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 More Quotes by Eckhart Tolle More Quotes From Eckhart Tolle Many expressions that are in common usage, and sometimes the structure of language itself, reveal the fact that people don't know who they are. You say: "He lost his life" or "my life," as if life were something that you can possess or lose. The truth is: you don't have a life, you are life. The One Life, the one consciousness that pervades the entire universe and takes temporary form to experience itself as a stone or blade of grass, as an animal, a person, a star or a galaxy. Can you sense deep within that you already know that? Can you sense that you already are That? Eckhart Tolle stars expression animal It wasn't through the mind, through thinking, that the miracle that is life on earth or your body were created and are being sustained. Eckhart Tolle miracle life thinking God is not a personality outside of you. What God is, is inextricably part of what you are. God is the dimension of depth within you. Eckhart Tolle dimensions depth personality You may not yet be able to bring your unconscious mind activity into awareness as thoughts, but it will always be reflected in the body as an emotion, and of this you can become aware. Eckhart Tolle unconscious-thoughts able mind Why does the mind habitually deny or resist the Now? Because it cannot function and remain in control without time, which is past and future, so it perceives the timeless Now as threatening. Time and mind are in fact inseparable. Eckhart Tolle time inspirational past The 'soul' is one of the words you can use to talk about your innermost being, the essence of who you are. Eckhart Tolle essence soul use To offer no resistance to life is to be in a state of grace, ease, and lightness. This state is then no longer dependent upon things being in a certain way, good or bad. It seems almost paradoxical, yet when your inner dependency on form is gone, the general conditions of your life, the outer forms, tend to improve greatly. Eckhart Tolle grace spiritual gone Their function is to anchor the frequency of the new consciousness on this planet. I call them the frequency-holders. They are here to generate consciousness through the activities of daily life, through their interactions with others as well as through "just being." Eckhart Tolle interaction-with-others anchors life Be present as the watcher of your mind - of your thoughts and emotions as well as your reactions in various situations. Be at least as interested in your reactions as in the situation or person that causes you to react. Eckhart Tolle causes emotion mind The peace that comes with surrendered action turns to a sense of aliveness when you actually enjoy what you are doing. Eckhart Tolle turns enjoy action As you go about your life, don't give 100 percent of your attention to the external world and your mind. Keep some within. Eckhart Tolle mind attention giving As long as you make an identity for yourself out of pain, you cannot be free of it. Eckhart Tolle pain identity long Seek out a tree and let it teach you stillness. Eckhart Tolle teach stillness tree Doing is never enough if you neglect Being. Eckhart Tolle neglect enough spiritual The answer is, who you are cannot be defined through thinking or mental labels or definitions, because it's beyond that. It is the very sense of being, or presence, that is there when you become conscious of the present moment. In essence, you and what we call the present moment are, at the deepest level, one. Eckhart Tolle labels essence thinking When you don't cover up the world with words and labels, a sense of the miraculous returns to your life that was lost a long time ago when humanity, instead of using thought, became possessed by thought. Eckhart Tolle miracle spiritual long Awareness is the power that is concealed within the present moment. … The ultimate purpose of human existence, which is to say, your purpose, is to bring that power into this world. Eckhart Tolle purpose spiritual world Man made God in his own image. Eckhart Tolle power-of-now made men ...whenever there is inspiration...and enthusiasm...there is a creative empowerment that goes far beyond what a mere person is capable of. Eckhart Tolle creative spiritual inspirational Once you have had a glimpse of awareness or Presence, you know it firsthand. It is no longer just a concept in your mind. Eckhart Tolle glimpse spiritual mind
