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title: "4 Moment Experienced Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [“There are two possible experiences of every moment: the moment as experienced by Essence and the moment experienced by the ego. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gina-lake/there-are-two-possible-experiences-of-every-moment-the-moment-as/)

[Gina Lake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gina-lake/)

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> [It may seem paradoxical to say that we have been expelled from the present, but it is a feeling we have all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavio-paz/it-may-seem-paradoxical-to-say-that-we-have-been-expelled-from-the/)

[Octavio Paz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavio-paz/)

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> [“I used to be terrified of death. My grandfather was terminal in the hospital across from my high school, yet I never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-k-brown/i-used-to-be-terrified-of-death-my-grandfather-was-terminal-in-the/)

[John K. Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-k-brown/)

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> [Stale artifacts of the past' are always 'active components of the present moment' when they are experienced in the present moment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-darby-bannard/stale-artifacts-of-the-past-are-always-active-components-of-the/)

[Walter Darby Bannard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-darby-bannard/)

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