[Prarnenoexpog]

hi Haplo

i have never read Abhidhamma

but i guess 'momentariness' means that there is only the impermanent 'present' moment (which passes away before it can even be seen as something tangible)

for example, in 'this' moment, i type the letter 'B'

that moment is now gone

so all that remains is this moment, now, where i type the letter 'C'

but that moment is now gone

even if the mind recollects the past, that recollection occurs in the impermanent and undefineable 'present' moment

if we adhere to logic, obviously there is time, obviously there is a 'past' and a 'future'

for example, if i drink liquid 'now', it is certain i will urinate in the 'future'

or simply, if the mind has memories, these memories were obviously created in a 'past'

but the sense that experience is just in 'this' moment, i guess is the meaning of 'momentariness'

for example, the Buddha said:

You shouldn't chase after the past
or place expectations on the future.
What is past
is left behind.
The future
is as yet unreached.
Whatever quality is present
you clearly see right there,
right there.
Not taken in,
unshaken,
that's how you develop the heart.

MN 131 kind regards