Enlightenment means choosing to dwell in a state of presence rather than in time. It means saying yes to what is. — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
Presence is needed to become aware of the Beauty, the Majesty, the Sacredness of Nature — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
Once you have had a glimpse of awareness or Presence, you know it firsthand. It is no longer just a concept in… — 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
You can't think about presence, and the mind can't understand it. Understanding presence is being present. — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
Whenever you interact with people,don't be there primarily as a function or a role,But as a Field of conscious Presence — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
Until presence becomes your predominant state, you may find yourself moving back and forth for a while between the old consciousness and… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
When you take your attention into the present moment, a certain alertness arises. You become more conscious of what's around you, but… — 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
Presence remains even amidst worldly activities. Stillness is there even when you're doing something quickly, like rushing to answer the phone. Otherwise… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
Actually, the ability to choose presence depends on the degree of presence that's emerging in you. Ultimately, you are not choosing, there's… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
In fact, the collective energy field of presence can be very helpful when people come together. It can give you an enormous… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
“The moment you realize you are not present, you are present. Whenever you are able to observe your mind, you are no… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
The soul is your innermost being. The presence that you are beyond form. The consciousness that you are beyond form, that is… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
When you are present, when your attention is fully in the Now, Presence will flow into and transform what you do. There… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
You can enjoy the present moment, and you can be aligned with the doing. A different state of consciousness, then, is the… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
Christ is your God-essence or the Self, as it is sometimes called in the East. The only difference between Christ and presence… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
The answer is, who you are cannot be defined through thinking or mental labels or definitions, because it's beyond that. It is… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
I sometimes ask people, 'Can you be aware of your own presence? Not the thoughts that you're having, not the emotions that… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
“every time you walk up and down the stairs in your house or place of work, pay close attention to every step,… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
Be alert and present and see that your identity is not from your past story; who you truly are is the alert… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
Sense your presence, the naked, unveiled, unclothed beingness. It is untouched by young or old, rich or poor, good or bad, or… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
The state of presence is the only state in which creative energy is available to you. — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
Whatever you do, whatever you're working with, whether it's manual work or talking to people or buying or selling, every little thing… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
When you get into your car, after you close the door, pause for a few seconds and observe the flow of your… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
“The word Being explains nothing, but nor does God. Being, however, has the advantage that it is an open concept. It does… — 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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
When you are not honoring the present moment by allowing it to be, you are creating drama. — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
Whenever you step out of the noise of thinking, that is meditation, and a different state of consciousness arises. — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
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 Image
