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the power of Now. By Eckhart Tolle. Chapter one. You are not your mind the greatest obstacle to enlightenment. Enlightenment. What is that? A beggar had been sitting by the side of the road for over 30 years. One day a stranger walked by, spare some change, mumbled the bigger, mechanically holding out his old baseball cap. I have nothing to give you, said the stranger. Then he asked, What's that you're sitting on? Nodding replied. The bigger Just know a box. I've been sitting on it for as long as I can remember. Ever looked inside? Ask a stranger. No, said the beggar. What's the point? There's nothing in there. Have a look inside, insisted the stranger. The beggar managed to pry open the lid with astonishment, disbelief and elation. He saw the box was filled with gold. I am that stranger who has nothing to give you. And he was telling you to look inside, not inside any box, as in the parable, but somewhere even closer inside yourself. But I'm not a beggar. I can hear you say those who have not found their true wealth, which is the radiant joy of being and the deep, unshakable peace that comes with it, our biggest. Even if they have great material wealth, they are looking outside for scraps of pleasure or fulfilment for validation. Security all of while they have a treasure within. That not only includes all these things but is infinitely greater than anything the world can offer. The word enlightenment conjures up the idea of some superhuman accomplishment, and the ego likes to keep it that way. But it's simply your natural state of felt oneness with being. It is a state of connectedness with something immeasurable and indestructible, something that almost paradoxically, is essentially you and yet is much greater than you. It's finding your true nature beyond name and form. The inability to feel this connectedness gives rise to the illusions of separation from yourself and from the world around you. You then perceive yourself consciously or unconsciously, as an isolated fragment. Fear arises and conflict within and without becomes the norm. I love Buddha. Simple definition of enlightenment as the end of suffering. There's nothing superhuman in that, is there? Of course, As a definition, it is incomplete. It only tells you what enlightenment is. Not no suffering but what's left when there's no more suffering. The border is silent on that, and his silence implies that you'll have to find out for yourself. He uses a negative definition so that the mind cannot make it into something to believe in or into a superhuman accomplishment, a goal that is impossible for you to attain. Despite this precaution, the majority of Buddhists still believe that enlightenment is for the Buddha, not for them, at least not in this lifetime. You use the word being. Can you explain what you mean by that being is the eternal, ever present one life beyond the myriad forms of life that are subject to birth and death? However, being is not only beyond but also deep within every form as its innermost, invisible and indestructible essence. This means that it is accessible to you now as your own deeper self, your true nature, but don't seek to grasp it with your mind. Don't try to understand it. You can know it only when the mind is still when you are present. When your attention is fully and intensely in the now being can only be felt, it can never be understood mentally. To regain awareness of being and to abide in that state of feeling. Realisation is enlightenment. When you say being are you talking about God? I mean, if you are, then why don't you just say it? The word God has become empty of meaning through thousands of years of misuse. I use it sometimes, but I do it sparingly by misuse. I mean that people who have never even glimpsed the realm of the sacred, the infinite vastness beyond the word use it with great conviction, as if they knew what they're talking about or they argue against it as if they knew what it is. They're denying this misuse gives rise to observe beliefs, assertions and egoist delusions such as my God or our God is the only true God and your God is false or niche keys. Famous statement. God is dead. The word God has become a closed concept. The moment the word is uttered, a mental image is created no longer perhaps, of an old man with a white beard but still mental representation of someone or something outside you. And yes, almost inevitably, a male someone or something neither God nor being nor any other word can define or explain the ineffable reality behind the word. So the only important question is whether the word is a help or a hindrance in enabling you to experience that toward which it points, does a point beyond itself to that transcendental reality or doesn't lend itself to easily to becoming no more than an idea in your head that you believe in a mental idol. The word being explains nothing, but not as God. Being, however, has the advantage that it is an open concept. It does not reduce the infinite invisible to a finite entity. It is impossible to form a mental image of it. Nobody can claim exclusive possession of being. It is your very essence, and it is immediately accessible to you as the feeling of your own presence. The realisation I am, that is, prior to I am this or I Am that so. It's only a small step from the word being to the experience of being