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 manners of images in Book IV of The Way Things Are.
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 conjure presences, to bring memories into a present moment.