The Mayans don’t distinguish between past, present, and future, he’d said. They have one word to describe all instances of time, meaning something like “It comes to pass.” If you know the past, you know the cyclic forces that created the present, and by knowing the cyclic influences exerting themselves on the present, you can foresee the future, and this, he said, is why the present interests him so much. If you can learn to read the present, without preconceptions, you will better know which of all possible futures will come to pass. There is nothing magical about this. It is a skill that can
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