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tenses: past, present and future. It is utterly wrong. Time has only two tenses: past and future. The present is not part of time at all; the present is part of eternity. It is a penetration from the beyond. The past and the future belong to the earth; the present belongs to the sky. The past and the future belong to the mind; the present belongs to consciousness.
That's why we cannot use any other tense with the word "God". We cannot say "God was", we cannot say "God will be". We can only say "God is"; God always is. In fact to say "God is" is a tautology, a repetition, because God means is-ness, is-ness means God.
So this is the key for you. You have a beautiful name -- make it part of your lifestyle: remain in the present. The moment you catch hold of yourself going into the past, cut that thread immediately, then and there, not waiting for even a single moment. The moment you catch hold of yourself, red-handed, moving into the future -- plans and dreams and this and that -- raise a sword and cut it then and there, and always bring yourself to the present again and again.
In the beginning it is difficult -- one goes on missing, one goes on forgetting -- but slowly slowly one starts settling. The day that one has really settled in the present moment, not lagging behind it, not heading ahead of it, is the moment of great benediction, because in that very moment you are transported into another world: the world of eternity, the world of deathlessness, the world of God.
Prem Damien. Prem means love, damien symbolises friendship. In ancient Greek mythology Damien sacrificed his life for his friend, Pythias, hence the name has become a symbol of loyal friendship.
Friendship is the ultimate flowering of love. Love has something earthly about it because love has something of passion in it. But friendship is pure fragrance; it is unearthly. If love moves in the right direction it becomes friendship. If it does not move in the right direction it becomes enmity. Love is a dilemma. If you love, then only two alternatives are possible: either you will turn into enemies or you will become friends. You cannot remain in between; one has to
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