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ut two months later [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], he stopped for coffee on his way to work, stepped off a curb, and fell on the pavement face first.
His hip broke. He heard the crack on the way down.
A day later, the doctors performed a successful hip replacement, and Cliff was in for a long rehabilitation period.
Cliff's attitude impressed all of his friends. He was jolly, telling jokes and instructed all of his visitors to read "A New Earth."
Most of my friends have seen "The New Earth Webinar" on Oprah.com, but we all got stalled on the last segment, Chapter 10, which we heard was two hours long.
But seeing Cliff do so well facing his challenge, and as I attributed this to Tolle's book, I decided to watch it.
At the same time, the 9/11 attack anniversary was commemorated privately and publicly here in the U.S and throughout the world.
Tolle talks about his vision of the New Earth [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], which simply is bringing consciousness to every moment, becoming aware that we are aware, becoming still within this awareness.
This expanded perspective brings us to the realization that we are far greater than the body or the physical dimension we all seem to agree on.
The rhythms of life include the ebb and flow, the expansion and contraction, the inhaling and exhaling, the heart in motion and at rest, if only for a mili-second.
We sleep then we wake up, whether remembering our dreams or not.
The seasonal changes give rise to a rebirth in spring time and a dissolution of life in the Autumn and Winter, and a great abundance and plenty in the Summer months especially here in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.
And in this cyclic rhythm, there comes a time in the outgoing of life, in the Youth of our lives, when we return to the Source, as we age.
In this phase of our earthly existence, we may come to the realization that we are not separate from other humans, animals, rock, wind or water.
As we experience the death of loved ones, or perhaps a near death experience in our own lives, an awakening often occurs.
As terrible as the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon were, they served to temporarily wake up America. For a period of several weeks, we were all bonded in a unified state of love and compassion.
In New York, people spoke of an aura of safety, where people were not afraid to speak to one another on the streets. People actually poured forth their stories and communicated their inner most feelings with perfect strangers.
This is a beautiful example of a shared awakening. No one wanted this sense of unity to end. But of course it did when the wars began.
Years ago, I shared a joke with one of the Family Practice Residents. I'd ask him, "Are you a human doing or a human being?"
I gave him a book called The One Minute Meditator, and he eventually decided he'd rather Be, rather than constantly Do, so he slowed down his life.
The act of being brought into our doing is what matters the most, Tolle said on the last Webinar.
The act of being becomes more valuable with age but many young people also see the wisdom of this, these days.
We don't have to be on the death bed to accept the Reality of Spirit.
Do you know when you are in the presence of a peaceful or disturbed person?
A disturbed person slams doors, sighs with worry or contempt, and throws papers across the room.
Vietnamese Buddhist Thich Naht Hahn said of Thomas Merton, the Christian Mystic: "He knows how to shut a door," gently, with mindful awareness and with respect.
Yes, respectfully shutting a door [link widoczny dla zalogowanych], making bread by hand, serving and preparing a meal, and washing each dish synchronized with the conscious breath is the portal to Mindful Living.
Tolle says, "The only actions that do not cause opposing reactions are those aimed at the good of all."<br /
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