Thinking, or more precisely identification with thinking, gives rise to and maintains the ego, which, in our Western society in particular, is… — 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
It is very hard to tell when I started to be a spiritual teacher. There was a time when occasionally somebody would… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
The key is to be in a state of permanent connectedness with your inner body - to feel it at all times.… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
Most people's lives are run by desire and fear. Desire is the need to add something to yourself in order to be… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
Since ancient times, spiritual masters of all traditions have pointed to the Now as the key to the spiritual dimension. Despite this,… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
You are not IN the universe, you ARE the universe, an intrinsic part of it. Ultimately you are not a person, but… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
All you realy need to do is accept this moment fully. You are then at ease in the here and now and… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
So love is the recognition of oneness in a world of duality. This is the birth of God into the world of… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
The greatest achievement of humanity is not its works of art, science, or technology, but the recognition of its own dysfunction. — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
True creativity flows only from stillness. When stillness becomes conscious, the spiritual dimension enters your life and you begin to be guided… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
“Consciousness is a vast ocean and thinking is the waves & ripples on the surface of the ocean. Every wave & ripple… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
The mental suffering you create is always some form of non-acceptance, some form of unconscious resistance to what is. On the level… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
Some people awaken spiritually without ever coming into contact with any meditation technique or any spiritual teaching. They may awaken simply because… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
I don't want it to end, and so, as every therapist knows, the ego does not want an end to its “problems”… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
Life will give you whatever experience is most helpful for the evolution of your consciousness. — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
... there are two ways of being unhappy. Not getting what you want is one. Getting what you want is the other. — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
Acceptance of the unacceptable is the greatest source of grace in the world. — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
As long as you are unable to access the power of the Now, every emotional pain that you experience leaves behind a… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
That is the challenge of a spiritual teacher: not to take on board the projections of specialness people have. This is especially… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
It is not uncommon for people to spend their whole life waiting to start living. — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
If you cannot be at ease with yourself when alone, you will seek a relationship to cover up your unease. You can… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
The present moment has always been available to spiritual seekers, but as long as you are seeking you are not available to… — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
Knowing yourself is to be rooted in Being, instead of lost in your mind. — Eckhart Tolle Copy Share Image
The quicker you are in attaching verbal or mental labels to things, people, or situations, the more shallow and lifeless your reality… — 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
