Do you ever experience a feeling of having an energy inside you that you don’t know what to do with?

There’s something in you that’s wanting to express itself, but you have no clue how to take this energy and put it to practical use, say in terms of a career or some way of serving and making a difference in the world.

Most people, confronted with the arising of this energy in a quiet moment, run from it. They start to experience it, and it feels so indefinable that they have to escape it because it’s both uncomfortable and even frightening.

Eckhart Tolle shared a memorable personal story with me. 

In the mid-1990s, Eckhart was visiting San Francisco for the first time and booked into a small, comfortable hotel in the downtown area. Wishing to explore the city, he approached the concierge with several questions.