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Theme · 32 writingsPresence & Awakening

Waking up to the moment in front of you — the presence practice, the goosebump moments.

May 19, 2026

Tiny deposits into the soul that compound over time.

Fulfillment comes from the number of quality minutes per day, not giant life events.

February 13, 2026

When you move from the heart, seeds are planted. Whether you see the fruit or not.

Eric recounts cascading synchronicities in London and Miami around his script and a shared Himalayan teacher.

September 4, 2025

Over the years, I’ve come to realize that time is our most precious commodity, and there’s only one invest

Reflecting on the true value of time, the one resource never earned back.

May 23, 2025

Over the last 48 hours, I had the most profound positive brainstorming experience of my life.

Woke up Tuesday with the most profound positive brainstorming experience of his life.

February 18, 2024

The intensity of our triggers is directly linked to the values and attributes we hold most dear.

Shares his discovery that trigger intensity directly mirrors the core values a situation violates, with counter-measures.

January 26, 2024

A two-word Yoda reference with no further content.

A two-word Yoda reference with no further content.

January 9, 2024

It’s using physical pain as its primary Messenger to make certain that it has my attention!

Reads the Universe's not-so-subtle signs — a crippling leg injury forcing him to write — as a call to a new Bliss Journey.

December 29, 2023

I guess I’m just against any form of blinding myself further from the present moment.

Celebrates the Metaverse's failure as a win for real life, urging readers to stay present rather than blind themselves with virtual escape.

July 23, 2023

Presence

A one-word post: Presence.

May 27, 2023

Think of your right hand as the one that guided you to follow your bliss and your left hand as the one that pr

Awakened Doing Part 2: outer purpose (follow your bliss) and inner purpose (awaken) combined.

May 26, 2023

Follow Your Bliss. Three simple words. This is one of the proven pathways to peace, joy and self-love.

Awakened Doing Part 1: the two pathways to enlightenment — following bliss and practicing presence.

May 1, 2023

Beauty is all around us. Just need to slow down to experience it.

A Monday reminder: beauty is everywhere — you only need to slow down.

January 24, 2023

This is an egoic purchase and my Soul doesn’t want it.

Part 4a: after withdrawing from escrow as an egoic purchase, a lawsuit threat arrives before a Tolle talk.

December 9, 2022

I can take care of challenging unexpected matters without succumbing into any pain and suffering at all.

Pulled from Tolle-retreat calm into a high-stakes real estate deal, he stays present through 12-hour workdays.

November 22, 2022

A presence-practice day with Patrick Combs in San Diego — and unexpected giraffes.

A presence-practice day with Patrick Combs in San Diego — and unexpected giraffes.

November 17, 2022

The Universe is magical if you can become present and awaken to its vast miracles.

A full day of awakened-doing planning for 2023, with a garbage bin for discards.

November 17, 2022

Were the butterflies present the first time I opened my eyes, but I wasn’t conscious enough to see them?

His first presence-practice miracle: butterflies he couldn't see until his ego quieted.

November 15, 2022

Life is a like a sexually transmitted disease with a fatal outcome.

Live notes 24 hours into the Eckhart Tolle retreat.

November 15, 2022

I prefer to cheer on any choice for growth rather than assume, or desire to know the reason for it.

Should we assume people seeking growth are suffering? A nuanced no.

November 13, 2022

I have never attended a retreat as a customer.

Attending his first-ever retreat as a customer — Eckhart Tolle's Depth of Being.

August 26, 2022

I don’t bet on 3rd party business ideas. As active entrepreneurs, my wife and I have plenty of our own ideas t

Part 2: investing in Franchesca's film and watching her triumph.

August 25, 2022

Witnessing Franchesca R Davis screen her film “Tsunami” at Bliss Island. Astounding!

Goosebump Moment of the Year Part 1: Franchesca R Davis screening her film Tsunami.

August 14, 2022

If you do, you will not want to go back to allowing your thoughts to go unchecked, delivering 95% of your pain

An invitation to try a presence practice to make suffering optional.

August 2, 2022

I learned that I could dispel thoughts by acknowledging that they showed up in my head but that I could then d

Seven-month report on his presence practice: ego demoted, soul promoted to CEO.

June 22, 2022

A miracle just occurred at Bliss Island.

A miracle occurred at Bliss Island during Patrick Combs's keynote on becoming miracle-minded.

February 11, 2022

99% of our suffering is from not being present

Shares his presence-coaching notes: two pathways, hallmarks, techniques, benefits.

February 5, 2022

I have a decades long pattern of always turning to my strength of 'doingness'.

Authentically shares the tension between his 'doingness' strength and 'beingness' goal.

January 12, 2022

I realized today that my Dad is a presence practice master.

Realizes his 90-year-old Dad is a presence master whose happiness isn't conditional.

December 14, 2021

When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it.

Part 3: a sight-unseen bid on a Hawaiian property becomes Bliss Island Resort.

December 13, 2021

I am not a quitter. I have literally never quit on a dream.

Part 2: thirty years chasing a vision-board dream from University of Dreams to Fox Theater.

December 12, 2021

If you build it, he will come

Part 1: Field of Dreams, vision boards, and the house that haunted him.

December 1, 2021

I cannot explain why it works, but I'm 100% certain that it does.

Uses the film King Richard to illustrate the power of manifestation.