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Power of Now is a book by Eckhart Tolle. The book is intended to be a self-help guide for day-to-day living and stresses the importance of living in the present moment and avoiding thoughts of the past or future. Here are a few lessons from the book that can benefit us all.
- The present moment is the most precious thing there is. “People don’t realize that now is all there ever is; there is no past or future except as memory or anticipation in your mind. Don’t let a mad world tell you that success is anything other than a successful present moment. Most humans are never fully present in the now, because unconsciously they believe that the next moment must be more important than this one. But then you miss your whole life, which is never not now.”
- Wherever you are, be there totally. “If you find your here and now intolerable and it makes you unhappy, you have three options: remove yourself from the situation, change it, or accept it totally. If you want to take responsibility for your life, you must choose one of those three options, and you must choose now. Then accept the consequences.”
- Always say “yes” to the present moment. “Always say “yes” to the present moment. What could be more futile, more insane, than to create inner resistance to what already is? Say “yes” to life and see how life suddenly starts working for you rather than against you.”
- Don’t take life so seriously. “Life isn’t as serious as the mind makes it out to be.”
- "The more you dwell on the negative, the more obsessed with negative things your mind becomes."
- When you complain, you make yourself into a victim. “To complain is always nonacceptance of what is. It invariably carries an unconscious negative charge. When you complain, you make yourself into a victim. When you speak out, you are in your power. So change the situation by taking action or by speaking out if necessary or possible; leave the situation or accept it. ”
- There is a fine balance between honoring the past and losing yourself in it. “For example, you can acknowledge and learn from mistakes you made, and then move on and refocus on the now. It is called forgiving yourself.”
- Letting go requires strength and a lot of courage. “Some changes look negative on the surface but you will soon realize that space is being created in your life for something new to emerge.”
- You are a human being not a human doing. “In today’s rush we all think too much, seek too much, want too much and forget about the joy of just Being.”
- Whatever you fight, you strengthen, and what you resist, persists. “What you react to in others, you strengthen in yourself. Anything that you resent and strongly react to in another is also in you.”
- Power over others is weakness disguised as strength. “True power is within, and it is available to you now.”
- Worry is a waste of time. “Worry pretends to be necessary but serves no useful purpose.”
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