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"Sometimes, you feel like being watched from behind by someone.When you turned, it's just nothing, nobody, none,or only someone who's daydreaming and staring right through you."
Toba Beta
"Sometimes, you feel like being watched from behind by someone.When you turned, it's just nothing, nobody, none,or only someone who's daydreaming and staring right through you."
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"She had no need to ask why he had come. She knew as certainly as if he had told her that he was here to be where she was."
Leo Tolstoy
"She had no need to ask why he had come. She knew as certainly as if he had told her that he was here to be where she was."
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"Your presence is the greatest gift you can offer."
Osho
"Your presence is the greatest gift you can offer."
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"Wouldn't you like to arrive to any event or situation with a sense of confidence and ease that things are as they need to be?"
Susan C. Young
"Wouldn't you like to arrive to any event or situation with a sense of confidence and ease that things are as they need to be?"
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"11 Ways to Be More Engaged - 1. Care about others. 2. Be 100 percent in the moment. 3. Keep focus on the person you are serving. 4. Try to get involved, engaged, and interactive. 5. Show interest in what matters to other people by listening, acknowledging, and responding. 6. Arrive in the moment anticipating creating a valuable interaction for yourself and others. 7. Move towards the things that inspire you and provide a sense of joy and connection. 8. Reconnect with the essence of yourself and be grounded in that essential relationship. 9. Maintain eye contact and deliver the non-verbal cues that you are fully with the other person. 10. Limit distractions- close the door, silence your phone, hold calls, put tasks aside, etc. 11. Show up to the moment being your best and giving your best."
Susan C. Young
"11 Ways to Be More Engaged - 1. Care about others. 2. Be 100 percent in the moment. 3. Keep focus on the person you are serving. 4. Try to get involved, engaged, and interactive. 5. Show interest in what matters to other people by listening, acknowledging, and responding. 6. Arrive in the moment anticipating creating a valuable interaction for yourself and others. 7. Move towards the things that inspire you and provide a sense of joy and connection. 8. Reconnect with the essence of yourself and be grounded in that essential relationship. 9. Maintain eye contact and deliver the non-verbal cues that you are fully with the other person. 10. Limit distractions- close the door, silence your phone, hold calls, put tasks aside, etc. 11. Show up to the moment being your best and giving your best."
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"Because I don't live in either my past or my future.I'm interested only in the present"."
Paulo Coelho
"Because I don't live in either my past or my future.I'm interested only in the present"."
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"A lack of engagement sends the message that you may not care, are not interested, are too busy, or that the other person does not matter to you. Even though this is rarely your intention, it can happen when you're not being mindful and deliberate to connect in the moment."
Susan C. Young
"A lack of engagement sends the message that you may not care, are not interested, are too busy, or that the other person does not matter to you. Even though this is rarely your intention, it can happen when you're not being mindful and deliberate to connect in the moment."
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"Emptiness and the not-"I is the quality that arises when the therapist consciously moves out of his own way without hindering the therapeutic process through his own ideas, attitudes, expectations and concepts. He is present, available and responds with the truth in the moment."
Swami Dhyan Giten
"Emptiness and the not-"I is the quality that arises when the therapist consciously moves out of his own way without hindering the therapeutic process through his own ideas, attitudes, expectations and concepts. He is present, available and responds with the truth in the moment."
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"Divine presence gives meaning to what seems to have no meaning."
Sunday Adelaja
"Divine presence gives meaning to what seems to have no meaning."
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"Presence is the capacity to be present for another person with an open heart and to be grounded in our inner being. It is to be present for another person as a supporting light, as a supporting presence " and simply to be present with another person can help."
Swami Dhyan Giten
"Presence is the capacity to be present for another person with an open heart and to be grounded in our inner being. It is to be present for another person as a supporting light, as a supporting presence " and simply to be present with another person can help."
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"Have you ever had a friend in need whose only request was the gift of your presence? When major life changes happen or tragedies hit, you can find out very quickly who your real friends are because they are the ones who SHOW UP."
Susan C. Young
"Have you ever had a friend in need whose only request was the gift of your presence? When major life changes happen or tragedies hit, you can find out very quickly who your real friends are because they are the ones who SHOW UP."
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"It is easy to love people in memory the hard thing is to love them when they are there in front of you."
John Updike
"It is easy to love people in memory the hard thing is to love them when they are there in front of you."
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"Life is defined by time, appreciate the beauty of time."
Lailah Gifty Akita
"Life is defined by time, appreciate the beauty of time."
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"When you live for every second, tomorrow doesn't matter!"
Stephen Richards
"When you live for every second, tomorrow doesn't matter!"
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"The Presence and the manifestation of the Presence are not the same. There can be the one without the other. God is here when we are wholly unaware of it. He is manifest only when and as we are aware of His Presence. On our part there must be surrender to the Spirit of God, for His work it is to show us the Father and the Son. If we co-operate with Him in loving obedience God will manifest Himself to us, and that manifestation will be the difference between a nominal Christian life and a life radiant with the light of His face."
