James Allen's Daily Meditations: May 23rd
When you think that James Allen wrote these words over a hundred years ago, it is proof positive that the concept of being present in the moment is an eternal truth of our existence. It reads like a line from an Eckhart Tolle book. A truth that transcends time.
All things are possible now, and only now.
May 23rd
NOW is the reality in which time is contained. It is more and greater than time; it is an ever-present reality. It knows neither past nor future, and is eternally potent and substantial. Every minute, every day, every year is a dream as soon as it has passed, and exists only as an imperfect and unsubstantial picture in the memory, if it be not entirely obliterated.
Past and future are dreams ; now is a reality. All things are now; all power, all possibility, all action is now. Not to act and accomplish now is not to act and accomplish at all. To live in thoughts of what you might have done, or in dreams of what you mean to do, this is folly; but to put away regret, to anchor anticipation, and to do and to work now, this is wisdom.
Man has all power now.
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Excerpt from "James Allen’s Book of Meditations for Every Day in the Year" (1913)
The point of power is in the present moment. All things are possible for those who can act in that moment.
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James Allen (28 November 1864 – 24 January 1912) was a British philosophical writer known for his inspirational books and poetry and as a pioneer of the self-help movement. His best known work, As a Man Thinketh, has been mass-produced since its publication in 1903. It has been a source of inspiration to motivational and self-help authors.
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