Each moment is the universe : Zen and the way of being time
Bardo can be understood to mean “this very moment.” The nowness of this moment is the continual suspension (or pause) in-between our transitory experiences, both temporal and spatial, such as the tiny halt that exists between this breath and the next; or the arising and fading of this thought and the next.
Yongey Mingyur Rinpoche • In Love with the World: A Monk's Journey Through the Bardos of Living and Dying
The only thing we really have is nowness, is now.