States Quotes by Eckhart Tolle

Enthusiasm cannot be a continuous state. It comes in waves.

— Eckhart Tolle

Presence is a state of inner spaciousness

— Eckhart Tolle

A work of art comes out of a state of deep stillness.

— Eckhart Tolle

To offer no resistance to life is to be in a state of grace, ease, and lightness.

— Eckhart Tolle

Neither failure nor success has the power to change your inner state of Being.

— Eckhart Tolle

What the future holds for you depends on your state of consciousness now.

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

— Eckhart Tolle

The state of presence is the only state in which creative energy is available to you.

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Form is emptiness, emptiness is form" states the Heart Sutra, one of the best known ancient Buddhist texts. The essence of all…

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

— Eckhart Tolle

Give up waiting as a state of mind. When you catch yourself slipping into waiting...snap out of it. Come into the present…

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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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The word Buddha comes from the Sanskrit word Budh, meaning, to be awake. So Buddha is not a name and ultimately not…

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Words that arise spontaneously out of the state of presence are charged with spiritual power: the power to awaken.

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Because dogs and cats still live in the original state of connectedness with Being, they can help us regain it. When we…

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You simply have to surrender to the present moment. Be alert. Watch something in a state of alertness. Always, continuously, bring that…

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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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Remember that your perception of the world is a reflection of your state of consciousness. You are not separate from it, and…

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The word enlightenment conjures up the idea of some superhuman accomplishment, and the ego likes to keep it that way, but it…

— Eckhart Tolle

Not what you do, but how you do what you do determines whether you are fulfilling your destiny. And how you do…

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Occasionally people would come to me. I was sitting with a woman one day and she was telling me her story and…

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The reason why the romantic love relationship is such an intense and universally sought-after experience is that it seems to offer liberation…

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The philosopher Descartes believed he had found the most fundamental truth when he made his famous statement: "I think, therefore I am."…

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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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You can enjoy the present moment, and you can be aligned with the doing. A different state of consciousness, then, is the…

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In the unawakened state you don't use thought, but thought uses you. You are, one could almost say, possessed by thought, which…

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When you let go of the belief that you should or need to know who you are, what happens to confusion? Suddenly…

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Whenever you are able, have a "look" inside yourself to see whether you are unconsciously creating conflict between the inner and the…

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The word enlightenment conjures up the idea of some superhuman accomplishment, and the ego likes to keep it that way, but it…

— Eckhart Tolle

This is why very often you find educated people in the media who look at spiritual books but they are so identified…

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It is much more likely that help comes in when what you are doing is done while you are in a state…

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Acceptance looks like a passive state, but in reality it brings something entirely new into this world. That peace, a subtle energy…

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Whatever you do in your business comes out of a state of inner alignment with life and the source of life itself,…

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If you are not taking responsibility for your state of consciousness, you are not taking responsibility for 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.

— Eckhart Tolle

Being spiritual has nothing to do with what you believe and everything to do with your state of consciousness.

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When you recognize this, you also realize that you are now free to give up this futile conflict, this inner state of…

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The planet will not survive another hundred years of the same state of consciousness that produced the external effects of recent history.

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We would destroy ourselves and the planet if no change happens, because of the amplification of the egoic state through science and…

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It is not necessary to do things in a state of anxiety or anguish. That is not the way to be aligned…

— Eckhart Tolle