The Power of Now
The Power of Now was one of the first spiritual books that really helped me on my path. It shows you a beautiful perspective of life, and teaches you in a very simple way how to experience it yourself. Every chapter of this book is filled with wisdom, and every paragraph will induce intense realization.
The book aims to help you realize the truth: that NOW is the only moment that exists. The word “exists” as in “to exist” is in the present tense, and truly, the only thing that is present is now. Despite this simple truth, very few people can experience the profound bliss that comes with living in the moment. When you are thinking about an event from the past, you are not in the NOW. So many people spend significant amounts of time regretting something that happened, being sad about a past event, looking back on the way a moment came to pass, etc. This is wasted time, not spent in the moment. Worrying about the future is the same thing. If you are worrying about the future, then you are not living in the moment. Again, so many people spend significant amounts of time projecting into the future, worrying about an interview, or money, or something coming up that they are nervous about. These things are useless.
The Power of Now helps one to understand that NOW is where one finds peace, love, and joy. NOW is the only time that exists, has existed, or ever will exist. Since the begining of time, it has always been now, and till the end of time it will always be now.
If this all sounds interesting to you, then you will LOVE this book, as Eckart Tolle (the author) explains all of this MUCH better than I can!