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Nonresistance is the key to the greatest power in the universe. (Eckhart Tolle)
When you listen to the voice in your head, listen to it impartially. That is to say, do not judge. You'll soon realize: there is the voice, and here I am listening to it, watching it. This I am realization, this sense of your own presence, is not a thought. It arises from beyond the mind. View quote
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The greatest achievement of humanity is not its works of art, science, or technology, but the recognition of its own dysfunction. View quote
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Being spiritual has nothing to do with what you believe and everything to do with your state of consciousness. View quote
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The human condition: lost in thought. View quote
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Pleasure is always derived from something outside you, whereas joy arises from within. View quote
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The future is usually imagined as either better or worse than the present. If the imagined future is better, it gives you hope or pleasurable anticipation. If it is worse, it creates anxiety. Both are illusory. View quote
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The past cannot survive in your presence. It can only survive in your absence. View quote
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On the surface it seems that the present moment is only one of many, many moments. Each day of your life appears to consist of thousands of moments where different things happen. Yet if you look more deeply, is there not only one moment, ever? Is life ever not this moment? This one moment, now, is the only thing you can never escape from. The one constant factor in your life. No matter what happens. No matter how much your life changes. One thing is certain. Its always now. Since there is no escape from the now, why not welcome it, become friendly with it. View quote
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Presence is a state of inner spaciousness. View quote
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Only by awakening can you know the true meaning of that word. (Eckhart Tolle)
Your outer journey may contain a million steps; your inner journey only has one: the step you are taking right now. View quote
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The light is too painful for someone who wants to remain in darkness. View quote
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When you accept everything for what it is without labels you are outside of your ego. View quote
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A new species is arising on the planet, it is arising now and you are it. View quote
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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. View quote
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Being must be felt. It can't be thought. View quote
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When you lose touch with inner stillness, you lose touch with yourself. When you lose touch with yourself, you lose yourself in the world. View quote
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Nothing ever happened in the past that can prevent you from being present now; and if the past cannot prevent you from being present now, what power does it have? View quote
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The past gives you an identity and the future holds the promise of salvation. ... Both are illusions. View quote
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Don't Seek Happiness. If you seek it, you won't find it, because seeking is the antithesis of happiness. (Eckhart Tolle)
Instead of asking "what do I want from life?", a more powerful question is, "what does life want from me?" View quote
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Many people live habitually as if the present moment were an obstacle that they need to overcome in order to get to the next moment, and imagine living your whole life like that. Always, this moment is not quite good enough because you need to get to the next one. View quote
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To be free of time is to be free of the psychological need of past for your identity and future for your fulfillment. View quote
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Suffering has a noble purpose: the evolution of the consciousness and the burning up of the ego. View quote
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