That the present is all we have to live in. Or to lose.
Yes, that is a radical understanding. Its even more profound when you realize that "present" is down to nanosecond. We live in a pinpoint where everything else is either the past or the expectation of what is about to become.
100% -- very well put. I almost included #29,
    Salvation: to see each thing for what it is -- its nature and its purpose.     To do only what is right, say only what is true, without holding back.     What else could it be but to live life fully -- to pay out goodness like the rings of a chain, without the slightest gap.
The chain analogy strikes me as similar to what you're getting at. Although, chain links are slightly more gross units of measure than nanoseconds ;)
Thanks for the comment!
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