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First part of an overview on "presence" as a living state of being. Published at Seven Pillars House of Wisdom,
http://www.sevenpillarshouse.org/article/the_practice_of_presence_part_one/
First part of an overview on "presence" as a living state of being. Published at Seven Pillars House of Wisdom,
http://www.sevenpillarshouse.org/article/the_practice_of_presence_part_one/
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First part of an overview on "presence" as a living state of being. Published at Seven Pillars House of Wisdom,
http://www.sevenpillarshouse.org/article/the_practice_of_presence_part_one/
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Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)
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1he pracLlce of presence ls no easy Lask and splrlLually lL ls perhaps Lhe mosL eluslve of all pracLlces lmaglne for a momenL belng fully presenL Lo yourself and Lo your slLuaLlon 1haL ls lmaglne belng fully aware of all LhaL passes Lhrough and wlLhln you and also slmulLaneously aware of all LhaL lmpacLs you from Lhe surroundlng envlronmenL people places aLmosphere sensory sensaLlons lnLegraLed wlLh lnner LhoughLs feellngs memorles and bodlly reacLlons As we all know lL ls dlfflculL Lo be fully aware of whaL passes wlLhln us and around us and we lnevlLably use our aLLenLlon selecLlvely chooslng Lo focus on cerLaln lmmedlaLe quallLles of experlence whlle also belng aware of less cenLral more marglnal acLlvlLles wlLhln Lhe fleld of our LoLal awareness Cur relaLlonshlp Lo Lhe world Lo each oLher Lo Lhe local clrcumsLances and Lo all Lhe lnward acLlvlLy of mlnd and hearL and body ls an unceaslngly complex process of dynamlc lnLeracLlon ln whlch we each consLanLly medlaLe our focus of aLLenLlon ln Lhls process we are challenged Lo expand our fleld of awareness and Lo masLer Lhe arL of glvlng aLLenLlon Lo a broad range of percepLlons
l am remlnded of Wllllam !ames' commenL LhaL every smallesL sLaLe of consclousness overflows lLs own deflnlLlon" Cur menLalemoLlve sLaLes blend merge assoclaLe and lead Lo oLhers sLaLes of awareness LhaL cannoL be llmlLed Lo dlscreeL or separaLe sLaLes lsolaLed from one anoLher 1he flow of consclousness consLanLly reflecLs Lhe pulses of lnner llfe adapLlng Lo Lhe surroundlng world and Lo depLhs of Lhe psyche ln feellngs subLle lmpresslons and Lo Lhe larger less welldeflned open fleld whose boundarles are ofLen LransparenL perhaps even nonexlsLenL 1hls acLlvlLy of Lhe flow of consclousness also blends lnLo subconsclous and supraconsclous domalns where lnformaLlon and lnslghLs deepen Lhe flow of posslble awareness We are by no means lsolaLed monads llmlLed by bodlly exlsLence and onedlrecLlonal consclousness as much as we are embodled souls capable of an expanslve aLLunemenL Lo subLle energles lnformaLlon and dynamlc lnLeracLlons ln a vasL fleld of posslble relaLlons
1he arLlflce of lnLellecLuallsm Lhe Lendency Lo llmlL LhoughL Lo dlscreeL ldeas selfdeflned concepLs and loglcally dlsLlncL ldeaLlons LhaL can be held ln conLrasL and separaLlon from one anoLher collapses ln Lhe face of Lhe flow and dynamlcs of acLual consclous and subconsclous experlence AbsLracL ldeas only reflecL Lhe surface of Lhe LurbulenL sea of llved experlence and whlle useful for cerLaln Lasks such dellneaLed ldeas are noL appllcable Lo Lhe deep dynamlcs of lnner llfe and can llmlL Lhe flow of presence nor ls LhaL lnner llfe bound by Lhe exLernally measured (absLracL) dlsLlncLlons LhaL would llmlL Lhe sLrucLure of space Lhe flow of Llme or Lhe loglc of culLurally dlscreeL ldeas ln Lhe depLhs of consclousness Lhe marglns of Llme can become mulLl dlrecLlonal where pasL presenL fuLure blend lnLo a dynamlc presenL (eg clalrvoyance dlsLanL seelng pasLllfe memorles) Space ls no longer llmlLed Lo Lhree dlmenslons buL reflecLs Lhe probablllLles of mulLlple alLernaLlve domalns experlenced Lhrough such phenomena as ouLofbody awareness soul fllghL near deaLh experlence or afLerllfe encounLer wlLh Lhose who have dled CulLural loglc conLesLs Lhe lnner world of blended percepLlons and bellefs where normaLlve sLrucLures of raLlonallLy no longer apply and Lhe synLhesls of personal experlence ln mulLlple conLexLs challenges Lhe dlscreeL loglc of Lhe flxed and unchanglng
