It's his third book I think. I heaven't read it whole still, but having read some bits and pieces here and there. It truly drives and inspires me to awaken. I can share some parts of one chapter of the book that I read last night. Here they are…



CHAPTER NINE ~ Your Inner Purpose

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But the true or primary purpose of your life cannot be found on the outer level. It does not concern what you do but what you are - that is to say, your state of consciousness.

So the most important thing to realize is this: Your life has an inner purpose and an outer purpose. Inner purpose concerns Being and is primary. Outer purpose concerns doing and is secondary.

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Your inner purpose is to awaken. It is simple as that. You share that purpose with every other person on the planet - because it is the purpose of humanity.

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Your outer purpose can change over time. It varies greatly from person to person. Finding and living in alignment with the inner purpose is the foundation for fulfilling your outer purpose.

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Awakening is a shift in consciousness in which thinking and awareness separate. For most people it is not an event but a process they undergo.

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Awareness takes over from thinking. Instead of being in charge of your life, thinking becomes the servant of awareness. Awareness is conscious connection with universal intelligence. Another word for it is Presence: consciousness without thought.

The initiation of the awakening process is an act of grace. You cannot make it happen nor can you prepare yourself for it or accumulate credits toward it. There isn't a tidy sequence of logical steps that leads toward it, although the mind would love that.

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There is nothing you can do about awakening.

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Only the first awakening, the first glimpse of consciousness without thought, happens by grace, without any doing on your part. If you find this book incomprehensible or meaningless, it has not yet happened to you. If something within you responds to it, however, if you somehow recognize the truth in it, it means the process of awakening has begun. Once it has done so, it cannot be reversed, although it can be delayed by the ego.

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Awareness is the space in which thoughts exist when that space has become conscious of itself.

Once you have had a glimpse of awareness or Presence, you know it firsthand. It is no longer a concept in your mind. You can then make a conscious choice to be present rather than to indulge in useless thinking.

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With the grace of awakening comes responsibility. You can either try to go on as if nothing has happened, or you can see its significance and recognize the arising of awareness as the most important thing that can happen to you.

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Excerpts from A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose by Eckhart Tolle
www.amazon.com/dp/0452287588/ref=nosim/




Blessings,
Eon