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1、ThePowerofNowReadingNotes-1IhavefoundthisbookinsomewhereandIfounditveryinteresting.IliketolearnsomethinginEnglishinmylife,becauseEnglishismysecondlanguagesinceIwas13asasmallboy.Ikeeplearningitfromthattimetillnow,itisalmost20years.Rightnow,IuseEnglishinmywork,inmylife.Itisreallytheseconddoorofthelife
2、foryoutoenjoy.AlsothisbookisnotonlyaboutEnglishlearning.Itisalsoakindofencouragecourseforyourlifeandyourspirituallife,yourinnerside.IlikeitandIreaditandItasteitwithyou.AboutthisBookTomakethejourneyintoThePowerofNowwewillneedtoleaveouranalyticalmindanditsfalsecreatedself,theego,behind.Fromthebeginnin
3、gofthefirstchapterwemoverapidlyintoasignificantlyhigheraltitudewhereonebreathesalighterair,theairofthespiritual.Althoughthejourneyischallenging,EckhartTolleofferssimplelanguageandaquestionandanswerformattoguideus.Thewordsthemselvesarethesignposts.Formanyofustherearenewdiscoveriestobemadealongtheway:
4、wearenotourmind;wecanfindourwayoutofpsychologicalpain;authentichumanpowerisfoundbysurrenderingtotheNow.Wealsofindoutthatthebodyisactuallyoneofthekeystoentryintoastateofinnerpeace,asarethesilenceandspaceallaroundus.Indeed,accessiseverywhereavailable.Theseaccesspoints,orportals,canallbeusedtobringusin
5、totheNow,thepresentmoment,whereproblemsdonotexist.Itisherewefindourjoyandareabletoembraceourtrueselves.Itisherewediscoverthatwearealreadycompleteandperfect.Manyofuswillfindthatourbiggestobstacletothisrealizationisourrelationships,especiallyourintimaterelationships.Butagain,weareinnewterritoryandalli
6、snotwhatithadseemedbefore.Wecometoseethatourrelationshipsareyetanotherdoorwayintospiritualenlightenmentifweusethemwisely,meaningifweusethemtobecomemoreconsciousandthereforemorelovinghumanbeings.Theresult?Realcommunionbetweenselfandothers.IfweareabletobefullypresentandtakeeachstepintheNow;ifweareable
7、tofeeltherealityofsuchthingsastheinner-body,surrender,forgiveness,andtheUnmanifested,wewillbeopeningourselvestothetransformingexperienceofThePowerofNow.AbouttheAuthorEckhartTollewasborninGermany,wherehespentthefirstthirteenyearsofhislife.AftergraduatingfromtheUniversityofLondon,hewasaresearchscholar
8、andsupervisoratCambridgeUniversity.Whenhewastwentynine,aprofoundspiritualtransformationvirtuallydissolvedhisoldidentityandradicallychangedthecourseofhislife.Thenextfewyearsweredevotedtounderstanding,integrating,anddeepeningthattransformation,whichmarkedthebeginningofanintenseinwardjourney.Eckhartisn
9、otalignedwithanyparticularreligionortradition.Inhisteaching,heconveysasimpleyetprofoundmessagewiththetimelessanduncomplicatedclarityoftheancientspiritualmasters:thereisawayoutofsufferingandintopeace.Eckhartiscurrentlytravelingextensively,takinghisteachingsandhispresencethroughouttheworld.HehaslivedinVancouver,Canada,since1996.