Why Being Present Is Impossible (And Why That’s a Relief) - Dualistic Unity Presence is often treated as something to achieve or maintain, but this creates confusion. An exploration of why being present is impossible — and why that’s a relief.

Mindfulness advice often suggests returning to the present moment. But experience never actually leaves the present. So where was attention supposed to go?

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Why Being Present Is Impossible (And Why That’s a Relief) - Dualistic Unity Presence is often treated as something to achieve or maintain, but this creates confusion. An exploration of why being present is impossible — and why that’s a relief.

If the present moment can’t be held, maintained, or stabilized, what remains when the effort to manage it stops?

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Why Being Present Is Impossible (And Why That’s a Relief) - Dualistic Unity Presence is often treated as something to achieve or maintain, but this creates confusion. An exploration of why being present is impossible — and why that’s a relief.

The mind treats the present like a location you can hold onto. Yet the moment you notice it, it’s already shifting. What does that say about trying to stay there?

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Being present is tough! Expanding our minds outside our brains enriches our lives. Negotiating the switch gives us the best of both worlds.

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Reflections in Stained Glass™ The Space Between Notifications

#Reflection, #Stories, #Struggle, #BeingPresent, #Podcast
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Hi,
This reflective story is about the struggle to stay in the present when life and technology are always trying to pull us elsewhere.

I hope you enjoy it.

Larry

Why Being Present Is Impossible (And Why That’s a Relief) - Dualistic Unity Presence is often treated as something to achieve or maintain, but this creates confusion. An exploration of why being present is impossible — and why that’s a relief.

People often talk about “being present” as something to achieve. But the moment you try to hold the present, it’s already moved. What exactly are we trying to capture?

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Why Being Present Is Impossible (And Why That’s a Relief) - Dualistic Unity Presence is often treated as something to achieve or maintain, but this creates confusion. An exploration of why being present is impossible — and why that’s a relief.

Trying to remain present can create tension—the feeling of monitoring whether you’re doing it correctly. What happens when that effort relaxes?

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#BeingPresent #SelfInquiry

Why Being Present Is Impossible (And Why That’s a Relief) - Dualistic Unity Presence is often treated as something to achieve or maintain, but this creates confusion. An exploration of why being present is impossible — and why that’s a relief.

The instruction to “be present” often assumes we’re somewhere else mentally. But every thought about the past or future is also happening right now.

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#BeingPresent #Awareness

Why Being Present Is Impossible (And Why That’s a Relief) - Dualistic Unity Presence is often treated as something to achieve or maintain, but this creates confusion. An exploration of why being present is impossible — and why that’s a relief.

The idea of staying in the present can quietly become another mental project. If attention is busy trying to maintain presence, is it still simply present?

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#BeingPresent #Awareness

Why Being Present Is Impossible (And Why That’s a Relief) - Dualistic Unity Presence is often treated as something to achieve or maintain, but this creates confusion. An exploration of why being present is impossible — and why that’s a relief.

If every experience unfolds in the present automatically, the challenge might not be reaching it but recognizing it. What changes when nothing needs to be maintained?

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#BeingPresent #PsychologicalInsight

Why Being Present Is Impossible (And Why That’s a Relief) - Dualistic Unity Presence is often treated as something to achieve or maintain, but this creates confusion. An exploration of why being present is impossible — and why that’s a relief.

The attempt to hold onto the present can turn presence into another goal. What shifts when the goal disappears?

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#BeingPresent #ExistentialInquiry

What I Appreciate About My Daughters and What I Need to Do Better

#GGRClips #GreaterGoodRadio #ConnectLearnHealGrow #InspirationalInterviews #JohnnyChankhamany #Parenting #Fatherhood #WorkLifeBalance #BeingPresent #ParentingLessons #EmotionalIntelligence

What do you hear right now? It’s important to listen

#WhatDoYouHear #Listening #ActiveListening #ImportanceOfListening #PayAttention #BeingPresent #InnerVoice #FocusOnTheNow #HearingIsUnderstanding #ListenAndLearn #EffectiveCommunication #MindfulListening #BeAListener #HearAndUnderstand

Queuing in the rain Don't be complaining

Queuing in the rain
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#lifelessons #mindfulness #beingpresent

Most information about how to help grieving loved ones consists of practical lists of tasks you can do or gifts you can give. Those lists are better than nothing, but they don’t do anything to quell the underlying fear and clumsiness you feel. #helpingbylistening #beingpresent

being present: An illustration in shades of blue of the silhouette of a person's head, with a melange of letters contained in a bubble behind them. Photo attribution: pixabay.com

Being present is tough! Expanding our minds outside our brains enriches our lives. Negotiating the switch gives us the best of both worlds.

