Christian "purpose" and "meaning" in life.

[Confused Ape]

Or the Deepak Chopra random quote generator.

Tolle: The most powerful state for a human to be in is the state of embracing completely the reality of what is—Now. It is to say “Yes” to life, which is now and always now. There is a vast power in that “Yes,” that state of inner non-resistance to what is. *

Being in the state of Now and the pure stillness etc. is something that can be tested by using various techniques. I find Tolle's technique useful because it's a simple one which can be done anywhere and any when - I often practise it when doing housework. There's nothing mysterious about the result because it's just a subjective experience produced by the brain. I have to admit that I'm not very good at it. After a couple of seconds without thoughts and just the experience of existing and being here in the present moment I invariably end up thinking "Yay! I succeeded!" and the experience is lost.

I have no idea if the desert father hermit was telling people to do something similar to the Tolle technique because he didn't provide any instructions for doing it. Maybe the technique he used resulted in a different subjective experience which he interpreted as God because he believed in God.