there is no time, no past, and no future, but only an ever-expanding moment in the present.

when you remember the "past" and/or can plan for the future, your present moment is more vast/rich. protect those memories and plans.

what the evil forces of the world are attempting to do is to reduce the volume of the present moment: contract/shrink it so much that a person only reacts to stimuli, like a bug under the hive-mind control.