What Would ET Do?
Some days when I'm walking down the street and my peace is temporarily disturbed by some annoying distraction, I ask myself, 'What Would ET Do?'
Other days, when I'm troubled over what to do with my life, I ask myself, 'What Would ET Do?'
And still other times, when I'm just contemplating life and death, love and loss, I simply find my thoughts wandering to another time and another place, and remembering the book, ask myself, 'What Would ET Do?'
I read this book what seems like many many years ago, and yet it is still a part of me in some ways, as it must be for this question to invariably pop into my head.
What would he do?
Yes, ET is a he.
Eckhart Tolle.
His first book, 'The Power of Now' was very profound for me. It had so many 'aha' moments that I kind of lost track. I read it when I was going through a lot of soul-searching and self-discovery.
But there is something that has always niggled away inside me, as usually does, when I'm faced with what looks like a great answer to one of life's big questions.
I truly believe that ET hit a nail directly on the head.
Uncontrolled thought is definitely a disease that of epidemic proportions.
We have been 'bad, bad' boys for doing such terrible things to our Earth, ourselves.
We may be starting to realize this - individually and collectively.
But, for what it's worth, I'm not so sure that it's necessarily a good thing.
What I mean is this - although I would truly love to see everyone living in the moment, living with complete consciousness to what they say and do, I don't see how we would ultimately end up with a 'better world'.
More and more, I am becoming convinced that we are here to have a human experience, unique and individual, one lifetime or many, for better or for worse. Has it ever been any different?
I used to 'dream' of a time when everyone would be 'happy', at peace and enlightened, whatever that now means, but the more I ponder that, the more I realize that I would not necessarily want to live in such a time. Sounds a little boring.
So, whether we are on our way to destroying the planet or saving ourselves and our beautiful Earth, I have decided that I'm just along for the ride, no matter what form it takes.
I've been run over on the sidewalk by too many 'enlightened' folks not paying attention to where they are going to try anymore.
What would ET do if someone ran up to him on the sidewalk and kicked him?
What would he do if he was being attacked by a drunk on the street?
What would he do if the woman he loved didn't love him back?
Just wondering . . .
Other days, when I'm troubled over what to do with my life, I ask myself, 'What Would ET Do?'
And still other times, when I'm just contemplating life and death, love and loss, I simply find my thoughts wandering to another time and another place, and remembering the book, ask myself, 'What Would ET Do?'
I read this book what seems like many many years ago, and yet it is still a part of me in some ways, as it must be for this question to invariably pop into my head.
What would he do?
Yes, ET is a he.
Eckhart Tolle.
His first book, 'The Power of Now' was very profound for me. It had so many 'aha' moments that I kind of lost track. I read it when I was going through a lot of soul-searching and self-discovery.
But there is something that has always niggled away inside me, as usually does, when I'm faced with what looks like a great answer to one of life's big questions.
I truly believe that ET hit a nail directly on the head.
Uncontrolled thought is definitely a disease that of epidemic proportions.
We have been 'bad, bad' boys for doing such terrible things to our Earth, ourselves.
We may be starting to realize this - individually and collectively.
But, for what it's worth, I'm not so sure that it's necessarily a good thing.
What I mean is this - although I would truly love to see everyone living in the moment, living with complete consciousness to what they say and do, I don't see how we would ultimately end up with a 'better world'.
More and more, I am becoming convinced that we are here to have a human experience, unique and individual, one lifetime or many, for better or for worse. Has it ever been any different?
I used to 'dream' of a time when everyone would be 'happy', at peace and enlightened, whatever that now means, but the more I ponder that, the more I realize that I would not necessarily want to live in such a time. Sounds a little boring.
So, whether we are on our way to destroying the planet or saving ourselves and our beautiful Earth, I have decided that I'm just along for the ride, no matter what form it takes.
I've been run over on the sidewalk by too many 'enlightened' folks not paying attention to where they are going to try anymore.
What would ET do if someone ran up to him on the sidewalk and kicked him?
What would he do if he was being attacked by a drunk on the street?
What would he do if the woman he loved didn't love him back?
Just wondering . . .
posted by Allat at
12:36 PM
3 Comments:
I'm not sure what ET would do in all of these situations, but regarding being attacked by a drunk: His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama has of course spoken about non-violence. To paraphrase: He said that if you are being attacked by a dog, it makes sense to hit the dog--just maybe not in the head. Because you don't want to kill the dog but you do need to make it stop attacking you.
yeah, i'm familiar with the Dalai Lama's position and have been a longtime 'ahimsa' practitioner.
i just know that everyone has something which just annoys them on some level.
remembering ET, you have 3 things to do in any given situation:
1. accept
2. attempt to change
3. RUN
Clearly ET has never come upon a surprised grizzly bear. In which case he might have added:
4. play dead
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