Quotes by Ego The ego's form of happiness can't exist without unhappiness. The ego will be happy when something good happens but unhappy when it ends. Eckhart Tolle unhappiness ego unhappy I teach that we must go beyond pure ego-consciousness and move to a new manifestation of energy karma force. Eckhart Tolle karma ego moving When the pain that the little me creates for itself becomes intense enough, the ego will self-destruct. It has a self-destruct mechanism built in, fortunately, so eventually every ego dies. Eckhart Tolle ego pain self The ego is just waiting to identify with anything. Whether it's your misery or being a great meditator, it seeks some identification. Eckhart Tolle misery ego waiting Wouldn't it be wonderful if you could spare them from all suffering? No, it wouldn't. They would not evolve as human beings and would remain shallow, identified with the external form of things. Suffering drives you deeper. The paradox is that suffering is caused by identification with form and erodes identification with form. A lot of it is caused by the ego, although eventually suffering destroys the ego-but not until you suffer consciously. Eckhart Tolle ego purpose suffering When someone becomes transparent, then something shines through that person that has nothing to do with the person or any of his or her personal history. What is required is becoming so transparent that the self or ego dissolves. Eckhart Tolle ego shining self Some groups and individuals still are immersed totally in the egoic consciousness. Others already are free or in the process of stepping out of ego. The arising of the new consciousness already has started for many people. They are not yet recognizable as groups, but they are here and there. Eckhart Tolle groups ego people On the new Earth, as the awakened consciousness comes in, I would say the ego would develop in children and quickly become outgrown when they reach adulthood. Eckhart Tolle ego earth children To be identified with your mind is to be trapped in time: the compulsion to live almost exclusively through memory and anticipation. Eckhart Tolle ego mind memories There is no single best kind of death. A good death is one that is "appropriate" for that person. It is a death in which the hand of the way of dying slips easily into the glove of the act itself. It is in character, ego-syntonic. It, the death, fits the person. It is a death that one might choose if it were realistically possible for one to choose one's own death. Edwin S. Shneidman ego character hands The ego wants to want more than it wants to have. And so the shallow satisfaction of having is always replaced by more wanting. Eckhart Tolle ego satisfaction want For the ego to survive, it must make time - past and future - more important than the present moment. Eckhart Tolle ego important past As soon as the mind and mind identification return; you're no longer yourself but a mental image of yourself, and you start playing games and roles again to get your ego needs met. Eckhart Tolle playing-games ego mind Through being "right", you feel superior and through feeling superior you strengthen your sense of self. In reality, of course, you are only strengthening the illusion of ego. Eckhart Tolle ego self reality To me the ego is the habitual and compulsive thought processes that go through everybody's mind continuously. External things like possessions or memories or failures or successes or achievements. Your personal history. Eckhart Tolle achievement ego memories The ego doesn't know that the source of all energy is within you, so it seeks it outside. Eckhart Tolle ego graduation inspirational Because of its phantom nature, and despite elaborate defense mechanisms, the ego is very vulnerable and insecure, and it sees itself as constantly under threat. This, by the way, is the case even if the ego is outwardly very confident. Eckhart Tolle insecure ego defense The ego is a false sense based on mental concepts. It is identification with the body and the mind-primarily identification with thought form. Eckhart Tolle ego body mind Do not feed your ego and your problems with your attention. ...Slowly, surely, the ego will lose weight, until one fine day it will be nothing but a thin ghost of its former self. You will be able to see right through it, to the divine presence that shines in each of us. Eknath Easwaran ego shining self To awaken within the dream is our purpose now. When we are awake within the dream, the ego-created earth-drama comes to an end and a more benign and wonderous dream arises. Eckhart Tolle ego dream drama «1415161718192021222324»
