Quotes from "The Power of Now" by Eckhart Tolle

pg 18 "Many people live with a tormentor in their head that continuously attacks and punishes them and drains them of vital energy. It is the cause of untold misery and unhappiness, as well as of disease."
pg 21 "So the single most vital step on your journey toward enlightenment is this: Every time you create a gap in the stream of mind, the light of your consciousness grows stronger."
"One day you may catch yourself smiling at the voice in your head, as you would smile at the antics of a child. This means that you no longer take the content of your mind all that seriously, as your sense of self does not depend on it."

My New Age version of Humpty Dumpty - misspelled and all...

Humpety Dumpety sat on a wall, Humpety Dumpety started rockin' and thought he might fall. But his joy and enthusiasm came to call and Humpety Dumpety was surrounded by vibrations of golden light that lifted him into the air to float easily over the farmyard until he saw his mother Mama Dumpety. Mama opened her wings for Humpety to get underneath where he was warm and filled with the light. In a few days he broke out of his shell into joyous chickhood.

Sharon talked me into putting this humorous jotting from my notebook in the blog for comic relief.

From my Collected Notes while reading "A New Earth"

One of the things I enjoyed about A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle was the stories he told that illustrated the principles he was discussing. Here's one:

The Story of Tanzan and Ekido. Two Zen monks were walking along a country road that had become muddy after heavy rains. Near a village, they came upon a young woman who was trying to cross the road, but the mud was so deep it would have ruined the silk kimona she was wearing. Tanzan at once picked her up and carried her to the other side.

The monks walked on in silence. Five hours later, as they were approaching the lodging temple, Ekido couldn't restrain himself any longer, "Why did you carry that girl across the road?" he asked. "We monks are not supposed to do things like that."

"I put the girl down hours ago," said Tanzan. "Are you still carrying her?"

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pg. 141 "We can learn not to keep situations or events alive in our minds, but to return our attention continuously to the pristine, timeless present moment rather than be caught up in a mental movie-making. Our Presence becomes our identity rather than our thoughts and emotions."