A now is a mental model of the actual situation. I can summon a feeling of anxiety just by thinking about how trapped I am in this time cocoon, my now.
Nobody has anybody else's nows.
Within any one's set of nows there are links with the quale of pastness, so that, normally, one's nows are totally ordered by pastness. While you are reading I attempt to guide your attention with each of these successive words. The manifestations of purpose are trajectories of objective and subjective procedures that may bring about the preferred future situation. Attention is governed by purpose. Natural language amplifies the capacity for parsing awareness .