The Power of Now
Imagine you plan an evening together in which you have thought of absolutely everything. She is going to meet you at 9 p.m. The space you’ve prepared is impeccable. Great, right? The night is sure to be deeply loving and sexy. Except you’re lost in your own thoughts, you’re breathing shallowly, you’re ungrounded, you’re not feeling your partner’s h
... See moreJohn Wineland • From the Core: A New Masculine Paradigm for Leading with Love, Living Your Truth, and Healing the World
The compulsion arises because the past gives you an identity and the future holds the promise of salvation, of fulfillment in whatever form. Both are illusions.
Eckhart Tolle • The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
In our dreams we often seem to be the protagonist in a pre-scripted drama, fated to react to our circumstances in a given way. We seem unaware that choices and options might exist. When we are in the trance and caught up in our stories and fears about how we might fail, we are in much the same state. We are living in a waking dream that completely
... See moreTara Brach • Radical Acceptance
The moment you distinguish between acting out the impulse to move away from the present moment by starving or stuffing and the awareness of the impulse to move away, you are no longer captive to your past.