My message

Someone recent told me that i have a message to spread and that i know what it it... this is true... unfortunately i am bad with word so I am going to copy it form a author i am obsessed with, Eckhart Tolle, from The Power of Now:

YOU ARE NOT YOUR MIND

The Greatest Obstacle to Enlightenment

Enlightenment - what is that?

A beggar had been sitting by the side of a road for over thirty years. One day a stranger walked by. "Spare some change?" mumbled the beggar, mechanically holding out his old baseball cap. "I have nothing to give you," said the stranger. Then he asked: "What's that you are sitting on?" "Nothing," replied the beggar. "Just an old box. I have been sitting on it for as long as I can remember." "Ever looked inside?" asked the stranger. "No," said the beggar. "What's the point? There's nothing in there." "Have a look inside," insisted the stranger. The beggar managed to pry open the lid. With astonishment, disbelief, and elation, he saw that the box was filled with gold.

I am that stranger who has nothing to give you and who is telling you to look inside. Not inside any box, as in the parable, but somewhere even closer: inside yourself.

"But I am not a beggar," I can hear you say.

Those who have not found their true wealth, which is the radiant joy of Being and the deep, unshakable peace that comes with it, are beggars, even if they have great material wealth. They are looking outside for scraps of pleasure or fulfillment, for validation, security, or love, while they have a treasure within that not only includes all those things but is infinitely greater than anything the world can offer.

The word enlightenment conjures up the idea of some super-human accomplishment, and the ego likes to keep it that way, but it is simply your natural state of felt oneness with Being. It is a state of connectedness with something immeasurable and indestructible, something that, almost paradoxically, is essentially you and yet is much greater than you. It is finding your true nature beyond name and form. The inability to feel this connectedness gives rise to the illusion of separation, from yourself and from the world around you. You then perceive yourself, consciously or unconsciously, as an isolated fragment. Fear arises, and conflict within and without becomes the norm.

I love the Buddha's simple definition of enlightenment as "the end of suffering." There is nothing superhuman in that, is there? Of course, as a definition, it is incomplete. It only tells you what enlightenment is not: no suffering. But what's left when there is no more suffering? The Buddha is silent on that, and his silence implies that you'll have to find out for yourself. He uses a negative definition so that the mind cannot make it into something to believe in or into a superhuman accomplishment, a goal that is impossible for you to attain. Despite this precaution, the majority of Buddhists still believe that enlightenment is for the Buddha, not for them, at least not in this lifetime.

Being is the eternal, ever-present One Life beyond the myriad forms of life that are subject to birth and death. However, Being is not only beyond but also deep within every form as its innermost invisible and indestructible essence. This means that it is accessible to you now as your own deepest self, your true nature. But don't seek to grasp it with your mind. Don't try to understand it. You can know it only when the mind is still. When you are present, when your attention is fully and intensely in the Now, Being can be felt, but it can never be understood mentally. To regain awareness of Being and to abide in that state of "feeling-realization" is enlightenment.
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Pretty great huh? I feel like i have reach a state of enlightenment... unfortunately, i am not Buddha so I'm not yet capable of holding it forever... I will most likely wonder around around in a state of bliss and wonderment for a few days and then i will get sucked back into the hustle and bustle of the "real world"... luckily, i have figure out how to access it when every i need to which is a pretty cool realization... and i think in time, with work i will be able to keep it.. i just need to "be within" all the time... i can do it and so can you. Open the box and see what's inside.!

If you find this post interesting I urge you to check out some of Eckhart Tolle's books. I picked up "A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose" almost exactly a year ago and it changed my life, 100% for the better (and life was pretty great before!). Do you ever feel that you are wondering around in fog, waiting for the the next great thing to happen? When the kids grow up i can do this, when i am done with school i can do that, after i take a vacation things will feel better. If you have a sense that "there is more to life" you are right, there is. It is only something that can be found from within. It is only something that can be found right Now, in this moment. It won't be found in the future, because there is no future really. When the future arrives i just becomes Now. It's nothing from the past, because when the past occurred it also was just Now. Anyway, this book is def worth a read. If it doesn't change your life then what did you lose? Only about $12. If it does impact you , you will discover something must better than you can imagine! A sense of true enlightenment! True unadulterated Peace, Joy, and Love! Who wouldn't want that!