“Nothing was ever in tune. People just blindly grabbed at whatever there was: communism, health foods, zen, surfing, ballet, hypnotism, group encounters, orgies, biking, herbs, Catholicism, weight-lifting, travel, withdrawal, vegetarianism, India, painting, writing, sculpting, composing, conducting, backpacking, yoga, copulating, gambling, drinking, hanging around, frozen yogurt, Beethoven, Back, Buddha, Christ, TM, H, carrot juice, suicide, handmade suits, jet travel, New York City, and then it all evaporated and fell apart. People had to find things to do while waiting to die. I guess it was nice to have a choice.” Charles Bukowski, Women We fill our day with activity. We turn on the radio as we make the toast. We feel awkward in silence. The idea of nothing happening is so terrifying that people will go to almost any lengths to ensure it is not so. They will turn on the telly, have a baby or take on extra work - anything to keep the phone ringing, the moments filled and silence at bay. Any thing is better than no thing, it seems. The journey home, Parke '...This is one reason why most people are always trying to escape from the present moment and are seeking some kind of salvation in the past or in the future. The first thing that they might encounter if they focused their attention on the Now is their own pain, and this is what they fear. If they only knew how easy it is to access in the Now the power of presence that dissolves the past and its pain, the reality that dissolves the illusion. If they only knew how close they are to their own reality, how close to God.' Tolle
Posted on: Sat, 17 Aug 2013 23:02:18 +0000
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