present moment
This very instant
The present moment is right now—the immediate, current point in time as distinguished from past and future.
The phrase appears often in meditation and mindfulness contexts, where attention to the present moment means focusing on immediate sensory experience rather than dwelling on memories or anticipating what's to come: Bring your awareness back to the present moment.
Outside spiritual contexts, it simply means the current situation: At the present moment, we have no plans to expand.
- nowThe present moment
- right nowAt the present moment
- instantBriefest unit of time
- awarenessState of perceiving reality
- mindfulnessAwareness of the present
meditation · ephemeral · impermanence · time stands still · presence · fleeting · current · transient · timeless · carpe diem · duration · consciousness · deep breath · flow · attention · acceptance · grounding · being
- Mindfulness Buddhismmindful breathing, walking meditation, deep listening, loving kindness, compassionate listening
- awarenessalertness, aware, attention, cognizance, conscious
- meditationbreathing meditation, breath, breath meditation, mantra, breathing
- mindfulnessmindfulness, meditation, meditate, breathe, breath
- mindfulness practicessilent meditation, breathing exercises, breathwork, deep breathing, box breathing
- time awarenesstime perception, time management, punctuality, timeliness, clock watching
present momentthe past
All elapsed time
yesterday · tomorrow · long ago · ancient times · distant future
present momentmemory
Mind's retention capacity
anticipation · reminiscence · expectation · nostalgia · daydreaming
present momenteternity
Boundless temporal existence
the long run · timelessness · forever · lifetime · eons
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