Happy Thanksgiving to those for whom this holiday is relevant.
Today to celebrate, I started out with a very deep, intentional, quiet meditation.
I went deeper and more calm, peaceful, and blissful than I have in quite a while.
There's a peace and stillness that even the most ardent atheist would have to describe as the peace of God.
You can reach it. With persistent effort in meditation.
And when you touch it, it overflows the body with joy in a way that nothing else really can.
So that was a great way to start this Thanksgiving day. I recommend you try it.
There’s a meditation you can do inside the 8AM App if you’re a member - https://www.8amApp.com/
Otherwise I recommend YouTubing some eckhart tolle meditations on youtube. Unmatched!
About a year and a half ago in May 2024, I went to go see Eckhart Tolle.
It was a four-day retreat.
And I have a journal from that experience that I review probably once a month because there's just such profound stillness and clarity that emanates from Eckhart. Especially in person.
And I wanted to share this journal entry with you today.
From my journal:
May 30, 2024 - Arlin’s Eckhart Tolle journal
"I see, feel, and deeply know that I have “found God”.
I know with certainty, because I have already been around the entire spectrum of spirituality twice. From pure agnosticism (which means just not caring) to atheism to every major religion.
When I turned 18, I first read The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle and began my journey uncovering, connecting to, and nourishing my connection to God and my soul which, fyi, is the energy of God present in all humans.
You have it too. Everyone and everything does.
But if you ignore it within, you fail to see it outside of you.
This is what happened to me.
About a year after I began meditating, I began to attract everything I wanted in my life. 100,000+ YouTube subscribers. A successful and sought after clothing brand. Friends. World travel. Everything external.
But I was rooted in my soul.
I knew that all the money and followers meant nothing in comparison to what I had found inside of myself.
The gold I knew that I had been searching for throughout my high school depression was just a little meditation and Eckhart Tolle away.
As Jesus said: 'The kingdom of heaven is within you. Seek the kingdom of God first, and only then the other beautiful things of this world will be added on to you.'
However deeply I had internalized this truth from 18 to 24, I began to get lazy with my meditations.
I started to question my own truth.
This is why the past couple years I have been so all over the map.
I was searching. Making sure I had not missed something.
The truth is that I had just stopped connecting to my soul. To God.
So I lost a lot of, if not all of, my true power.
In the last 30 days or so, and really now this past weekend, I have found it.
I have re-established this connection to my soul.
And the soul just knows.
When you are not connected to the soul, you operate from mind and emotion—and you will be endlessly lost, confused, uncertain about anything. Because you don't even know—and I mean feel in your gut—who you really are.
But when you practice soul connection by subtracting the things of this world—subtracting your TV, your phone, your stuff, and thinking—you can find your true soul's wisdom and essence."
Pretty beautiful eh? So yeah, meditate more deeply today.
I'll end this note with some affirmations that Eckhart shared with us that I have written in that same journal.
These are really nice to anchor in your mind:
"Divine intelligence is setting my life in order. I am surrounded by helpful people and positive circumstances."
"At the center of my being, I perceive limitless, deathless, ageless spirit—perfect in beauty and function. This becomes manifest in my body and my affairs."
"My world is filled with creativity, achievement, and prosperity."
Happy Thanksgiving.
Talk soon.
-Arlin
