Strength and Peace Lie in the Observer

June 29, 2026

As I was packing for our vacation, I wondered which book to bring along. My gaze wandered across my bookshelf and finally settled on a book I had read nearly 20 years ago. After years of working on myself, this book turned out to be the final piece of the puzzle I needed to finally find the door leading out of my prison of self-doubt and fears. It prepared me to find the key within myself. I took it off the shelf, opened it to a random page, and read the paragraph my eyes fell on. The book is called Your Sacred Self by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer. The excerpt is from the chapter “The Keys to Higher Awareness” and the subchapter “Observing the World Around You”:

Focus on the Now

November 7, 2022

I think I’ve read each one of Tolle’s books on the “Power of Now”, and they’ve had a big part in my inner development. Many things seeped into deeper levels and became a part of me. But some things reached levels that obscured these tools for me in everyday life. All the more, this quote has awakened me again. A lot can be said about it. But here I go with something essential that came to mind after reading the quote.