I recently attended an eight-week course “Presence” and learned meditation and inquiry with Almaas and his students.

我最近上了一堂八週 Almaas 的課（Presence當下）。

Almaas shared his experience of presence and give lectures about his understanding of presence. According to him, there are many facets of presence and he explained it in a palpable way as he called his practice “The Dimond approach.” I am particularly curious about his method of inquiry. The inquiry made a foundation of what Gabor Mate used in his “Compassionate Inquiry.” I feel very touched by the method he taught by asking questions like; What are some ways you experience presence? Who is experiencing the present moment? What is your story about self-worth? What obstacle you are experiencing to Presence?📷

You can do it yourself, with a partner, or with a triad. When doing it by yourself, you can journal or speak into the recorder out loud of your responses. You can also have two or three partners in a group and have one person ask the question for 10 mins and another answer. If you are doing the triad, the third person could be there to support the group with awareness of the energy.

When I did the exercise on how I experience presence with a partner, I started by answering in practical ways as I experience presence in each moment throughout the day. As I go deeper, the inquiry relaxes me and results in creating a calm place inside me. First, I saw a planet from space. The pitch-dark apace surrounded me and filled me. Then, the awareness of the space makes my boundaries blurry. As the result, the inquiry created a very peaceful, calm, and centered space in me.

I hope you can try this inquiry and experience the wonderful awareness you acquire from the experience.

Almaas 分享體驗當下的知識時，也會使用好奇的方法，體驗當下。

每個星期，他會通過提問的方式，讓大家更體驗當下：其中一個問題是，我用什麼方式體驗當下？ 這個好奇的方法是，用十分鐘，不斷地用這個問題問自己。

其他好奇的問題也包括，是誰在體驗當下？你的自我價值是什麼？什麼讓你遠離自己？

你可以自己做，也可以和夥伴一起做，或者和三人小組一起做。自己做的時候，可以記錄你的回答。和其他人做的時候，一個人問問題，然後一個人回答。沒有互動，而是持續地問這個同樣的問題。讓在場的人當一個陪伴的生命體。

我自己和夥伴做這個練習的時候，我覺察開始的回答。大多是，我每天如何在生活中體驗它，內在感覺因為往內看，有更多的是放鬆和平靜。

隨著我越來越深入，我的畫面是，從太空中看到了一顆行星。漆黑和空曠的四周和內在包圍著我，它讓我和外在的界限變得鬆散，我的存在變得很安靜。它非常平和、平靜和喜悅。

希望你也能試試看這個方法，對自己有更多的看見和陪伴！