If peace is really what you want, then you will choose peace. Eckhart Tolle More Quotes by Eckhart Tolle More Quotes From Eckhart Tolle Presence is when you're no longer waiting for the next moment, believing that the next moment will be more fulfilling than this one. Eckhart Tolle positivitypositivebelieve Life has no opposite. The opposite of death is birth. Life is eternal. Eckhart Tolle birth-lifelife-isopposites Some changes look negative on the surface but you will soon realize that space is being created in your life for something new to emerge. Eckhart Tolle changeinspirationallife You are not IN the universe, you ARE the universe, an intrinsic part of it. Ultimately you are not a person, but a focal point where the universe is becoming conscious of itself. What an amazing miracle. Eckhart Tolle becomingmiraclespiritual There have been many people for whom limitations, failure, loss, or pain in whatever form turned out to be their greatest teacher. It taught them to let go of false self-images and superficial ego-dictated goals and desires. It gave them depth, humility and compassion. It made them more real. Eckhart Tolle painletting-goteacher To some people, surrender may have negative connotations, implying defeat, giving up, failing to rise to the challenges of life, becoming lethargic, and so on. True surrender, however, is something entirely different. It does not mean to passively put up with whatever situation you find yourself in and to do nothing about it. Nor does it mean to cease making plans or initiating positive action. Surrender is the simple but profound wisdom of yielding to rather than opposing the flow of life. Eckhart Tolle giving-upletting-gomean The more you are focused on time-past and future-the more you miss the Now, the most precious thing there is. Eckhart Tolle power-of-nowmissingpast Compassion is the awareness of a deep bond between yourself and all creatures. Eckhart Tolle compassionspiritualinspirational It may look as if the situation is creating the suffering, but ultimately this is not so - your resistance is. Eckhart Tolle creatingsufferinglooks Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance. Eckhart Tolle thanksgivingsuccessthankful Accept the present moment and find the perfection that is deeper than any form and untouched by time. Eckhart Tolle acceptingmomentsperfection Whatever you think the world is withholding from you, you are withholding from the world. Eckhart Tolle attitudecharacterthinking When you say “yes” to the “isness” of life, when you accept this moment as it is, you can feel a sense of spaciousness within you that is deeply peaceful. Eckhart Tolle peacefulacceptingmoments The sun never sets. It is only an appearance due to the observer's limited perspective. And yet, what a sublime illusion it is. Eckhart Tolle sublimeperspectivesun Being rich/wealthy is being in touch with the fullness of life. When you are open to the present moment, what comes in, is a gratitude for "what is". When you are aligned with the present moment, there is a peace that comes, so it is like you are experiencing life for the first time, when you become present. When you are in a state of gratitude for what is ... that is really what being wealthy means Eckhart Tolle gratitudelifemean Power over others is weakness disguised as strength. Eckhart Tolle true-powerstrengthspiritual The whole essence of Zen consists in walking along the razor's edge of Now - to be so utterly, so completely present that no problem, no suffering, nothing that is not who you are in your essence, can survive in you. In the Now, in the absence of time, all your problems dissolve. Suffering needs time; it cannot survive in the Now. Eckhart Tolle essencesufferingtime The past has no power over the present moment. Eckhart Tolle philosophicalwisdompositive Awareness is the greatest agent for change. Eckhart Tolle agentsawarenessspiritual I am not my thoughts, emotions, sense perceptions, and experiences. I am not the content of my life. I am Life. I am the space in which all things happen. I am consciousness. I am the Now. I Am. Eckhart Tolle emotionspaceperception
