Presence

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“The source of existence is immanently present, and it is alive.

“Everything we see and feel, including the intimate and ever-changing feelings of our body and the thoughts we think, is inseparable from the source of existence.

“It is not that there is a source over here making existence over there, or that a source in the past made existence happen now. Existence and its source are immediate; they are happening all at once, and that happening is alive...

“Simultaneous with aliveness and its ever-changing nature, is a numinous, ineffable stillness I call presence (it also has many other names). Presence is the silent host of all that appears. It is what allows aliveness to flow forth.”¹

— Elias Amidon

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[1] Elias Amidon, How to Practice Living Presence, https://www.stillnessspeaks.com/amidon-practice-living-presence/ 05.22.2023 AX 7352

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