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  • 09.06.08
    Clock Time vs. Psychological Time Mind & Emotions, Spirituality | (7)
    Photo courtesy of John Morgan "Time is what keeps the light from reaching us. There is no greater obstacle to God than time: and not only time but temporalities, not only temporal things but temporal affections, not only temporal affections but the very taint and smell of time." - Meister Eckhart Our daily life is full of time. We are surrounded by time from getting up in the morning until checking the alarm clock in the evening. At work there are appointments and pressing deadlines. The news come at every full hour. By splitting our mental attention in such a way ...
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  • 08.31.08
    What is The Present Moment? Spirituality | (8)
    Photo courtesy of Todd Baker << technowannabe "The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, not to worry about the future, or not to anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly." - Buddha I can remember when I first saw the book "The Power of Now". After I got several tools to fulfill my dreams, for instance in goal-achievement and personal effectiveness, I expected the message to be "Don't procrastinate, do it now!" This is the Now-habit and it is a powerful habit to develop. But this is not what ...
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  • 08.27.08
    Personal Power vs. The Power of Now (Mind vs. Spirit) ? Mind & Emotions, Spirituality | (17)
    Photo courtesy of ellenkabellen "You cannot transcend what you do not know.  To go beyond yourself, you must know yourself." - Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj I recently discovered the posting from MonkMojo called The Tony Robbins vs Eckhart Tolle Debate in which he shows Tony Robbins shouting "Feel my Personal Power" opposed to Eckhart Tolle answering calmly with "I am rubber and you are glue. Whatever you say bounces off me and sticks to you" … While this is kinda funny, it brings a typical debate to the surface: Do we become happy by fulfilling our deepest dreams and by being the best version of us ...
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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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