The past has no power to stop you from being present now. Only your grievance about the past can do that. And what is a grievance? The baggage of old thought and emotion.
This is a quote from the book, A New Earth, Awakening to Your Life's Purpose by Eckhart Tolle. This book is pretty deep reading, and takes me a while to ponder what the author is trying to say. This quote was from a part of the book talking about the core of ego. This is also the book Mamie had suggested the other day on her post.
I think as I read this will sink in and all of a sudden I will "get it"! What I got out of this was that if I want to continue to complain about the past, it will only keep me there. I can give up the baggage and the emotion and begin living in the "now". I am the one that gives my past the power or I can choose to change that way of thought... and "just be".
Thanks mamie for bringing this book to my attention ~
