I did something yesterday that was tremendously pleasurable or turned out to be a painful experience. Today I do the same or similar thing again but instead of being in direct relationship with that thing today, the thoughts/images I have gathered from the pleasure/pain experience of yesterday is now interfering with today’s interaction. Today I judge this activity based on my knowledge of what I experienced yesterday and in doing so I betray the present.
Or Someone did or said something yesterday that caused me pain or maybe did/said something I found flattering. Today when I meet the same person, it is with the knowledge from yesterday’s experience that I meet that person. I am not in direct relationship with that person today. I fail to meet him/her directly today hence betraying the present and allowing the past to façade as the present.
