The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle: Your Link With The Unmanifested

I am having a moment where God has me tripping out again. I was dusting my bookshelves a little while ago and something CAUSED me to grab the book titled, 'The Power of Now' by Eckhart Tolle. I read this book years ago and posted the description of this book earlier this year. Anyhoo, I opened the book to page 100, the question and answer section describing 'Your Link With The Unmanifested'. I began to read it and immediately knew I had to post this message for all of you to read. If you haven't read this book, I highly recommend it.

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What is the relationship between presence and the inner body?

Presence is pure consciousness - consciousness that has been reclaimed from the mind, from the world of form. The inner body is your link with the Unmanifested, and in its deepest aspect is the Unmanifested: the Source from which consciousness emanates as LIGHT emanates from the sun. Awareness of the inner body is consciousness remembering its origin and returning to the Source.

Is the Unmanifested the same as Being?

Yes. The word Unmanifested attempts, by way of negation, to express That which cannot be spoken, thought or imagined. It points to what it is by saying what it is not. Being, on the other hand, is a positive term. Please don't get attached to either of these words or start believing in them. They are no more than signposts.

You said that presence is consciousness that has been reclaimed from the mind. Who does the reclaiming?

You do. But since in your essence you are consciousness, we might as well say that it is an awakening of consciousness from the dream of form. This does not mean that your own form will instantly vanish in an explosion of LIGHT. You can continue in your present form yet be aware of the formless and deathless deep within you.

I must admit that this is way beyond my comprehension, and yet on some deeper level I seem to know what you are talking about. It's more like a feeling than anything else. Am I deceiving myself?

No, you are not. Feeling will get you closer to the TRUTH of who you are than thinking. I cannot tell you anything that deep within you don't already know. When you have reached a certain stage of inner connectedness, you recognize the TRUTH when you hear it. If you haven't reached that stage yet, the practice of body awareness WILL bring about the deepening that is necessary.