golden448

May you find peace in the truth that you don't have to explain anything to anybody.

Namaste

Bowman

I didn't think twice about sharing about this book, but I did catch myself not wanting people in my office to know I was going to see Joel Osteen! jcd

Nat at all. AT Starbucks in line, I heard a couple speaking about the book and Oprah not in a very good way. As I paid for my 3$ cup of coffee, I paid the 5$ for their coffee as well. As I walked by they both smiled said thanks so much. I said, Oh sorry not from me from Eckhart and Oprah.

If I need to hide something, might need more time thinking about what I'm doing?

Michael

No, I don't care if everybody knows I am reading it. I told me whole family about it in hopes they would read it as well. I've been pretty successful so far, lol. It has helped my mom with a lot of things in her life.

That's awesome. Good for you!

I am quite open about this book. When I first heard the webcast was coming on I emailed most people on my email list(with high speed) I bought some extra copies and gave them away. I have six more ordered by mail which means I can provide them to people for about $10.00 instead of the 17.00 they cost in local stores. (Canada). It also cheaper if I want to give more away. I have two family members reading it. In fact they first told me about the webcast.

I would not mind someone criticizing me for reading it because that would say more about them then about me. If they said it is a self-help book I would probably say. "If you needed as much help as me you would read it too." I use mental judo and usually say worse about me the they are saying. That takes the wind out of their sails, as we say in Newfoundland.

Usually, if they ask me about the book and I am not sure of their interests, I might say, It is about ways of having a more satisying life and how to deal with your ego."

Middleman9

Michael

That's great lol.

Namaste
Bowman

ANE is everywhere I look! I have mentioned it to a few people, but only to those I feel would have an interest. I was reading it on my lunch hour, when one of my co-workers came over and told me that when she flew home with her daughters to see her parents there were several people reading it while waiting for their plane. She thought that they were all friends, then she noticed that one person would move on and soon someone else would stop comment on the book. She told me that it seemed that half the people in the airport were reading it. When she got on the plane she noticed the more people with the book. When she got to her parents she took her daughters to the park and there were people reading it there as well. When they walked past a book store it was in the window, and she thought "What is it with this book?" When she got to the airport to go home the book was everywhere, and then again on the plane! What is it with the book. By this time it was time for me to go back to work, I let her borrower it so she could check it out for herself. When she brought it back at the end of her lunch she said that as soon as I left two people came up to her to talk about it. She said maybe I need to read this book.
There are people I wouldn't mention ANE to, but that is because I don't think they would appreciate it. There are also some that I wouldn't mention it to because EGO would be speaking trying to fix them.
Namaste

Dearest golden -

It would be natural for some to be leery of letting others know what they are reading. Ego has stood in the way of our knowing these truths - it knows of it's own fate - and can manifest in the form of guilt, anxiety, fear, etc. As it becomes known to you that what you are learning is actually what you are remembering, it will become more natural for you to share with others. There will be those who do not understand. Be one who does.

I read the entire book on the bus and in public places. Laughed out loud. Immediately after I read the story about the woman talking to herself on the bus, a woman got on the bus and talked to herself non-stop. I couldn't understand a single word. On the ride home, two people talked to themselves on the bus. Again, I didn't understand even a bit of it. On the next day, three elderly Asian people were all talking on three cell phones in Chinese. It was so distracting for me I had to stop reading, and was a little annoyed. As I brought myself into the moment, focusing on the sounds of a language I did not understand, I had myself an A-HA moment. This is what it sometimes sounded like inside my head, thethoughtsrunningsoquicklyIdidn'tlistenanddidn'tevenunderstandwhatIwasthinking. At that moment, all three of them closed their phones and I got back to reading.

Only one friend and my son have asked about the book, I don't think either is reading it yet. They will.

Much love is sent. You are not alone.

yes, when they ask me why I am so happy.

i mean I'm not scared at all. When they see i am smiling I tell them everything. I'll even start conversations about it when someone is not feeling so good. I don't give my oponion but rather I tell them what worked for me, just like Tolle says. You don't tell, you share.

I know exactly what you mean. When I started to read this book I was afraid of even sharing it with my husband. After reading it I realize it is the ego-the part of me that wants to please or fears being ridiculed. The problem is that you want to share it with everyone and yet you fear being laughed at! I have been sharing snipits with my husband and he is understanding and listens as intently as he can. I want my two boys to read this book but as you say I am leary of their reaction, so I intend to give it to them as a gift with insciptions in the front e.g. read when you are ready etc. There really is a connotation attached to 'christian' or 'spritual' books isn't there? Boy...writing this email makes me realize that I have a long way to go but as Eckhart says awareness is the start. Good luck

I am a member of Alcoholic's Anonymous. I used to hide my "big book" so people couldn't see it. What will they think? That was years ago. Now all the books I am actively reading grace my end table...........right by the chair I sit in when I read them. No one seems to care.

yes, true about AA. I did the same. I hid them. Even thought I am not a part of it anymore, I still have them around. Great books.

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