Quotes About Presence

Such grace is never held in abeyance, never earned or deserved. It is not given to some and not to others. Grace is ever present; it is only our openness to it that comes and goes. In one sense, The Way of Liberation is a means of opening up to grace.

As I listened to this priest, all the presence and mystery disappeared from the room and everything returned to the relative world.

I think the churches in this country need to be revitalized; they need that challenging presence of Jesus that says, "It's important that you realize the truth of your being. There are profound consequences to living in darkness." As Jesus says in the Gospel of Thomas, "If you do not bring forth what is within you, what you do not bring forth will destroy you.

True meditation has no direction or goal. It is pure wordless surrender, pure silent prayer. All methods aiming at achieving a certain state of mind are limited, impermanent, and conditioned. Fascination with states lead only to bondage and dependency. True meditation is abidance as primordial awareness.

Consciousness, or your true nature, is allowing everything to be as it is.

I have found that one of the keys to really being free is to live in the same way as you meditate.

Whatever thoughts you have about yourself aren't who and what you are. There is something more primary that is watching the thoughts.

It's good to be reminded that hubris, left unchecked, can have serious consequences in our lives. If we don't notice soon enough, we might just realize too late that we've lost some very important things in our lives. The beauty of this story is that it reminds us: keep your feet firmly planted on the soil, keep your consciousness and your heart open, and stay available to this relative world and all the human beings within it.

The Gospel of Thomas presents the Kingdom of Heaven as something that exists right here and right now. In fact, it's all about what's right here and right now. In it, we find Jesus saying, "The Kingdom of the Father is spread out upon the earth, and men do not see it.

Hungry wailing standeth not aloof.

It is always a shock to meet again someone whom you have not seen for a long time but who has been very much present in your mind during that period.

Don't be a fool," Vera Claythorne urged herself. "It's all right. Elly Kleinman and others are downstairs. All four of them. There's no one in the room. There can't be. You're imagining things, my girl.

It was a fantastic moment. In it, Anthony Marston seemed to be something more than mortal. Afterwards more than one of those present remembered that moment.

Poirot drew himself up in an important manner.

They exchanged a quick smile - a brief recognition of the fact that each was glad of the other's presence

Ugly as sin, but she makes herself felt. You agree?

Miss Grosvenor glided up to him in her swanlike manner.

living so close to Nature that everything you do is determined by her and each passing minute is felt rather than made use of.

His hands are saying that he wants to hold her. His feet are saying that he wants to chase after her... He's probably forgotten that I'm here, beside him

I was with them for all of it, but more like an echo than a participant.

a Dorito asks nothing of you, which is its great gift. It only asks that you are not there.

Come find me," Leo put in, his gaze full of understanding. "Whenever you want. I'll be here.

There is a time for stillness, but who hasn't also wanted to scream with delight at being outdoors? To simply announce themselves and say, I'm here, I exist?

But I think it's the quiet way you settle into the crook of a tree trunk, the still and slowdown of your heart in a world that wants us to be quick and to move onto the next thing.