lenejento
11-12-2007, 02:52 PM
Thought I'd share this excerpt out of an Eckhart Tolle audio book I've got as I feel this is what's (e)going on with me at the moment, and I thought maybe it would resonate with some of you.
"Are you a habitual waiter? How much of yur life do you spend waiting? What I call small scale waiting is waiting in line in the post office, in a traffic jam, at the airport, or waiting for someone to arrive, to finish work and so on. Large scale waiting is waiting for the next vacation, for a better job, for the children to grow up, for a truly meaningful relationship, for success, to make money, to be important, to become enlightened (for the NWO to be exsposed, for revolution, for paradise on earth). It is not uncommon for people to spend their whole life waiting to start living. Waiting is a state of mind. Basically it means that you want the future, you don't want the present. You don't want what you've got and you want what you haven't got. With every kind of waiting, you unconsciously create inner conflict between your here and now where you don't want to be, and the projected future, where you want to be. This greatly reduces the quality of your life, by making you lose the present. For example, many people are waiting for prosperity, it can not come in the future. When you honour, acknowledge, and fully accept your present reality, where you are, who you are, what you are doing right now, when you fully accept what you've got, you're greatful for what you've got, greatful for what is, greatful for being. Gratitude for the present moment and the fullness of life now is true prosperity, it can not come in the future. Then in time, that prosperity manifests for you in various ways. If you are dissatisfied with what you've got, or even frustrated or angry about your present lack, that may motivate you to become rich , but even if you do make millions you will continue to experience the inner condition of lack, and deep down you will continue to feel unfullfilled. You may have many exiting experiences that money can buy, but they will come and go, and always leave you with an empty feeling and the need for further physical or psychological gratification. You won't abide in being, and so feel the fullness of life now that alone is true prosperity. Give up waiting as a state of mind, when you catch yourself slipping into waiting, snap out of it, come into the present moment, just be and enjoy being. If you are present, there is never any need for you to wait for anything."
Comments appreciated :)
"Are you a habitual waiter? How much of yur life do you spend waiting? What I call small scale waiting is waiting in line in the post office, in a traffic jam, at the airport, or waiting for someone to arrive, to finish work and so on. Large scale waiting is waiting for the next vacation, for a better job, for the children to grow up, for a truly meaningful relationship, for success, to make money, to be important, to become enlightened (for the NWO to be exsposed, for revolution, for paradise on earth). It is not uncommon for people to spend their whole life waiting to start living. Waiting is a state of mind. Basically it means that you want the future, you don't want the present. You don't want what you've got and you want what you haven't got. With every kind of waiting, you unconsciously create inner conflict between your here and now where you don't want to be, and the projected future, where you want to be. This greatly reduces the quality of your life, by making you lose the present. For example, many people are waiting for prosperity, it can not come in the future. When you honour, acknowledge, and fully accept your present reality, where you are, who you are, what you are doing right now, when you fully accept what you've got, you're greatful for what you've got, greatful for what is, greatful for being. Gratitude for the present moment and the fullness of life now is true prosperity, it can not come in the future. Then in time, that prosperity manifests for you in various ways. If you are dissatisfied with what you've got, or even frustrated or angry about your present lack, that may motivate you to become rich , but even if you do make millions you will continue to experience the inner condition of lack, and deep down you will continue to feel unfullfilled. You may have many exiting experiences that money can buy, but they will come and go, and always leave you with an empty feeling and the need for further physical or psychological gratification. You won't abide in being, and so feel the fullness of life now that alone is true prosperity. Give up waiting as a state of mind, when you catch yourself slipping into waiting, snap out of it, come into the present moment, just be and enjoy being. If you are present, there is never any need for you to wait for anything."
Comments appreciated :)