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Center of Gravity in the Present

Posted by williampage | | Being Present, Essays, Self-Remembering |

People generally believe that they can be present in the enjoyable moments of their lives, and that other moments—moments that are either painful or are preparation for pleasurable moments—can simply be ignored or frittered away with imaging or thinking about more important moments.

Attention

Posted by williampage | | Being Present, Essays |

Attention holds a specific energy in a fixed field around something that we want to observe or examine. Consciousness requires an ability to focus a similar energy around the body in a less directed way.

Life as a Test

Posted by williampage | | Essays, Transformation |

I ask myself: ‘Am I dispassionate enough to transform this?’

The Student/Teacher Relationship

Posted by williampage | | Essays, Teaching Esotericism |

The teacher’s responsibility, and essentially his only responsibility, is to bring out, or feed, the student’s higher possibilities.

The Body, Health, and Being Present

Posted by williampage | | Being Present, Essays |

The body is the only focus we have for consciousness. It can be seen as a kind of rallying point for being present, something for consciousness to form around.

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