the here and now
- presentGift or current moment
- momentBrief period of time
- nowThe present moment
- todayThis present day
- instantBriefest unit of time
current · immediacy · presence · mindfulness · awareness · living · breathing · existing · reality · this · contemporary · modern · actual · momentary · fleeting · ephemeral · transient · zen
temporal location
the here and nowthe past
All elapsed time
eternity · yesteryear · days gone by · antiquity · posterity
spatial-temporal presence vs. abstraction
the here and nowfantasy
Imaginative mental wandering
dreamland · cloud nine · ivory tower · la-la land · castles in the air
temporal orientation/mindset
the here and nownostalgia
Longing for the past
escapism · daydreaming · reminiscence · wishful thinking · wool-gathering