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Presence is not some exotic state that we need to search for or manufacture. In the simplest terms, it is the felt sense of wakefulness, openness, and tenderness that arises when we are fully here and now with our experience.

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Tara Brach
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: May 17
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