Reality
To most of us, thoughts of the future and past obscure the present moment to a great degree. We consider experience gained in the past to be wisdom and knowledge acquired to be understanding. We consider the pursuit of ideals and goals to be virtue. We believe that what has "happened to us" in the past has formed and molded us into our present selves. Regret, remorse, resentments, as well as expectations, hopes, and dreams all serve to prevent us from experiencing the present moment. Reality is in the present moment and cannot be in the past, nor the future as both the past and future simply do not exist,
We see, hear, taste, and smell, touch and maneuver through the material world around us. We rarely consider that these senses may be creating an illusion that is based more in the way we process sensory information than what is truly "out there." One example of this is that the world you see, the table, the wall, the computer screen seem to be in front of you, "out there". But the reality is that you "see" them on a screen inside your brain.
Reality is not what we see, hear, taste, smell, feel, move, nor orient through. What our sensory and metal systems perceive is what they are programmed or conditioned to experience. Prior experience and expectations play a huge role in that perception. Reality is only in the present moment, while experience and knowledge are in the past, and expectation is in the future.
