Quotes by Ego When you let go of the belief that you should or need to know who you are, what happens to confusion? Suddenly it is gone. When you fully accept that you don't know, you actually enter a state of peace and clarity that is closer to who you truly are than thought could ever be. Defining yourself through thought is limiting yourself. Eckhart Tolle ego confusion letting-go Our ignorance, and it is based on the egos we have. It is the unwillingness to go beyond ego. Edgar Mitchell ego ignorance Suffering has a noble purpose: the evolution of consciousness and the burning up of the ego. Eckhart Tolle ego wisdom suffering Through allowing, you become what you are; vast, spacious. You become whole. You are not a fragment anymore, which is how the ego perceives itself. Your true nature emerges, which is one with the nature of God. Eckhart Tolle fragments perceive ego I sometimes say animals are closer to God than humans. They are closer to the source. The humans are more lost in the mind forms. Being is more obscured to the human because of the overlay of ego and mental formation. Eckhart Tolle ego mind animal Whatever the ego seeks and gets attached to are substitutes for the Being that it cannot feel. Eckhart Tolle substitutes ego feels To the ego, loving and wanting are the same, whereas true love has no wanting in it, no desire to possess or for your partner to change. Eckhart Tolle partners ego desire The great arises out of small things that are honored and cared for. Everybody's life really consists of small things. Greatness is a mental abstraction and a favorite fantasy of the ego. The paradox is that the foundation for greatness is the honoring of small things of the present moment instead of pursuing the idea of greatness. Eckhart Tolle ego greatness ideas Above all, know that ego isn't personal. It isn't who you are. If you consider the ego to be your personal problem, that's just more ego. Eckhart Tolle ego problem ifs Fear seems to have many causes. Fear of loss, fear of failure, fear of being hurt, and so on, but ultimately all fear is the ego's fear of death, of annihilation. To the ego, death is always just around the corner. In this mind-identified state, fear of death affects every aspect of your life. Eckhart Tolle ego hurt loss Resistance is weakness and fear masquerading as strength. What the ego sees as weakness is your Being in its purity, innocence, and power. What it sees as strength is weakness. Eckhart Tolle resistance ego weakness Suffering cracks open the shell of ego, and then comes a point when it has served its purpose. Suffering is necessary until you realize it is unnecessary. Eckhart Tolle cracks ego suffering Complaining is one of the ego's favorite strategies for strengthening itself. Eckhart Tolle strategy ego complaining This new meta-system is very much in favor of the self, but a self that is based on a proper sense of dignity, not on an inflated ego. A person who dare not admit he is wrong inflates his ego but weakens his self. Edward de Bono ego favors self To the ego, the present moment hardly exists. Only past and future are considered important. Eckhart Tolle ego important past A discussion should be a genuine attempt to explore a subject rather than a battle between competing egos. Edward de Bono ego battle should The ego wants to want more than it wants to have. Eckhart Tolle ego spiritual want All you need to know and observe in yourself is this: Whenever you feel superior or inferior to anyone, that's the ego in you. Eckhart Tolle ego feels needs Suppression of the feminine principal has enabled The Ego to gain absolute supremacy in the collective human psyche Eckhart Tolle feminine gains ego The decision to make the present moment into your friend is the end of ego. Eckhart Tolle friends ego decision «1314151617181920212223»
