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I started reading the “Power of Now” by Eckhart Tolle today and the opening passage of the book really moved me. I put the book down and just thought about what I had read for around 30 minutes. Before I get into my take on the passage, please take 2 minutes out to read it.
A beggar had been sitting by the side of the 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 as long as I could remember”. “Ever looked inside?” asked the stranger. “No” said the beggar. “What
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