Jordan will travel from the Midwestern United States to Manaus, Brazil, in the heart of the Amazon. It looks like this, from where I sit, here and now. Image Source: Google Maps. In preparation for my daily dedication to Jordan*, for his mission to Manaus, in the heart of the Brazilian Amazon, I looked to Eckhart Tolle's book, The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment. I chanced upon his chapter entitled, "You are not Your Mind." There, Tolle opened, "The Greatest Obstacle to Enlightenment," as follows: Enlightenment - what is that? A beggar had been sitting by the side of a road for over thirty years. One day a stranger walked by. "Spare some change?" mumbled the beggar, mechanically holding out his old baseball cap. "I have nothing to give you," said the stranger. Then he asked: "What's that you are sitting on?" "Nothing," replied the beggar. "Just an old box. I have been sitting ...
Here, now, and temazcal.