To be conscious of being, you need to reclaim consciousness from the mind.

Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have.

Living in the future steals joy from the present:
<ul>
<li>The “now” is the only moment that’s ever real</li>
<li>Chasing goals often becomes an addiction</li>
<li>Presence lets you experience life, not just plan it</li>
<li>Peace isn’t found someday—it’s found today</li>
</ul>

Time is a trap

You are not your thoughts—you are the one aware of them:
<ul>
<li>Observing thoughts weakens their grip</li>
<li>Consciousness is spacious and still</li>
<li>Meditation trains you to return to this awareness</li>
<li>Inner peace comes from watching, not reacting</li>
</ul>

You are the watcher

Emotional pain intensifies when we resist it:<ul><li>Suffering = pain × resistance</li><li>Allowing feelings creates space for healing</li><li>The present moment can hold even deep sadness</li><li>Stillness dissolves pain more than distraction does</li></ul>

Pain lives in resistance

The mind is a constant narrator, but it doesn’t have to run the show:
<ul>
<li>Most thoughts are repetitive and unhelpful</li>
<li>Stillness arises when we notice the space between thoughts</li>
<li>You are not your thoughts—you’re the awareness behind them</li>
<li>Quiet begins with observation, not effort</li>
</ul>

The mind is never still

Surrender doesn’t mean giving up—it means giving in to what already is:<ul><li>Resistance creates stress; acceptance brings clarity</li><li>Surrender is not passivity—it’s alignment with reality</li><li>From presence, wiser actions emerge naturally</li><li>Letting go opens space for insight and calm</li></ul>

Surrender is power

This book isn’t about ideas—it’s about waking up. It shows how most of us live trapped in thought, chasing the future or replaying the past. But peace? It’s always right here, right now. If you’ve ever wanted to quiet your mind, stop time, or feel truly alive, this one’s a compass back to stillness.

To make the journey into the Now we will need to leave our analytical mind and its false created self, the ego, behind. From the very first page of Eckhart Tolle's extraordinary book, we move rapidly into a significantly higher altitude where we breathe a lighter air. We become connected to the indestructible essence of our Being, “The eternal, ever present One Life beyond the myriad forms of life that are subject to birth and death.” Although the journey is challenging, Eckhart Tolle uses simple language and an easy question and answer format to guide us. A word of mouth phenomenon since its first publication, The Power of Now is one of those rare books with the power to create an experience in readers, one that can radically change their lives for the better.

Eckhart Tolle is a teacher, author, and entrepreneur. He is a German-born resident of Canada best known as the author of The Power of Now and A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose. Tolle does not identify with any specific religion, but he has been influenced by multiple spiritual works.

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