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Presence is not about working to establish or maintain “your own space”, that’s a defensive stance of resistance, borne out of fear. Presence is effortlessly and pleasurably inclusive of all, and is the essence of spiritual liberation. ...

You have no idea how much the feeling of being supported by you means to others. Love, Dex ...

The more hostile a person becomes in response to some any challenge to whatever set of convictions they have invested in, the more panicky they are that they’re wrong for being so invested, and that their convictions are suspect. Anger is always an effort to hold back fear. ...

There are no “types” of situations. Every moment is unique. Resorting to bringing up scenarios with which to frame the moment is a denial what is, a failure to be and have. You can win the challenge of the moment by effortlessly and non-resistingly having within you whatever is presenting, ...

Any system, for any purpose or function, is a substitute for being present. Thereby, it is inherently limited, and not the best way to function. But because none of us is so Godlike as to never feel overwhelmed by what the moment presents,   systems can have intermediate value, as a ...

For a much happier existence, frequently take a moment to appreciate the full continuum of your life from the perspective of everything passing through you. The present circumstances are a fluid passage within the continuing flow of your existence. Appreciate from an existential perspective. It is all within the flow ...

This technique can and should be used for any problematic relationships of any kind. Whatever comes to mind in response to these questions is exactly what needs to come up, nothing should be dismissed as irrelevant or random.  The first part of this two-part procedure is to address and undo ...

Food for thought: Your “mind” is as you have been creating it to be. Investing our chosen ways of being locks us into patterns of behavior and experience, and holds in place the things we are trying to override. Dex Gelfand, October 2023 ...

I’d like to offer you what could be a profound and enlightening perspective on the all-encompassing dynamics of the spiritual and physical, the primary characteristic of the physical world being distance and with it a feeling of separation, misleading projections which upon being penetrated allow for a wonderful feeling and ...

The path to spiritual wholeness is largely about owning and discard your defensive ways of being so as to get out of your own way. ...