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Past/Future Preoccupation → Present Moment Contact
Past/Future preoccupation is a type of fusion that describes what happens when we get lost in our thoughts about the past or future, and we lose contact with what is happening right now, in the present.
How to Do Hard Things
Casey Rosengren
Today we have gathered and when we look upon the faces around us we see that the cycles of life continue. We have been given the duty to live in balance and harmony with each other and all living things. So now let us bring our minds together as one as we give greetings and thanks to each other as People. Now our minds are one.
Braiding Sweetgrass
Robin Wall Kimmerer
The reason why there's no music here, is this is a reverential statement. I want you to know I'm not joking. I want you to know I mean everything I'm saying. This is not hyperbole, this is: I - very much - I'm being sincere here.
- Right.
And by getting rid of the fun music, and the campiness, it's also why this shot is handheld.
- Yeah.
It's a level of intimacy. It's so you, the viewer, you're sitting right in front of me.
Casey Neistat's SECRET to Filmmaking
Digital Spaghetti
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