When you listen to a thought, you are aware not only of the thought but also of yourself as the witness of the thought. A new dimension of consciousness has come in. Eckhart Tolle More Quotes by Eckhart Tolle More Quotes From Eckhart Tolle The state of presence is the only state in which creative energy is available to you. Eckhart Tolle states energy creative A group needs enemies, because without enemies its identity cannot continue to be defined. Eckhart Tolle groups identity enemy Every challenge takes you a little deeper and awakens you again and again. Without the challenges, you probably would go to back to sleep. The challenges keep you awake. Eckhart Tolle challenges sleep littles People believe that when they say "yes" to this moment, things won't change anymore. They're afraid that if they accept what is, whatever form this moment takes, they're going to be stuck forever in this moment that they don't like: this job or relationship or whatever situation they're in that they don't like. But this is not true. Eckhart Tolle jobs believe people A huge number of people are going through the process of awakening, some in the early stages, some in later stages, and it's wonderful to see. Eckhart Tolle awakening numbers people When the pain that the little me creates for itself becomes intense enough, the ego will self-destruct. It has a self-destruct mechanism built in, fortunately, so eventually every ego dies. Eckhart Tolle ego pain self Peace is your priority, not saving the world. That follows that. Eckhart Tolle priorities saving world In any relationship, especially marriage, be as free of compulsive thinking as possible. In other words, the more space there is in the relationship - inner space - the more love there is because love arises out of the inner spaciousness. Eckhart Tolle arise space thinking Stress is wanting something to be the way it isn't. Eckhart Tolle stress way Your car breaks down in the middle of the night. It's raining. It's cold. And you have to change the tire of your car. You cannot really enjoy that it is cold and wet, but you can bring acceptance to it. Peace flows into it. Eckhart Tolle acceptance rain night When I'm with people, I'm a spiritual teacher. That's the function, but it's not my identity. The moment I'm alone, my deepest joy is to benobody, to relinquish the function of a teacher. It's a temporary function. Eckhart Tolle spiritual teacher people If you are not in alignment with the moment, life is a struggle. Really, all you have to do is take responsibility for your inner alignment with now. Eckhart Tolle responsibility struggle life-is The word God has become empty of meaning through thousands of years of misuse... By misuse, I mean that people who have never glimpsed the realm of the sacred, the infinite vastness behind that word, use it with great conviction, as if they knew what they are talking about. Or they argue against it, as if they knew what it is they are denying. This misuse gives rise to absurd beliefs, assertions, and egoic delusions, such as "My or our God is the only true God, and your God is false," or Nietzsche's famous statmeent "God is dead. Eckhart Tolle talking mean years If I cannot live with myself, there must be two of me: the 'I' and the 'self' that 'I' cannot live with. Maybe, I thought, only one of them is real. Eckhart Tolle two-of-me real self Create a gap of no-mind in which you are highly alert and aware but not thinking. This is the essence of meditation. Eckhart Tolle meditation essence thinking Ego means self-identification with thinking, to be trapped in thought, which means to have a mental image of "me" based on thought and emotions. So ego is there in the absence of a witnessing presence. Eckhart Tolle self mean thinking Always say 'yes' to the present moment... Surrender to what is. Say 'yes' to life - and see how life starts suddenly to start working for you rather than against you. Eckhart Tolle present-moment surrender moments Vipassana is fine until it becomes a technique that has many stages and that takes time to develop. That can be okay for people for a while, but then you have to leave the technique behind. Eckhart Tolle vipassana technique people It's a wonderful thing to perceive the world and to interact with it and with other people and nature from that deep place of utter stillness, where the compulsion to immediately label and interpret whatever arises around you is no longer there. Eckhart Tolle labels people world Underneath the world of sense perceptions and the world of mind activity, there is the vastness of being. There's a vast spaciousness. There's a vast stillness and there's a little ripple activity on the surface, which isn't separate, just like the ripples are not separate from the ocean. Eckhart Tolle ocean perception mind
