Quotes About Presence

Or when you get into your car, after you close the door, pause for a few seconds and observe the flow of your breath. Become aware of a silent but powerful sense of presence. There is one certain criterion by which you can measure your success in this practice: the degree of peace that you feel within.

You can become aware of awareness as the background to all your sense perceptions, all your thinking.

Así que es esencial traer más conciencia a su vida en las situaciones ordinarias cuando todo transcurre con relativa facilidad. De esta forma, usted crece en poder de presencia. Eso genera un campo de energía en usted y alrededor de usted de una gran frecuencia de vibraciones

So next time somebody says, "Sorry to have kept you waiting," you can reply, "That's all right, I wasn't waiting. I was just standing here enjoying myself — in joy in my self." These are just a few of the habitual

Morra para o passado a cada instante

Show your friend how to be the observing presence behind her thoughts and her emotions. Tell her about the pain-body and how to free herself from it. Teach her the art of inner-body awareness. Demonstrate to her the meaning of presence. As soon as she is able to access the power of the Now, and thereby break through her conditioned past, she will have a choice.

Todos nós sofremos ao ignorar ou negar cada momento precioso ou reduzi-lo a um meio para alcançar algo no futuro, algo que só existe em nossas mentes, nunca na realidade.

The moment you realize you are not present, you are present.

Rumi, the great poet and teacher of Sufism, declares: "Past and future veil God from our sight; burn up both of them with fire.

Yes. Make it a habit to ask yourself: What's going on inside me at this moment? That question will point you in the right direction. But don't analyze, just watch. Focus your attention within. Feel the energy of the emotion. If there is no emotion present, take your attention more deeply into the inner energy field of your body. It is the doorway into Being.

Stress is caused by being "here" but wanting to be "there

Así pues, "habitar el cuerpo" es sentir el cuerpo desde adentro, sentir la vida dentro del cuerpo y por lo tanto llegar a saber que usted existe más allá de la forma externa.

tendrá elección. Nadie elige la disfunción, el conflicto, el dolor. Nadie elige la locura. Ocurren porque no hay suficiente presencia en usted para disolver el pasado, suficiente luz para disipar las tinieblas.

You get there by realizing that you already are there

Close your eyes and say to yourself: I wonder what my next thought is going to be. Then become as alert as a cat watching a mouse hole. You may find that, as long as you are absolutely alert, the next thought does not arise

Once you have understood the basic principle of being present as the watcher of what happens inside you — and you "understand" it by experiencing it — you have at your disposal the most potent transformational tool.

the Now is the only point that can take you beyond the limited confines of the mind. It is your only point of access into the timeless and formless realm of Being.

how "spiritual" you are has nothing to do with what you believe but everything to do with your state of consciousness. This, in turn, determines how you act in the world and interact with others.

What could be more futile, more insane, than to create inner resistance to something that already is? What could be more insane than to oppose life itself, which is now and always now? Surrender to what is. Say "yes" to life — and see how life suddenly starts working for you rather than against you.

De hecho, en el momento en que dejas de juzgar y aceptas lo que es, eres libre de la mente. Has creado espacio para el amor, para la alegría, para la paz.

That is the joy of Being," I said. "You can only feel it when you get out of your head. Being must be felt. It can't be thought.

The past cannot survive in your presence. It can only survive in your absence.

What a liberation to realize that the "voice in my head" is not who I am. Who am I then? The one who sees that. The awareness that is prior to thought, the space in which the thought—or the emotion or sense perception—happens.

When the mind is running your life, conflict, strife, and problems are inevitable. Being in touch with your inner body creates a clear space of no-mind within which the relationship can flower.