Stress is caused by being here but wanting to be there, or being in the present but wanting to be in the… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
When you surrender to what is and so become fully present, the past ceases to have any power. You do not need… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
Stressful energy arises when you think some future moment is more important than the present moment, and the doing becomes only a… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
By watching the mechanics of the mind, you step out of its resistance patterns, and you can then allow the present moment… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
Nothing has happened in the past; it happened in the Now. Nothing will ever happen in the future; it will happen in… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
Guilt, regret, resentment, sadness & all forms of nonforgiveness are caused by too much past & not enough presence. — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
“A moment of danger can bring about a temporary cessation of the stream of thinking and thus give you a taste of… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
Even running to catch a train or a taxi, you can enjoy the high energy of the moment. — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
Instead of creating expectations of what should or should not be happening, cooperate with the form that this moment takes.Bring a 'yes'… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
The mind, conditioned as it is by the past, always seeks to re-create what it knows and is familiar with. Even if… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
Many people live habitually as if the present moment were an obstacle that they need to overcome in order to get to… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
The power of now can only be realized now. It requires no time and effort. Effort means you're trying hard to get… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
The basis for true change is freedom from negativity. And that's what acceptance implies: no negativity about what is. And then you… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
“Nietzsche, in a rare moment of deep stillness, wrote, “For happiness, how little suffices for happiness!…the least thing precisely, the gentlest thing,… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
“inner state. You need to be extremely alert and absolutely present to be able to detect them. Whenever you do, it is… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
“If you have ever been in a life-or-death emergency situation, you will know that it wasn’t a problem. The mind didn’t have… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
“Forgiveness” is a term that has been in use for two thousand years, but most people have a very limited view of… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
Make it a habit to ask yourself: What's going on inside me at this moment? That question will point you in the… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
Waiting is a state of mind. Basically, it means that you want the future; you don't want the present. You don't want… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
After having been lost in the world, suddenly, through the pressure of suffering, the realization comes that the answers may not be… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
“They look upon the present moment as either marred by something that has happened and shouldn’t have or as deficient because of… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
Always say “yes” to the present moment. What could be more futile, more insane, than to create inner resistance to what already… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
Are you stressed? Are you so busy getting to the future that the present is reduced to a means of getting there?… — 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
Challenges are something that can only be tackled in the present moment and require action. — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
Awareness is the power that is concealed within the present moment. This is why we may also call it Presence. — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
Focus your attention on the Now and tell me what problem you have at this moment. — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
“You have a name, a past, a life situation, a future. But in one essential respect, you are not the same person… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
“Nothing ever happened in the past; it happened in the Now. Nothing will ever happen in the future; it will happen in… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
The power for creating a better future is contained in the present moment: You create a good future by creating a good… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
Allow whatever this moment contains. No matter what event or happening or situation, say 'yes' to it. Allow it to be. — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
“Stress is caused by being “here” but wanting to be “there,” or being in the present but wanting to be in the… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
You cannot give your full attention to something, and at the same time resist it. — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
Presence is when you're no longer waiting for the next moment, believing that the next moment will be more fulfilling than this… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
For the ego to survive, it must make time - past and future - more important than the present moment. — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
The present moment holds the key to liberation. But you cannot find the present moment as long as you are your mind. — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
The moment that judgement stops through acceptance of what it is, you are free of the mind. You have made room for… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
It is through gratitude for the present moment that the spiritual dimension of life opens up. — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
The present moment is all you ever have. There is never a time when your life is not 'this moment.' Is this… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
A teacher or teaching is not essential for spiritual awakening, but they save time. — 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