Living Presence (Revised): The Sufi Path to Mindfulness and the Essential Self
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Presence signifies the quality of consciously being here. It is the activation of a higher level of awareness that allows all our other human functions—such as thought, feeling, and action—to be known, developed, and harmonized. Presence is the way in which we occupy space, as well as how we flow and move. It shapes our self-image and emotional ton
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Traditional wisdom conceives of the Whole in terms of a single Creative Power acting on different levels through different means, or reflectors, to produce an infinite variety of creative results. In other words, everything that exists is the manifestation of a single Source of Life and Being.
It is not until we come to true consciousness that we find a capacity that allows a wide field of awareness and thus a comprehensiveness to our perception and state of being. True consciousness opens us to wholeness, allows a total experience of being embodied, of thinking, and of emotion.
THE CONVENTIONAL, commonly accepted worldview, the framework within which most politicians, academics, and the majority of citizens operate, is one of fragmentation rather than wholeness, of separateness rather than unity.
We do not experience this Creative Power directly; we know it only as it is reflected in our world and in us. Minerals, vegetative life, and animal life all reflect this same creative energy in different ways. Human life contains all the levels and qualities of the natural world, as well as manifestations of this energy that are distinctly human.
because the present is perceived as it is, in the perfection of its many dimensions. This is awareness conscious of itself. True consciousness is knowing that you are.
the creative and enlivening powers of the Divine Essence.
The slavery to like and dislike is diminished to the extent that our feeling of “I” is grounded in pure Being and not in things.
Are we consumed by the experiences of life? Or do we consciously experience life with mindfulness and trust? Is our inner life dependent on outer conditions, or is it becoming free of them?