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> [Use whatever challenge comes into your life as a kind of fuel for the flame of consciousness. That is done through surrender to what is. Some people may need more of that than others. If you choose presence in your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/use-whatever-challenge-comes-into-your-life-as-a-kind-of-fuel-for-the/)

[Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/)

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> [Actually, the ability to choose presence depends on the degree of presence that's emerging in you. Ultimately, you are not choosing, there's nobody there to choose. When you think you are choosing, presence is simply emerging in that moment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eckhart-tolle/actually-the-ability-to-choose-presence-depends-on-the-degree-of/)

[Eckhart Tolle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eckhart-tolle/)

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