Whitehead is surely correct that all the future we experience lies within present subjectivity, for the evaporation of subjectivity in pastness is also the evaporation of the alternatives the future offers. (religion-online.org)
Then, by definition, we have two distinct degrees of pastness which are qualitatively different, two recollections, one of which refers to the immediately preceding past, another to a more «distant» past. (religion-online.org)
Am I to move forward when I'm constantly working within my own pastness, yearning to create a tangible relationship? (flux-boston.com)