Being in the Presence is to be in this present moment. This seems and sounds very simple, yet we make it very complicated by adding our mental concepts of what it is into it.
Every spiritual path has become religions over time because of the same reason. The original teaching spoken by the original spiritual teachers such as Buddha, Jesus and Mohamed used words to point towards that which cannot be explained by words. When we don't see what was pointed at we interpret the pointers as the ultimate point of enlightenment. When subsequent authors added their own interpretations to the timeless original pointers using metaphors and concepts of their times, the original teaching became distorted, leaving us with conflicts, contradictions and confusion.
Experience of Being in the Presence cannot be explained in words, because words are limited to mental constructions. All mental constructs involve thoughts and Being in the Presence is beyond thought. It does not mean that being in the present is the complete cessation of thoughts. In the state of Presence, you see your small noisy and busy mind that thinks relentlessly separately from the vast, quiet and calm mind that becomes alert and aware of the thoughts and the thinker. The vast mind knows that you are not just the thinking small mind.
Most thoughts are descriptions of something, someone or some situation, giving it a definitive interpretation. If we become open to see that they are more than one perspective and there can be myriads of other potential perspectives, we are more likely to move away from our rigid mental constructions into the state of Being where we see the dynamic nature of all things.
Most thoughts are descriptions of something, someone or some situation, giving it a definitive interpretation. If we become open to see that they are more than one perspective and there can be myriads of other potential perspectives, we are more likely to move away from our rigid mental constructions into the state of Being where we see the dynamic nature of all things.
The descriptive words we use give meanings to things, people and situations only in the way we see them. If we get fixed in our views thinking that it is the only truth, we lock ourselves to a limited perspective. As we begin to see that there are other potential perspectives, we realize that our own perspectives may not necessarily be the universal truth. When we are not fixed in our viewpoints, meanings, interpretations, values and beliefs we don't feel resistant to see other viewpoints. All viewpoints are mental constructions based on different perspectives and they are all subjective. When we are open to question every meaning, interpretation, belief and assumption, we bring ourselves to the spiritual path that all original teachers described. As we chip away the beliefs, assumptions and subjective elements, we find the pure essence of all spiritual teachings leading to one point, that is the Presence. It is nonjudgmental awareness that doesn't have a fix identification.
'Being' is a state of full alertness without getting lost in fixed mental constructs. In the Being, you are still aware of the mental constructs but able to see it separately and leave them behind to continue in your path just the way a river flows over, around and beneath the rocks and other obstacles that are in its way. Then you do not identify yourself from your mental constructs.
When we define something, it involves time. No thing is fixed in time. Everything is in a state of flux. Being in the Presence has two elements, Being and Presence, both do not involve time. Time is a mental construct. In Being we are aware of this dynamic and impermanent nature of all things and the limitations of words and meanings that constructs mental concepts.
Being in the Presence is outside of the conceptual time reality. Present time has no time, that doesn't belong to the past of the future. We think about the past or the future in the present time. Past was experienced in the present time. Future can't be experienced without the present time. All we have is the present time.We can enter into the Presence in no time, when we step away from mental constructs, but to realize that it takes no time, it can take a lifetime.
Being in the Presence cannot be understood by mental workout such as mathematical calculations or logical analysis. It can only be known by experience. We get there when we chose to continue to be in the path of questioning and opening to see and learn through other perspectives without judging to make a fixed view. As we do that, our mind understands that most thoughts we think are judgments. We learn to separate judgments from non judgmental thinking. Then our minds begin to calm down because our false fears arise through judgments begin to evaporate.
Fear is False Evidence Appearing Real. False evidence appearing real are our judgmental thoughts that make us believe false views. When we are holding and grasping so tightly on to false views we become resistant to other perspectives. This is the reason for all ethnic, religious, economic, political and other conflicts and wars at all diffrenet levels from domestic to international.
There is no other way to bring Peace to the world than removing the underlying reason for conflicts. It is not by changing the external conditions but by changing the internal conditions that create external conflicts in the world, we can bring Peace to the Earth.
Fear is False Evidence Appearing Real. False evidence appearing real are our judgmental thoughts that make us believe false views. When we are holding and grasping so tightly on to false views we become resistant to other perspectives. This is the reason for all ethnic, religious, economic, political and other conflicts and wars at all diffrenet levels from domestic to international.
There is no other way to bring Peace to the world than removing the underlying reason for conflicts. It is not by changing the external conditions but by changing the internal conditions that create external conflicts in the world, we can bring Peace to the Earth.
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