• The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle dives deep into the idea that our suffering comes from our inability to live in the present moment and be mindful.
• Tolle shows how our thoughts, emotions, and deep-seated beliefs cause us to live in our heads and miss out on the present reality.
• To become liberated of our struggles, Tolle teaches us to quiet the mental noise and live in the Now by observing and accepting our thoughts without judgment.
• Additionally, Tolle explains how to tap into our spiritual core and cultivate inner peace and joy in our lives.
As a UX designer, reading The Power of Now is beneficial for your work and daily life. It enables you to create a clear mental space to better focus on your creative work, and gain a deeper insight into how to ask for and interpret feedback. It helps you to respond to small setbacks and navigate stressful situations with a sense of equanimity and clarity.
Books that could be interesting for you based on The Power of Now and your profession include Designing Your Life(Bill Burnett & Dave Evans), The Design Thinking Playbook (Michael Lewrick and Patrick Link), and Calm (Michael Acton Smith).
🎀 Highlights
Many of us spend our time either trapped in the regret-filled past or anxious about a future we cannot hope to control.
become happier and find enlightenment, even though we have no clear idea of how to do so.
several methods for navigating the complex terrain of their inner lives
trap ourselves in cycles of suffering and stop ourselves from being happy.
Only the present is important because nothing ever occurs in the past or future; things happen only in a continuous stream of present moments.
writing a scientific paper, often seems too large and complicated to be achievable. If you’re anxious about the work that’s remaining, or regret missed opportunities to work on it in the past, you’ll get nowhere. But if you just solve one little problem after another – gathering the data, developing a structure, writing the first chapter – you’ll accomplish it more easily.
writing a scientific paper, often seems too large and complicated to be achievable.
try to live in the present! Stop clinging to the
Because you think so much about the past and the future, but can live only in the present, you have no means to change many things that you’re unhappy about.
The ego is a destructive part of the human mind. It wants to be the most important part of you and knows no limits,
The ego is a destructive part of the human mind. It wants to be the most important part of you and knows no limits, so if you let it gain control, it will bring you much suffering.
“Your body is a temple.”
Nobody has ever found enlightenment while concentrating on the mind and ignoring the body. A
For example, while taking an exam you should waste no time worrying about the results, but instead remain fully present and pay very close attention to the work before you. Entering a state of active waiting shortly before and during the exam can help you to achieve that.
“Be like a servant waiting for the return of the master.”
It’s extremely difficult for a “normal” person to share their
It’s extremely difficult for a “normal” person to share their life with someone who lives
It’s extremely difficult for a “normal” person to share their life with someone who lives fully in the present.
But if you’re able to accept this as something that simply is and cannot be changed, then you’ll avoid needless suffering.
For example, if you’re stuck in the mud, you don’t simply tell yourself that you always wanted to be stuck in the mud. Instead, you can try, without panicking, to free yourself from it.
Live in the present and try to separate yourself from the over-thinking mind.
Many of us spend our time either trapped in the regret-filled past or anxious about a future we cannot hope to control.
become happier and find enlightenment, even though we have no clear idea of how to do so.
several methods for navigating the complex terrain of their inner lives
trap ourselves in cycles of suffering and stop ourselves from being happy.
Only the present is important because nothing ever occurs in the past or future; things happen only in a continuous stream of present moments.
writing a scientific paper, often seems too large and complicated to be achievable. If you’re anxious about the work that’s remaining, or regret missed opportunities to work on it in the past, you’ll get nowhere. But if you just solve one little problem after another – gathering the data, developing a structure, writing the first chapter – you’ll accomplish it more easily.
writing a scientific paper, often seems too large and complicated to be achievable.
try to live in the present! Stop clinging to the
Because you think so much about the past and the future, but can live only in the present, you have no means to change many things that you’re unhappy about.
The ego is a destructive part of the human mind. It wants to be the most important part of you and knows no limits,
The ego is a destructive part of the human mind. It wants to be the most important part of you and knows no limits, so if you let it gain control, it will bring you much suffering.
“Your body is a temple.”
Nobody has ever found enlightenment while concentrating on the mind and ignoring the body. A
For example, while taking an exam you should waste no time worrying about the results, but instead remain fully present and pay very close attention to the work before you. Entering a state of active waiting shortly before and during the exam can help you to achieve that.
“Be like a servant waiting for the return of the master.”
It’s extremely difficult for a “normal” person to share their
It’s extremely difficult for a “normal” person to share their life with someone who lives
It’s extremely difficult for a “normal” person to share their life with someone who lives fully in the present.
But if you’re able to accept this as something that simply is and cannot be changed, then you’ll avoid needless suffering.
For example, if you’re stuck in the mud, you don’t simply tell yourself that you always wanted to be stuck in the mud. Instead, you can try, without panicking, to free yourself from it.
Live in the present and try to separate yourself from the over-thinking mind.
Many of us spend our time either trapped in the regret-filled past or anxious about a future we cannot hope to control.
become happier and find enlightenment, even though we have no clear idea of how to do so.
several methods for navigating the complex terrain of their inner lives
trap ourselves in cycles of suffering and stop ourselves from being happy.
Only the present is important because nothing ever occurs in the past or future; things happen only in a continuous stream of present moments.
writing a scientific paper, often seems too large and complicated to be achievable. If you’re anxious about the work that’s remaining, or regret missed opportunities to work on it in the past, you’ll get nowhere. But if you just solve one little problem after another – gathering the data, developing a structure, writing the first chapter – you’ll accomplish it more easily.
writing a scientific paper, often seems too large and complicated to be achievable.
try to live in the present! Stop clinging to the
Because you think so much about the past and the future, but can live only in the present, you have no means to change many things that you’re unhappy about.
The ego is a destructive part of the human mind. It wants to be the most important part of you and knows no limits,
The ego is a destructive part of the human mind. It wants to be the most important part of you and knows no limits, so if you let it gain control, it will bring you much suffering.
“Your body is a temple.”
Nobody has ever found enlightenment while concentrating on the mind and ignoring the body. A
For example, while taking an exam you should waste no time worrying about the results, but instead remain fully present and pay very close attention to the work before you. Entering a state of active waiting shortly before and during the exam can help you to achieve that.
“Be like a servant waiting for the return of the master.”
It’s extremely difficult for a “normal” person to share their
It’s extremely difficult for a “normal” person to share their life with someone who lives
It’s extremely difficult for a “normal” person to share their life with someone who lives fully in the present.
But if you’re able to accept this as something that simply is and cannot be changed, then you’ll avoid needless suffering.
For example, if you’re stuck in the mud, you don’t simply tell yourself that you always wanted to be stuck in the mud. Instead, you can try, without panicking, to free yourself from it.
Live in the present and try to separate yourself from the over-thinking mind.
