There is neither Past nor Future. There is only the Present.
Sense-perceptions can only be indirect knowledge, and not direct knowledge. Only one's own awareness is direct knowledge.
That alone is Real which exists by itself, which reveals itself by itself and which is eternal and unchanging.
There is no seeing. Seeing is only being.
That which is not present in deep dreamless sleep is not real
Is it the world that says I am real, or is it you?