A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose (Oprah's Book Club)

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It is the intelligence that created and sustains the body, simultaneously coordinating hundreds of different functions of such extraordinary complexity that the human mind can only understand a tiny fraction of it.

I have not read The Power of Now, but this one really resonated with me and current challenges in personal and planetary transformation. What is dreadful is your reaction, your inner resistance to it, and the emotion that is created by that resistance. The ego can never be in alignment with the present moment, which is to say, aligned with life, since its very nature compels it to ignore, resist, or devalue the Now. Before we dive in, some quick housekeeping: All quotes are from the author, Eckhart Tolle, unless otherwise stated. In fact, it is precisely in those parts of the world where most people are as yet unable or unwilling to compromise that most of the dysfunction or violence occurs.The simple but profound joy of Being that is there when you let go of identifications and so become ‘poor in spirit. She was not yet able to see the link between the emotional pain and her thoughts, being completely identified with both. Concealed within it remains a deep-­seated sense of dissatisfaction, of incompleteness, of ‘not enough. Love makes the world less worldly, less dense, more transparent to the divine dimension, the light of consciousness itself.

Being present is always infinitely more powerful than anything one could say or do, although sometimes being present can give rise to words or actions. But there are no random events, nor are there events or things that exist by and for themselves, in isolation. It is the elusive ‘life’ that no scientist has ever found because the consciousness that is looking for it is it. Once this has happened, when I defend my opinions (thoughts), I feel and act as if I were defending my very self. He dumps on the ego as being victim to the consumer society and low and behold his old ego is right up there with the best of em!

How do we find peace and joy when the hell that is sometimes life rears its ugly head, and throws your entire world into a tailspin? Agentle journey, one that could take you to a spectacular and very special place of new awareness and deeper understanding. There is so much you’ll want to remember that once you have finished it, you will find yourself picking it up at odd times and leafing through it. It is recommended to everyone, especially those who want to get peace of mind and live a happy life in the present.