THE KNOWN AND THE NEW
When we enter our bathroom, look at ourself in the mirror and start brushing our teeth, this situation occurs in the here & now and therefore is perfectly new. It should be experienced as a pure and enchanting discovery. Yet, because of the hundreds of times we entered the same bathroom, behaving in the same way and having nearly the same movements, we lost the magical newness of the Present Instant and our thinking mind covers the newness and uniqueness of the moment with the memory-cloak of the known which is composed of the many other similar situations imprinted in our psyche. Even though it doesn't seem, this "knownification" or rusting of the Present Instant is a deadening defensive mechanism that hides the light of BEING in us. Indeed, since Reality's ISness is INFINITE, and therefore nonlocal and timeless, all the different situations of our life share this timeless and INFINITE ground. This includes the experiences too painful to be consciously met tha