Definitions of being in the moment or being present now, differ - because every person is unique and every perspective of what this means will be different.

Our mind are designed to process data - and data is rather infinite. This is why our minds sometimes feel like they never slow down.

Sometimes being in the moment simply means - just being and not thinking, not directing our attention to anything or anyone.

I am not sure that 'being in the moment' is a permanent state. It can certainly be a stable state - but never veering off it, never losing contact with now and drifting, seems unlikely, though I am only positing one person's perspective on it.

There is that scene in the Karate Kid where Mr. Miyagi is chasing a fly with chopsticks and never catching it. Then Daniel rather off-handedly does it without thinking, to Mr. Miyagi's dismay. Was the teacher trying too hard or was Daniel trying too little?

Good article.