The fire of Presence - das Feuer der Präsenz (Angelo Dilullo)
At the beginning of the path, identity can feel incredibly solid—tenacious, all-encompassing, almost impossible to see through. Thought, time, duality, conditioning, coping mechanisms, defenses, self-doubt, projection, and narratives can become so deeply woven together that even spirituality itself can be co-opted by the identity structure. And yet, somehow, the message of truth gets through. That itself is grace. The path begins with a simple but profound movement: a backward step—not taking the next step toward thought, but turning toward what is prior to thought. Perhaps it begins as a taste of something vast, something timeless. A recognition of Presence. And through surrender, inquiry, vulnerability, and vigilance, that recognition begins to clarify. Presence is not a particular state or condition. It is the nature of experience itself. As this becomes clearer, the obsession with me and mine, my problems, my solutions, my story begins to lose its grip. We give it less ...
