Quotes About Presence

Dr. Gregory Boyd wrote, "I've become absolutely convinced that remaining aware of God's presence is the single most important task in the life of every follower of Jesus."5

The most important relationship of presence to combat absence will be in the Eucharist.

Yes. You see, the first time I came in here to see you, I simply watched how you sat with me; then I began sitting with myself in the same way." This is the healing space we hope to offer others in therapy, but naturally we don't always succeed.

Neither of them spoke, they simply stood there, sending, receiving, imprinting the feel of each on the other, indelibly.

He had made clear that it would be foolish to require for each historical question the presence of a unique type of document with a specific sort of use.

The variable that marks some periods as barren and some as rich in prophetic vision is in the interest, the level of seeking, the responsiveness of the hearers. The variable is not in the presence or absence or the relative quality and force of the prophetic voices. The prophet grows in stature as people respond to his message...It is the seekers, then, who make the prophet.

There is something restful in the unconsciousness of animals—unconscious, that is, of all the things that matter so much to us and do not matter at all to them.

The hour has come to leave for the meeting place where I show him my face. He shall see the dark fire of my eyes and hear the wild wind in my voice. He will feel my presence full of stars, scanning his soul, and he shall know my raw power in his bones. I go to the meeting place where he will surrender to my fierce energy. The dancing, brooding passion goes in the cloak of night to where the human dares not go, but must. I am his destiny and his death, and he knows not my name.

In order to see birds it is necessary to become a part of the silence.

In a car you're always in a compartment, and because you're used to it you don't realize that through that car window everything you see is just more TV. You're a passive observer and it is all moving by you boringly in a frame. On a cycle the frame is gone. You're completely in contact with it all. You're in the scene, not just watching it anymore, and the sense of presence is overwhelming.

And if they shamelessly stand their ground, capering and changing their form or appearance, fear them not, nor shrink, nor heed them as though they were good spirits. For the presence either of the good or evil, by the help of God can easily be distinguished.

The presence of a lararium in the bedroom of emperors (Suet., Aug., 7, 2; Dom., 17, 5; see SHA, AS, 29, 2) suggests that morning prayers were said there.

Seria correcto decir que el viento caminaba? No era una figura ni tenia piernas. Yo no lo veia, sólo lo percibia gracias a la sensación, es decir lo notaba y lo dejaba actuar sobre mi. El se alejaba para soplar de nuevo.

Revenge was a powerful emotion, and its presence dulled the anxiety

I don't know what I'm doing, but I'm here and I'm listening; and there is still joy in this world.

Her words flew like butterflies through the vibrant air of the hall; and the company was quiet, as if watching them.

All that's real is the moment right in front of you. Don't miss that moment, because that's where your life is.

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Today, and this very moment, is a gift.

The majority of us have been hypnotized out of the luminosity that is our essence. Most of us in this age spend our most valuable hours being busy being busy.

The most important moment is now. Learn to live in it and savor it fully.

Stop picking up the phone every time it rings, stop wasting time reading junk mail, stop eating out three times a week, give up your golf-club membership and spend more time with your kids, spend a day a week without your watch, watch the sun rise every few days, sell your cellular phone and dump the pager.

This day is priceless. All the money in the world will not bring it back again. And so, I seize it and I savor it and I honor it.

Make the time to connect to your more playful side, the child within you. Take the time to study the positive qualities of children and model their ability to stay energized, imaginative and completely in the moment no matter what might be going on around them.