Beyond the Practice of Presence

Presence is often treated as something we must cultivate through effort or practice.

In this discourse, Amoda Maa points to a deeper recognition: presence is not something we achieve, but the ever-present openness in which all experience already appears.

As identification with the story of "me" begins to soften, we discover that awareness remains unchanged by thoughts, emotions, or circumstances.

This recognition is available not only in meditation, but in the ordinary moments of everyday life, revealing a freedom that is found within experience rather than apart from it.

This discourse was given at an Online Public Meeting held in July 2026.