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Originally Posted by Acting Like Godot  Then this is nothing more than a misunderstanding of tolle's words. Refer to his 1st book again, especially the parts that discuss what he calls "calendar time".
Perhaps I shall put it another way and then it will become clear. Tolle is really advocating this;
Control your mind completely;
Think nothing except what you consciously choose to think about;
Do not ever permit any irrelevant, random or stray thoughts to arise;
Recognise that all painful memories and all fears of the future are unnecessary, since neither the past nor the future can exist except in your mind, that is, they are illusions;
When there is nothing you wish to think about, simply do not think.
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On a side note, many traditional forms of meditation are simply ways of practising presence in the now. Eg a common form of meditation is to focus your attention fully on observing your breath or a candle flame, and think NOTHING else for an hour or two. |
To take dominion over the mind really is to be integrated fully - so that the functions of the mind are used in the manner they were intended. Obviously we need to remember things - that fire will burn, that bears will eat us, that lightening is dangerous - these are necessary memories to survive in this reality, what isn't necessary is worry, fear, blame, hate, and so on.
So it isn't about NOT thinking it is about "Right Thinking" which is to say that the mind is a tool for consciousness to unfurl itself, evolve, and/or expand (however you want to think of it).