Tag: presence
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June 24, 2016 Thanks to Alissa Simon, HMU Tutor, for today’s post. Adding to the discussion from the past couple of weeks (from a present moment , to a presence created by the mind), today we move to the variety of images created by the mind. Lucretius offers a wonderful account of the purpose and …
June 17, 2016 Thanks to Alissa Simon, HMU Tutor, for today’s post. “To be, or not to be: that is the question.” – Shakespeare, Hamlet Last week, we discussed the practice of being fully present within an actual moment, whereas today we will discover what a number of authors say about the mind’s ability to …
