Why the Now Isn’t the Present Moment with Physicist Piet Hut

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Show notes:

Where do quantum physics and the great wisdom traditions meet? That’s the defining question in this dialogue between Piet Hut and Loch Kelly.

They meet here in the Now. The “Now” in Tibetan Buddhism is translated as “The timeless awareness that includes the three relative times of past, present and future.” But the Now is not the present moment. We cannot live in the present moment as moments are here and gone like the tick-tock of a clock, here-gone-here-gone. However, we can learn to shift into the eternal Now, which is always here as a ground that is both infinite and intimate.

In this conversation, author, psychotherapist, and meditation teacher Loch Kelly and Princeton Professor and Astrophysicist Piet Hut explore everything from quantum mechanics, the theory of relativity, nonduality, the nature of reality, and consciousness.

At the end of the discussion, Loch provides a glimpse meditation to help you experientially shift your awareness into the timeless, boundless Now. 46:46 Mindful Glimpse: The Now

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Piet Hut

Piet Hut is a Dutch-American astrophysicist specializing in stellar and planetary dynamics and has published over two hundred articles in collaboration with colleagues in particle physics, geophysics, paleontology, computer science, cognitive psychology, and philosophy. He is currently the Head of the Program in Interdisciplinary Studies at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey, USS. Asteroid 17031 Piethut is named after him, in honor of his work in planetary dynamics and for co-founding the B612 Foundation, which focuses on the prevention of asteroid impacts on Earth.

Loch Kelly is the creator of the Mindful Glimpses app, award winning author, psychotherapist, and meditation teacher known for his unique practical methods that support awakening as the next natural stage of human development. Backed by modern neuroscience and psychology, Loch introduces Effortless Mindfulness, an ancient form of nondual meditation that allows immediate access to our embodied awake nature which arises as calm, clarity, and compassion.

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