Tolle was talking about some particular contemplation or practice, and suggested that during the course of ordinary life, if we'd just dedicate a minute or two of each hour to remembering it, it'd serve to bring us back to Now. But what about the other 58 minutes of the hour? It sounded like Tolle was offering a way to periodically rise above our mundane lives and enter his spiritual Truth.
I think that Tolle isn't that far off the mark there. Most people don't have the concentration or mindfulness to stay "in the moment" or whatever 100% of the time. That was what Sidd G. was pointing to: these are the ways we cling, these are the things we are confused over, etc. that prevent us from being in the true nature of each moment. So when Tool-uh tells us to practice 1 or 2 minutes out of the hour, he could just be trying to cultivate good habits. 1 or 2 minutes of presence in an hour for someone whose mind is a wreck is a dramatic improvement. Of course, you want to get to the other 58 minutes but that's a hefty goal. That said I could see how someone would also take it as a dictum to just half-ass it. "I'm 'in the moment' 16 minutes a day!!!" Again, an accomplishment but not the end. Compared to some of the crap out there, it can't hurt.
