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The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
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'Carl Jung tells in one of his books of a conversation he had with a Native American chief who pointed out to him that in his perception most white people have tense faces, staring eyes, and a cruel demeanor. He said “They are always seeking something. What are they seeking? The whites always want something. They are always uneasy and restless. We don’t know what they want. We think they are mad.”'

Tolle, short in spiritual crass and big in Care Bear, carries a message of find joy, and had me in parts, the quote above, chortling. In simple language (he saved your lazy reach to online dictionary) in this book and on YouTube, he’s a friendly, easy to understand Yoda. Force him into a tortoiseshell and he’d defend you loving him as one. Slow, considered, his thoughts direct yours to NOW, and in the present. Namaste.

If his popularity with Oprah hasn’t turned you away, you’ll Intuit his global bestseller show many needed him as Guide. And if you’re fortunate now to breathe not medicated as centred, liberated from your past, a conscious person about yourself, the planet, observing the sufferers, the unconscious who disrespect themselves, and the planet, you’ll pay them magic beans to refer to Tolle’s work. Referencing our Ancients, he’s discovered the silent universe exists not in secrecy nor anywhere else – no need to seek restless white-face, it’s inside you.

Chilling, 'if the human race is to survive', we’ve killed over one hundred million members of our own species in the twentieth century, how else bar shouting do we meal together the ugly energy – easy, silence.

'Most humans are still in the grip of the egoic mode of consciousness: identified with their mind and run by their mind. If they do not free themselves from their mind in time, they will be destroyed by it. They will experience increasing confusion, conflict, violence, illness, despair, madness. Egoic mind has become like a sinking ship. If you don’t get off, you will go down with it. The collective egoic mind is the most dangerously insane and destructive entity ever to inhabit this planet. What do you think will happen on this planet if human consciousness remains unchanged?'

You don’t seek far to live conflict. It could well be circumstantial, fear from abuse in your home. On point, Tolle doesn’t preach church. He doesn’t heavy-wash your brain mumbo-jumbo under a roof praying to a personalised Bearded realm then contradictory attack his own. It’s the everyday moments you should see. Examine thoughts, and mark the patterns of behaviour and distance yourself from the collective insanity. Opening up to source and submerging deep within is the best philanthropy you could ever gift yourself.
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August 24, 2014 – Started Reading
August 24, 2014 – Shelved
September 4, 2014 – Finished Reading

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