“Be present as the watcher of your mind- of your thoughts and emotions as well as your reactions in various situations” — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
Is suffering really necessary? Yes and no. If you had not suffered as you have, there would be no depth to you,… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
Most people treat the present moment as if it were an obstacle that they need to overcome. Since the present moment is… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
The ego is not only the unobserved mind, the voice in the head which pretends to be you, but also the unobserved… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
If your mind carries a heavy burden of past, you will experience more of the same. The past perpetuates itself through lack… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
As soon as you honor the present moment, all unhappiness and struggle dissolve, and life begins to flow with joy and ease.… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
Although all spiritual teachings originate from the same Source, once they become verbalized and written down they are obviously no more than… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
You are not seeking to attain some future state. That is the fallacy of many spiritual seekers. They have an image of… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
Man Made 'God' in his own image. The eternal, the infinate, the unnameable was reduced to a mental idol that you had… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
A significant portion of the earth's population will soon recognize, if they haven't already done so, that humanity is now faced with… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
You may remember the paradox of time we mentioned earlier: Whatever you do takes time, and yet it is always now. So… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
Direct your attention inward. Have a look inside yourself. What kind of thoughts is your mind producing? What do you feel? Direct… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
It is precisely through the onset of old age, through loss or personal tragedy, that the spiritual dimension would traditionally come into… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
Through the present moment, you have access to the power of life itself, that which has traditionally been called "God." As soon… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
Don't look for any other state than the one you are in now; otherwise, you will set up inner conflict and unconscious… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
Teaching a practice can also be a hindrance if it becomes one's identity. To be a spiritual teacher is a temporary function.… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
Give up defining yourself - to yourself or to others. You won't die. You will come to life. And don't be concerned… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
At the deepest level, an 'open heart' is spacious presence, in which the sense of separateness between yourself and the 'other' dissolves… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
The moment you become aware of the ego in you, it is strictly speaking no longer the ego, but just an old,… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
If the only teacher you have is your suffering, you will need a substantial dose of it for the ego to dissolve.… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
Internal and external are ultimately one. When you no longer perceive the world as hostile, there is no more fear, and when… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
To end the misery that has afflicted the human condition for thousands of years, you have to start with yourself and take… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
Since ancient times, spiritual masters of all traditions have pointed to the Now as the key to the spiritual dimension. Despite this,… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
Awareness is the power that is concealed within the present moment. … The ultimate purpose of human existence, which is to say,… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
That is the real spiritual awakening, when something emerges from within you that is deeper than who you thought you were. So,… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
Reading is my passion and my escape since I was 5 years old. Overall, children don't realize the magic that can live… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
You are not IN the universe, you ARE the universe, an intrinsic part of it. Ultimately you are not a person, but… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
Enlightenment means rising above thought, not falling back to a level below thought, the level of an animal or a plant. In… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
If you keep your attention in the body as much as possible, you will be anchored in the Now. You won't lose… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
When you don't cover up the world with words and labels, a sense of the miraculous returns to your life that was… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
The real truths of life are never entirely new to you or to anybody because there is a level deep down within… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
Whenever an answer, a solution, or a creative idea is needed, stop thinking for a moment by focusing attention on your inner… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
If there were nothing but thought in you, you wouldn't even know you are thinking. You would be like a dreamer who… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
My main life interest and purpose is to bring spiritual awakening into this world, to be a vehicle for the flowering of… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
And then there is the universal role of adult. When you play that role, you take yourself and life very seriously. Spontaneity,… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
“Spiritual realization is to see clearly that what I perceive, experience, think, or feel is ultimately not who I am, that I… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
The quicker you are in attaching verbal or mental labels to things, people, or situations, the more shallow and lifeless your reality… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
Whenever you become anxious or stressed, outer purpose has taken over, and you lost sight of your inner purpose. You have forgotten… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
When the ego dominates in organizations, even spiritual organizations, there is usually a big drama or upheaval of some kind, and self-destruction… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
If her past were your past, her pain your pain, her level of consciousness your level of consciousness, you would think and… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
“The voice in the head that never stops speaking becomes a civilization that is obsessed with form and therefore knows nothing of the most… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share
Thinking, or more precisely identification with thinking, gives rise to and maintains the ego, which, in our Western society in particular, is out of… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share
“A powerful spiritual practice is consciously to allow the diminishment of ego when it happens without attempting to restore it. I recommend that you… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share
To become aware of the subtlety of nature you need to be alert. The moment you become alert you become still... thinking subsides. That… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share
When you are not honoring the present moment by allowing it to be, you are creating drama. — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share
On a deeper level you are already complete. When you realize that, there is a joyous energy behind what you do. — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share
Life will give you whatever experience is most helpful for the evolution of your consciousness. How do you know this is the experience you… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share
You may not yet be able to bring your unconscious mind activity into awareness as thoughts, but it will always be reflected in the… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share
“War is a mind-set, and all action that comes out of such a mind-set will either strengthen the enemy, the perceived evil, or, if… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share
Whenever you step out of the noise of thinking, that is meditation, and a different state of consciousness arises. — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share
It is very hard to tell when I started to be a spiritual teacher. There was a time when occasionally somebody would come and… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share
Most people spend their entire life imprisoned within the confines of their own thoughts. They never go beyond a narrow, mind-made, personalized sense of… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share
Let the end of the world be inside you, then you don't need to fear the end of the world out there. — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share
“Jeste li zabrinuti? Razmišljate li često: »Što bi bilo da sam...?« To znači da ste se poistovjetili s umom, koji se projicira u neku… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share
