Presence
Imagine your past as lily pads
Each pad as a memory of past emotional experiences
A memory is...
An experience = A conclusion
In recalling past emotional experiences (Lilly pad hopping) the body cannot determine between real present experiences and from recollected past emotional experiences (Memory is experience = conclusion)
Sentiment is authenticity
Vs.
Emotion is performance
Imagine leaping from one suffering experience to the next
And they all arrive back to the “original sin” … When someone said something like, “Just who do you think you are?” and shattered your vision of wholeness.
So what do you choose?
• Use your five senses to stay in the present
• Acknowledge the sentiment being experienced
• Be fully in the experience of the sentiment of the moment
• Observe when the mind wants to hop the lily pads of suffering
• Remember that lily pad leaping is a learned response and you have the power to stop it!
The experience of inhabiting the present moment
This is where you have it all; there is profound joy in experiencing the sentiment as an organic experience.
Presence is where your freedom resides
• Use your five senses to stay in the present
• Acknowledge the sentiment being experienced
• Be fully in the experience of the sentiment of the moment
• Observe when the mind wants to hop the lily pads of suffering
• Remember that lily pad leaping is a learned response and you have the power to stop it!
The experience of inhabiting the present moment
This is where you have it all; there is profound joy in experiencing the sentiment as an organic experience.
Presence is where your freedom resides
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