Various chapters emphasize a philosophy of destroying the destructive dominance of the mind and ego in an effort to overcome the pain body.
The chapters of the book are: "Introduction", "You Are Not Your Mind", "Consciousness: The Way Out of Pain", "Moving Deeply into the Now", "Mind Strategies for Avoiding the Now", "The State of Presence", "The Inner Body", "Portals into the Unmanifested", "Enlightened Relationships", "Beyond Happiness and Unhappiness There Is Peace" and "The Meaning of Surrender". Some of the concepts contained in The Power of Now, such as the human ego and its negative effects on happiness, are further elaborated in the author's later books, especially A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose (2005). These suggestions include slowing down by avoiding multi-tasking, spending time in nature, and letting go of worries about the future. The book also describes methods of relaxation and meditation to help readers anchor themselves in the present. The author maintains that people's insistence that they have control of their life is an illusion "that only brings pain". Īccording to the book, only the present moment is real and only the present moment matters, and both an individual's past and future are created by their thoughts. The author writes that an individual should be aware of their present moment instead of losing themselves in worry and anxiety about the past or future. Its core message is that people's emotional problems are rooted in their identification with their minds. The book draws from a variety of spiritual traditions, and one reviewer described it as "Buddhism mixed with mysticism and a few references to Jesus Christ, a sort of New Age re-working of Zen." It uses these traditions to describe a "belief system based on living in the present moment".
2.3 Chapter Three: "Moving Deeply Into the Now".2.2 Chapter Two: "Consciousness: The Way Out of Pain".
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