Guest Profile: Michael Brown

URL: http://www.thepresenceportal.com/

Until 1989 South African-born Michael Brown was living what he calls “a blissfully unconscious life” working as a roadie, music journalist, music television script writer, newspaper columnist, and magazine editor. He persevered in this field despite the fact that in 1987 he had developed an acutely painful neurological condition called Horton’s Syndrome. In 1993, after years of suffering through conventional medical approaches, medications, and experimentation with alternative therapies, he embarked on a quest to heal his condition using his own experience as a barometer and guide. This intention initiated an odyssey that took him beyond the borders of his home country and beyond the confines of his cultural upbringing and conditioning. In San Francisco he studied Swedish Massage and Reiki Therapy. In the Arizona Desert he studied Breathwork/Rebirthing, Shamanism, and participated as a Fire Chief in the Native American Peyote Church over a period of four years. He also crossed the border into Mexico and experienced ceremonies with the Huichol Indians.

As Michael’s quest to find relief unfolded he began entering what he calls “present moment awareness”; a paradigm of heightened consciousness that runs parallel to the conventional and mundane world experience. He discovered that his repeated entry into this enlivened state of being, which he accomplished through ceremonial practice, the use of plant medicines, perceptual tools, and conscious breathing, resulted in a decrease of his own painful condition to the point that it subsided completely.

In the late 90s Michael began to chart a completely natural, methodical pathway into present moment awareness with intent to develop a practical procedure that anyone, anywhere, could follow to initiate this experience for themselves. This procedure is now called THE PRESENCE PROCESS. In 2002 Michael returned to South Africa and, over a period of four years, invited others to experience this inner journey through one-on-one facilitation. As others embraced the paradigm of present moment awareness through conscious emotional processing they too began experiencing release from physical distraction, mental confusion, and emotional imbalance, including psychological disorders and addictions. To make this journey accessible to everyone Michael wrote The Presence Process: A Healing Journey Into Present Moment Awareness.