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lurLhermore our LhoughLs memorles dreams and bellefs may enLer lnLo creaLlve concurrences LhaL aLLracL or creaLe Lhe posslblllLy of even greaLer concurrence wlLhln boLh Lhe subconsclous and Lhe supraconsclous poLenLlals of Lhe sacred human 8y subconsclous l mean ln Lhls conLexL subLle lmpresslons LhaL arlse ln assoclaLlon wlLh percepLual ablllLles aL Lhe marglns of consclousness usually fleeLlng and sponLaneous buL carrylng slgnlflcaLlon posslble symbollc meanlng and rlcher assoclaLlons when broughL more fully lnLo consclous awareness 8y supraconsclous l mean a vlvld lucld presenLmenL a revelaLory lnslghL or vlslon a leap ln consclousness Lo a profound conLacL wlLh Lhe vasLer sLraLum of 8elng and SplrlL l regard such supraconsclous awareness as an lnseparable lnherlLance of every belng and Lhe developmenL of Lhe sacred human requlres a consLanL search for Lhe lnLegraLlon of boLh Lhe subconsclous and supraconsclous aspecLs of embodled llfe ln Lhls search Lhe consclous belng ls one whose awareness lncorporaLes lmpresslons from all domalns of percepLlon and seeks Lo lnLegraLe Lhose percepLlons lnLo a harmonlc flow of experlence
ln Lhls process of dlscovery and embodlmenL awareness blends lnLo evermore complex flelds of lnformaLlon and global posslblllLy requlrlng a sLrong moral cenLer Lo susLaln Lhe energy and lnformaLlon for Lhe good of our respecLlve communlLles of bellef 1here ls no one paLh or one LruLh LhaL ls dlscreeL and separaLe oLher Lhan Lhose LhaL are selfselecLed for Lhe purposes of developmenL ln Lhe dynamlcs of human evoluLlon ln Lhe slow unvelllng of lnner poLenLlal Lhe ground waLer LhaL nourlshes llfe bubbles up from mulLlple sprlngs orlglnally pure buL more recenLly compromlsed by Lhe consLrlcLlons of radlcal excluslon or denlal of mulLlple perspecLlves ?eL Lhe naLural processes of our psyches reflecL Lhe mulLlvalenL naLure of consLanL lnLeracLlon and Lhe sacred human" lnevlLably requlres a process of selecLlon among a myrlad of overlapplng and lnLerpeneLraLlng posslblllLles 1o draw on Lhe sprlngs LhaL offer Lhe genulne waLers of llfe" requlres LhaL we recognlze Lhe abundance of lLs many manlfesLaLlons and Lhe leglLlmacy of lLs mulLlple lnLerpreLaLlons When we hold a cenLer nourlshed by LhaL sprlng presence ls manlfesLed and each sprlng glves lLs own unlque quallLles Lo LhaL presence resence overflows Lhe boundarles of LradlLlon and raLlonal Lhlnklng and offers lnsLead subLle varlaLlon dlverslLy and mysLlcal depLhs
Cur freedom Lo acL as moral belngs Lo care abouL oLhers Lo work ln harmony for shared reconclllaLlon muLual undersLandlng and Lhe accepLance of dlfferences ls a common Lask and lL ls ln Lhe reallzaLlon of Lhls Lask LhaL Lhe pracLlce of presence flnds lLs mosL naLural seLLlng for manlfesLaLlon 8y presence l mean a depLh of 8elng and SplrlL LhaL lnfuses our LoLal fleld of awareness and all our sLaLes permeaLlng Lhe subconsclous consclous and supraconsclous aspecLs of our shared percepLlons 1hls presence as l undersLand lL ls Lhe prlmal source of all posslble flelds or domalns of awareness and ls noL llmlLed Lo any one fleld or domaln ?eL such presence ls also capable of shades colors dlverse expresslons and manlfesLaLlons ln a conLexL of flow LhaL can helghLen or dlmlnlsh lLs felL sense of lmmedlacy lLs mosL fundamenLal expresslve quallLles are Lhose LhaL enhance and supplemenL our llved experlence vlbranL poeLlc revelaLory a sense of anlmaLlon and lnLenslLy beyond Lhe everyday lLs onLologlcal quallLles Lhose LhaL express Lhe enLlreLy of creaLlon are found ln Lhe magnlLude of Lhe vasL cosmlc mulLldlmenslonal unlLary wholeness LhaL susLalns nurLures and breaLhes llfe lnLo every parLlcle of consLrucLed reallLy lLs hldden quallLles are Lhose LhaL remaln enLwlned wlLh Lhe deepesL aspecLs of our psyche as mysLery mlracle sudden and unexpecLed LransformaLlon Lhe conLlnulLy LhaL blnds llfe and deaLh lnLo one conLlnuous flow lrwln 3
1he pracLlce of presence ls grounded ln our sLaLes of awareness our emoLlonal condlLlon our embodled wellbelng and ln our human anlmal and ecologlcal relaLlons 1here ls no conLexL ln whlch Lhe pracLlce of presence ls excluded because presence" ls an lnlLlaLlc word represenLlng Lhe fullness of creaLlon And Lhere ls no one form or one correcL Lype of presence resence ls Lhe deepesL glfL of all LhaL ls glven lL announces our mosL lnLrlnslc capaclLles Lhose of llfe awareness and creaLlve flow 1here ls no llfe and no awareness wlLhouL presence and yeL such presence can be ampllfled enhanced and called forLh Lo become a lumlnous example of Lhe posslble ln Lhe conLexL of Lhe sacred human As Lhe ChrlsL LaughL uo noL hlde your llghL under a baskeL or bed buL leL lL sLand forLh glvlng llghL Lo all who see lL" 1he Lask ls Lo culLlvaLe LhaL llghL and Lo brlng lL lnLo awareness Lhrough Lhe enLlre specLrum of our belng lL ls nelLher a speclflc way of acLlng nor a parLlcular seL of bellefs lL ls llvlng" presence an anlmaLed vlvld sense of SplrlL and 8elng LhaL fllls Lhe shared flelds of our muLual concerns and permeaLes all our lnLeracLlons 8uL Lo permeaLe our lnLeracLlons lL musL also permeaLe Lhe full dynamlcs of Lhe psyche and Lhus cannoL be llmlLed Lo dlscreeL ldeas nor be capLured by any preclse deflnlLlon Such presence ls sacred lL susLalns our consclousness and nurLures Lhe basls of human relaLlons Lo all creaLed llfe lL calls us Lo expand Lhe fleld of our aLLenLlon and Lo lnLegraLe our awareness wlLh Lhe very source of llfe