be in the NOW

We had to read this book for our class called The Power of NOW.

Let me start out by saying that the back of the book states that you need to let go of your ego before reading it. I'm all about self-help - but this book, I really thought it was a bunch of crap. The author talks a lot about how you need to stop resisting, stop labeling and trying to understand what the NOW is. Just BE. Don't think - we're all slaves to thinking. Just BE. And when you reach that point - you must be enlightened. I'm all about people wanting to be enlightened, I really am. But this was just the cheesiest and most annoying way of putting that I've ever encountered. I took Religions of Asia. We talked about dukkah and the four noble truths and I thought that was interesting and cool. But my main problem with this guy was that he was all about mixing Jesus and Buddha and all sorts of shit to make his 'theology.'

Because he's a spiritual master. Whatever.

Maybe if I had picked up the book on my own instead of reading it for class, I would have gotten more out of it. Don't get me wrong, I thought it was interesting, and there were definitely things I could take from it. But it just doesn't fit with my personality and my life situation right now. Maybe something else will work.

At any rate...I now need to finish my paper on spiritual practices. Which is going to suck - because it will be very much a first draft.

I'm never taking a Jterm class again.

Quote o' the day:

"There is no enlightenment outside of daily life." - Thich Nhat Hanh