To me, character is the disposition to be present to whatever feelings or impulses arise, both uncomfortable as well as comfortable. This presence is not just presence as witness (consciousness) but an embodied open-hearted presence that has the potential to engage all of our being.
I feel more open. I’m more resting in Being and much more open. Resting in the openness, rather than my contracted self. I sort of spontaneously behave differently.
I felt an okayness AND I was feeling my emotions more powerful and fully than I ever had in my life. That was such a gift. I felt like I am really alive now, I’m really living life; I’m not just escaping life. I can have that sense of peace right in the mix of dancing in the fire of life.
There was this sudden shift. I was awake in my toes, I was awake in my legs, I was awake in my hands, I was awake everywhere. There was no more separation. I fell into me.
“Pointing Out Consciousness” Krishna Gauci – Waking Down Teacher, recorded July 2009.
