The miracle of now

A scholar of the work of Jiddu Krishnamurti, Toni Packer presents in The Miracle of Now a simple and original approach to achieving spiritual growth.

Free from authoritarianism, doctrines, and dogmas, to pave the way for compassion, Toni Packer explores the roots of human attachments and suffering. The Power of Now is organized into thematic chapters, addressing group attachment, silence, authority, and anger, among other relevant topics that can help us find our way toward true self-knowledge.

Packer explores the core of meditative practice, emphasizing the importance of staying focused on the present moment, as well as constantly adopting a questioning stance and listening to those around you.

The Miracle of Now is moving because of its insightful approach to complex and profound themes, helping to free readers from their fears and dependencies. The letters, articles, and dialogues contained in the book are not mere information to add to our inventory of self-knowledge. They are a questioning and a direct look into the human mind, which manifests itself in each of us.

Toni Packer is a practitioner of Zen Buddhism and founder of the Springwater Center, a renowned meditation retreat in New York City. In *The Power of Now*, she shows us that it's a difficult task to look at ourselves with courage and honesty, letting go of ideas and images of who we are or should be. It's easier to cling to the apparent security of our automatic patterns of thought and reaction, but they inevitably bring conflict and suffering.

In The Miracle of Now, you will learn that only with clear and immediate vision can the mind begin to free itself from its conditioning, thus opening itself to the depth of understanding that is compassion.