 Only an instant does this world endure. This is also the idea that lets no false perception keep us in its hold nor represent more than a passing cloud upon a sky eternally serene. All of our thoughts and all of our mind's effort and energy that we put into linear time is actually taken away from the holy instant. Not in reality, but it's taken our focus away from the now. That's what Jesus meant when he said, Before Abraham was, I am. He was saying, Before this unholy instant of time and space, I am. All we have to do is recognize that this holy instant is here for us now and that this little blip, this little gap of nothingness cannot hold us back. And the present moment is the gateway to eternity.