The Presence Process: A Healing Journey Into Present Moment Awareness

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The Presence Process is an astounding psychological and spiritual victory! Michael's insights are the most profound and comprehensive that I have encountered during my thirty years of both personal and professional practice. He has captured the essence of in-depth psychological work in the service of spiritual growth, and has been able to translate this understanding into a logical, sequential and simple-to-follow process of healing and releasing old and stubborn obstacles.
Susan Simpson, Ph.D., Psychologist, Parksville, British Columbia, Canada
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I discovered a quality of peace within me that is not dependent on what is happening in my outside world.
Catherine Horn, Accountant, Johannesburg, South Africa
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All my old baggage was cleared out, and this made way for the love, peace and joy that was always there and waiting to come forward.
Brahm Meter, Realty Agent, Johannesburg, South Africa
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You will not want to let another day go by without seeing life with the new open eyes these insights provide - PLUS it's a thoroughly explained mega-tool to help get at and remove what's truly been blocking you. Michael enters your life like Rumi's teacher Shams entered his - and he throws all your books down the well and says, "Now, let me show you how to start living what you have been reading about." I see millions of people reading this book and thus creating a big leap forward into the new world.
Stephen Summers, healer/chiropractor, Austin, Texas, USA
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Reading The Presence Process gave me such hope for healing my life, having dealt with physical pain from rheumatoid arthritis endured for 25 years. I read this book while on holiday, lying in a hammock. From that relaxed place, as I turned the pages, I could feel the Process already taking over…I could already feel the liberation.
Nora Morin, Self-employed, Parksville, British Columbia, Canada
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I have not yet finished The Presence Process experientially, but I have already experienced some profound changes in the quality of my life and experiences. Michael has empowered me with the tools and confidence to uncover many suppressed feelings and beliefs from my past - most of which I did not even realize were there. Something powerful and wonderful was waiting there and seems to be emerging in their place.
Robert Flichel, Personal Trainer & Yoga Instructor, Vancouver, Canada
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The Presence Process caused me to wake up and take an honest look at my drama.
Ulrike Schmidt, Children's Workshop Facilitator, Germany
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I was an alcoholic and addicted to sleeping tablets and painkillers. This Process returned me to life and my life to me.
Ingrid Erikson, Yoga Instructor, Johannesburg, South Africa
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The Presence Process is not just another self-help book, but rather a practical tool to help us take charge of our life and our purpose in a respectful and compassionate way.
Barbara Mowat, President, Institute for Global Linkages & Impact Communications, Abbotsford, Canada
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This Process assisted me to face my fears and to literally sweat out my past. It is for those willing to "get real"
Terry Betty, Writer, Johannesburg, South Africa
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I liken this Process to that of a soiled pane of glass. This pane of glass has the imprint of our past, maybe the imprint from the hand of a stern father, maybe the teardrop stain of not being heard. One could go on. Through this Process, these imprints and smudges can be removed from this 'pain of glass' and the clarity that was already always there can be revealed. Just by reading this book, I felt this process had already begun.
Vim Rolaff, Entrepreneur/Photographer, Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada
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Since completing this journey I am at ease with myself and consequently I am at peace with others.
Shehnaz Chawla, Journalist/Homemaker, Pune, India
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Could it be that some unconscious program within us is really in charge? The Presence Process invites us to access the answers to this question experientially.
Pete Petrie, Horticulturist, Dhahran, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
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The Presence Process is a fresh, original, and extraordinary book that just in reading shifted me into a heightened state of consciousness. Through Michael Brown's lullaby-like language, his powerful and insightful teachings and the quality of his own Presence, he shows us how to step out of the time-based paradigm into the joy and aliveness of the secret of enlightenment itself: present moment awareness.
Victoria Ritchie, Book Editor/Spiritual Teacher, Mill Valley, California, USA
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I came to realize how many emotions I had unconsciously bottled up. I experienced a definite shift of energy and a real change in the direction of my life.
Karima D. Adatia, Sales & Marketing Manger, Dallas, Texas, USA
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This journey showed me through personal experience that there is no better moment to experience than the present moment and that there is no greater realization than to know that the universe supports me unconditionally.
Jeevan Gounden, Entrepreneur, Johannesburg, South Africa
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You have to be brave to do this. You must want to look deep into yourself, to face all your demons and baggage and to sincerely want resolution.
Dot Johnson, Personal Assistant, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Understanding the Seven Year Cycle has shown me how to anticipate events in my life that are caused by the same reoccurring unintegrated emotions. I am no longer ambushed by these emotional upheavals.
Anmol Chawla, Project Manager, Pune, India
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I can truly say that I am to a large extent now free from life-long rage, regret, grief, guilt, blame, fear and depression.
SHARON BOTHA, COFFEE-SHOP OWNER, PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA
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This is an experience for those of us truly seeking the truth about who and what we are and why we are here on this planet.
Nikolas Jankovich, Financial Advisor, Durban, South Africa
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It has shown me how to respond to the external world instead of reacting to it.
Dimitri Anastasiou, Restaurateur, Johannesburg, South Africa
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I was able to resolve emotional issues that both affected my personal relationship and my professional experiences.
Amitha Hughes, TV & Radio News Journalist, Johannesburg, South Africa
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I now feel a deep understanding for what has been, a gratitude for what is, and an acceptance for what is to come.
Joan Tinker, Johannesburg, South Africa
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Being more present has slowed me down so that I can focus more on what I am busy with now and not just on the outcome.
Wepener Botha, Freelancer, Pretoria, South Africa
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The Presence Process gave me immediate and sustainable outcomes that significantly enhanced my inner peace, personal relationships and ability to give and receive love.
Jeremy Harris, Geologist/IT Consultant, Gauteng, South Africa
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It opened me up to greatness. The little things that used to upset me do not get me down anymore.
Tamsin Lodge, Account Executive, Gauteng, South Africa
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I would like to see these techniques taught in schools.
George Berkovits, Holistic Healer, Johannesburg, South Africa
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It gave me the understanding that my perception of everyone is a reflection of my inner condition.
Samantha Jankovich, Bookkeeper, Cape Town, South Africa
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The Presence Process restored my integrity and showed me the importance of being responsible for the consequences of my choices.
Dominic Tottenham, Entrepreneur, Johannesburg, South Africa
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This journey showed me that it was not too late to grow up emotionally.
June Belcher, Retired, Robindale, South Africa
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It enabled me to follow my uncomfortable feelings through to their emotional causes and to discover how these causes were still operating in my life even though they were no longer consciously apparent to me.
Jennifer Thomas, Shiatsu Therapist, Johannesburg, South Africa
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It gave me the choice to let my issues go and also showed me how to accomplish this.
Avanthi Singh, Travel Coordinator, Johannesburg, South Africa
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I was able to realize the art of being, the power of the here and now, and just how to be peaceful within my self.
Craig Hamilton, Epiphany Training, Gauteng, South Africa
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The Presence Process created a route back in to my authentic self.
Deepa Morar, Physiotherapist, Johannesburg, South Africa
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The Presence Process not only has insightful and relevant text, but it also introduced me to some simple and highly effective practical tools that I know will benefit me throughout my life.
Mia Von Veh, Shiatsu Practitioner, Johannesburg, South Africa
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The Presence Process enabled me to access my true power so that I could begin to meet my authentic needs.
Tess O'Grady, Designer, Johannesburg, South Africa
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I do not feel so anxious anymore because I no longer fear the future.
Mariana Woldrich, Designer Dressmaker, Johannesburg, South Africa
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I was able to successfully unravel suppressed emotions and to gently process them.
Clive Betty, Chartered Accountant, Johannesburg, South Africa