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“The key word in this last paragraph is absorption. Presence is making one’s self available for temporary absorption by someone or something.”
― Presence and Encounter: The Sacramental Possibilities of Everyday Life
― Presence and Encounter: The Sacramental Possibilities of Everyday Life
“It is releasing distractions, preoccupations, and prejudgments and being available for absorption.”
― Presence and Encounter: The Sacramental Possibilities of Everyday Life
― Presence and Encounter: The Sacramental Possibilities of Everyday Life
“Let me set them out in propositional form before we reflect on them together. Presence to anything starts with presence to self. Presence to anything is constrained by presence to everything. Presence to anything is a threshold to the Transcendent.”
― Presence and Encounter: The Sacramental Possibilities of Everyday Life
― Presence and Encounter: The Sacramental Possibilities of Everyday Life
“The absence of stable knowing of presence also manifests in the fear of solitude.”
― Presence and Encounter: The Sacramental Possibilities of Everyday Life
― Presence and Encounter: The Sacramental Possibilities of Everyday Life
“But presence is not merely a gift we receive. It is a gift we give to everything and everyone around us waiting for us to turn up for potential encounter.”
― Presence and Encounter: The Sacramental Possibilities of Everyday Life
― Presence and Encounter: The Sacramental Possibilities of Everyday Life
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