“A beggar had been sitting by the side of a road for over thirty years. One day a stranger walked by. “Spare some change?” mumbled the beggar, mechanically holding out his old baseball cap. “I have nothing to give you,” said the stranger. Then he asked: “What’s that you are sitting on?” “Nothing,” replied the beggar. “Just an old box. I have been sitting on it for as long as I can remember.” “Ever looked inside?” asked the stranger. “No,” said the beggar. “What’s the point? There’s nothing in there”. “Have a look inside,” insisted the stranger. The beggar managed to pry open the lid. With astonishment, disbelief, and elation, he saw that the box was filled with gold.”
Eckhart Tolle
The quote above is an excerpt from Eckhart Tolle’s “The Power of Now” book, which talks about the power of a human mind and how the humanity is not even close to the pinnacle of its development.
The point of this book is to make you realize that you are more than your then your mind. People consider themselves to be different from animals because of the ability to use their minds and think. Sadly, they are wrong. Great philosopher Rene Descartes said “ I think therefore I am”. The thing is though, he just stated a problem. According to “The Power of Now” our mind often interferes with our ability to get aligned with our inner selves. While this sometimes seems to be unimportant-it really is the opposite. Greatest discoveries of all time were made during the state of self-alignment and inner peace.
In order for you to be able to operate at your peak potential you will have to learn to observe your mind. You will need to learn to be an observer of your own thoughts and find the negative patterns which were established over the years. Often, we are not even aware of our negative thought patterns since most of them are unconscious and are hiding deep inside our minds.
Eckhart Tolle shares a great technique to get rid of those patterns. I sincerely suggest to every single one of you to implement what I am about to share-this is UTTERLY powerful!!
Here’s what you do to get rid of the noise in your head:
From this moment on you will start observing you thoughts. From now on try to notice what you are thinking about. Divide yourself into 2 characters. 1st one is you who is observing your mind and the other one is YOUR MIND. Now, the thoughts you think are your mind and your job as an observer of the mind to simply stand on the side lines and observe.
Become aware of your thoughts and your thinking patterns. The second you feel you have discovered a negative pattern-eliminate it. Prevent your mind from thinking it the next time, by doing that you create silence gaps which eventually will lead to inner peace and alignment with your inner self.
I strongly advise you read “The Power of Now” and discover for yourself all the immense value this amazing book has to offer.
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Igor, again thanks for such positive information. You are very wise and informed on the subjects you write about. Keep them coming I love to read you blogs.
Excellent article Igor. A great book to add to my library – and read! I see it comes in audio too! Cool! Cathlene
Hey Igor
Thanks for the visit to my YouTube channel.
Your article sounds a bit “new age”ish or at best worldly spiriual. There’s nothing new under the sun.
Be careful on the path your on, bro. There is a better one……
Excellent article Igor as allways. Keep up the great work…Sandi
thanks Sandi, thanks for commenting!