Be at least as interested in what goes on inside you as what happens outside. If you get the inside right, the outside will fall into place. Eckhart Tolle More Quotes by Eckhart Tolle More Quotes From Eckhart Tolle When you completely accept this moment, when you no longer argue with what is, the compulsion to think lessens and is replaced by an alert stillness. You are fully conscious, yet the mind is not labeling this moment in any way... It is a shift from identification with form --the thought or the emotion-- to being and recognizing yourself as that which has no form -- spacious awareness. Eckhart Tolle mind way thinking What will be left of all the fearing and wanting associated with your problematic life situation that every day takes up most of your attention? A dash, one or two inches long, between the date of birth and date of death on your gravestone. Eckhart Tolle spiritual two long Not to be able to stop thinking is a dreadful affliction, but we don't realize this because almost everyone is suffering from it, so it is considered normal. This incessant mental noise prevents you from finding that realm of inner stillness that is inseparable from Being. Eckhart Tolle spiritual inspirational thinking When you are present, when your attention is fully in the Now, Presence will flow into and transform what you do. There will be a quality and power in it. You are present when what you are doing is not primarily a means to an end (money, prestige, winning) but fulfilling in itself, when there is joy and aliveness in what you do. Eckhart Tolle winning joy mean Humanity is reaching the end of the evolutionary stage of ego. The closer we get to the end, the more dysfunctional humanity becomes. Eckhart Tolle reaching ego humanity Instead of asking, “what do I want from life?,” a more powerful question is, “what does life want from me? Eckhart Tolle spiritual inspirational life Always say “yes” to the present moment. What could be more futile, more insane, than to create inner resistance to what already is? what could be more insane than to oppose life itself, which is now and always now? Surrender to what is. Say “yes” to life — and see how life suddenly starts working for you rather than against you. Eckhart Tolle encouragement spiritual inspirational If uncertainty is unacceptable to you, it turns into fear. If it is perfectly acceptable, it turns into increased aliveness, alertness, and creativity. Eckhart Tolle alertness turns creativity Bring your attention to your breathing and realize that you are not doing it. It is the breath of nature. You reconnect with nature in the most intimate and powerful way by becoming aware of your breathing and learning to hold your attention there. Eckhart Tolle breathing powerful healing As soon as you honor the present moment, all unhappiness and struggle dissolve, and life begins to flow with joy and ease. When you act out the present-moment awareness, whatever you do becomes imbued with a sense of quality, care, and love - even the most simple action. Eckhart Tolle struggle spiritual inspirational Acceptance of the unacceptable is the greatest source of grace in this world. Eckhart Tolle grace acceptance spiritual People don't realize that now is all there ever is; there is no past or future except as memory or anticipation in your mind. Eckhart Tolle memories people past How do you let go of attachment to things? Don’t even try. It’s impossible. Attachment to things drops away by itself when you no longer seek to find yourself in them. Eckhart Tolle philosophical attachment letting-go Suffering begins when you mentally label a situation as bad. That causes an emotional contraction. When you let it be, without naming it, enormous power is available to you. The contraction cuts you off from that power, the power of life itself. Eckhart Tolle cutting emotional suffering Wisdom comes with the ability to be still. Just look and listen. No more is needed. Eckhart Tolle ability needed looks Every addiction arises from an unconscious refusal to face and move through your own pain. Every addiction starts with pain and ends with pain. Whatever the substance you are addicted to - alcohol, food, legal or illegal drugs, or a person - you are using something or somebody to cover up your pain. Eckhart Tolle addiction pain moving Much suffering, much unhappiness arises when you take each thought that comes into your head for the truth. Eckhart Tolle unhappiness arise suffering Anything that you resent and strongly react to in another is also in you. Eckhart Tolle new-earth resent spiritual Not until you surrender does the spiritual dimension become a living reality in your life. When you do, the energy you emanate and that then runs your life is of a much higher vibrational frequency than the mind energy that still runs the world. Eckhart Tolle spiritual running reality If you really want to know your mind, the body will always give you a truthful reflection, so look at the emotion, or rather feel it in your body. If there is an apparent conflict between them, the thought will be the lie, the emotion will be the truth. Eckhart Tolle reflection giving lying
