Dare to Be Present Meeting! via Earthwalk, April 20th

Dare to Be Present Earthwalk April 2017 with de Vie Ojai California

What does it mean to be fully present? ~an introduction into the infinite~ In a culture stressfully bent on always rushing toward the future, what does it mean to “be here now”? What does it mean to be present, when the present is all we truly have anyway? Continue Reading →

Presence Invitation: Dec. 7th at Compassionate Ojai

Dare to Be Present® at Compassionate Ojai, December 7th

de Vie of Dare to Be Present® will give a presentation at the Dec. 7th Compassionate Ojai meeting. She will share how a process of presence can help with understanding the mind and reclaiming mental peace. There will then be a short guided meditation, space for questions, and Continue Reading →

Are you fully present right now?

Are you Fully Present right now? Or is your mind wandering? There is now science out that Being Present has a strong correlation with happiness, while the mind wandering – even if it’s thinking about something pleasant – is detracting from your happiness. I am happy to help Continue Reading →

The BEING which is always NOW

The sunrise within you... that is Consciousness, that is Awakening. Dare to Be Present®.

“There is neither evolution nor destiny; only being.” – Einstein Our society puts SOOOOO much emphasis and value on DOING. Even in the so-called spiritual/conscious/awakened circles – those who declare themselves to be spiritual, awakened, and living conscious lives – there is still Great Emphasis on Doing & Continue Reading →

The Present is always holding you

Dare to Be Present Art by de Vie

The Infinite Present is holding you infinitely. It cannot stop holding you. It is always holding you. I do not know why the world is as it is. I do not know why human suffering is pervasive. I do not know why this culture is lost in the Continue Reading →

when you’ve had enough

Nature is eternally present. Dare to Be Present. with de Vie

when you’ve had enough of fantasy, you can dare to be here now. when you’ve had enough of pretend, you can embrace what is. when you’ve had enough of false pretense, you can allow yourself to be as you are. when you’ve had enough of the endless rat Continue Reading →

that love within you

Santa Monica flowers reminding you of the love you are. Dare to Be Present ~

these words are never it but i give them to you anyway like chicken scratch upon the surface of an endless lake i don’t know why humanity has cultivated such calamity but i do know the answer, or an answer: that peace within you go to the peace Continue Reading →