The pain-body wants to survive, just like every other entity in existence, and it can only survive if it gets you to unconsciously identify with it. Eckhart Tolle More Quotes by Eckhart Tolle More Quotes From Eckhart Tolle Life isn't as serious as the mind makes it out to be. Eckhart Tolle pick-me-upmindlife Don't Seek Happiness. If you seek it, you won't find it, because seeking is the antithesis of happiness Eckhart Tolle new-earthconsciousnesshappiness The ultimate truth of who you are is not I am this or I am that, but I Am. Eckhart Tolle new-earthultimate-truthultimate Pain can only feed on pain. Pain cannot feed on joy. It finds it quite indigestible. Eckhart Tolle positivitypaininspirational There is a wonderful ancient Sufi saying which I'm going to paraphrase slightly. It says, 'When the heart weeps for what it has lost,' in this case 'heart' means 'ego,' 'when the heart weeps for what it has lost, the spirit rejoices for what it has found.' Eckhart Tolle egoheartmean After having been lost in the world, suddenly, through the pressure of suffering, the realization comes that the answers may not be found out there in worldly attainment and in the future. That's an important point for many people to reach. That sense of deep crisis-when the world as they have known it, and the sense of self that they have known that is identified with the world, become meaningless. Eckhart Tolle sufferingselfpeople One way to become aware many times during the day is to take a conscious breath. Doing so breaks the stream of thinking. Eckhart Tolle breakwaythinking Pay more attention to the silence than to the sounds. Paying attention to outer silence creates inner silence: the mind becomes still. A portal is opening up. Eckhart Tolle opening-upsilencemind Even if you achieve your outer purpose, it will never satisfy you if you haven't found your inner purpose, which is awakening, being present, being in alignment with life. True power comes out of the presence; it is the presence. Eckhart Tolle true-powertrue-lifepurpose Negative states of mind, such as anger, resentment, fear, envy, and jealousy, are products of the ego. Eckhart Tolle envyjealousego All it takes is a simple choice, a simple decision: no matter what happens, I will create no more pain for myself. I will create no more problems. Eckhart Tolle painchoicessimple Ask yourself: Is there joy, ease and lightness in what i'm doing? If there isn't then time is covering up the present moment, and life is perceived as a burden or a struggle. Eckhart Tolle coveringstrugglejoy In you, as in each human being, there is a dimension of consciousness far deeper than thought. It is the very essence of who you are. We may call it presence, awareness, the unconditioned consciousness. Eckhart Tolle dimensionsessencemay When you awaken spiritually, in fact, you can use thought much more effectively than before, but you realize there is a depth to your Being, a vibrantly alive stillness that is much vaster than thought. It is consciousness itself, of which the thinking mind is only a tiny aspect. Eckhart Tolle depthmindthinking Being an outsider to some extent, someone who does not "fit in" with others or is rejected by them for whatever reason, makes life difficult, but it also places you at an advantage as far as enlightenment is concerned. It takes you out of unconsciousness almost by force. Eckhart Tolle outsidersenlightenmentdoe The pollution of the planet is only an outward reflection of an inner psychic pollution: millions of unconscious individuals not taking responsibility for their inner space. Eckhart Tolle spaceresponsibilityreflection The reason why the romantic love relationship is such an intense and universally sought-after experience is that it seems to offer liberation from a deep-seated state of fear, need, lack, and incompleteness that is part of the human condition in its unredeemed and unenlightened state. Eckhart Tolle love-relationshipromantic-loveromance The ego says, ‘I shouldn’t have to suffer,’ and that thought makes you suffer so much more. It is a distortion of the truth, which is always paradoxical. The truth is that you need to say yes to suffering before you can transcend it. Eckhart Tolle egosufferingspiritual Guilt, regret, resentment, sadness & all forms of nonforgiveness are caused by too much past & not enough presence. Eckhart Tolle sadnessregretpast Carl Jung tells in one of his books of a conversation he had with a Native American chief who pointed out to him that in his perception most white people have tense faces, staring eyes, and a cruel demeanor. He said: “They are always seeking something. What are they seeking? The whites always want something. They are always uneasy and restless. We don't know what they want. We think they are mad. Eckhart Tolle eyenative-americanbook
