Dynamic Presence: A Compass
- Rob Renahan
- Feb 2, 2024
- 7 min read
Updated: Mar 10
Do you hold a powerful vision deep in your heart that invites your circle of influence and the world to step into its next level of development? And does it include the next tier version of yourself that you will need to embody to lead these individuals and world to this vision? Do you feel the aliveness of it that seems spiritual and to come from Source¹? Is there an intuition that if you tap more into this power of Source (in my words: nonduality) you will even be a greater vessel for It and for the beings you serve?
You have some understanding of the path ahead and maybe you already have some level of impact, but you know there is a next level. To have even greater impact with deeper depth and wider breadth. You know this next tier of manifestation will require deeper wisdom and embodiment.
And at the same time, you see how visionary leadership is a romance, an intimacy between you as a vehicle of Source and with this world. And how your leadership and romantic loving are mirrors to each other. Or at the very least you are either beginning to or are curious exploring this wisdom. Your blindspots in leadership will reveal mirror blindspots in your romantic relationship. And vice-versa.
And because you see visionary leadership as a romance, you desire to either manifest a conscious romantic relationship or deepen existing one.
This next journey above encompasses new unknowns, challenges, blindspots, and opportunities for growth. You would like a map to navigate this deeper terrain. A map that would provide this deeper wisdom.
WHAT IS DYNAMIC PRESENCE? Â
Dynamic Presence is a relational intelligence model that I created in 2016 from 30 years of training and teaching. Various threads of my life informed the creation of this model: business, developmental psychology, and spiritual wisdom. See My Story for a more in depth exploration. It is also deeply connected to Integral Theory.³
Visionary Leaders. I created Dynamic Presence for visionary leaders with a spiritual orientation.
First, so they can deepen their connection with Source¹ and embody a complete spirituality where they are not only practicing on the cushion, but are also deeply intimate in the world, sharing their unique gifts. Seeing how a complete spirituality is one with all of life - the good, bad, and ugly; and an invitation to be fully intimate with all this.
Second, as one deepens their connection with Source, they begin to access their unique purpose which has infinite levels to it to be discovered and lived. You never arrive. Only flowing in the endless current of life. One's vision and purpose will be constantly evolving. Dynamic Presence facilitates this endless discovery and provides a map on how to live this vision with the integrity of one's spiritual values.
Third, I created Dynamic Presence so visionary leaders can have a relational intelligence OS or code to bring their collaboration into the highest win-win and higher levels of manifestation together. See Lumina for more info.
And finally, adding all these above reasons together, I created Dynamic Presence to support visionary leaders making ripples of impact.
So if a visionary leader is to
embody a complete spirituality;
be in the flow of constantly discovering their next level of vision and impact;
go into higher levels of collaboration; and
make ripples of impact;
...then the vision of original connection is important to understand. It is the original vision from what I can perceive because Source is the original visionary leader. If you contemplate Source deeply, you will see that it is relational. Everything is connected and exchanging with one another. Just pure intimacy.
The Vision of Original Connection.  As my recognition of nonduality matured over the years, I began to perceive and experience what I call original connection. Dynamic Presence was born from this insight and vision. I think I always had this vision now as I look back. I always felt this intuitive sense that everything is connected and that everything has its place in the craziness of this life. Like we are all puzzle pieces being invited to assemble into this masterpiece. But somehow we don't. We usually end up at odds with each other and end up more into further separation than unity.
This is where original connection comes in. If you look at your relationship with any human on this planet, you will either experience the pattern of like, dislike, or indifference. This pattern and the additional baggage that comes from it acts like clouds obscuring the sun. In my experience, when I remove these clouds within myself towards a person, I always come to the same truth - just a pure and loving connection towards them and recognizing that between us.
As Hafiz said: "Your heart and my heart are very old friends."
It doesn't mean I condone all their behavior or don't want to hold them accountable. It just means that I feel an unconditional love towards them and recognize our innate connection that also holds love and good will.
