[natifix]

I read the power of now like 10 times because of how much shit I had on my plate... and I really needed it. It taught me a few things about happiness and our idea about it. I basically copied Tolle's perspective. I am better of now than before, let's just say that.

tldr: basically Tolle questions our idea of happiness. what is it based on? things, accumulations of achievements, or material, status... so his argument is basically: take that away and what do you have? People loose their home, job, wife, kids, car, toys, etc... money... power. and then they are miserable.

So he substitutes seeking happiness for peace, being at peace with whatever may be unpleasant or terrible to experience, and being okay with it, to accept it. Acceptance vs resistance .Bruce Lee spoke a bit on this concept as well. being at peace is a different concept than being happy.

I've lost all my stuff before, several times, moved a lot, and am quite the nomad. So I guess it applied to me a lot. Some things I inherited by the parents... and it all started when I first started to ran away from home age 9.

screw happy, be at peace. you don't need anything at this moment, or any moment, other than yourself and your collected presence in the moment. a continuous state of meditation, acceptance, and presence to the current moment as it passes, never living in the past or future.