freediver wrote on Aug 23
rd, 2018 at 8:30am:
The duck example is in the book somewhere. I'd like to know how he knows the ducks have forgotten about the fight, or that they are no longer stressed.
This is the path, not the direction, and Tolle does not give any advice on direction. He does devote significant time to explaining how his philosophy does not lead to fatalism and preclude motivation to change. He even argues that his philosophy will make you more likely to achieve the change you want. He makes a sound argument, but history does not necessarily support his claims.
Yuval Harari (who presents Tolle's ideas almost word for word, but attributes them to Buddhism) argues that all the"advances" in human history actually left people worse off than their ancestors, until very recently at least. This is both in terms of happiness as well as more objective measures such as health and workload.
i didnt mind the Power of Now.
his book A New Earth was quite biblical.
i think you have to be very wary when going down the 'spirituality " route that you arent using it as an excuse to put your feet up.
the world is harsh as f**ck.
the world is as unfair as f**ck.
to stay motivated and passionate is damm near impossible.
the advertisers sell this BS about the "golden years of retirement".
the welfare addicts see the DSP as the "big prize".
its tragic.
if you arent very careful, you can use spirituality as an excuse to sit on your arse and not get out there and enjoy the harsh reality of the game.
thats what i see when i see some pot smoking spiritual guy who thinks he is superior to a Wall Street stockbroker because he doesnt need all that cash.
i see a guy who is using spirituality to justify the fact that he was too gutless and too lazy to get in the ring and compete .
i cant see 'the call to adventure" in the ekhardts books.
yet, the bible constantly tells useless individuals to get off their ass and move out...moses, abraham,jonah, isaac...all were told to go on adventure , not sit on their ass and navel gaze