And if they are doing the same inner work, we will come to this original connection together. Warmth, unconditional love, and wanting the best for each other. A true win-win and abundant intention. AND this existing even when the patterns of attraction, aversion, and indifference come back up. When two people recognize the original connection experientially, then whenever the clouds come back in, they never lose sight of the sun that is between them. The sun becomes like the sky, holding everything with warmth. And when this orientation becomes the center of gravity in a relationship, these clouds and human patterns that arise again are experienced as opportunities to learn and grow together. An opportunity to deepen their spirituality. They see thru the lens of sacred outlook and how everything is happening for them - to help them return to or deepen recognition of original connection between them.
Can you imagine if you were able to embody this capacity and sight in your visionary leadership? The missed opportunities if you don't? And the new level of possibilities if you do?
Dynamic Presence as a model can help you in this embodiment through its various practices and tools.
The Model. This relational model is guided by the wisdom of nonduality and somatic-cognitive practices that brings a visionary leader to a deeper spiritual connection with themselves, their clients, their romantic partner, and the world.
At the heart of the practice of Dynamic Presence is nondual meditation and relational nonduality. We learn how to relate to one another from the recognition of this oneness. To recognize the vision of our original connection. The practice of 3 Steps to Connection and heart presence helps in this moment to moment remembrance. Feeling our body, expanding our awareness 360, and invoking our understanding of love in the meeting of the other person's field comprises 3 Steps to Connection.
When we are in this level of connection with ourselves and the person in front of us, we can become more aware of the obscurations that cloud this original connection. Additional somatic-cognitive tools can be used to work thru them such as Dynamic Presence Parts Work (DPPW) and Relationship of Freedom (ROF).
The obscurations that are clouding this original connection can be identified as inner "parts" that carry feelings, thoughts, like/dislikes, and needs. Through various somatic-cognitive practices, we can learn to identify these parts as we are in this relational meditation with one another and explore their positive purpose, supporting them to integrate back into one's essence and thus returning to original connection with the person in front of us.
The Six Jewels. With these practices, you will discover the power of nonduality and the six jewels of abundance. You will learn how to continue meditating off the cushion while working with clients and leading; which will lead you into your next level of empowerment and impact in your circle of influence. Your circle of influence will widen because everyone will feel a transmission from your being that has a lasting impression. This next level transmission will offer more transformational value as your field catalyzes the obscurations and obstacles within the people you lead into their own deeper empowerment. You will lead every aspect of your business and purpose driven life, from enrollment, to messaging, to leading events and meetings from a place of heart-based leadership. You will feel a deeper surrender in all these business activities where it leads you into experiencing intimate nonattachment to outcomes. Intimate is the special word there. True nonattachment is intimate, not indifferent.
And finally, through the power of nonduality, you will attract a conscious romantic relationship vs a conventional one. Or you will deepen an existing conscious one. Recognizing nonduality and the infinite levels to it, you will become a lover with an embodiment of deep presence to your partner along with many other capacities inside and outside the bedroom.
As you embody the various powers of nonduality above, your visionary leadership will move from 1) Conventional, 2) to Essence-Led, 3) to finally 2nd Tier visionary leadership. Helping to build an eco-system I am calling Lumina.
NEXT STEPS
To get a deeper understanding of Dynamic Presence and its orientation towards the practice of relational nonduality, read the following articles in order:
NOTES -
¹ You can substitute the word Source with any spiritual word that speaks to your understanding of the totality of this reality and universe such as God, Love, True Self, Universe, and Absolute. The word I use is nonduality.
² I chose the words, Dynamic and Presence for a particular reason and effect. The meaning of these words points to the vision I have for the world and its future leaders. Let's start with "Presence." So presence is an experience and the essence of leadership coming from the recognition and embodiment of nonduality. People can feel your full attention with them when we are in a state of presence. When we are fully here in the present moment with our full self.
"Dynamic" points to the reality that every individual and groups we serve, needs a particular presence and relating that will guide them along their journey of growth. To help them remember their highest self and the original connection. We need to be dynamic in our approach and be in presence to truly serve someone.