The Path
Companionship for the contemplative journey.
Recognizing the flowering of the spiritual life, from its first budding to its continual unfolding.
About the Series
This series is not an academic study of spirituality, nor a journey into collecting more knowledge or beliefs.
It is an invitation into the living relationship you already have with what has been called Presence, God, truth, the Self, or the divine life.
Many of us arrive here carrying questions we don’t quite know how to ask.
Sometimes we arrive after our world falls apart.
Sometimes after achieving everything we thought would make us happy, only to discover something essential is still missing.
Sometimes with the realization that there has to be more to life than this.
What at first appears to be an interruption, the contemplative traditions have long understood as an invitation. Seen within this larger context, these places of struggle become places of deepening. It is not that life has gone wrong, but that we are being called into a different way of seeing and living.
This series offers companionship and orientation to that unfolding - not by providing final answers, but by helping illuminate what may already be taking place within you.
“I’m longing for a home I don’t even know is real or exists, but I’m longing for it. And no amount of the false will quench that thirst.”
— James
You May Find Yourself Here If…
You find yourself longing for something you cannot quite name.
You sense that the way you’ve been living doesn’t work anymore, even if your life appears successful by outward measures.
Moments of silence, beauty, loss, or love have opened questions that ordinary explanations cannot satisfy.
You have the sense that something in you is changing, but you can’t quite make sense of it yet.
Our Approach
Living Presence welcomes people from every spiritual background—or none at all.
We gather around a shared willingness to listen deeply. The wisdom traditions become companions—not because they ask us to adopt their language, but because each points toward a Reality that can only be known directly.
At the heart of our approach are three essential aspects of the contemplative life as we have come to know and practice it: resting in Presence, practicing Presence throughout daily life, and a continual willingness to let go of what obscures Reality.
If you’re new to our teaching approach, you may notice that we use language from multiple contemplative traditions. Some words may carry old associations or inherited ways of thinking.
If so, we simply invite you to listen beneath the words themselves, becoming curious about what they are pointing to and the spirit in which they are being spoken.
The Path Unfolds
Each conversation illuminates a movement in the unfolding of the contemplative life.
SESSION 1
The Calling
Something begins stirring.
SESSION 2
The Search
Looking everywhere for what we long for.
SESSION 3
Learning to Listen
Becoming available to presence.
SESSION 4
Sustenance
Discovering what truly nourishes.
SESSION 6
Living from Grace
Being moved by the life within.
SESSION 5
Unknowing
Beyond the separate sense of self.
The contemplative journey is the gradual transformation of our way of seeing, knowing, and living, as the false sense of self loses its apparent authority and the Reality that has always been present becomes consciously realized and embodied in every dimension of life.
A Living Conversation
Although these conversations are pre-recorded, they remain part of an ongoing dialogue.
Questions naturally arise.
You’re always welcome to reach out by email as you move through the series.
If, at some point, you feel called to explore your own journey more personally, one-on-one contemplative conversations with James, Kayla, or both together are also available.
As Living Presence continues to grow, additional conversations, question-and-response recordings, guided meditations, and teachings will gradually be added to the Library, allowing this dialogue to continue unfolding over time.
What You’ll Receive
Six contemplative conversations (approximately 8 hours)
Lifetime access to the series
Additional Q+A added as the series continues to grow
Opportunity to reach out with questions
Access to one-on-one contemplative conversations with James and/or Kayla, should you desire more personal guidance
A Different Way of Giving
We want this work to remain available to anyone who feels genuinely drawn to it, regardless of financial circumstances. For that reason, we’ve chosen not to set a fixed price.
We also recognize that an open invitation can leave people wondering what might be an appropriate contribution.
If this series were offered through a traditional educational model, it would likely carry a value of several hundred dollars, roughly in the $300–600 range.
We’ve chosen not to make that the measure of participation. Instead, we simply invite you to give whatever feels both honest and genuinely possible for you.
Some may only be able to offer a small contribution today and return later if these conversations become a meaningful companion on their journey. Others may find themselves in a season where they are able to help sustain this work for those who cannot.
Both are beautiful expressions of generosity. We trust that what is needed will be provided.
More than anything, we don’t want finances to become a barrier to participation.
Choose Your Contribution
Please read “A Different Way of Giving” above before choosing your contribution.
Choose whatever feels both honest and genuinely possible for you today.