Tag: Presence
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Emotion Words
I am needing to learn more emotion words. I don’t even know how to describe it. I got the normal and natural words that we think of when I think about emotions. Sometimes though, you feel an emotion and the normal, natural words just don’t do it justice. If you’re…
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Sit Outside
I’ve had lots of time lately to Sit Outside. It’s been so nice. My office at work doesn’t have windows to see the outside world. I can be in there for hours at a time and not see the outside. It’s really nice to just sit outside. There’s something about…
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Asynchronous and Absent
That describes the online conversations of so many Twitterers. Conversations happen over time. It might sometimes be days before you respond or reply to a tweet to you. You don’t even think anything about it when you don’t get a reply. Sometimes you might be surprised to get one immediately.…
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Presence
pres·enceNoun/ˈprezəns/ 1. The state or fact of existing, occurring, or being present in a place or thing. 2. A person or thing that exists or is present in a place but is not seen: “the monks became aware of a strange presence“. I had a great conversation with some friends yesterday…
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Negative Space
The Japanese have a word for this space in between things or objects. It is an experience of the space in between. The word is Ma. It is an awareness of what happens in between thoughts and breaths. It is a sense of presence that doesn’t have an english word…
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Presencelessness
This has to do with living a less mediated life. (You gotta love the irony of this idea coming through a blog post though). What I’m talking about is presence. Not the ability necessarily to be present, but this idea of where your presence lies. You can sit in a…
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Nouwen and Room
Later has come. If you don’t know what that means, please refer to the last post. Although we can find Home in God’s unconditional love, I love Nouwen’s idea of prayer being the discipline that encompasses all the other disciplines. Prayer for Nouwen was what nurtured the relationship with God…