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Homework
1) Repeat the “Contemplating Presence” Exercise:
Relax your mind for a few (2 to 5) seconds and slowly read
over the descriptions of Presence at least three more times,
gently contemplating each sentence. Do this between now and
the start of your next lesson.
Try not to worry whether or not you are getting this “right.”
Reading the text above has a power in and of itself that is
effortless. Simply let it guide your attention to wake you up to
the truth of what’s here, now.
I recommend, if you ever feel confused or overwhelmed, that
you simply return to this first lesson of Trinfinity Academy and
give yourself the gift of bathing in the experience of Presence.
2) The 2 to 5 seconds Exercise:
Take a deep breath, relax your thoughts and ideas for 2 to 5 seconds,
and gently and joyfully place your attention on the sense of being
here, now.
Or simply feel the feeling of I-AM or I-Exist. Repeatedly recognize
this sense of I-AM, or the sense I-Exist, in your direct experience of
everyday life. Allow it to naturally become more genuine, more
obvious, more palpable, and more visceral with each repetition.
Naturally. Don’t force anything. Simply let it happen.
Practice this I-Exist recognition throughout the day (at least 12 times
per day), for just a few moments at a time; then continue on with
your day until the next moment of recognition naturally occurs, or is
induced by you remembering this homework assignment.
Tips and a Heads-up
Remember: In the beginning, it’s easier to recognize Presence when
you relax than when you’re trying too hard to “get it.” That’s why the
instruction is to relax your attachment to thoughts for about 2 to 5
seconds before you try to recognize the sense of Presence.
At some point, you won’t have to intentionally move your attention
from thoughts anymore; you will start noticing that Presence is
always available—with or without thoughts. Presence will become
more and more obvious to you over time; it does for everyone—it’s
guaranteed. You can simply let it become truer for you with each
gentle repetition of relaxing your thoughts and opinions about life,
and placing your attention on the pure and innocent space of here-
and-now Existence.
You will find that a moment of recognizing Beingness is like
discovering the space behind or beneath your thoughts—much like
noticing that there is motionless sky behind the movement of the
clouds. Relaxing your attention away from the thinking mind is like
shifting your focus from the clouds to the clear blue parts of the sky;
it allows for easier recognition of the free presence that remains.
Explanation of the I-Exist Exercise
Placing your attention on the feeling that you exist gives rise to the
recognition and experience of pure Presence-Consciousness. And it
allows for Awareness (you) to wake up from its entanglement with
the dream of being a person inside of a world.
In this way, the person you have assumed yourself to be will very
quickly wake up to the recognition of a changeless Presence.
Awareness attached to the person will wake up to its truer Self:
Presence-Consciousness.
In short, “Person wakes up to Presence.”
More on this in the next few lessons!