“We tend to be alive in the future, not now. We say, “Wait until I finish school and get my Ph.D degree, and then I will be really alive.” When we have it, and it’s not easy to get, we say to ourselves, “I have to wait until I have a job in order to be really alive.” And then after the job, a car.  After the car, a house. We are not capable of being alive in the present moment. We tend …

If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed!

******

The first thing that comes to mind, as I write about Eckhart Tolle’s teach-in here, a couple of weeks ago, is actually an integral part of the overall logo of WakeUpSydney! (see blog entry under that name in Sage Snippets, 17 March, 2009). "The World Can Only Change From Within" Eckhart Tolle As that could well have been the title of his talk. Though it didn’t officially have one. The second thing that comes to mind, is the impossibility of taking …

******

Hello everyone Just have to tell you all about this fantastic new venture by an amazing guy called Jonathon Fisher. It seems so obvious that it is amazing that no one has thought of it before! But it takes someone pretty special to put such a vision into action. So huge congratulations to Jono. Judging by press interest etc, and the way the tickets are going for the launch, this is going to be big. WakeUpSydney! see(d) a new dream is truly visionary, in that it aims to produce …

******

This article first published 9 March, 2009 in online spiritual/yoga magzine, www.lifedivine.com Many of us run through much of our day without much focus on the present moment. In fact, we’re far more likely to be in the past or the future – often either beating ourselves up for what we haven’t done or achieved, or else worrying and stressing about what might be about to occur – and we miss the beauty and power of the present moment entirely. Yet …

******