Christ is your God-essence or the Self, as it is sometimes called in the East. The only difference between Christ and presence is that Christ refers to your indwelling divinity regardless of whether you are conscious of it or not, whereas presence means your awakened divinity or God-essence.
Eckhart TolleLet the end of the world be inside you, then you don't need to fear the end of the world out there.
Eckhart TolleAwareness is conscious connection with universal intelligence. Another word for it is Presence: consciousness without thought.
Eckhart Tolle