Ekhart Tolle can fucking do one.
The whole thing is shown up for the part-digested white-man-who-did-a-meditation-that-time bullcrap that it is as soon as you realise that there's no such thing as an instantaneous present moment, and nor can there ever be one.
(, Wed 19 Aug 2020, 0:35, Reply)
We always have been to the exent that the future exists at all.
The present extends into past and future. Past and future are part of the present. Convincing ourselves the present is is some isolated psychological nirvana that can be entered if only we try hard enough and pretend like the cunt next door isn't beating his girlfriend or whatever is basically akin to administering ourselves a cultural and spiritual lobotomy.
(, Wed 19 Aug 2020, 6:04, Reply)
I think
I know what you're saying. but this book is aimed at a more basic/simple level than (what I think) you're saying.
Although I do not fully understand the wife beater part, if you choose to ignore the past or to predict the future then you're a fool. The brain connects them all up in a seemless way and for people having problems it becomes a tangled mess.
To me, the book encourages you to experiment to dissect the past/ now/ future and your internal monologue, then to identify which part you're having problems with (with me it was my internal monologue, which I'm ok with now)
It says many times your memories are important, but for someone who is being totally consumed and controlled by their past (eg guilt) then it helps them to identify and understand what is happening - not to wipe your memories or to say you've been right or wrong.
(, Wed 19 Aug 2020, 7:37, Reply)
Hope for the best. Prepare for the worst. Learn from past mistakes.
That's all you need.
(, Wed 19 Aug 2020, 8:30, Reply)
With added "try not to be a cunt"
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evil_andy Stick stick stick stick sticky sticky stick stick, Wed 19 Aug 2020, 10:51,
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