Tag: mind

  • Presence

    Presence

    Featured Image Pexels.com “Presence is pure consciousness – consciousness that has been reclaimed from the mind, from the world of form.” Eckhardt Tolle: The Power of Now Journal April 27. 2024. Ever since I can remember, I have not been present in my mind – that is, most of the time. My mind is a…

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  • Writers Exercise – Free Writing

    Writers Exercise – Free Writing

    Featured Image – Pixel.com Writing Exercise – Freewriting. If you missed the previous exercise tap here. Join me in a continued exercise in free writing. Below is an example of a 15-minute free write in our writer’s group meeting. We were all given different prompts; mine was: ‘This was Friday afternoon and, true to my…

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  • There are Many ways to Create a Gap The Incessant Stream of Thought.

    There are Many ways to Create a Gap                   The Incessant Stream of Thought.

    This is What Meditation is All About Featured Image Pexels.com April 5, 2024 Eckhardt Tolle: The Power of Now Journal April 14, 2024. I agree wholeheartedly. There are many ways to create a gap in the incessant stream of my thoughts. I can also appreciate that meditation can be an excellent way of creating a…

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  • First Impressions

    First Impressions

    Featured Image – upsplash.com Do first impressions count? The image of the person I meet for the first time seems to become lastingly printed on my mind. I’m sure you’ve heard people say, “I never forget a face,” or “Have we met before?” I don’t know why I feel first impressions count, but it’s worth…

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  • Stillness

    Stillness

    April 5, 2024 “What is stillness other than presence, consciousness freed from thought forms.” Eckhardt Tolle: The Power of Now Journal “When you are no longer totally identified with forms, consciousness—who you are—becomes freed from its imprisonment in form. This freedom is the arising of inner space. It comes as a stillness, a subtle peace…

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  • Silence

    Silence

    “It has been said that nothing in this world is so like God as silence. All you have to do is pay attention to it.” Eckhart Tolle– The Power of Now Journal. March 12, 2024 “To listen to the silence, wherever you are, is an easy and direct way of becoming present. Even if there…

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  • Always Say Yes to the Present Moment

    Always Say Yes to the Present Moment

    Surrender to what is. Say ‘yes’ to life – and see how life suddenly starts working for you rather than against you. Eckhart Tolle– The Power of Now Journal. February 23, 2024 As one who has long worked on the present-moment focus, I have seen how this discipline has brought me to a place of…

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  • Whished I Knew

    Whished I Knew

    Featured Image – Upsplash.com When I was eighteen, I knew everything; now I am much older, I know nothing. But I think it’s better that way – remember the saying, ‘What you don’t know won’t hurt you.’ But what about when you find out? Mariette saw herself as an average girl- nothing special. She was…

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  • Wake Up – Get out of Your Mind

    Wake Up – Get out of Your Mind

    Whenever you notice that some form of negativity has arisen within in you, look on it, not as failure, but as a helpful signal that is telling you: Wake Up. Get out of your mind. Be present. Featured Image: Brainsite.nl – Upsplash.com Eckhart Tolle – The Power of Now Journal[1] December 30, 2023 I think…

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  • Some Writing for You To Enjoy.

    Some Writing for You To Enjoy.

    I have decided to do a bi-monthly post of short encouraging articles. As I go along, I will post articles about writing and mini-stories. My writing and stories, that is. I have been writing ‘seriously’ for about seven years. I noticed that I have published some 820 posts on this site alone. It seems to…

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