It is both; it is neither.

Seek one and reject the other, and trouble begins again because of the sense of separation and involvement in time and space, which are experiences that do not pertain to the peace arising from real “I.” 

Let go of conceptualizations and experiential memory as if they were some kind of truth or holy grail. The pendulum does what it does. The point is not constriction or expansion, or time. 

The point is Presence. That is the beginning and the end of every experience, idea, or thing, no matter how pleasant our memories are.