Presence Quotes

A true man belongs to no other time or place, but is the center of things.

Stop leaving and you will arrive, Stop searching and you will see, Stop running away and you will be found.

The moment you become aware of the silence, you also have become silent.

The most decisive event in your life is when you discover you are not your thoughts or emotions. Instead, you can be present as the awareness behind the thoughts and emotions.

Live now. When you are eating, eat. When you are loving, love. when you are talking with someone, talk. When you are looking at a flower, look. Catch the beauty of the moment!

No method nor discipline can supersede the necessity of being forever on the alert. What is a course of history, or philosophy, or poetry, or the most admirable routine of life, compared with the discipline of looking always at what is to be seen? Will you be a reader, a student merely, or a seer?

The Master gives himself up to whatever the moment brings. He knows that he is going to die, and her has nothing left to hold on to: no illusions in his mind, no resistances in his body. He doesn't think about his actions; they flow from the core of his being. He holds nothing back from life; therefore he is ready for death, as a man is ready for sleep after a good day's work.

It is not night when I do see your face, Therefore I think I am not in the night; Nor doth this wood lack worlds of company, For you in my respect are all the world: Then how can it be said I am alone, When all the world is here to look on me?

No mortal is alert enough to be present at the first dawn of spring.

Life only avails, not the having lived.

One who lives in accordance with nature does not go against the way of things but moves in harmony with the present moment.

One way of pointing to this realization is, when you think you have big problems, ask yourself, "What problem do I have at this moment?" Usually, you will find that you don't have a problem at this moment because you're sitting here and you're breathing, you're looking out the window, and it's fine.

Long enough have you dream'd contemptible dreams, Now I wash the gum from your eyes, You must habit yourself to the dazzle of the light and of every moment of your life

When you are present, you can allow the mind to be as it is without getting entangled in it. The mind itself is a wonderful tool. Dysfunction sets in when you seek your self in it and mistake it for who you are.

When your fulfillment and sense of self are no longer dependent on the future outcome, joy flows into whatever you do. You do what you do because the action itself is fulfilling. Whatever you do or create in that state is of high quality. This is because it is not a means to an end, and so a loving care flows into your doing.

Stop measuring days by degree of productivity and start experiencing them by degree of presence.

Why should I be weary when every cell of my body is bursting with life?

This is a delicious evening, when the whole body is one sense, and imbibes delight through every pore.

The life of a wise man is most of all extemporaneous, for he lives out of an eternity which includes all time.

Being is central, and Being is now. The fulfillment of your life is not going to happen through anything. The outer activities in your life are secondary. What is Primary is Being.

The timeless moment. - The "moment" has no yesterday or tomorrow. It is not the result of thought and therefore has no time.

I enjoy going to Starbucks, having a cup of coffee, sitting in my car, driving from here to there, sitting at home looking at the trees, going for a walk with a dog. It's all very enjoyable.

There is no doing in the world without being first.

Space really means the level of awareness or presence, not thinking. So, can you look at your partner and not think? Two conscious beings realize that the essence of the relationship is the space in it. Even when there is an egoic overlay, it is not too dense or heavy for you to sense the essence underneath it. You don't need to react to the egoic overlay. When you don't react to it you don't strengthen it.

In the gardenI see only your faceFrom trees and blossomsI inhale only your fragrance.

In the presence of nature, a wild delight runs through the man, in spite of real sorrows.

Guilt, regret, resentment, sadness & all forms of nonforgiveness are caused by too much past & not enough presence.

You can always cope with the present moment, but you cannot cope with something that is only a mind projection - you cannot cope with the future.

Once you have had a glimpse of awareness or Presence, you know it firsthand. It is no longer just a concept in your mind.

it is strange how the dead leap out on us at street corners, or in dreams

Allow nature to teach you stillness.

A work of art comes out of a state of deep stillness.

If you were a blade of grass or a tiny flowerI will pitch my tent in your shadow.Only your presence revives my withered heart.You are the candle that lights the whole worldand I am an empty vessel for your light.

Happy, not from anything that happens. Warm, not from fire or a hot bath. Light, I register zero on a scale.

When you are fully present with everyone you meet, you relinquish the conceptual identity you made for them - your interpretation of who they are and what they did in the past - and are able to interact without the egoic movements of desire and fear. Attention, which is alert stillness, is the key.

I am writing in the garden. To write as one should of a garden one must write not outside it or merely somewhere near it, but in the garden.

In life and in love, there is only that moment, the NOW. The only reality we know is what we experience this very second. Reality is not what has passed or what has yet to come into being. Grabbing hold of this simple idea makes life magical because it brings love alive.

Concentrate on the Essence, concentrate on the Light.

Every day I awaken I am grateful. My intent is to be totally present in that day. And laugh as much as possible.

Actually, the ability to choose presence depends on the degree of presence that's emerging in you. Ultimately, you are not choosing, there's nobody there to choose. When you think you are choosing, presence is simply emerging in that moment.

Give your fullest attention to whatever the moment presents.

And never have I felt so deeply at one and the same time so detached from myself and so present in the world.

Every moment is utterly unique and will not be continued in eternity. This fact gives life its poignancy and should concentrate your attention on what you are experiencing now...that source of eternal energy is here, in you, now.

The morning wind spreads its fresh smell. We must get up and take that in, that wind that lets us live. Breathe before it's gone.

Do not linger to gather flowers to keep them, but walk on, for flowers will keep themselves blooming all your way.

On the way to work, concentrate on the way - not the work.

Doing the best at this moment puts you in the best place for the next moment.

I have seen some who did not know when to turn aside their eyes in meeting yours. A truly confident and magnanimous spirit is wiser than to contend for the mastery in such encounters. Serpents alone conquer by the steadiness of their gaze. My friend looks me in the face and sees me, that is all.

Where you are, whatever your condition is; Always try to be a lover.

Be in this moment, and free yourself of striving for something more or someone else.

If we are unduly absorbed in improving our lives we may forget altogether to live them.

Ask yourself what problem you have right now. Not next year, tomorrow or five minutes from now. You can always cope with the now, but you can never cope with the future. Nor do you have to. The answer, the strength and the right action will be there when you need it. Not before or after.

You can't think about presence, and the mind can't understand it. Understanding presence is being present.

When you take your attention into the present moment, a certain alertness arises. You become more conscious of what's around you, but also, strangely, a sense of presence that is both within and without.

The power of now can only be realized now. It requires no time and effort. Effort means you're trying hard to get somewhere, and so you are not present, welcoming this moment as it is.

Live one day at a time emphasizing ethics rather than rules.

Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf.

This moment contains all moments.

When you are not honoring the present moment by allowing it to be, you are creating drama.

Whatever you want to achieve is secondary: the business, the exchange of information, whatever it may be. Yes, you do that also, but there is a deeper foundation - meeting that human being in a state of shared presence.