The Power of Presence and How You Relate – Love or Fear? 1 of 2. "Your presence has power. You have a built-in ability to create happiness in your life and relationships, and the quality of your presence is the substance that builds trust." True. Quality of one's being is that essence that builds trust on the unconscious level as well as the conscious level. Like breathing.
"Actions that stem from being present convey a sense of connection to your self and those you love. Perhaps more importantly, presence sends a message that affirms your commitment in key relationships, energizing good feelings that cause your brains to release Oxytocin, a hormone linked to felt sense of safety, love and connection. When you own your ability to create happiness, you feel personally empowered, and effective in your relationships, as a partner, parent, colleague, leader, and so on."
"Presence is pure power as it also holds limitless possibilities for personal and relational healing and transformation. It is present moments that offer opportunities in which you can, if you choose, stretch out of old comfortable places.
Whenever you succumb to low energy emotions of fear, such as disappointment, shame, resentment, your emotional vibrations, wittingly or unwittingly, however, you risk energizing more of the same in others around you.
Your ability to choose an optimal response, even when triggered, is power to dictate your emotional presence and state of mind.
This means that situations that trigger your stress response are unique opportunities for you to stretch your capacity to love your self and key others in your life, and in the process strengthen the courage your heart needs to feel safe enough to remain open to love in moments that most challenge you.
This is what loving with your whole heart is about.
"Love and connection are what give meaning and purpose to life. Neurologically, you are wired for relationships. Life is all about relationships because your brain performs essential processes, such as learning, in relational contexts.
When you have a felt sense of connection in a key relationship, for example, your brain releases a hormone called Oxytocin, which not only activates feelings of safety and connection, it simultaneously nourishes the cells of your body, thus, promoting your physical and mental health and well being.
In contrast, when your feel stress and disconnect in key relationship, your body releases Cortisol, the stress hormone, which shakes your sense of safety.
Thus, power is a choice of what emotional energies affect your presence."
"Your subconscious mind, as your body’s operating system, has primary directives that ensure you both survive and thrive. Your safety is a top priority. Responses from love or fear are two very different ways to promote this built-in striving for safety.
Power is a conscious or subconscious choice that shapes actions and outcome by energizing either love or fear.
Whenever you choose to act in ways that energize your body’s felt love response, you are reaching for a sense of safety via love and connection, whereas when your actions energize a felt fear response, you are seeking a quick-fix sense of safety via defenses and protective strategies (your body’s ‘fight or flee” system)."
"Incomparably, love is more powerful than fear. Hands down, for example, the power to choose to consciously shift away from survival fear, the moment it surfaces, and instead respond from a place of conscious love, takes a lot more strength and courage (than giving into reacting defensively).
In a sense, depending on whether you choose love or fear, the power of your presence is a choice that either draws you nearer to those you most care about or causes a deepening sense of separateness."
The Power of Presence and How You Relate – Love or Fear? 1 of 2. This power packed article is so full of logic and wisdom that I have to reread it to benefit by the sheer volume of wise, concrete, solid advice.
The Power of Presence and How You Relate – Love or Fear? 1 of 2. This power packed article is so full of logic and wisdom that I have to reread it to benefit by the sheer volume of wise, concrete, solid advice.
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