"Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it. Work with it, not against it. Accept -- then act."
--Eckhart Tolle "the Power of Now"

Thoughts and quotes from the POWER OF NOW
by Eckhart Tolle

I have been studying Abraham, Science of Mind, Eckharte Tolle and many other teachings. They all seem to basically not contradict each other, but instead take a different perspective in descibing the same universal laws. The following are some of the key insights I received from the Power of Now, over the last several years.

Tolle says "negative feelings are resistance. Whenever they arise it is a signal to wake up, get present and get out of your mind." Abraham teachings would say that negative feelings are a signal that one is out of alignment with Source. Acceptance of what is, does bring one back into alignment.

"Pain is self created as some form of non-acceptance or unconscious resistance to what is."

"On the level of thought, resistance is some form of judgement. On the emotional level it is negativity."

"A victim identity is the belief that the past is more powerful than the present, which is opposite of the truth."

"The only power there is, is contained in the moment, the point of presence."

"Do not try to fight 'pain-body', simply watch it, observe it, expose it to the light and accept it. It's part of what is at the moment."

"Don't look for peace. Don't look for any other state than the one you are in Now; otherwise you set up inner conflict. Forgive yourself for not being at peace. The moment you completely accept non-peace, it becomes transmuted into peace! The miracle of surrender (acceptance)."

"There is no salvation in time. You cannot be free in the future. Presence is the key to freedom, so you can only be FREE --- right now!"

Click here for an interview with Eckhart Tolle.