Aiden Wilson Tozer
"The Presence and the manifestation of the Presence are not the same. There can be the one without the other. God is here when we are wholly unaware of it. He is manifest only when and as we are aware of His Presence. On our part there must be surrender to the Spirit of God, for His work it is to show us the Father and the Son. If we co-operate with Him in loving obedience God will manifest Himself to us, and that manifestation will be the difference between a nominal Christian life and a life radiant with the light of His face."
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"All joy lies in the present moment. The journey of life and prosperity are made of the present moment."
Matthew Donnelly
"All joy lies in the present moment. The journey of life and prosperity are made of the present moment."
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"Today is a gift. Today is all I have. I will be fully awake in today."
Lailah Gifty Akita
"Today is a gift. Today is all I have. I will be fully awake in today."
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"Developing a commanding presence is essential for leadership and a powerful impact."
Susan C. Young
"Developing a commanding presence is essential for leadership and a powerful impact."
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"Heaven shows up all the time. But we plan our time so that we show up in other places."
Craig D. Lounsbrough
"Heaven shows up all the time. But we plan our time so that we show up in other places."
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"What are you projecting? How are you showing up? Are you aware of how your expressions are impacting your communication with others?"
Susan C. Young
"What are you projecting? How are you showing up? Are you aware of how your expressions are impacting your communication with others?"
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"The very places that we presume God not to be are the very places that are filled with His footprints and littered with His fingerprints."
Craig D. Lounsbrough
"The very places that we presume God not to be are the very places that are filled with His footprints and littered with His fingerprints."
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"Wherever you are-be there."
Debasish Mridha
"Wherever you are-be there."
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"She lay on her back, looking up at the sky, feeling no desire to move or think or know that there was any time beyond this moment."
Ayn Rand
"She lay on her back, looking up at the sky, feeling no desire to move or think or know that there was any time beyond this moment."
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"My friend, let us enjoy the present and give no thought to the evils of the future."
Alexandre Dumas
"My friend, let us enjoy the present and give no thought to the evils of the future."
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"When there is no venom (poison) of any kind in your eyes, when a liberated smile is seen, then people will do your darshan (will come to see you with intent of worship)."
Dada Bhagwan
"When there is no venom (poison) of any kind in your eyes, when a liberated smile is seen, then people will do your darshan (will come to see you with intent of worship)."
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"Let your existence be enough for a moment."
Bryant McGill
"Let your existence be enough for a moment."
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"We were there, together, and in the next room I could hear that monitor beeping. Keeping track of another heart's beat and giving enduring, solid proof of our own."
Sarah Dessen
"We were there, together, and in the next room I could hear that monitor beeping. Keeping track of another heart's beat and giving enduring, solid proof of our own."
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"Enjoy things for what they are, when they are, in the moment."
Akiroq Brost
"Enjoy things for what they are, when they are, in the moment."
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"When your heart is open, your eyes see the beauty that is all around you."
A. D. Posey
"When your heart is open, your eyes see the beauty that is all around you."
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"Now is the time to make sure we have the strings of all the balloons we want to keep before they all float away."
Maggie Stiefvater
"Now is the time to make sure we have the strings of all the balloons we want to keep before they all float away."
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"New insights from being present are a gift."
Gina Greenlee
"New insights from being present are a gift."
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"Since we cling to our hope in the future, we do not focus our energies and capabilities on the present moment."
Thich Nhat Hanh
"Since we cling to our hope in the future, we do not focus our energies and capabilities on the present moment."
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"When you are mindfully focused, the person with whom you are communicating feels that you are making them a priority-that you value their time and their perspective. It is in these moments that we can go to deeper levels of discovery, exploration, and connection. It is one of the most valuable gifts and finest compliments you can give to another."
Susan C. Young
"When you are mindfully focused, the person with whom you are communicating feels that you are making them a priority-that you value their time and their perspective. It is in these moments that we can go to deeper levels of discovery, exploration, and connection. It is one of the most valuable gifts and finest compliments you can give to another."
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"For the moment, everything had disappeared: the church, the battle, the screams and shouts and the rumble of limber wheels along the rutted road through Freehold. There wasn't anything but her and him, and he opened his eyes to look on her face, to fix it in his mind forever."
Diana Gabaldon
"For the moment, everything had disappeared: the church, the battle, the screams and shouts and the rumble of limber wheels along the rutted road through Freehold. There wasn't anything but her and him, and he opened his eyes to look on her face, to fix it in his mind forever."
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"Presence is about how every action can arise from the quality, which we call awareness " the presence of our inner being, the presence of our soul. It is a large difference between working with people from the inner being and working with people from duty or a specific technique. Through working from the inner being, we can touch the soul of the other person, while we can only touch the personality of the other person, his surface and periphery, if we just work from a technique."
Swami Dhyan Giten
"Presence is about how every action can arise from the quality, which we call awareness " the presence of our inner being, the presence of our soul. It is a large difference between working with people from the inner being and working with people from duty or a specific technique. Through working from the inner being, we can touch the soul of the other person, while we can only touch the personality of the other person, his surface and periphery, if we just work from a technique."
