Current Reading - The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle

"Enlightenment consciously chosen means to relinquish your attachment to past and future and to make the now the main focus of your life." (Emphasis added)

I just got started reading this book, that was recommended to me by my brilliant son, Mikaël, and I already know that it's a "must read," as my old friend, Frank Teti, always said, may he rest in peace.

As I read, I will share certain passages, which particularly strike me.

For example,

'I cannot live with myself any longer.' This was the thought that kept repeating itself in my mind. Then suddenly I became aware of what a peculiar thought that was. 'Am I one or two? If I cannot live with myself, than there must be two of me: the 'I' and the 'self' that 'I' cannot live with.' 'Maybe,' I thought, 'only one of them is real.' (Tolle, 1999, p.1)

And, also,

'The word Being explains nothing, but nor does God. Being, however, has the advantage that it is an open concept. It does not reduce the infinite to a finite entity. It is impossible to form a mental image of it. Nobody can claim exclusive possession of Being. It is your very essence, and it is immediately accessible to you as the feeling of your own presence, the realization I am that is prior to I am this or I am that. So it is only a small step from the word Being to the experience of Being.' (Tolle, 1999, p. 11)

I hope you read and learn along with me.....