Daily Spiritual Insight from Eckhart Tolle's Stillness Speaks

Listening to the inspiring song Dawn of a New Century by Secret Garden triggers the question: What happened to all that celebration, excitement, and sense of global oneness as nation after nation proclaimed a new day for our planet a decade ago?

We will experience real and lasting world peace only when we have left behind separation consciousness and replaced it with unity consciousness. True and lasting peace is never possible when we are still trapped in the illusion of separation from our brothers and sisters.

Seeing ourselves as separate from other humans and life forms fosters competition and conflict. If we believe only the fittest, the strongest, the most powerful survive, we will of course feel we need to defend ourselves against others.