The most rigid structures, the most impervious to change, will collapse first. Eckhart Tolle More Quotes by Eckhart Tolle More Quotes From Eckhart Tolle You believe that you are your mind. This is the delusion. Eckhart Tolle power-of-nowmindbelieve When you make the present moment, instead of past and future, the focal point of your life, your ability to enjoy what you do and with it the quality of your life increases dramatically. Eckhart Tolle qualitymomentspast Go within. Use the inner body as a starting point for going deeper and taking your attention away from where it's usually lodged, in the thinking mind. Eckhart Tolle mindattentionthinking Terrorism is an example of that extreme madness. People blow themselves up just to kill others. Unconscious reaction to terrorism is equal madness. Eckhart Tolle exampleblowpeople Every time you create a gap in the stream of mind, the light of your consciousness grows stronger Eckhart Tolle strongerlightmind Thought subsides when you pet your dog or you have a purring cat on your chest. Even just watching an animal can take you out of your mind. It is more deeply connected with the source of life than most humans, and that rootedness in Being transmits itself to you. Millions of people who otherwise would be completely lost in the conceptual reality of their mind are kept sane by living with an animal. Eckhart Tolle catdoganimal When you lose touch with yourself, you lose yourself in the world. Eckhart Tolle loserbalanceworld Pleasure is always derived from something outside you, whereas joy arises from within. Eckhart Tolle freedomspiritualjoy Life is now. There was never a time Eckhart Tolle live-in-the-momenttimelife The Truth is inseparable from who you are. Yes, you are the Truth. If you look for it elsewhere, you will be deceived every time. Eckhart Tolle truth-isconsciousnesslooks Worry means the mind is controlling you. Worry is always pointless. A solution never comes out of worry. Eckhart Tolle mindworrymean What a liberation to realize that the 'voice in my head' is not who I am. 'Who am I, then?' The one who sees that. Eckhart Tolle spiritualinspirationallife Our animal friends’ non-reactive and forgiving natures can teach us positive spiritual lessons on a daily basis. Eckhart Tolle forgivingspiritualanimal The reason why some people love to engage in dangerous activities, such as mountain climbing, car racing, and so on, although they may not be aware of it, is that it forces them into the Now - that intensely alive state that is free of time, free of problems, free of thinking, free of the burden of the personality. Eckhart Tolle climbingspiritualthinking Once you have made peace with the present moment, see what happens, what you can do or choose to do, or rather what life does through you. There are three words that convey the secret of the art of living, the secret of all success and happiness: One With Life. Being one with life is being one with Now. You then realize that you don't live your life, but life lives you. Life is the dancer, and you are the dance. Eckhart Tolle dancerpeaceart Where there is anger, there is always pain underneath. Eckhart Tolle criminal-mindangerpain Internal and external are ultimately one. When you no longer perceive the world as hostile, there is no more fear, and when there is no more fear, you think, speak and act differently. Love and compassion arise, and they affect the world. Eckhart Tolle spiritualfearlove When you complain, you make yourself a victim. When you speak out, you are in power. Eckhart Tolle speaks-outcomplainingsuccess Enlightenment means rising above thought, not falling back to a level below thought, the level of an animal or a plant. In the enlightened state, you still use your thinking mind when needed, but in a much more focused and effective way than before. Eckhart Tolle spiritualmeanfall There are two levels to your pain: the pain that you create now, and the pain from the past that still lives on in your mind and body. Ceasing to create pain in the present and dissolving past pain - this is what I want to talk about now. Eckhart Tolle painpastthinking
