Presence is the neutral middle ground
Between passivity
And control
Aware of the pull in both directions away from centeredness
Passive is often exhibited as dissociation
Control is often exhibited as aggression
Both arising from our fears
Linked to the primal fight, flight and freeze
In working toward presence we often overshoot
Passive to assertive to domineering
Control to relaxed to fatalistic
Trying to behave rather than be
Presence is the neutral, aware, untriggered space
The space of:
– conscious choice
– strategic awareness
– heart based navigation
– outside of time
In the moment
Free of fear and insecurity
No old patterns running in the background
Awareness of our body, psyche and emotions
Awareness of our surrounding, immediate and distant
Free