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In the East, we seek our sense of inspirational purpose. Yet our habitual ways of thinking and behaving do not generally create the best conditions for it. They tend to sap our energy, our confidence and our self-belief by leading us around and around the same old thought patterns. Our ability to still the internal dialogue and become present increases the chances of inspiration finding us.

Presence is difficult to attain for many reasons. For example, our ego-driven selves assure us that we must hold on tightly to our individuality or our very survival will be threatened. Also, the hurts of our past may manifest again in the present. Because of the way our memory works, we then tend to overlook the interconnected whole by focusing almost exclusively on what recurs and what hurts.

Thus, in order to gather the necessary trust to pursue life's adventures, we must first overcome the pain of our past. Presence is both the key to this and its reward. The more we are able to become present, the more we become aware of how pain manifests in the moment and the more we can deprive this pain of its power over us by calling on the allied energy of the South. In this way, we are able to become even more present. We can let go and we can begin to trust in the creative life force a little more.