Frank M. Wanderer, Ph.D. – Presence and mindfulness are not only part of personal growth but also values that we can pass on to future generations.
By living with conscious attention and presence, we set an example for our children, grandchildren, and the wider community.
Transmitting the legacy of presence is a process in which attention, emotional connection, and intentional teaching help the next generations live mindfully and with balance. Continue reading
Mary O’Malley – I invite you to take a moment right now and let it all go – the past, the future – all the stories in your head – and simply be present for this moment. See it, feel it, hear it, breathe it. This moment is all that matters because the last moment is gone and the next one isn’t here yet. Take a minute and see if you can be fully here, right now, in this moment.
This moment is your home, the only place where you can have direct contact with life. Most of us, most of the time, are far away from home. But this isn’t cause for despair. In this schoolroom of the heart that is your life, it seems that you need to take this journey into the stories in your head, into trying to do life rather than be life, before you can come back home. Many of us are now on the journey home, awakening into the phenomenal power of being. Moments here and there of simply recognizing what is showing up in and around you – using your mind to connect with reality rather than always trying to create a reality – are powerful beyond your wildest imagination.
That is why I set aside time every day to simply open to Life. I do it by sitting, closing my eyes and bringing my attention to whatever is arising in that moment, inviting my mind to be curious and attentive. Connecting with my life in this way opens me back into the safety and the clarity of being present for life.
Allie Stark – Presence is the powerful practice of being in the moment.
It is created through an acute awareness of one’s thoughts, feelings, and emotions, and in our modern day society, being present doesn’t always come easily. The overstimulation and distraction that come from technology, social media, work, family life, social engagements, and the never-ending “to-do” lists regularly take us out of the now and into a memory from the past or a fear about the future.
Cultivating the power of presence comes from creating the space to observe one’s mind and one’s self. This skill of observation allows us to look at our own lives and the lives of others without attaching judgment or analysis.
Jafree Ozwald – We live in a world that ignores the fact that a supreme divine all loving intelligence lives within us. We’ve been programmed to believe we are spiritually disconnected and must fix our broken selves to feel whole and reconnected again.
We don’t realize it, yet we are just used to feeling spiritually numb, as we have been plagued every day of our lives by an overly materialistic society which is constantly seducing us with its glorified billion dollar hypnotic media programming. We have contracted a deep case of spiritual amnesia and have forgotten how to relax into our spiritual essence and find our own intimate connection with the Divine. Continue reading
Walking the Earth as a 5th dimensional Master involves taking quiet times during the day in which you are wholly receptive to the Will of Mother/Father God and being an instrument of the Divine Plan on Earth of peace, harmony and abundance fulfilled. The more you enter into these silent periods throughout your day, the greater potential there is for the GREAT SILENCE of the Creator to surround and penetrate your being until there is nothing in the world that can really disturb you at your core. Silence allows your whole being to become increasingly more receptive to the images, the wisdom and the Love and the Light of the Presence of God that resides within and around you at all times. ~ The Cosmic World Mother
As you go deeper into your new year, know that you always have the choice of consciously co-creating with your God Presence and that this is the greatest and most enduring relationship that is possible for one to have in the entire Universe. You will literally feel the great peace that comes when you have chosen to be wholly guided by your Presence until this becomes the greatest love affair of your life.
As you continue to move into your new year, many of you have been viewing what you consider valuable to maintain as well as what you sense needs to be released from your past. We suggest that you let go of all of it, save the lessons you have learned and the love you have incorporated into your being based on your life’s experiences and your ongoing dedication to merge ever more deeply with your beloved Presence.