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June 5, 2014
Leonard Jacobson | Writings
June 4, 2014
Everything and Nothing:
This video clip contains...
Everything and Nothing:
This video clip contains Leonard’s parting words from the end of a 5-day retreat in Presence. Leonard explains how the more time we spend being present, the more Presence grows within us and flows from us as we express in the world. He speaks about the process of becoming grounded in the present moment, so eventually Presence becomes the foundation of our being.
This short video was filmed at a retreat with Leonard Jacobson at the Mt Madonna Retreat Center, near Santa Cruz, CA in November 2011. You can download individual videos from this retreat or the entire set of retreat videos on Leonard’s website at the following link… http://store.leonardjacobson.com/collections/video-downloads/
The focus of the retreat was on healing and releasing blocks and obstacles to awakening and opening fully into Presence, Love and Oneness.
These videos feature selected talks by Leonard at the retreat. They do not include the many amazing healings that occurred during the retreat as participants shared so openly of themselves, nor do they include Leonard’s interaction with participants as he refines the path of awakening for those in attendance. For information about the next retreat or other upcoming events with Leonard:
June 3, 2014
Neither For Nor Against
Do not take a position for or against whatever it is that you are thinking about.
The moment you become identified with
your thoughts, you are caught into the mind.
The moment you believe in your thoughts as the truth, you are lost in the mind."
~ Leonard Jacobson, Embracing The Present
Neither For Nor Against
Do not take a...
May 29, 2014
Presence and Intimacy - Mt Madonna Retreat, 2011~ Leonard...
Presence and Intimacy - Mt Madonna Retreat, 2011
~ Leonard Jacobson
In this video clip from a 5-day retreat in Presence with Leonard Jacobson, Leonard shares what it feels like to be present. He identifies the first step on the path of awakening and describes the intimacy we feel when we are present in this moment.
Presence and Intimacy - Video
~ Leonard Jacobson
In this video clip from a 5-day retreat in Presence with Leonard Jacobson, Leonard shares what it feels like to be present. He identifies the first step on the path of awakening and describes the intimacy we feel when we are present in this moment.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-E67Z...
May 27, 2014
Question: Does God speak to us individually? I want desperately to believe in God.
From my perspective, belief in God is the obstacle to knowing God. Belief is a function of the mind and we can only know God through direct experience. Belief is what we resort to when we do not know God through our own direct experience.
So how does one have a direct experience of God?
God is here now, but we are not! Mostly we are lost in the world of the human thinking mind. It is a world of the remembered past and the imagined future. It is a world of thought, memory, imagination, concept, opinion, idea and belief. When we are in the world of the thing mind, the one place we are not is in the world of the present moment.
God is present. God exists as the silent presence at the very heart of all things present. The present moment and all that is in the present moment is God revealed.
If we are to know God, we must bring ourselves to where God is. In other words if we are to know God, we must bring ourselves fully present. At first, the experience of being present may seem ordinary. But as you remain present, and deepen into presence, the hidden treasure is revealed. Slowly and gradually, you will encounter the living Presence of God in all things present.
The more you choose to be present, the more you will become grounded in that dimension of you which exists in this moment and no other. I am not saying that you cannot continue to function with the mind and the world of time. Of course you can. You do not have to be fully present all the time. What is most important is that you honor the present moment as the truth of life, and recognize everything else as an illusion. Sometimes it is a happy illusion. At other times, it is an unhappy and painful illusion. The unhappy times bring us the opportunity and incentive to awaken, for who will choose to awaken out of a happy dream? Very few!
The direct experience of God is essentially an experience in Silence and oneness with all things present. Everything that you can see, hear, taste and touch is the body of God and so why would you not choose to be fully present with it?
To awaken means to free your self from the limited world of the mind and become fully present.
How to accomplish this is beyond the scope of this answer. I suggest that you read my three books and if you have further questions, I would be happy to answer them. A telephone session is also very helpful in bringing it all together and entering into the fully awakened state.
Does God speaks to us individually? The answer is that if we are fully present we enter into direct relationship with God and so we can speak to God and God can speak to us.
God exists at the very heart of silence within us. If you are fully present and silent, you open the door to God. In conversing with God, speak from silence into silence. And make sure that any response arises from silence and not from some part of your thinking mind. God's responses can come in the form of words, or a visual image or a feeling of peace and love. God's response can also be one of total silence. You will have to surrender all expectations when speaking to God, for those expectations will hold you in the mind and keep you separate from God.
Finally, how God responds to you will depend largely on what you bring to God. My experience is that the more you bring love and gratitude and silent Presence to God, the more God will respond to you.
It is important to know that God is not separate from you and that the deepest level of Oneness is realized in perfect loving silence. Not one word need be spoken.
~ Leonard Jacobson
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Question 14 Does God speak to us individually? I want desperately to believe in God.
From my perspective, belief in God is the obstacle to knowing God. Belief is a function of...
May 23, 2014
Fully Present ...
fully present that you will realize
that you have not been present.
It is not until you awaken
that you will realize that
you have been asleep,
dreaming that you are awake."
~ Leonard Jacobson, Embracing The Present
"It is not until you awaken and become
fully present that you will realize
that you have not been..."
fully present that you will realize
that you have not...
