{"entry":[{"id":"12647762","hash":"98e80f64a432b6bc46257a0243eabcba","requestHash":"eternalpresence","profileUrl":"http:\/\/gravatar.com\/eternalpresence","preferredUsername":"eternalpresence","thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/0.gravatar.com\/avatar\/98e80f64a432b6bc46257a0243eabcba","photos":[{"value":"http:\/\/0.gravatar.com\/avatar\/98e80f64a432b6bc46257a0243eabcba","type":"thumbnail"}],"name":{"givenName":"Barbara","familyName":"Kass","formatted":"Barbara Kass"},"displayName":"Barbara Kass","aboutMe":"Enlightenment comes to me in small doses -- in these little \"a-HA\" moments in life where I think I am minding my own business, reading a book, or otherwise occupied with a mundane task. I discovered and connected with my eternal presence while reading Viktor Frankl's book Man's Search for Meaning. In this book, Frankl talks about facing life's circumstances by asking yourself the question: \"What is life asking of you?\" When I first asked myself that question, something inside me shifted and asked, \"But who is going to respond to life's question?\" It was at this moment that I realized I was not being who I came to this existence to be. I was living life from the person my life had shaped, with all of my fears, anxieties, worries, neediness, programming, illusions, and pain. I became aware of another energy who is me . . . the presence that has existed eternally and chose to come to this existence to become more, to grow, to connect, and to be truly alive. All this other stuff I am doing is distraction. I can still live in the distraction and engage life with my eternal presence. Each day, I visit the message on my computer screen. It reads \"How will I bring my presence to life today?\" The question reminds me to ask myself as often as I can remember \"how will I bring my presence to this person, this situation, this circumstance, this whatever?\" How I bring my presence (fully, partially, or not at all; with joy, sadness, and discretion; with wisdom and curiosity) is my practice. It is my way of connecting with my eternity.","urls":[]}]}