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"She lives like tomorrow isn't coming and yesterday never happened."
Crystal Woods
"She lives like tomorrow isn't coming and yesterday never happened."
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"Past and Future exist in the mind. They exist in the outside world. The mind is shaped by the physical world. Past and future however do NOT exist within the body. Because the present moment is all that you have and will ever be able to experience from within. Presence is how you fully exist. Internal (No-mind, no-time, awareness) is how you fully exist."
Matthew Donnelly
"Past and Future exist in the mind. They exist in the outside world. The mind is shaped by the physical world. Past and future however do NOT exist within the body. Because the present moment is all that you have and will ever be able to experience from within. Presence is how you fully exist. Internal (No-mind, no-time, awareness) is how you fully exist."
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"Compared to Eternity, The seconds of "Now" are more valuable than all the money and valuables in the world combined."
Matthew Donnelly
"Compared to Eternity, The seconds of "Now" are more valuable than all the money and valuables in the world combined."
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"Don't get caught in the trap of always "Needing" something. Needing something always projects your mind into the future as if you have it and is the opposite of gratitude. Be content in the present moment."
Matthew Donnelly
"Don't get caught in the trap of always "Needing" something. Needing something always projects your mind into the future as if you have it and is the opposite of gratitude. Be content in the present moment."
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"The sacred moment, cannot be substitute for either yesterday or tomorrow."
Lailah Gifty Akita
"The sacred moment, cannot be substitute for either yesterday or tomorrow."
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"Then she tells me that Jesus isstill herebecause Jesus wasonce here.And parts of Jesus arestill floating in the air.She tells me Jesus' DNA ispart of the collective DNA.She tells we are all partof Jesus, we are all Jesus in part.She tells me to breathe deepduring all our stormsbecause you can sometimes taste Jesusin a good, hard rain."
Sherman Alexie
"Then she tells me that Jesus isstill herebecause Jesus wasonce here.And parts of Jesus arestill floating in the air.She tells me Jesus' DNA ispart of the collective DNA.She tells we are all partof Jesus, we are all Jesus in part.She tells me to breathe deepduring all our stormsbecause you can sometimes taste Jesusin a good, hard rain."
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"Wherever you are, for sure, you are everywhere."
Debasish Mridha
"Wherever you are, for sure, you are everywhere."
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"By being fully present and engaged you will maximize your moments to make every encounter count."
Susan C. Young
"By being fully present and engaged you will maximize your moments to make every encounter count."
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"Slow down. Take note of the present."
Avina Celeste
"Slow down. Take note of the present."
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"In the darkness, he is invisible, but I can still feel him beside me. Sometimes you don't have to see something to know it is there."
Maggie Stiefvater
"In the darkness, he is invisible, but I can still feel him beside me. Sometimes you don't have to see something to know it is there."
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"Whatever the depth of our darkness, God navigated it eons before it was dark. And whatever the duration of our nights, God was there long before it ever turned to night. Therefore, despite our frequent feelings to the contrary, there is no place we might be where God was not lovingly waiting for us an eternity before we got there."
Craig D. Lounsbrough
"Whatever the depth of our darkness, God navigated it eons before it was dark. And whatever the duration of our nights, God was there long before it ever turned to night. Therefore, despite our frequent feelings to the contrary, there is no place we might be where God was not lovingly waiting for us an eternity before we got there."
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"When I fully enter time's swift current, enter into the current moment with the weight of all my attention, I slow the torrent with the weight of me all here."
Ann Voskamp
"When I fully enter time's swift current, enter into the current moment with the weight of all my attention, I slow the torrent with the weight of me all here."
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"Don't get caught in "Waiting". When I 'Get This' then I will be able to fully 'Live'. Escape the time dominant mind by fully being here 'NOW'."
Matthew Donnelly
"Don't get caught in "Waiting". When I 'Get This' then I will be able to fully 'Live'. Escape the time dominant mind by fully being here 'NOW'."
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"Happy the man, and happy he alone,he who can call today his own:he who, secure within, can say,Tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived today.Be fair or foul, or rain or shinethe joys I have possessed, in spite of fate, are mine.Not Heaven itself, upon the past has power,but what has been, has been, and I have had my hour."
Horace
"Happy the man, and happy he alone,he who can call today his own:he who, secure within, can say,Tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived today.Be fair or foul, or rain or shinethe joys I have possessed, in spite of fate, are mine.Not Heaven itself, upon the past has power,but what has been, has been, and I have had my hour."
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"Often people request prayers for deliverance, inner healing, or physical healing. But more frequently they simply want a man or woman to whom they can turn - not because of what this person is able to do but because of what he or she is: a person who makes them feel wanted, a friend to love them, one who generates an atmosphere of warmth and trust in which they are able to love in return."
Brennan Manning
"Often people request prayers for deliverance, inner healing, or physical healing. But more frequently they simply want a man or woman to whom they can turn - not because of what this person is able to do but because of what he or she is: a person who makes them feel wanted, a friend to love them, one who generates an atmosphere of warmth and trust in which they are able to love in return."
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