Week 2: Presence

Introduction to module

Dex Gelfand here again.

As we continue our journey of Honoring Your Spiritual Compass, I will be sending you a section from the book each week to introduce and discuss key spiritual therapeutic counseling techniques.

Then, I’ll touch on how you can apply each concept to your own life.

This week, let’s talk about Presence:

Week 2: Presence

Introduction to module

Dex Gelfand here again.

As we continue our journey of Honoring Your Spiritual Compass, I will be sending you a section from the book each week to introduce and discuss key spiritual therapeutic counseling techniques.

Then, I’ll touch on how you can apply each concept to your own life.

This week, let’s talk about Presence:

Every being and everything emanates a self-energy, or presence.

On a finer spiritual level, we all exist in an ocean of our collective and individual presence. Every chronic unpleasant feeling is held in place by resisting its presence.

When those energies expressed as such feelings are effortlessly accepted, rather than energetically opposed, the unpleasant feelings melt away. This is the process of Spiritual Digestion: consciously owning the presence, i.e., the energies expressing those feelings.

When feelings are disturbing and the energy of those feelings is resisted, there can be no digestion.

Actionable Tip: Resolve resistance to “negative” feelings by accepting and digesting the presence of these unpleasant energies. This means processing these feelings instead of avoiding them.

All roads to self-realization, and to greater consciousness and existence, begin with a single step toward owning our collective and individual presence.