Mindful Presence
Work to maintain a stable mindfulness and presence when relating with others.
as your Mindfulness becomes more second-nature, you’ll find that it’s a valuable tool for interacting with others.
When we’re with others, more often than not, we’re not actually with them.
“Presence refers to the stability of mindfulness, which means the degree to which you are grounded in awareness itself.” (Rick Hanson, https://www.rickhanson.net/mindful-presence-2/)
“With people, you become more settled into being fully there with them, more peacefully relaxed in awareness of them and you and what’s happening, less identified with pleasant or unpleasant reactions that arise, less caught up in the past or future or sense of needing to make something happen. We can feel it immediately when someone else is mindfully present with us; similarly, others can feel it when you are that way yourself.” (Rick Hanson, https://www.rickhanson.net/mindful-presence-2/)
Therefore:
Work to maintain a stable mindfulness when relating with others, also called a mindful presence.
In Dialogue with someone, or as a witness of someone practicing Inquiry, your task is to maintain a state of mindful presence