Presencing
Posted On Jan 9 2008To see a world in a grain of sand And a heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in the palm of your hand And eternity in an hour. -William Blake Zen and the poets have been addressing presence for centuries. What’s new is that everyone is paying attention to presence now, not just a handful of monks. Presence lives outside of language so I find it hard to talk about. Blake’s poem points to it brilliantly. Let me take a stab at it, too. You travel into Presence often, but perhaps you don’t fully grasp the importance of this. …