Instead of 'watching the thinker,' you can also create a gap in the mind stream simply by directing the focus of your attention into the Now. Just become intensely conscious of the present moment. This is a deeply satisfying thing to do. In this way, you draw consciousness away from mind activity and create a gap of no-mind in which you are highly alert and aware but not thinking. This is the essence of meditation. β¨ Eckhart Tolle (2001). Practicing the Power of Now: Essential Teachings, Meditations, and Exercises from the Power of Now, p.21, New World Library
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