Sustaining Presence: Energy and Intentional Efforts
- Aug 16
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Weekly Topic
The aim for us now is not to awaken, it is to stay awake. Practice in silence; it's very simple. — Robert
Weekly Exercise
This week when you encounter a shock either positive or negative, use that shock to be present and refrain from reacting to it. Just observe—Be. Try to be very still inside. The lower self likes to stay occupied with doing something. Presence is a simple state. Let’s try to engage shocks with presence and sustain as much presence as we can.
Make an effort to arouse the response of love. — Bernard of Clairvaux
Jan Massys, Mary Magdalene, 1571
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