Lessons 80 and 81

Presence 
No doubt all of us have experienced the state of Witnessing Presence at some point in our lives.
When have you experienced this? I experience this frequently. Sometimes on purpose, sometimes incidentally
Is it a common occurrence for you or a rare moment? Common
How easy is it to step into this state? It's easy to step into when it occurs to me to step into it. Sometimes that's the hard part.
What value do you see of being a Witnessing Presence? I think of our brain/mind as an interpreter of our experience. And sometimes the interpretations are bad. It is incredibly valuable to step outside of this interpretation and just notice the interpreter.

The Dark Side
Are we truly enjoying our Fluid Expenditures… or are they simply mindless purchases we buy out of habit, or worse, to impress others? Depends on the purchase. I don't really fall into the purchasing to impress others thing. But there are times when I just swipe my card away and couldn't tell you what experience I got from it.
Have we evaluated our decisions or simply assumed that the most expensive choice is the best? Um...never.
Take another look at your list of Luxuries.
How many of them authentically bring you joy and delight? All of them sometimes bring me joy and delight.
Conversely, how many of them bring nothing special to your life or even make you feel trapped or competitive? None make me feel competitive. Some are just not worth the money I spent. Those are usually the going out/dining out ones. Sometimes these moments bring me great joy and are worth the money. Other times I am going out or dining out just to hang out with someone or because I'm caught up in a moment or it's someone's birthday or some such thing.
I tend to tread well in those moments when I bring an exact dollar amount with me and leave extra money and my cards at home. 
I guess what I'm saying is, the list of Luxuries I have is not so luxurious, like buying a new car every two years. They are things that are fluid as far as how much I spend or need to spend on them. But they tend to bring joy. When they don't it's because I'm lost in some other mindset, or I'm trying to create or recreate an experience that just isn't true in that moment.


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