Even running to catch a train or a taxi, you can enjoy the high energy of the moment. Eckhart Tolle More Quotes by Eckhart Tolle More Quotes From Eckhart Tolle All you realy need to do is accept this moment fully. You are then at ease in the here and now and at ease with yourself. Eckhart Tolle spiritualinspirationallife The insanity of the collective egoic mind, amplified by science and technology, is rapidly taking our species to the brink of disaster. Evolve or die: that is our only choice now. Eckhart Tolle technologyinsanitylife Your primary purpose is to be here fully, and to be total in whatever you do so that the preciousness of the present moment does not become reduced to a means to an end. And there you have your life purpose. That's the very foundation of your life. Eckhart Tolle foundationdoemean Surrender becomes so much easier when you realize the fleeting nature of all experiences and that the world cannot give you anything of lasting value. You then continue to meet people, to be involved in experience and activities, but without the wants and fears of the egoic self. That is to say, you no longer demand that a situation, person, place, or event should satisfy you or make you happy. It's passing and imperfect nature is allowed to be. Eckhart Tolle selfgivingpeople To the ego, the present moment hardly exists. Only past and future are considered important. This total reversal of the truth accounts for the fact that in the ego mode the mind is so dysfunctional. It is always concerned with keeping the past alive, because without it - who are you? Eckhart Tolle egomindpast The word enlightenment conjures up the idea of some superhuman accomplishment, and the ego likes to keep it that way, but it is simply your natural state of felt oneness with Being. Eckhart Tolle onenessspiritualideas When you can no longer feel the life that you are, you are likely to try to fill up your life with things. Eckhart Tolle feelstrying As long as we define ourselves in terms of our pain and our problems, we will never be free from them. Eckhart Tolle painproblemlong Prejudice of any kind implies that you are identified with the thinking mind. It means you don't see the other human being anymore, but only your own concept of that human being. To reduce the aliveness of another human being to a concept is already a form of violence. Eckhart Tolle spiritualmeanthinking If you don't have a good relationship with the now, you don't have a good Eckhart Tolle good-relationshipifs To listen to the silence, wherever you are, is an easy and direct way of becoming present. Even if there is noise, there is always some silence underneath and in between the sounds. Listening to the silence immediately creates stillness inside you. Eckhart Tolle silencenoiselistening The formless dimension of life is this moment. This moment is timeless and formless - the eternal itself. Eckhart Tolle dimensionsmomentslife-is An enlightened person or business is not concerned primarily with making money, because when you are concerned with making money you want the future more than the present. Whenever you want the future more than you want the present, true intelligence cannot flow into what you do, because it can do so only when you are totally aligned with the present moment. Eckhart Tolle making-moneyflowwant Most people treat the present moment as if it were an obstacle that they need to overcome. Since the present moment is life itself, it is an insane way to live. Eckhart Tolle spiritualinspirationallife All cravings are the mind seeking salvation or fulfillment in external things and in the future as a substitute for the joy of Being. Eckhart Tolle consciousnessmindjoy Now is all you ever have. There never is anything else. So, you might as well make the now your friend. Otherwise, you are out of alignment with life itself. Eckhart Tolle alignmentwellsmight In essence, you are neither inferior nor superior to anyone. True self-esteem and true humility arise out of that realization. In the eyes of the ego, self-esteem and humility are contradictory. In truth, they are one and the same. Eckhart Tolle eyehumilityself-esteem A great silent space holds all of nature in its embrace. It also holds you. Eckhart Tolle embracesilentspace True salvation is freedom from negativity. Eckhart Tolle gratitudespiritualinspirational Resistance keeps you stuck. Surrender immediately opens you to the greater intelligence that is vaster than the human mind, and it can then express itself through you. So through surrender often you find circumstances changing. Eckhart Tolle surrenderresistancemind
