Pain can only feed on pain. Pain cannot feed on joy. It finds it quite indigestible. Eckhart Tolle More Quotes by Eckhart Tolle More Quotes From Eckhart Tolle The ego tends to equate having with Being: I have, therefore I am. And the more I have, the more I am. The ego lives through comparison. How you are seen by others turns into how you see yourself. Eckhart Tolle comparison turns ego Forget about your life situation and pay attention to your life. Your life situation exists in time. Your life is now. Your life situation is mind-stuff. Your life is real." "Instead of asking 'what do I want from life?,' a more powerful question is, 'what does life want from me?' Eckhart Tolle inspirational-life powerful real Surrender is the simple but profound wisdom of yielding to rather than opposing the flow of life. Eckhart Tolle flow simple profound When you become comfortable with uncertainty, infinite possibilities open up in your life. It means fear is no longer a dominant factor in what you do and no longer prevents you from taking action to initiate change. The Roman philosopher Tacitus rightly observed that 'the desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.' If uncertainty is unacceptable to you, it turns into fear. If it is perfectly acceptable, it turns into aliveness, alertness and creativity. Eckhart Tolle creativity safety mean Ask yourself what problem you have right now. Not next year, tomorrow or five minutes from now. You can always cope with the now, but you can never cope with the future. Nor do you have to. The answer, the strength and the right action will be there when you need it. Not before or after. Eckhart Tolle years art needs Pain is inevitable as long as you are identified with your mind. Eckhart Tolle freedom pain long Become friendly with the present moment, because if you do not become friendly with the present moment you cannot become friendly with life. Eckhart Tolle moments ifs friendly If you are in the habit of creating suffering for yourself, then you are probably creating suffering for others too Eckhart Tolle family love life Meditate or spend silent time in nature with your partner. When going for a walk or sitting in the car or at home, become comfortable with being in stillness together. Stillness cannot and need not be created. Just be receptive to the stillness that is already there, but is usually obscured by mental noise. Eckhart Tolle car together home It is important to realize that a large percentage of what we hear or see on the news focuses on those places where there is violent conflict...It gives us a slightly or very distorted view of what is going on because there are many other parts of the planet where there is no violent conflict, but that is not on the news. Eckhart Tolle important views giving Although all spiritual teachings originate from the same Source, once they become verbalized and written down they are obviously no more than a collection of words-and a word is nothing more than a signpost. Eckhart Tolle source teaching spiritual When you feel confused or burdened by problems focus on THIS INSTANT and ask yourself: WHAT PROBLEM DO I HAVE RIGHT NOW? You will find that there is no problem NOW. A challenge that requires action, possibly, but not a problem. Eckhart Tolle confused focus challenges How wonderful to go beyond wanting and fearing in your relationships. Love does not want or fear anything. Eckhart Tolle love-relationship doe want You do not become good by trying to be good, but by finding the goodness that is already within you, and allowing that goodness to emerge. But it can only emerge if something fundamental changes in your state of consciousness. Eckhart Tolle consciousness fundamentals trying Do you really need to mentally label every sense perception and experience? Do you really need to have a reactive like/dislike relationship with life where you are in almost continuous conflict with situations and people? Or is that just a deep-seated mental habit that can be broken? Not by doing anything, but by allowing this moment to be as it is. Eckhart Tolle perception broken people You cannot be both unhappy, and fully present in the Now. Eckhart Tolle spiritual inspirational life True intelligence operates silently. Stillness is where creativity and solutions to problems are found. Eckhart Tolle creativity spiritual play Stressful energy arises when you think some future moment is more important than the present moment, and the doing becomes only a means to an end. Eckhart Tolle important mean thinking Sometimes letting things go is an act of far greater power than defending or hanging on. Eckhart Tolle spiritual letting-go inspirational When you surrender to what is and so become fully present, the past ceases to have any power. You do not need it anymore. Presence is the key. Now is the key. Eckhart Tolle keys past needs
