Mean Quotes by Eckhart Tolle

Acceptance means: For now, this is what this situation, this moment, requires me to do, and so I do it willingly.

— Eckhart Tolle

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

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Enlightenment means choosing to dwell in a state of presence rather than in time. It means saying yes to what is.

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Vigilance in oneself is very important. Vigilance means to be alert to what happens inside, so you can catch an old, collective…

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Stress means there is something wrong, and you are not aligned with life.

— Eckhart Tolle

To do everything in a sacred manner means to do everything fully in the state of presence.

— Eckhart Tolle

Worry means the mind is controlling you. Worry is always pointless. A solution never comes out of worry.

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Unconscious means identified totally with thought. You reduce reality to a conceptual reality.

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You become most powerful in whatever you do if the action is performed for its own sake rather than as a means…

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Your primary purpose is to be here fully, and to be total in whatever you do so that the preciousness of the…

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Through forgiveness, which essentially means recognizing the insubstantiality of the past and allowing the present moment to be as it is, the…

— Eckhart Tolle

Many adults play roles when they speak to young children. They use silly words and sounds. They talk down to the child.…

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Even if they don't know it consciously, people can feel when you are making them into a means to an end only.…

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Being is not only beyond but also deep within every form as its innermost invisible and indestructible essence. This means that it…

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For a relationship to deepen, at some point the spiritual dimension needs to come in. You don't even need to be fully…

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The power of now can only be realized now. It requires no time and effort. Effort means you're trying hard to get…

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Being rich/wealthy is being in touch with the fullness of life. When you are open to the present moment, what comes in,…

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Christ is your God-essence or the Self, as it is sometimes called in the East. The only difference between Christ and presence…

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When you become comfortable with uncertainty, infinite possibilities open up in your life. It means fear is no longer a dominant factor…

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There are situations when all answers and explanations fade. When you fully accept that you do not know, you give up struggling…

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When you are present, when your attention is fully in the Now, Presence will flow into and transform what you do. There…

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So really what it comes down to, it's God. Wherever you look, it's God appearing as this, that, that...and what you really…

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When each thought absorbs your attention completely, it means you identify with the voice in your head. Thought then becomes invested with…

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To some people, surrender may have negative connotations, implying defeat, giving up, failing to rise to the challenges of life, becoming lethargic,…

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When forms begin to crumble there is always an opportunity for great deepening. By deepening I mean the arising of who you…

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When work is no more than a means to an end, it cannot be of high quality.

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There is a wonderful ancient Sufi saying which I'm going to paraphrase slightly. It says, 'When the heart weeps for what it…

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Stressful energy arises when you think some future moment is more important than the present moment, and the doing becomes only a…

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Space has no "existence." "To exist" literally means "to stand out." You cannot understand space because it doesn't stand out. Although in…

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The next step in human evolution is to transcend thought. This is now our urgent task. It doesn't mean not to think…

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Transcending the world does not mean to withdraw from the world, to no longer take action, or to stop interacting with people.…

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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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Don't get stuck on the level of words. A word is no more than a means to an end. It's an abstraction.…

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To end the misery that has afflicted the human condition for thousands of years, you have to start with yourself and take…

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Enlightenment means rising above thought, not falling back to a level below thought, the level of an animal or a plant. In…

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Ego means self-identification with thinking, to be trapped in thought, which means to have a mental image of "me" based on thought…

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Accepting means you allow yourself to feel whatever it is you are feeling at that moment. It is part of the isness…

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For most people on the planet, consciousness can be equated with thought. They haven't experienced what it means to be conscious without…

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Gratefulness for what is there is one of the most powerful tools for creating what is not yet there. What does gratefulness…

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As you become comfortable with uncertainty, infinite possibilities open up in your life. It means fear is no longer a dominant factor…

— Eckhart Tolle