Before
the warm season of the year reached its completion, on Friday (September 16’22), we had the summer
session of my book club series, this time analyzing the book called “Stillness Speaks” (written by Eckhart Tolle). On
this occasion, our online gathering was of a reasonable size and the atmosphere
was abundantly filled with such a good cheer (in our midst), fact which brought along a pleasant sense of harmony,
ease and joy.
Now,
briefly speaking about this book: Eckhart
Tolle (the author, who is a
German-born resident of Canada, is also a teacher and an entrepreneur) shows
“how to become your true self by embracing stillness and silence”. He also
says: “When we are no longer limited by our
thinking mind, suffering and pain disappear and we are able to move forward
towards a new understanding of our relationships, of nature and of the profound
wisdom that is to be found in stillness.”
The personal perspectives presented this evening were interesting, varied and
filled with lots of insights.
For your reference, here are few concepts from the book, which might get your
attention:
- “The equivalent of external noise is the inner noise of
thinking. The equivalent of external silence is inner stillness.”
- “When you lose touch with inner stillness, you lose touch with
yourself. When you lose touch with yourself, you lose yourself in the world.”
-
“Most people spend their entire life imprisoned within the confines of their
own thoughts. They never go beyond a narrow, mind-made, personalized sense of
self that is conditioned by the past.”
- “What it doesn't say — but only
points to — is more important than what it says.”
- “For most things in life, you need time: to learn a new
skill, build a house, become an expert, make a cup of tea. . . . Time is useless,
however, for the most essential thing in life, the one thing that really
matters: self-realization, which means knowing who you are beyond the surface
self — beyond your name, your physical form, your history, your story.”
- “You cannot find yourself in the past or future. The only place where you can
find yourself is in the Now.” ...and so on....
As usual, time was flying by fast & we wrapped up the
evening in a very enjoyable manner, committed to continue with our reading as
well as sharing in this setting.
Also, once again, much appreciation to those who were able & willing to join me this evening….their on going support motivates me
to prepare for the next project.
Until next time, my best regards to each of you!
Alice
“When you make
friends with the present moment, you feel at home no matter where you are.”
