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Humans Quotes by Eckhart Tolle

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When Eckhart Tolle turns his attention to the human condition, he does so with a calm that feels almost meditative. Across ninety brief observations, he peels back the layers of ego, urging readers to notice the present moment and the quiet pulse that runs through every person. Expect a steady stream of gentle nudges toward awareness, each one a small reminder that we’re all part of the same living tapestry.

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Evil is an extreme manifestation of human unconsciousness.

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Thinking without awareness is the main dilemma of human existence.

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You are this universe experiencing itself, very briefly, as a human.

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Every human being in the human form has limitations.

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You are the Universe expressing itself as a human for a little while.

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The human condition: lost in thought.

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Just as the dog loves to chew bones, the human mind loves its problems.

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The habit patterns of the human mind are very strong and make it seem that the hard way is easy and the…

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When you always want the next thing, every human being becomes a means to an end.

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The animals certainly like to be close to humans, especially as humans go through the shift in consciousness.

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Authentic human interactions become impossible when you lose yourself in a role.

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Each human needs to find his or her timeless and formless essence identity

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If the structures of the human mind remain unchanged, we will always end up re-creating the same world, the same evils, the…

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Suppression of the feminine principal has enabled The Ego to gain absolute supremacy in the collective human psyche

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So far for humans it has been the case that ego develops and then humans are stuck with it for the rest…

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Science and technology have amplified the effects of the dysfunction of the human mind in its unawakened state to such a degree…

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I call animals "guardians of Being," especially animals that live with humans. Because, for many humans, it's through their contact with animals…

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There is only one perpetrator of evil on the planet: human unconsciousness. That realization is true forgiveness. With forgiveness, your victim identity…

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As each human being is an integral part of the collective human consciousness, they affect the world much more deeply than is…

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Are you polluting the world or cleaning up the mess? You are responsible for your inner space; nobody else is, just as…

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Boredom, anger, sadness, or fear are not 'yours,' not personal. They are conditions of the human mind. They come and go. Nothing…

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Whenever you meet anybody, it is a holy encounter. The primary event is the energy field of presence between you and the…

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Non-reaction to the ego in others is one of the most effective ways not only of going beyond ego in yourself but…

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Some of the first human beings in whom the new consciousness emerged fully became the great teachers of humanity, such as Buddha,…

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Death is the moment of form dissolving. When that dissolving is not resisted, an opening appears into the dimension of the sacred,…

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True freedom and the end of suffering is living in such a way as if you had completely chosen whatever you feel…

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Wouldn't it be wonderful if you could spare them from all suffering? No, it wouldn't. They would not evolve as human beings…

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Once there is a certain degree of Presence, of still and alert attention in human beings' perceptions, they can sense the divine…

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Many people see themselves as a problem that needs to be solved. They also habitually see the present moment as an obstacle…

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Humanity as a whole has already gone through unimaginable suffering, mostly self-inflicted, the culmination of which was the 20th century with its…

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Thought subsides when you pet your dog or you have a purring cat on your chest. Even just watching an animal can…

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Consciousness is not personal. Human consciousness is just an expression of universal consciousness, which pervades the entire universe.

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... inherited collective mind-patterns ... have kept humans in bondage to suffering for eons.

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The greater part of human pain is unnecessary. It is self-created as long as the unobserved mind runs your life.

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Humans are potentially capable of living in a state of consciousness compared to which normal wakefulness is like sleeping or dreaming.

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Words reduce reality to something the human mind can grasp, which isn’t very much.

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Any action that arises out of stress is of low quality, and it contributes to human suffering. You are making yourself and…

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Honoring the moment is honoring every human being you meet. The only place where you can meet them is in the moment.

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Most humans live in the mindset that this moment is only important because it's getting them to the next one.

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When you are not making the present moment into a means to an end, you also are not making every human being…

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When you are not honoring the present moment by allowing it to be, you are creating drama.

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On a deeper level you are already complete. When you realize that, there is a joyous energy behind what you do.

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Life will give you whatever experience is most helpful for the evolution of your consciousness. How do you know this is the experience you…

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You may not yet be able to bring your unconscious mind activity into awareness as thoughts, but it will always be reflected in the…

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“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…

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Whenever you step out of the noise of thinking, that is meditation, and a different state of consciousness arises.

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Get the inside right, and the outside will take care of itself.

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It is very hard to tell when I started to be a spiritual teacher. There was a time when occasionally somebody would come and…

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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…

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Let the end of the world be inside you, then you don't need to fear the end of the world out there.

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“Jeste li zabrinuti? Razmišljate li često: »Što bi bilo da sam...?« To znači da ste se poistovjetili s umom, koji se projicira u neku…

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