Jesus said to them, “Truly, truly, I say to you: Before Abraham was, I am."­ 

            New Testament, John 8:58

We've already explored the insight that awareness occurs in no time other than now. Here, we simply check to make sure that this insight also applies to consciousness – that is, awareness perceived as a field in which things occur rather than a point around which they occur.

In my direct observation, yes: The field of consciousness exists now, in this moment. And in this moment arise all of the perturbations in this field that make up my experience of existence: feelings, thoughts, bodily sensations, and perceptions.

Of course, I can remember an experience from the past. But this memory arises in consciousness now. And it reminds me of another experience that also occurred in the now when it happened.