Guy wrenched his mind back to the present.

盖伊的思绪猛地回到现在。

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It is the ability of the mind to build mental scenes, objects or events that do not exist, are not present or have happened in the past.

它构筑起心灵的家园，使那些不曾存在的、未加呈现的或已然湮没在时光洪流中的一事一物在精神的天空中翩跹起舞。

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Every time your mind pulls you to the past, ask yourself what you need in the present.

每当你的思绪把你拉回过去，问问自己当前需要什么。

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Zooming in on what you can see, hear, taste, smell, or feel shifts your mind to the present.

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It should call to my mind the past, the present, and the future.

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To my mind the error was to present as journalism something composed to the quite different standards of theatre.

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