If you are not spending all of your waking life in discontent, worry, anxiety, depression, despair, or consumed by other negative states; if you are able to enjoy simple things like listening to the sound of the rain or the wind; if you can see the beauty of clouds moving across the sky or be alone at times without feeling lonely or needing the mental stimulus of entertainment; if you find yourself treating a complete stranger with heartfelt kindness without wanting anything from him or her … it means that a space has opened up, no matter how briefly, in the otherwise incessant stream of thinking that is the human mind. When this happens, there is a sense of well-being, of alive peace, even though it may be subtle.
— A New Earth by Eckhart Tolle
Today I took the plunge and joined Oprah’s 10-week worldwide class on this book. I felt pulled to it. This is what I know.
I’m on page 236 (of 309) and must finish before class begins next Monday.
Fantastic.
