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Presence / Self
"You are not a drop in the ocean,
You are the ocean in a drop."
– Rumi
When our Parts are willing to unblend, what we find is Presence or what some call our "True Nature." Presence is not a Part, but who we all fundamentally are. Presence is the seat of consciousness, our core being, the ideal parent figure.
Other Names for Presence
Internal Family Systems refers to Presence as "Self," but it can also be found in almost every spiritual tradition, going back thousands of years. Other models or schools of thought might refer to this as:
- Core State (💡 Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP))
- "Essence"
- "Buddha Nature," or “No-Self” (no-Parts)
- "Christ Consciousness"
- "Inner Light"
- "Beingness"
- "Consciousness"
- "Awareness"
- "Pure Awareness"
- "Spacious Awareness"
- "Big Sky Mind"
- "Loving Awareness"
- "Choiceless Awareness"
- "Open Mind, Open Heart"
- "Higher Self"
- "Deeper Self"
- "Wise Mind"
- "Inner Sage"
Keys
- 🔑 Presence does not need to be taught how to be Presence
- 🔑 Presence cannot be damaged
- 🔑 Presence has no agenda
- 🔑 Presence is the agent of healing
- 🔑 Presence can give exiles the healing they seek
- 🔑 Presence is effortless and always here
- 🔑 Blending is a spectrum
- 🔑 Presence does not bypass Protectors
- 🔑 Presence can offer better protection than Protectors
- 🔑 Presence evokes Presence
- 🔑 We need our Parts, and our Parts need us
- 🔑 Protectors often doubt that things can get better
- 🔑 Parts have Presence
- 🔑 Presence is non-dual
- 🔑 Presence is holonic
- 🔑 Attention is like a spotlight; Awareness is like candlelight
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