I have spent much of my time, mostly voluntary, helping preserve and restore natural areas. I do not expect that people share my conscience in this matter. Many people might wish to pave over a natural area I wish to see preserved.

Presence experiences any number of ugly and horrible things will happen. Presence experiences any number of wonderful and pleasant things. They happen in Presence and always will; as they always have.  In Presence, it is not that you do nothing ... it is releasing the expectation all should or would or must share the same conscience. 

Presence experiences peace even among those who do not share the same conscience. Conscience is not the problem, the expectation that everyone should conform to your conscience is.

Presence is doing for love in and of itself. The expectation that others would or should do as you do is out of Presence.

 

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