„Here and now is all we´ve got“ seems to me as a ‚true‘, or understandable sentence, true in the way that what we experience or are aware of or ‚have‘ now, is truly happening, no one can take this away even if from one second to another it can all split up, be devastated and be ‚over‘ - like for many on 'October 7‘ -, so enjoy it, but without making more of it than it is or seems.
While “Here and now is all there is“ I cannot perceive or feel as reflecting the recognizable reality, it is a pure, unprovable assertion.
Even more: it seems very unlikely to me that there was "nothing" apart from what "is" or seems to "be" at the moment.
The connection to the past or the future, even if it is only an assumption, binds me to what was and led to what is today, and prevents me from ruling out that I have responsibility and connection to what might come.
Even if nothing of what I imagine, hope or fear, really or actually should be true, this imagined feeling of responsibility or commitment can therefore also make the present, "what is", something better.
Ekhart Tolle!! I’ve seen his name for decades but I’d never read anything he’d written. That just changed. Finally. Thanks for the recommendation.
After reading the free Kindle sample, I’m certain that you & Tolle are the same person Take the test: Is the following quote from Eckhart Tolle or Phil Tanny? “Thinking has become a disease.”
I don’t pretend to understand it all, but I totally get the noise & mind chatter problem. It’s a real thing.
I do wonder about stuff like: “The predominance of mind is no more than a stage in the evolution of consciousness. We need to go on to the next stage now as a matter of urgency; otherwise, we will be destroyed by the mind, which has grown into a monster.” If the mind is really that dangerous, then why should society allow this ”Monster” to run loose? It doesn’t take a lot of imagination where that “crisis” will lead.
Now I gotta see if my library has a complete copy.
„Here and now is all we´ve got“ seems to me as a ‚true‘, or understandable sentence, true in the way that what we experience or are aware of or ‚have‘ now, is truly happening, no one can take this away even if from one second to another it can all split up, be devastated and be ‚over‘ - like for many on 'October 7‘ -, so enjoy it, but without making more of it than it is or seems.
While “Here and now is all there is“ I cannot perceive or feel as reflecting the recognizable reality, it is a pure, unprovable assertion.
Even more: it seems very unlikely to me that there was "nothing" apart from what "is" or seems to "be" at the moment.
The connection to the past or the future, even if it is only an assumption, binds me to what was and led to what is today, and prevents me from ruling out that I have responsibility and connection to what might come.
Even if nothing of what I imagine, hope or fear, really or actually should be true, this imagined feeling of responsibility or commitment can therefore also make the present, "what is", something better.
Ekhart Tolle!! I’ve seen his name for decades but I’d never read anything he’d written. That just changed. Finally. Thanks for the recommendation.
After reading the free Kindle sample, I’m certain that you & Tolle are the same person Take the test: Is the following quote from Eckhart Tolle or Phil Tanny? “Thinking has become a disease.”
I don’t pretend to understand it all, but I totally get the noise & mind chatter problem. It’s a real thing.
I do wonder about stuff like: “The predominance of mind is no more than a stage in the evolution of consciousness. We need to go on to the next stage now as a matter of urgency; otherwise, we will be destroyed by the mind, which has grown into a monster.” If the mind is really that dangerous, then why should society allow this ”Monster” to run loose? It doesn’t take a lot of imagination where that “crisis” will lead.
Now I gotta see if my library has a complete copy.