Ask Yourself What Problem You Have Right Now

Not next year, tomorrow or five minutes from now

What is wrong with this moment

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Eckhart Tolle – The Power of Now Journal

December 16, 2023

What problem do I have right now? Without going into any deep thought on answering this question, I’d say it’s my fingers. ‘Fingers?’ you ask. Yes, my fingers – they are so numb! ‘Why?’ you question. ‘Because they behave like this when I handwrite.’ (I handwrite all entries into my ET Journal.) Numbness takes place after writing about three to four hundred words. A part solution is wearing wrist splints – but that doesn’t always work. My Doctor says I have ‘Carpal Tunnel Syndrome.’ What? Where do the medical world find all these strange names? I suppose I should be thankful, at least I can pronounce this one.

Is there anything else ? No, not that I can think of.

I live in a beautiful country;  I’m sitting at my desk looking over our tiny garden. Outside temperature is 11c inside it’s a warm 21c; wind is low and it’s not raining. My precious wife is resting, the washing machine is humming in the background; It’s homely and I am comfortable. So, do I have a problem? No. In any event when I’m writing I never think of problems; I can’t I’m too immersed in my passion, writing – in this moment.

I am not able to let my mind wander off my subject when I am writing, so that even if I had a problem at that moment, I would not be thinking about it.

My conclusion is this then: If I have a problem and find myself obsessed by it, surely all I have to do is pull myself back into the now moment? What I was doing in that moment and give what I was doing my full focus.

You might say, “What if I was giving my full focus to worrying?” Well then you don’t have a problem, do you? You only have worry.  And if you find worry profitable you must continue worrying!

If you do not find worry profitable, there are many, many alternatives.

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[1] Eckhart Tolle The Power of Now journal

Please Note:

Earlier parts of this series can be found here.

You will have noticed in this series that I reference “The Power of Now Journal – Eckhart Tolle.” The Power of Now Journal is just that: a journal whose pages are not numbered. The commentary you read on this page is a record of my personal experience arising from Eckhart’s comments on the relevant pages of the journal. With its dynamic wisdom, this beautifully printed book is available from Amazon. I feel confident that if you have read my piece, you will enjoy this delightful journal, even if you don’t usually keep or never have kept a journal.

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[1] The Power of Now Journal – Eckhart Tolle

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