Something spoke to me when I listened to Eckhardt Tolle’s “A New Earth” around 2008. I didn’t know what it was, but I played the chapter 3 or 4 times and then it hit me like a train.

“You are more than the broken record player of thoughts streaming incessantly in your mind.” I can remember the first couple seconds of separation from that stream. It felt like what I imagine a young birds’ first flight to be.

Probably the single greatest personal growth experience I’ve ever had nostr:note13gjrg60vuje8mnplgy0k9zwugfzuwnm8ag6rfa89l0d37y0cwjvsr4hkw2