- Eckhart Tolle

Eckhart Tolle makes me laugh. Not just because he is funny, which he is, but because he sheds such clarifying and humorous light upon the human condition. Here we are, frantically trying to escape ourselves, desperately wanting to flee and/or resist the present moment.We are always looking to get to the next moment, which is futile and paradoxical, of course, because it is always the now.

Our overactive minds are always judging, evaluating, criticizing, commenting. We spend our time reviewing the past or projecting ourselves into the future, fearing what could happen, or imaging the next wonderful thing we might attain. Clouded as we are by our history, our conditioning, our unresolved wounds, experiencing our lives in the present moment without constant, continual mind chatter, is an experience that remains elusive.