"A simple but radical spiritual practice is to accept whatever arises in the Now -- within & without." ~E. Tolle
This above quote, coming from the enlightened master Mr. Eckhart Tolle himself,
is very likely to have been welcomed with open arms by all the
spiritual Oprah-watching 'Power of Now' practitioners out there, who are
in their process of reaching the 'eternal bliss' of 'the Now' and can
thus 'resonate' with this type of quote that seems to make sense in
their frame of understanding of what their 'purpose in life' is as in
'silencing their mind' and 'reaching inner bliss and happiness'.
Though
just for the hell of it, lets investigate into the actual practicality
of these words, as in 'will the acceptance of whatever arises in the
Now, within or without, actually change this world for real into a
Heaven on Earth? Will all the worlds problems such as starvation,
poverty, exploitation, sexual slavery, pollution of nature, global
warming, intoxication of the water supply on earth, etcetera, be solved
with all of us together living in a better world for all?
What
Tolle is basically teaching here is passiveness with regards to what is
going on on earth, in the lives of other beings on earth, as one will
obviously not be moving oneself to in fact do anything about all the
above mentioned problems in this world by accepting that they exist -
this shows that Tolle's 'solution' is a consumerist product
of sorts that only focuses on the individual's experience of themselves
within themselves, to be able to 'be ok' with what is going on in the
world and in their own lives - which is, if one really have a look,
pretty fucked up shit, I mean, just reread the short list I summed up
there and realize that that does not even touch on the complexity of
just how seriously we've managed to fuck up life on earth with our
defective global Management/Economic system of Money (I dare you to now
pick up and read the paper or turn on the news if you don't believe me).
And after all, the word 'spirit' in 'spirituality'
refers to the 'entity within' the individual, to the 'ethereal',
'metaphysical' inner experience that is always but individualistic and
never has anything to do with what is here as the physical reality --
it's in the word, 'spirit' = 'vapor', the glorified inner experience of
the individual that 'evaporates' when tested and researched in relation
to what is really physically alive and here as the reality that we can
all touch, see, smell and hear. Thus, this 'spiritual practice' that
Tolle is promoting/supporting in his words, litteraly ONLY focuses on
the invisible realm of the 'inner spirit' within the individual, just
like what any other type of Consumer Product does that is promoted
through commercials -- these products sell because they tap and play
into the inner desire of the invisible inner 'spirit' within the Human
being to feel good/happy/blissful.
And, we can all see
the results/consequences of our participation in the System of
Consumerism shown to us every day in this physical reality, as exactly
that which Tolle is now suggesting we 'accept' to be able to cope and
still feel good about it. So, back to my initial question: will this
'accepting' of the world as it is in fact change the world for real?
Let's see... are those that are following Tolle's teachings still
equally participating in the system of Capitalism and Consumerism as
Mass World Abuse as before? Yes. Have the Tolle followers/practitioners
stood up in this world and moved themselves to in fact change the system
through designing a new global system of Economics/Management
that will actually work practically for all, within the realization
that 'spirit'(/vapor) does not feed, clothe, bathe or provide shelter
for a being in any way what so ever and have they made a visible
statement/standing to dedicate their life to make this system a reality?
No, they haven't.
Thus, is it safe to assume, based on
these simple observations, that the acceptance of whatever arises in
the Now, only adds to the problems that Life on Earth is facing, as it
places those that have the money and thus the chance and opportunity in
this world to change the System through democratic means, in a position
of passiveness towards the world and the way that it operates, to in
fact STILL do what they were doing before, which is to co-operate with
and support the current abusive system of inequality on earth, only now
with a more 'positive attitude' through acceptance and thus allowance of
what is currently existing on earth?
And is this 'acceptance of whatever arises in the Now, within or without' not a complete abdication of Morality or Principle,
wherein we become these zombies of happiness and bliss that do not in
any way feel the need to stand up and do something to stop the suffering
that is happening in the lives of many beings on earth, because 'it is
all ok', 'it is what it is', 'I am what I am', as an apparent benevolent
statement that is in reality but an excuse to be able to not feel
guilty or bad in any way about what we as humans are doing here on and
to earth and it's inhabitants within our continued ignorance in our
participation as Consumers in the System of Consumerism - which is, to
anyone with a little bit of common sense in them left, actually
completely UNacceptable.
Anyone who can look at this
world and say 'I accept this', must be equally fucked up as what this
world is showing each day, as ones existence within oneself will always
be equal to that which one accepts and thus allows to exist within
existence as a whole. lol - Thus, the 'Power of Now', as that which has
been welcomed and embraced by humanity as 'the ultimate goal/purpose in
life' and 'the ultimate answer to the human's spiritual evolutionary
process', is in fact the greatest Evil as the pinnacle of the Human
beings ability to accept the existence of abuse and destruction of Life
on Earth to the ultimate degree. Mr. Tolle's Power of Now is the final
upgrade in the consciousness of Man that seeks for ways to be able to
deal with the Evil that it has allowed to exist within Life on Earth and
thus within itself, and to, no matter how abusive or destructive the
deeds of Man on Earth become, still be able to turn a blind eye and
simply... accept.