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5 Eckhart Tolle Gems To Help Center You Today
Eckhart Tolle, author of the acclaimed bestseller “The Power of Now,” is my favorite spiritual teacher. Why? Because his teachings contain the powerful combination of being simple but profound, the hallmark of all timeless wisdom. Incorporating the following five nuggets of his into your life will go a long way toward centering yourself in the often crazy, hectic world we live in.
1. “Accept this moment as it is.”
Notice that Eckhart isn’t directing you to ‘Be in the moment,’ or ‘Live in the moment.’ Why? Because most people have trouble saying to themselves, ‘Okay, let’s be present. Just be here, now.” This direct path to the present can feel jarring and usually doesn’t work very well, or at least not for long.
For most, the easier way to access the present moment is indirectly, by addressing the obstacles preventing you from being there at any given time. And that main obstacle is usually plain old resistance. We don’t even know that we’re doing it, but in MOST of the moments of our lives we’re resisting something happening in the present. You’re driving home, you’re on time and you’re stopped at a red light. What are you doing? Resisting that moment because you’re waiting at a light. “Turn green, damn it! I need to get to some better moments!” Or waiting in line at the store. There are thousands of examples of…
