★Being Present Is A Natural Radiance ˚

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Posted on 12/10/2013. Last edited on 23/06/2020.

Presence is a rare quality in a world of 20-second sound bites, nonstop stimulation, and gnawing anxiety. What underlies presence? Clearly, it is not intellectual prowess or Mensa would rule the world. More than once we all have been bored to tears by the intellectual aloofness of someone disconnected from everyday reality, adrift in a conceptual universe of his or her own creation…Could presence be heart-generated coherence in the world of personal magnetics? People with presence have an ineffable quality about them; they are “present,” surprisingly attentive, and undistracted. A fullness, a centeredness, a wholeness radiates from them. We enjoy being “in their presence.” You can build presence. It is the natural radiance of heart security.
_{Doc Childre and Bruce Cryer, From Chaos to Coherence}

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˚ state of calm 💗thank you  

Posted on 12/10/2013. Last edited on 22/01/2016.

“Give up defining yourself – to yourself or to others. You won’t die. You will come to life. And don’t be concerned with how others define you. When they define you, they are limiting themselves, so it’s their problem. Whenever you interact with people, don’t be there primarily as a function or a role, but as the field of conscious Presence. You can only lose something that you have, but you cannot lose something that you are.”
― Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose

commentary: soliciting what others think is something one should not jump into. While some love us and despise us with “good reason”…some love us and despise us due their own to internal challenges which have little to do with us at all..

In response to SelfcareEnthusiast’s post:
I love this whole thread but in particular this part
“Give up defining yourself – to yourself or to others. You won’t die. You will come to life. And don’t be concerned with how others define you. When they define you, they are limiting themselves, so it’s their problem. Whenever you interact with people, don’t be there primarily as a function or a role, but as the field of conscious Presence. You can only lose something that you have, but you cannot lose something that you are.” Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose

thanks for this thread
love flowergirl

˚ state of calm 💗thank you  

Posted on 22/08/2019.

In response to flowergirl's post:

thank you flowergirl for sharing what you love.

It's wonderful to enjoy you and to reinforce this quote!