Past - we call that Memories - but that's all you can do with it as well.

But you can't think about NOW. You can thnk about it before it happens, or after, but that non-point-in-time we call NOW? All you can do with it is DO something.

NOW is the domain of action.

now

where all those thoughts about whatever might be 

meet the memories we think of as the past.

Litany Against Fear

Let's start with a winner...

Litany Against Fear

I must not fear.

Fear is the mind-killer.

Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.

I will face my fear.

I will permit it to pass over me and through me.

And when it has gone past I will turn the inner eye to see its path.

Where the fear has gone there will be nothing....only I will remain

Frank Herbert, DUNE