Awareness and ego cannot coexist. Eckhart Tolle More Quotes by Eckhart Tolle More Quotes From Eckhart Tolle Be alert and present and see that your identity is not from your past story; who you truly are is the alert presence that is inseparable from the present moment. You are this, which has no name and no form. Eckhart Tolle identitynamespast If you keep your attention in the body as much as possible, you will be anchored in the Now. You won't lose yourself in the external world, and you won't lose yourself in your mind. Thoughts and emotions, fears and desires may still be there to some extent, but they won't take you over. Eckhart Tolle spiritualminddesire When the ego dominates in organizations, even spiritual organizations, there is usually a big drama or upheaval of some kind, and self-destruction begins. Eckhart Tolle selfspiritualdrama The moment you put a mental label on another human being, you can no longer truly relate to that person. . . It then becomes possible to perpetrate any act of violence. Eckhart Tolle labelsviolencemoments Nothing out there will ever satisfy you except temporarily and superficially, but you may need to experience many disappointments before you realize that truth Eckhart Tolle disappointmentmayneeds The modalities of awakened doing are acceptance, enjoyment, and enthusiasm. Each one represents a certain vibrational frequency of consciousness. You need to be vigilant to make sure that one of them operates whenever you are engaged in doing anything at all – from the most simple task to the most complex. Eckhart Tolle tasksacceptancesimple When life takes away the forms that you thought were the foundation of your life, what's left? The life that needs no foundation - that is the foundation. The formless. The essence. Eckhart Tolle foundationessenceneeds every complaint is a little story the mind makes up that you completely believe in. Eckhart Tolle storiesmindbelieve Neither God nor Being nor any other word can define or explain the ineffable reality behind the word, so the only important question is whether the word is a help or a hindrance in enabling you to experience That toward which it points. Eckhart Tolle importantgodreality Whatever you accept completely, you go beyond. If you fight it, you're stuck with it. Eckhart Tolle stuckacceptingfighting [Relationships] do not cause pain and unhappiness. They bring out the pain and unhappiness that is already in you Eckhart Tolle paincausesrelationship Instead of creating expectations of what should or should not be happening, cooperate with the form that this moment takes.Bring a 'yes' to the isness, because it's pointless to argue if it already is.A greater intelligence is available to you when you no longer reject, deny, or 'don't want' what is. Eckhart Tolle creatingexpectationswant Nothing has happened in the past; it happened in the Now. Nothing will ever happen in the future; it will happen in the Now. Eckhart Tolle spiritualtimeinspirational Silence is Golden; it has divine power and immense energy. Try to pay more attention to the silence than to the sounds. Paying attention to outer silence creates inner silence: the mind becomes still. Every sound is born out of silence, dies back into silence, and during its life span is surrounded by silence. Silence enables the sound to be. It is an intrinsic but unmanifested part of every sound, every musical note, every song, and every word. The unmanifested is present in this world as silence. All you have to do is pay attention to it. Eckhart Tolle musicalsilencesong Identification with your mind creates an opaque screen of concepts, labels, images, words, judgments, and definitions that blocks all true relationship. Eckhart Tolle labelsblockmind The significance is hiding in the insignificant. Appreciate everything. Eckhart Tolle hidingappreciatespiritual When the basis for your actions is inner alignment with the present moment, your actions become empowered by the intelligence of life itself. Eckhart Tolle empoweredmomentsaction 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 egogreatnessideas Don't quote the Buddha. Be the Buddha. Eckhart Tolle The little saying, 'Be still and know that I Am God' ... contains the entire wisdom of religion in those few words. Eckhart Tolle few-wordsstillslittles
