You are not "here" when you do something while thinking of something else. Is it possible? Yes, it is. It’s what you do most of the time. It’s a kind of mental “multitasking” that allows you to drink coffee while watching the news. In so doing you don’t really taste the coffee, as we don’t hear the music if you study or work with our headphones on. Therefore, you necessarily miss out on one of them. Not being here means not perceiving your whole "beingness". This happens when your hand does not feel what it is touching, when your eyes glide over whatever is in front of them, without real perception. Your senses should help you to be more in contact with yourself and with the external world, but it seems that you (as most of us) don’t know how to use them properly.
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