The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
By Eckhart Tolle
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In The Power of Now, Eckhart Tolle shares practical ways to reach a state of Enlightenment by fully living in the present. Tolle explains the destructive powers of the mind and ego and reveals how we can use nonjudgmental observation and meditation to achieve true joy and peace in our lives.
Here’s what you’ll learn about in this summary:
- How the mind deceives us into identifying only with our pasts and futures
- The importance of living fully in the present
- How to fully connect with your inner body in order to reach a state of Being
Crucial quotes
“Being is the eternal, ever-present One Life beyond the myriad forms of life that are subject to birth and death.”
“The pain you create now is always some form of no acceptance, some form of unconscious resistance to what is.”
“There is nothing that you can ever do or attain that will get you closer to salvation than it is at this moment.”
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The path to enlightenment is to live fully in the present.
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