Philosophy of Mind Quotes by Eckhart Tolle

“Nobody can act beyond their level of consciousness.”

— Eckhart Tolle

Become conscious of being conscious.

— Eckhart Tolle

Being must be felt. It can't be thought.

— Eckhart Tolle

Reality is a unified whole, but thought cuts it up into fragments.

— Eckhart Tolle

“Attention is primordial intelligence, consciousness itself.”

— Eckhart Tolle

The flower of # consciousness needs the mud out of which it grows.

— Eckhart Tolle

Defining yourself through thought is limiting yourself.

— Eckhart Tolle

The human condition: lost in thought.

— Eckhart Tolle

The stream of thinking has enormous momentum that can easily drag you along with it. Every thought pretends that it matters so…

— Eckhart Tolle

The brain does not create consciousness, but conciousness created the brain, the most complex physical form on earth, for its expression.

— Eckhart Tolle

“And it is from inner space, the unconditioned consciousness itself, that true happiness, the joy of Being, emanates.”

— Eckhart Tolle

The awakening of consciousness is the next evolutionary step for mankind.

— Eckhart Tolle

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

— Eckhart Tolle

“You are the light of Presence, the awareness that is prior to and deeper than any thoughts and emotions.”

— Eckhart Tolle

Future success is dependent upon and inseparable from the consciousness out of which the actions emanate

— Eckhart Tolle

It's interesting that stepping out of thought was actually triggered by a thought.

— Eckhart Tolle

Oprah [Winfrey] and I share a similar consciousness of spirit that is manifested in what some may call God or simply Spirit…

— Eckhart Tolle

Although an increasing number of humans are undergoing a process of awakening, identification with thinking is still the prevalent state of consciousness.…

— Eckhart Tolle

When your consciousness is directed outward, mind and world arise. When it is directed inward, it realises its own Source and returns…

— Eckhart Tolle

If it is the quality of your consciousness at this moment that determines the future, then what is it that determines the…

— Eckhart Tolle

What you encounter at your destination once you get there depends on the quality of this one step. Another way of putting…

— Eckhart Tolle

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

— Eckhart Tolle

The ego is a false sense based on mental concepts. It is identification with the body and the mind-primarily identification with thought…

— Eckhart Tolle

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

The problems that we are facing are multiplying on the planet - economic, environmental, social, political upheaval, the list goes on. It's…

— Eckhart Tolle

Fear arises through identification with form, whether it be a material possession, a physical body, a social role, a self-image, a thought,…

— Eckhart Tolle

If action is possible or necessary, your action will be in alignment with the whole and supported by creative intelligence, the unconditioned…

— Eckhart Tolle

“Can you give some more examples of ordinary unconsciousness?   See if you can catch yourself complaining, in either speech or thought,…

— Eckhart Tolle

Do you really need to mentally label every sense perception and experience? Do you really need to have a reactive like/dislike relationship…

— Eckhart Tolle

Stillness is your essential nature. What is stillness? The inner space or awareness in which the words on this page are bieng…

— Eckhart Tolle

No thought can encapsulate the vastness of the totality. Reality is a unified whole, but thought cuts it up into fragments. Every…

— Eckhart Tolle

Bring your attention to your breathing and realize that you are not doing it. It is the breath of nature. You reconnect…

— Eckhart Tolle

“When you look at a tree, you are aware of the tree. When you have a thought or feeling, you are aware…

— Eckhart Tolle

“Try a little experiment. Close your eyes and say to yourself: “I wonder what my next thought is going to be.” Then…

— Eckhart Tolle

“When you are aware that you are thinking, that awareness is not part of thinking. It is a different dimension of consciousness.…

— Eckhart Tolle

“Mind, in the way I use the word, is not just thought. It includes your emotions as well as all unconscious mental-emotional…

— Eckhart Tolle

“How easy it is for people to become trapped in their conceptual prisons. The human mind, in its desire to know, understand,…

— Eckhart Tolle

“You mean stop thinking altogether? No, I can’t, except maybe for a moment or two. Then the mind is using you. You…

— Eckhart Tolle

“Many people live with a tormentor in their head that continuously attacks and punishes them and drains them of vital energy. It…

— Eckhart Tolle

“I was so stunned by this strange realization that my mind stopped. I was fully conscious, but there were no more thoughts.…

— Eckhart Tolle