Complaining is one of the ego's favorite strategies for strengthening itself. Eckhart Tolle More Quotes by Eckhart Tolle More Quotes From Eckhart Tolle To recognize one's own insanity is, of course, the arising of sanity, the beginning of healing and transcendence. Eckhart Tolle get-wellspiritualhealing When another recognizes you, that recognition draws the dimension of Being more fully into this world through both of you. That is the love that redeems the world. Eckhart Tolle dimensionsspiritualworld I'm grateful for always this moment, the now, no matter what form it takes. Eckhart Tolle gratefulmomentsmatter If peace is really what you want, then you will choose peace. Eckhart Tolle what-you-wantifswant The soul is your innermost being. The presence that you are beyond form. The consciousness that you are beyond form, that is the soul. That is who you are in essence. Eckhart Tolle consciousnessessencesoul To love is to recognize yourself in another. Eckhart Tolle best-lovespirituallove-is Fulfill me, make me happy, make me feel safe, tell me who I am. The world cannot give you those things, and when you no longer have such expectations, all self created suffering comes to an end. Eckhart Tolle who-i-amselfspiritual Probably, if you are successful in this world you are stressed, and if you are a failure, you are bored! Eckhart Tolle stressedboredsuccessful When you become aware of silence, immediately there is that state of inner still alertness. You are present. You have stepped out of thousands of years of collective human conditioning. Eckhart Tolle alertnesssilenceyears Any action is often better than no action, especially if you have been stuck in an unhappy situation for a long time. If it is a mistake, at least you learn something, in which case it's no longer a mistake. If you remain stuck, you learn nothing. Eckhart Tolle spiritualmistakeinspirational The story of the Zen Master whose only response was always "Is that so?" shows the good that comes through inner nonresistance to events, that is to say, being at one with what happens. The story of the man whose comment was invariably a laconic "Maybe" illustrates the wisdom of nonjudgment, and the story of the ring points to the fact of impermanence which, when recognized, leads to nonattachment. Nonresistance, nonjudgement, and nonattachment are the three aspects of true freedom and enlightened living. Eckhart Tolle spiritualmenfacts Choice implies consciousness - a high degree of consciousness. Without it, you have no choice. Choice begins the moment you disidentify from the mind and its conditioned patterns, the moment you become present....Nobody chooses dysfunction, conflict, pain. Nobody chooses insanity. They happen because there is not enough presence in you to dissolve the past, not enough light to dispel the darkness. You are not fully here. You have not quite woken up yet. In the meantime, the conditioned mind is running your life. Eckhart Tolle painspiritualrunning The secret of awakening is to unconditionally accept this moment as it is. Eckhart Tolle awakeningmomentssecret In the unawakened state you don't use thought, but thought uses you. You are, one could almost say, possessed by thought, which is the collective conditioning of the human mind that goes back many thousands of years. You don't see anything as it is, but distorted and reduced by mental labels, concepts, judgments, opinions and reactive patterns. Eckhart Tolle labelsmindyears When you listen to the voice in your head, listen to it impartially. That is to say, do not judge. You'll soon realize: there is the voice, and here I am listening to it, watching it. This I am realization, this sense of your own presence, is not a thought. It arises from beyond the mind. Eckhart Tolle voicejudginghere-i-am Feeling will get you closer to the truth of who you are than thinking. I cannot tell you anything that deep within you don't already know. When you have reached a certain stage of inner connectedness, you recognize the truth when you hear it. If you haven't reached that stage yet, the practice of body awareness will bring about the deepening that is necessary. Eckhart Tolle practicefeelingsthinking In the eyes of the ego, self-esteem and humility are contradictory. In truth, they are one and the same. Eckhart Tolle humilityself-esteemspiritual For years my life alternated between depression and acute anxiety. One night I woke up in a state of dread and intense fear, more intense than I had ever experienced before. Life seemed meaningless, barren, hostile. It became so unbearable that suddenly the thought came into my mind, I cannot live with myself any longer. Eckhart Tolle anxietynightyears What the future holds for you depends on your state of consciousness now. Eckhart Tolle new-earthconsciousnessstates Wherever you are, be there totally. If you find your here and now intolerable and it makes you unhappy, you have three options: remove yourself from the situation, change it, or accept it totally. If you want to take responsibility for your life, you must choose one of those three options, and you must choose now. Then accept the consequences. Eckhart Tolle threeunhappyresponsibility
