Attempts to communicate with the Universe. Lettres à l’Univers et autres destinataires.

I’m really into your book, The Power of Now. I’ve made a point of reading it conscienciously once, and now am reading two pages a day, randomly, just to keep me on my toes, because I’m prone to distraction. A few thoughts and questions on how to further experience my sense of peace and connection with myself, those around me, and the world in general…

Really like the meditation pointers, especially the “focus on the space around you” bit. I can now actually see the space, the air, or the whatchamacallit. It’s not empty. It’s full. It’s see-through. So cool. It’s very soothing. Brings me straight back in the moment, trying to sip the greenshake despite its consistency (I’ve been experimenting with raw food). If Clarisse’s cat, Alice, wasn’t enthralled in her teenage kitty phase, storming through the apartment with the consuming purpose of destroying anything that moves, and everything that doesn’t (which includes me), I might be able to focus more than 30 seconds at a time on space and how it is made of stuff, just like the rest of the world. So, Mr Tolle, Sir, any advice on teenage kitty angst (she’s approximately four months old)? Do you think that her cat food is, possibly, laced with amphetamines?

Another question : Is it actually possible to stay in the Now between 7:33 am and 8:19 am, rather than switch to screaming and freaking out, even if loss of calm and control is due to the above mentioned owner of said cat, i.e. Clarisse (four years old and also in her teenage phase, though phase is known to have been active since her 18th month)? How does one remain in the peaceful Now when one is the mother of a human being who simply loves confrontation on pretty much any basis, but seems to have a fondness for driving above mentioned mother to the outer limits of morning madness, from breakfast to getting ready for school. Such confrontation litterally stops the second we walk though the door. By that time, though, considering the cat has found a way to turn the place upside down between 8:14 and 8:17, there’s no way we can pass the door before 8:27, which means we’re late, which means that Now is only a distant memory or a wishful projection, but certainly not a reality. And I don’t suppose reverting to violence (ie: kicking that kitty’s butt into oblivion) makes any sense for a non-violent person like me, but if I kick it with a strong sense of Now, does it count? What if I spray the cat with Water that has been blessed according to Emoto’s principles, ie water that is full of love and gratitude? If kitty gets a shower in the Now, does that make it ok? Please advise.

That said, your book is a gift for anyone looking to live better, and I’m grateful for the time you’ve put in writing it. It’s mind-opening. So thank you. Very much. It has validated my sense of expansion within, it has supported or given perspective, depending on the moment, to a lot of the actions and new habits I’ve been implementing over the last weeks, months, years, and it has brought me joy and elements for positive and productive self-reflection.

Mad Love,
MND

PS: Should the cat have been thrown in a dark closet at the beginning of this blog posting, to teach said cat a sense of Now, ie my own Now, not the kitty’s Now which seems to last forever, should the cat be freed from the closet by now?

THE POWER OF NOW, by Eckhart Tolle