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The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
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The Power of Now really exists, no matter how much it always seems to elude us. But it hurts to find out how ephemeral it really is.
And the World of Grunge mocks us mercilessly for seeking it.
Mozart once magically turned a spirit named Papagena into a flesh-and-blood damsel, but only now and again - (gone again in a flash!) just as Eckhart Tolle’s fabulous vision soon eluded him….
Such are the rough breaks for Papagena and her would-be paramour Papageno, you see, in the opera The Magic Flute:
And Papagena will remain ever elusive, up until the time her mythical kingdom’s semi-divine Crown Prince Tamino takes his radiant bride-to-be Tamina straight through the healing purgatorial fire, and purges Sarastro’s magical realm of its latent Evil.
And its nefarious Queen of the Night.
Into such storybook terms classical Freemasonry would put this book - along with that soi-disant Mason Amadeus.
(All this happens, by the way, in a heavenly production - which is available anytime, anywhere, on YouTube. Check it out!):
https://youtu.be/juQL-0db_wc
But what IS that purgatorial fire to us, here in the Twenty-First Century?
That fire, which leads us within sight of a now-permanent Kingdom of Now, is the pain of Christian asceticism. Not at all common, of course, in our world - save for in a few ‘oddball’ hermits.
Oddball, because the Corporation Man has exiled them from our safe, middle class world.
But why not try seeing it all Slant, as Eugene Peterson does so well in The Message?
Slant is SEEING, as if for the first time, what our world is up to - quite clearly. It’s no accident that organized religion is called suspicious and dangerous by a homogenized world of conformity.
But, of course you may say that I’m ranting.
Yes? So, friends, having said all that, then, I shall take my leave from this paltry, seemingly passé review…
But grin slyly as you will, you won’t take away that Magic Flute -
From this faraway land in the Fullness of Time - and with it, its Enlightenment.
But, wait… will YOU be there too?
That’s entirely up to you, my friend…
But the only alternative will BURN you, so make your choice wisely!
Glimpsing the Power of Now up close is one thing.
But living it for the rest of your life requires your utmost focus and stamina:
And it's the Best Thing We can Do for Ourselves.
And the World of Grunge mocks us mercilessly for seeking it.
Mozart once magically turned a spirit named Papagena into a flesh-and-blood damsel, but only now and again - (gone again in a flash!) just as Eckhart Tolle’s fabulous vision soon eluded him….
Such are the rough breaks for Papagena and her would-be paramour Papageno, you see, in the opera The Magic Flute:
And Papagena will remain ever elusive, up until the time her mythical kingdom’s semi-divine Crown Prince Tamino takes his radiant bride-to-be Tamina straight through the healing purgatorial fire, and purges Sarastro’s magical realm of its latent Evil.
And its nefarious Queen of the Night.
Into such storybook terms classical Freemasonry would put this book - along with that soi-disant Mason Amadeus.
(All this happens, by the way, in a heavenly production - which is available anytime, anywhere, on YouTube. Check it out!):
https://youtu.be/juQL-0db_wc
But what IS that purgatorial fire to us, here in the Twenty-First Century?
That fire, which leads us within sight of a now-permanent Kingdom of Now, is the pain of Christian asceticism. Not at all common, of course, in our world - save for in a few ‘oddball’ hermits.
Oddball, because the Corporation Man has exiled them from our safe, middle class world.
But why not try seeing it all Slant, as Eugene Peterson does so well in The Message?
Slant is SEEING, as if for the first time, what our world is up to - quite clearly. It’s no accident that organized religion is called suspicious and dangerous by a homogenized world of conformity.
But, of course you may say that I’m ranting.
Yes? So, friends, having said all that, then, I shall take my leave from this paltry, seemingly passé review…
But grin slyly as you will, you won’t take away that Magic Flute -
From this faraway land in the Fullness of Time - and with it, its Enlightenment.
But, wait… will YOU be there too?
That’s entirely up to you, my friend…
But the only alternative will BURN you, so make your choice wisely!
Glimpsing the Power of Now up close is one thing.
But living it for the rest of your life requires your utmost focus and stamina:
And it's the Best Thing We can Do for Ourselves.
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Wow, thanks, Bren! Hope you are getting the same kinda summery weather that we're enjoying in Canada. My favourite season!
Fergus wrote: "Wow, thanks, Bren! Hope you are getting the same kinda summery weather that we're enjoying in Canada. My favourite season!"We are! I love this time of year as well.
Agree not ranting but have to admit, I didn't understand most of what you were saying. The book itself, I thought was a bunch of new age claptrap. The power of now can still be found in the NT and it continually provides food for us to explore especially in how we can apply the lessons to our daily lives.
Yes, isn't it the truth? Jesus puts the whole matter in infinitely more human and approachable terms. Mystical flagwaving, as here, always arouses our suspicion. I too will stick to the NT! Thanks.
I have always been suspicious of self-help literature. Aside from the quality (of thinking and writing) problem, it seems exploitative and dangerous to me (but at least in mainstream book form there was a small degree of control - unlike with Facebook). Despite my misgivings, Tolle always struck me as more genuine and thoughtful than most in his field, so you have convinced me to read this book once and for all.
I think you might find it challenging, though never satisfying until its inherent insight hits home. He stresses the importance of developing our power of attention, something at least which will serve us well in our daily lives!
I just find it so beautiful that you are in here writing all this (I seldom get to read it all because of many reasons, chief among them the ammount of pain I'm in) but most often than not I see this and thimk you are a beautiful person
What an utterly genuine comment - one, I know, that comes from an utterly genuine soul. And my own, unforgivably late - three months after I first overlooked it!
Excellent!