Fresh-You Nutrition, Fitness, and Wellness: Life Can Be a Ray of Sunshine Even in Darkness with Lessons from Eckhart Tolle

Eckhart Tolle teaches about being present, non-judgement, acceptance, peace, joy, gratitude, and more. Today, I'm introducing The Power of Now: a Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment, which fills me with peace and contentment. A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose also warms my soul repeatedly. While I have read Power of Now and A New Earth multiple times each, Stillness Speaks is one that I optimistically started listening to very recently; I'm enjoying it so far! (all books shown below)

I spotted these darlings while staying very alert on a trail run this fall :)

Eckhart Tolle’s Power of Now: a Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment offers readers a practical path to inner peace, joy, and love by teaching the art of living fully in the present moment. Through Tolle’s guidance, you’ll learn to quiet your mind, let go of judgment, forgive, and experience a deep sense of connectedness, aliveness, alertness, and clarity. He teaches us to “resist nothing,” which captures the transformative approach to accepting life as it unfolds. Key benefits of reading this book include breaking free from negative thought patterns, accessing a timeless state of inner stillness, and awakening to the radiant joy of being. If you’re seeking lightness, grace, meaningfulness, and a powerful way to ease suffering, this inspiring path to a more peaceful life may be just right for you!

Here are a dozen Power of Now morsels that I especially enjoyed:

1. It's about saying YES to life! Accepting each situation (the Now) unconditionally, as though you had chosen it. Make the situation your friend, your ally. This has the power to miraculously change your whole life.

2. The more you are focused the traps of time, past and future, the more you miss the NOW. While memories and anticipation have value, they are only pale reflections of the light, power, and reality of the eternal present. Too much past causes guilt, regret, resentment, bitterness. Too much future causes unease, stress, worry, anxiety, fear.

3. Giving your full attention to the single step you are taking each moment (the NOW), enhances your mind, making you sharper and more focused, allowing space for creativity.

4. Conscious presence (the NOW) is the transformative agent that dissolves the past. Whatever you do becomes imbued with a sense of quality, care, and love, even the simplest action.

5. To complain is always non-acceptance of what IS.

6. Use anything "bad" that happens in your life for enlightening; don't give it any past or future.

7. If you are present, there is never any need to wait for anything. That time, like all moments, can/will be very enjoyable. You cannot be conscious and unhappy, or conscious and in negativity.

8. "Forgiveness of the present moment is even more important than forgiveness of the past; then there will be no accumulation of resentment that needs to be forgiven at a later time".

9. "Compassion is the awareness of a deep bond between yourself and all creatures".

10. "Let your peace flow into whatever you do, and you will be working on the levels of effect and cause simultaneously". Carry no resistance, hatred, negativity; "love your enemies" says Jesus, which of course means to have no enemies. Stay alert and very, very present; peace is your most precious gift to the world!

11. "Surrender is the simple but profound wisdom of yielding to, rather than opposing, the flow of life". It is your crucifixion, let it become your resurrection and ascension!

12. Tolle refers to the "peace of God that passes all understanding". Although he doesn't cite the Bible, this is passage is Philippians 4:7. Microsoft Copilot says "This peace is described as transcending human comprehension, providing comfort and security to believers in Christ, guarding their hearts and minds against anxiety and turmoil. It signifies a profound sense of tranquility that comes from faith and trust in God, regardless of external circumstances".

Peace be with you!

Here is a previous post that relates to the present moment :)

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In case you missed it, here is my previous post about Spirituality and Wellness:

God is SO Good