This That We Are Now
Embodied Awakening with Duncan Mackintosh in The Alchemy of Presence
"Your every idol prostrates before you...
You are the Truth, from head to foot -
Now what else would you like to know !" - Rumi
In this time of great uncertainty, potential chaos and change, there is nothing more vital than to find and deepen access to the aspect of our being that is beyond form - our Fundamental Consciousness, the unified unconditioned Ground and loving intelligent Presence that is our Source, the agent of our unfolding self realisation, and our very Being.
"Lovers gather and give each other shade, relief from the direct sun.
Stay closeby that community. Be shade with them,
until you yourself are full of light like the moon,
then like the Sun" - Rumi
On the 21st September, we will begin a new series of evening sessions.
In a warm crucible of mutual holding and respect, and in embodied mutual presence, we will continue to explore various aspects of this mystery together - through direct personal experience in meditations, enquiries with each other, various simple exercises, and sharing - deepening in the Love that we Are.
“There is no greater benefiting of beings than pure and total presence” - Longchenpa
Facilitation is drawn from many years of experience, research, from several streams of spiritual practice I have worked with*, and supported with poems from Rumi and others.
The intent is always to create a crucible together, in which to deepen contact with, and eventual residence as, the Presence, our true Self Nature, the I Am, the One Being that is unfolding itself as each of us uniquely, as well as welcome and explore what helps or obstructs that contact and unfolding. And simply to soak in the Love that arises in this mutual work!
On the first evening, I will give something of an overview and context to the work, and its paradoxes, which I hope will be helpful to past participants and new alike, as well as beginning some practices and sharing.
Venue and Dates and time:
Thursdays prompt 8 - 9.30pm, Sweet Chestnut Studio, Anderida Practice, Forest Row Please see the list of dates below as they are, due to scheduling issues, somewhat irregular. Intro Session 21st Sept,
then: 28th Sept, 12th Oct, 19th Oct, 9th Nov, 16th Nov, 23rd Nov, 7th Dec, 14th Dec (Suggested min donation £5, but no-one excluded for finances)
New people are welcome - It is definitely preferable to have regular attendance if possible.
CONTACT:
For any enquiries contact me at thealchemyofpresence@gmail.com / 07816378989
For reviews and descriptions of fundamental aspects of the work see my old website:
https://presenceworks.co.uk/the-alchemy-of-presence-coming-into-being/
"In my experiences working with Duncan, his Presence work is about becoming and evolving - becoming aware of what is already there, hidden in plain sight. It's getting in touch with all that is the essence of who we are, without mind chatter, without emotions, without trying, simply being. When we can see the face of god in another and know that this too is who we really are. We are love eternal, and gracious in the presence of another." - Pauline
"I can’t recommend enough, the simultaneously powerful and subtle experience that these sessions have given me. The richness and the simplicity. To truly drop into, revive and rest in the hands of divine loving awareness, and to be and engage from this sacred space of presence within a group is profound and hard to put into words, although for me when one does one feels they have been granted access to the well spring from which the Sufi poet Rumi draws his sacred poetry. It is with ease and amplification and deep gratitude that I have felt this unlocking and access within this receptive circle and potent intention held by Duncan’s humble and experienced holding and beholding." - Alice
“When two or more are gathered - I Am there” - Christ