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  • 07.12.08
    The Power of Now Review of the Book by Eckhart Tolle Books & Reviews, Spirituality | (0)
    "A beggar had been sitting by the side of a road for over thirty years. One day a stranger walked by. "Spare some change?" mumbled the beggar, mechanically holding out his old baseball cap. "I have nothing to give you," said the stranger. Then he asked: "What's that you are sitting on?" "Nothing," replied the beggar. "Just an old box. I have been sitting on it for as long as I can remember." "Ever looked inside?" asked the stranger. "No," said the beggar. "What's the point? There's nothing in there." "Have a look inside," insisted the stranger. The beggar managed ...
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  • 07.08.08
    “The Power of Now” by Eckhart Tolle Excerpt: Chapter 1 “You Are Not Your Mind” Books & Reviews, Spirituality | (2)
    The Power of Now is one of the most influential spiritual books of our time. The following is an excerpt of the complete first chapter called "You are not your Mind". Chapter 1 "You are not your mind" is definitely the entry point for raising your awareness to see, that identification of your self with the thoughts and emotions you have is a core error. If you become able to be the watcher of thoughts, instead of identifying with thoughts, you move to be able to free yourself from one of the greatest sources of suffering and open the door to ...
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  • 07.04.08
    A Practical Approach to Spirituality Spirituality | (0)
    "I cannot tell you any spiritual truth that deep within you don't know already. All I can do is remind you of what you have forgotten." - Eckhart Tolle For most of the readers here, the topic of spirituality may be a very fuzzy and unknown place. “What’s the use of it? What can I do with this? Why should I even bother?” I hear you asking. And the strange thing is, although this is not the best question to ask, I will try to answer it. I will try to give an entry point for everybody who is not (yet) ...
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  • 06.29.08
    TED.com with Jill Bolte Taylor’s stroke of insight Spirituality | (4)
    The amazing website TED.com , which really lives up to its tagline "Ideas worth spreading" is hosting a "Technology, Entertainment, Design Conference" in Monterey/California and the best talks are available as video there. You can find really inspiring talks there from poeple like Al Gore , Ray Kurzweil , Lost-Creator J.J. Abrams and many others. Really worth a look. In February this year there was a talk by brain scientist Jill Bolte Taylor called "My stroke of insight ". In the very moving talk she describes a stroke in her brain which totally shut down the left hemisphere of her brain. ...
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