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I think it may 'resonate' with you Vodkafan, from what you have just said. Talisman, I feel "calmer" now I am more aware of the ego and 'pain-body', which is great because anger and exasperation had a tendency to spoil my life. Now I tend not to be as 'instant' with my anger and exasperation and can keep relatively calm in most situations.

You are welcome chaliepud. I was a bit sceptical about the book at first and it can be a little hard going, but as you begin to understand, it does become easier. I began to realise that I was already 'on the way' to 'being in the now'... quite revealing at times. Enjoy. Vodkafan, no it's not cultist, it just helps to put some things into perspective and you do start to be able to 'slightly', at first, control those habitual feelings and thoughts that used to just pour out, or well up inside, depending on your personality. Hope you like it.

love it..

Good luck with the Citizenship Test, I have been here for 50 years and I would probably find it difficult to pass. Far history is fascinating. We have a bronze age burial site 100 metres from our house. It's amazing to think that there were people living around here thousands of years ago. I do sometimes wish that I could just sit somewhere, close my eyes then open them again to see, hear and smell what someone would see, hear and smell, hundreds or even thousands of years ago. I usually open them again and find people staring at me worriedly as they shuffle on by, trying to herd their children away with causing alarm that should have read "without causing alarm" ha ha

I do try, I am mostly benign. I say "thank you" to the driver who "thanks me" for realising I have subjugated my 'right of way' to let him pass or overtake safely. Is that sad? or soft? If my worst enemy (don't have any really but..) walked passed me and said "Hi" I would automatically say "Hi" then proceed to beat myself up for half an hour... So, thank you for reading my posts and taking the time to be informative and friendly. We are already building the 'enlightened collective' I won't explain but in the words of Michael Ruppert, I await, with unbridled excitement, the arrival of the "100th monkey"

Yes, there is a growing number of people quietly fuming.

CN, having read ET, you might like Michael Ruppert. I watched the documentary called Collapse, based on his book Confronting Collapse. Love it. Peak Oil. Discuss.

quite right too. I often want to explain to the "others" where they are going wrong and how they are actually perceived by people but then I realise it is mostly futile because the "people" in question usually behave and think the same way as the "others". I know it's me that is "out of step" but what a wonderful step it is, more like a little 'skip and a twizzle'

Coffin Nail, I agree with you on what you say about day to day living and trying not to let the "others" spark exasperation by their deeds, actions and ego driven delinquency. My wife, who has also read both books, asks me 'why do you get so angry with people? ... it just is... when you get angry at people, for something they have done or said, the anger you demonstrate towards them is like swallowing poison and expecting them to die'. It's only you who suffers. I retorted that, the anger is born out of exasperation because if everyone were like me, this world would be a nicer place to live, We'd never get much done!..... but it would be a nicer place to live

I know some people will recoil in horror but.... "enlightenment" but its not religion. Deals mainly with the issues of "ego" and how it burdens us in our lives. People will either love it or hate it.

Eckhart Tolle's, The Power of Now, has not been discussed on here? I did a search and "no matches" Has anyone read it? or "A New Earth"