Time & the specious present
| Cosmic Consciousness | Dreams | Karma & Nirvana 1895-6 | Manipulating consciousness | Reincarnation & Karma | Taylor Swift's Karma | Theory of Everything | Time & the specious present | Time keeps on slippin' slippin' slippin' into the future.... (Steve Miller Band 1976) 1. Time and perception The present is "now", the moment in which we exist, and our perception of that moment in time. It is not isolated, however; we are not goldfish, with a seven second window of experience forming our present reality. Our perception of the present at any specific point in time is actually made up of a vast array of past experiences, present observations, and future possibilities. These are brought together through our consciousness to create a single moment in time for us - a moment that may only be 1/10 of a second in time. Our consciousness is responsible for creating the rich contextual environment which forms any moment in time. T