A statement like that is liable to send die-hard the Power of Now readers reeling off their meditation cushions, stupefied. His point, I believe, was that the "present" is still a time-based referent.

这样的说法会把座在冥想蒲团上滔滔不绝地讲现在的力量的铁杆读者给搞蒙了，我相信，是说“现在”仍然基于时间。

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Is is essentially saying, given 2 things, do they point to exactly the same referent?

或者换种思考的方式，大家记得我说过当我们，调用类的定义声明的时候,它会创建一个实例？

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