The Treasure Within: A Lesson from Eckhart Tolle
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’ve been sitting on it for as long as I can remember.”
“Ever looked inside?” asked the stranger.
“No,” said the beggar. “What’s the point? There’s nothing in there.”
“Have a look inside,” insisted the stranger.
The beggar managed to pry open the lid. With astonishment, disbelief, and elation, he saw the box was filled with gold.
In the opening chapter of The Power of Now, Eckhart Tolle shares this parable of a beggar who spends decades unaware that the box beneath him is filled with treasure.
The story reminds us that true wealth: joy, peace, love and connection already lives within us. Often, it’s simply hidden beneath layers of conditioning, unconscious patterns and the search for external validation.
Through a Kinesiology Lens
Kinesiology uses muscle monitoring and biofeedback to bring awareness to what’s hidden beneath the surface. The premise is simple yet profound: your body knows the truth of your inner state long before your mind can articulate it.
By supporting the body’s intelligence, kinesiology helps release what no longer serves you, restoring connection to your natural state of love.
What Kinesiology Supports You to Do
• Tune into your body’s wisdom and uncover what’s stored beneath the surface: emotional stress, energetic patterns and unconscious beliefs.
• Remove the blocks that prevent access to your innate balance: better sleep, improved energy, a steadier nervous system & stronger body systems.
• Reconnect with what’s always been yours: self-love, clarity, and a deep sense of “I am enough.”
• Create lasting change, not just symptom relief, but a transformation in how your body and mind respond to life.
Final Thought
Like the beggar in Eckhart Tolle’s parable, the treasure we seek is already within us. So often we look outside ourselves for happiness, love or fulfillment unaware that peace, joy, and love are our natural state.
Kinesiology offers a pathway home. A way to gently dissolve the unconscious blocks that obscure your inner gold so you can reconnect with your true self and experience life from a place of presence, balance and self-love.
