"Why does the mind habitually deny or resist……" — Eckhart Tolle
"Why does the mind habitually deny or resist the Now? Because it cannot function and remain in control without time, which is past and future, so it perceives the timeless Now as threatening. Time and mind are in fact inseparable."
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722 Quotes by Eckhart Tolle
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