A magical moment reminds us of how magical life can be, but it doesn’t mean its job is to entertain us, or inebriate us, or exalt us, or make us feel special all of the time. That’s putting the burden onto something outside of ourselves.
Now is the most real moment there is. I live in the moment of now.:
I am gone, the instant I arrive; the remains are but an order of time
So I’ve held on to Catholicism or Zen, as practices, as fantasy futures, as possible identities. But when I actually dare to lower myself down into this emptiness—no, that sounds entirely too dualistic and willful and “courageous”—but when this seeing suddenly happens and thought relaxes, Zen drops completely away, and something much deeper is contacted, some entirely other way of being.
Fire is one of my temperaments. It is behind all my work... Fire is a chemical presence.
To feel the presence of the Lord is an amazing thing.
The main reason for the armed resistance is the American military presence.
The presence of American troops is fueling the insurgency in Iraq, as acknowledged by General Casey and numerous other experts, and is helping terrorist recruiters build their numbers across the globe.
So such an American troops presence in Korea in the South and Japan, total some 100,000 should stay there forever, even after unification of Korean peninsula.
Again, President Reagan was sort of an amiable presence out at the ranch by the last 6 months of his presidency. He had no effect on national policy at all.
No, I never saw an angel, but it is irrelevant whether I saw one or not. I feel their presence around me.
Earth is a stunningly lovely planet for so many reasons. Among these is the wondrous presence of curious, artful, inventive humanity.
As a consumer, you want to associate with brands whose powerful presence creates a halo effect that rubs off on you.
Atheism is nothing more than the noises reasonable people make when in the presence of religious dogma.
There is no presence of American infidels in the city of Baghdad.
Sometimes the very presence of God is barred by our presuppositions and our intense and constant desire for triumph.
Presence is more than just being there.
If there is anybody in this land who thoroughly believes that the meek shall inherit the earth they have not often let their presence be known.
In the face of a rising China, along with authoritarian regimes from Brazil to the Philippines to Turkey to Russia, and the constant presence of belligerent non-state actors, we need to reform our military to deal with asymmetrical threats.
The temperatures required for caramelization and browning almost always far exceed the boiling point of water. So the presence of water on the surface of a food, or on the bottom of a pan, is a signal that browning can't yet occur.
