In this excerpt from an evening teaching session with Leonard Jacobson, Leonard offers an historical account of how humanity has become habituated to leaving the present moment. He clearly illustrates why this choice is no longer serving us and invites us to review our decision and return to Presence.

The complete, edited teaching session containing this audio clip is available for download as an mp3 file on Leonard’s website. Click here

Leonard Jacobson reveals the conditions which are necessary for the ego to relax and surrender to the True Master arising from within.

From Leonard Jacobson’s latest book, Journey into Now.

There is a tendency to project the source of truth onto another. This often happens in our relationship with the teacher and it acts as a barrier to true awakening.

One Thursday evening, at one of my teaching sessions in Corte Madera, Laura raised her hand to speak. She is an earnest young woman who had recently attended one of my five-day residential retreats.

“I feel confused,” she said. “A part of me wants to give myself over to you completely. I can feel devotion arising within me. But another part of me feels afraid. I do not trust you and I want to run from you.”

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