Quotes About Presence

relaxation exercise. Close your eyes, take in a deep breath and hold it for several seconds. While you hold it, say to yourself, 'I exist for the pleasure of my Masters. This is what and where I want to be.' Then let out the breath in a long, slow exhale, releasing any nervous energy in the process.

The world's continual breathing is what we hear and call silence.

The passion for love has to translate into passion for right relationships as well, which in turn leads to weeping and anguish. Therefore the Spirit does not mediate complacent love but chooses to be present in the midst of brokenness and distress.41

when children are ready to learn, we need to be there. And second, we need to be found displaying through our actions, the priorities and values that we want our children to learn.

Leben heißt nicht hundert Jahre alt werden, Leben heißt fühlen und fühlen machen, daß man da sey, such Genuß, den man nimmt, und mit sich wiedergiebt.

Leben heißt nicht hundert Jahre alt werden, Leben heißt fühlen und fühlen machen, daß man da sey, durch Genuß, den man nimmt, und mit sich wiedergiebt.

He loved getting crucified at the summer and winter solstices," Norma told Harry. Norma listened while the invisible presence added something to this. "He says you should try it, Harry. A crucifixion and a good blow job. Heaven on Earth.

The presence of phantoms – everywhere – their faces, ripe with need and unspent passion, trailing their hunger like pollen from flowers that were past their hour but refused to wither and disappear.

Real people are messy and complicated and generally inconvenient, but at least they are there

Trekkers at high altitudes sometimes sense a person walking a few paces behind them, just out of sight. Often this person is dead. I never feel this, but once or twice I imagine someone walking a little ahead of me.

Faculty X is the ability to grasp the reality not simply of other times and places, but of the present moment as well.

Reconnected the dead to the living world that processed without them.

As if something moved toward them, old and dark.

The french-fry smell was almost another person in our room, stumbling around in the dark

The smallest moments: they return, dwell, endure.

If Abir had not gone, she would not need to be remembered. Her absence, then, was her presence.

In this moment, there is plenty of time. In this moment, you are precisely as you should be. In this moment, there is infinite possibility. (17)

It stands to reason that anyone who learns to live well will die well. The skills are the same: being present in the moment, and humble, and brave, and keeping a sense of humor. (361)

You know how we're thinking about food these days, less in terms of carbs and calories than in terms of color, vivacity, and life force? We can do the same with time. Then it's no longer about having enough of it but about infusing color and vivacity and life force into every moment. (279)

The really magical things are the ones that happen right in front of you. A lot of the time you keep looking for beauty, but it is already there. And if you look with a bit more intention, you see it.

el amor trasciende la persona física del ser amado y halla su sentido más profundo en el ser espiritual, el yo íntimo. Que esté o no presente esa persona, que siga viva o no, en cierto modo carece de importancia.

I knew only one thing which I have learned well by now : love goes very far beyond the physical person of the beloved. it find its deepest meaning in his spiritual being, his inner self. Whether or not he is actually present, whether or not he is still alive at all, ceases somehow to be of importance.

Love goes very far beyond the physical person of the beloved. It finds its deepest meaning in his spiritual being, his inner self. Whether or not he is actually present, whether or not he is still alive at all, ceases somehow to be of importance. I

Love goes very far beyond the physical person of the beloved. It finds its deepest meaning in his spiritual being, his inner self. Whether or not he is actually present, whether or not he is still alive at all, ceases somehow to be of importance