*Past, Present, Future

*It is well known to police who investigate traffic accidents that two
different eyewitnesses, both completely honest, may give conflicting
accounts of the same accident. When we see just how unreliable our memory
is, we will not overvalue the past.We can bury it, just as we bury a person
who has died.We bury the coffin or cremate the corpse, and it is done with.*

*Do not linger on the past. Do not keep carrying around coffins full of
dead moments. If you do, you weigh yourself down with heavy burdens that do
not really belong to you. When you let go of the past, you will be free in
the present moment. As for the future—the anticipations, fears, plans, and
expectations—let that go too. The Buddha once said,“Whatever you think it
will be, it will always be something different” (MN 113,21). This future is
known by the wise as uncertain, unknown, and unpredictable. It is often
useless to anticipate the future, and in meditation it is always a great
waste of time.*

*~ Ajahn Brahmavhamso