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Eckhart Tolleさんのデビュー作が読んでみたくなり、注文しました。Enlightmentを得た無名のEckhart Tolleが書いた作品、当然最初は売れなかったものの現在数百万部を超えるミリオンセラーとなった化け物本です。日本語版は翻訳が良くないという評判もあり、原書を読むことにしました。英語本は通勤時間にすらすら読むというほど英語力はないので、ぼちぼち読んでます。やはりさすがミリオンセラー、勢いのある本ですね。Enlightmentへの道のエッセンスが凝縮されている印象を受けます。 思考を注意深く見守ることで、思考の背後に深い意識を感じることができ、思考は弱まっていきます。So when you listen to a thought,you are aware not only of the thought but also of yourself as the witness of the thought.A new dimension of consciousness has come in.As you listen to the thought,you feel a conscious presence - your deeper self - behind or underneath the thought,as it were.The thought then loses its power over you and quickly subsides,because you are no longer energizing the mind through identification with it.This is the beginning of the end of involuntary and compulsive thinking. ... P.19より。
思考の活動が低下するにつれ、精神の流れに"gap"を感じるようになる。これに伴い、静寂さや平和を感じるようになる。When a thought subsides,you experience a discontinuity in the mental stream - a gap of "no mind".At first the gaps will be short,a few secnds perhaps,but gradually they will become longer.When these gaps occur,you feel a certain stillness and peace inside you.This is the beginning of your natural state of felt oneness with Being,which is usually obscured by the mind.With practice,the sence of stillness and peace will deepen.In fact,there is no end to its depth.You will also feel a subtle emanation of joy arising from deep within: The joy of Being.