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#mindfulness #BeingPresent #MindOutsideBrain #connection

The #greatestblessing is #beingpresent ❤️

Slow days, quiet smiles, and time together.
Just being present and enjoying the moment.
That’s enough. 🤍

#Grateful #FamilyTime #SimpleMoments #BeingPresent #SlowTravel #GoodTimes #Memories #Together

Consciousness by its nature moves toward greater fulfillment. It's built into the design. So whether we've articulated it or not, we all crave change. The question is how we go about getting it. More: conta.cc/49r13li #change #beingpresent #mindfulness #innerpeace

We all want change. Even when things are good, we want better. It's baked into consciousness itself.

Most approaches to change are performative. We white-knuckle through habit stacks. We grimace through "being present".

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#beingpresent #mindfulness #meditation #lifehack

The Tenacity of One Step At A Time youtu.be/-jCQerxzF48?... #LogansRun #Inspiration #BeingPresent #Marathoners #LoveAndSupport

The air is so nice and clean. My allergies are happy, at least! 🤣🤷🏼‍♂️
I am tired after all the shoveling, but I love the change of the seasons here. Wouldn’t have it any other way: keeps life ever-changing and interesting. #snow #winter #cleanair #falcon #beingpresent #winter #newengland

Three images of strangers in crisis. On the left, an elderly man in a park kneels next to an elderly woman bicyclist with a bloody head who is lying on the ground. In the middle, a crying young woman has smashed a credit card terminal on a pharmacy counter. And on the right, a woman standing next to a car tries to get the attention of an unresponsive woman inside the car.

Three brief encounters with strangers in crisis—in Rome, Vermont, and Boston—left me shaken and grateful. Here's what happened.

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#HumanKindness #BeingPresent #HelpingStrangers

What is the ritual you use to genuinely transition from work leader to human being at the end of the day?

#TuesdayMusings #BeingPresent #ResilientSchoolLeadership #ReclaimYourTime

A picture of a cosmetic advent calendar from the cosmetic company L’Occitane. The picture on the front of the box shows a lineup of small bottles and samples that are contained inside the box. There are a total of 24 packages inside of the advent calendar. They vary from tubes to little bottles.

A black cat is sitting on an advent calendar that is sitting on the floor. You can see the hardwood underneath the cat. It is dark hardwood, and there is a carpet with a modern geometric looking pattern on it.

A hand is holding three small sample bottles of cosmetics and shower gels. The bottle on left has almond oil in it and there’s a golden amber in color. The middle bottle is a body cream and the right hand tube is a bottle of foot cream.

A hand is holding a small bottle of shower gel with a label on the bottle. The shower gel is clear.

As I approach my 6th yr of sobriety, one of the greatest joys of living a sober life has been the restoration of my relationship w/my daughter. Being a sober girl mom, of a now grown-up girl has been a blessing. Look at this advent calendar she sent me.
So much #gratitude. #soberlife #beingpresent

Note taken. How many times have I been there in body but distracted by thoughts; doing other things or busy thinking of a response?

#love #BeingPresent

Three images of strangers in crisis. On the left, an elderly man in a park kneels next to an elderly woman bicyclist with a bloody head who is lying on the ground. In the middle, a crying young woman has smashed a credit card terminal on a pharmacy counter. And on the right, a woman standing next to a car tries to get the attention of an unresponsive woman inside the car.

Three brief encounters with strangers in crisis—in Rome, Vermont, and Boston—left me shaken and grateful. Here's what happened.

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#HumanKindness #BeingPresent #HelpingStrangers

being present: An illustration in shades of blue of the silhouette of a person's head, with a melange of letters contained in a bubble behind them. Photo attribution: pixabay.com

Being present is tough! Expanding our minds outside our brains enriches our lives. Negotiating the switch gives us the best of both worlds.

www.conferencesthatwork.com/index.php/co...

#mindfulness #BeingPresent #MindOutsideBrain #connection

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