It was history in the making last night, as I sat in a room at a convention center, with hundreds of people experiencing the enlightenment, the community consciousness, listening to the words of Eckhart Tolle.  With such a complex message being proclaimed, the audience was captivated.  There was complete silence from beginning to end.  You were asked to not clap and to stay silent.  This is to ensure the meditative state, so the energy in the room would remain steady and focused.

With his broken English, far out words, and quirky facial gestures, Eckhart Tolle had the audience mesmerized with his message of living in the NOW.  I was curious as to how he was going to reach the audience with his spiritual message and was impressed that there were no bells and whistles, that his message was spoken through the quietness of the moment, and I wondered if the audience "got it".

When I read Eckhart Tolle's first book, The Power of Now, 10 years ago, I understood the concept and applied it to my everyday life.  I was ready for his words.  They were confusing and I was unsure, but there was an intuitional need to read the book. I had never heard of this author, but I was drawn to read his work and his words brought the answer to the question I was asking.   

When life is out of control, settle into the moment of Now and regain your sanity.  It is a conscious place and one to be lived in at all times.  As we place ourselves in the moment, we worry naught.  There is no yesterday or tomorrow, just this moment.  This moment brings such clarity to life and lifes situations, it is a definite means of ridding ourselves of the chatter in our minds and the worries that our chatter brings. It is, quite simply, using your mind in a different and more productive way and can be mastered with patience and love for yourself.

Start by focusing on an object, and only that object, for no more than a few seconds.  Really look at that object and just be into that object.  Your mind is thinking of only that object.  Absolutely nothing else.  That is the power of the moment, Now.  The more you practice this the more this becomes your everyday, every moment, way. It is just that simple; the changing of the mind into a more cohesively functioning mind, instead of a worrying, confused, out-of- control mind.

Harness the chatter.  Live in the Now.  Experience the Joy.

With heartfelt love for you and mankind,

Stephanie