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I got it. Quite right. I know what you mean by the intensity, and that is where I was stuck, in that superficial perception of beauty. Kind of the "see only the outside" type of looking, i.e., he/she is hot, he/she is not. This car is cool, but that one is just weird looking. Those things persisted. Whenever I saw a Scion, I used to think they had just a terrible design. I would think, why the heck would anyone want to drive such an un-aerodynamic car? But now, when I see one, there is great beauty there, because I do not see the thing with my thoughts; just with the physical eyes. And besides, machines are marvelous, aren't they? Just imagine, someone knows how to build something like that. Their knowledge and skill becomes a physical reality. Quite amazing.
I am still not sure if I would buy one though
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If you can expand that view to not only cars but to everything you will notice that there's beauty everywhere. Just look at your hands and the way the muscle's contract, imagine the complexity behind those simple moves. If you start to understand this than your awe struck, atleast it is for me. That kind of awe at the world and the way it functions is slowly returning to me, look at a child and the way it views the world. A child see's beauty everywhere, to bad they can't speak yet...
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Ha ha! I like that one.
Logically, you are correct. To be present would be to function without the past or the future (they are really the same things, anyway). In that moment, you are greeted by everything immediately. Time or thought has no place in there.
So, what is it that can bring us into the present and keep us there?
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Now it gets interesting, the first question was rather easy but this one is several times tougher. I'd say your in the present if your thoughts about the future/past are not 'polluting' your mind. After all the future and past are only really 'real' in our thoughts so if you eliminate the thoughts than your in the present. Which is coincidentally also the goal of most meditation practices.