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Eckhart Tolle

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01Undated

To love is to recognize yourself in another.

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02Undated

The past has no power over the present moment.

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03Undated

Life isn't as serious as the mind makes it out to be.

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04Undated

Realize deeply that the present moment is all you will ever have.

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05Undated

What will be left of all the fearing and wanting associated with your problematic life situation that every day takes up most of your attention? A dash, one or two inches long, between the date of birth and date of death on your gravestone.

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06Undated

It is not uncommon for people to spend their whole life waiting to start living.

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07Undated

Man made God in his own image...

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08Undated

In essence, you are neither inferior nor superior to anyone. True self-esteem and true humility arise out of that realization. In the eyes of the ego, self-esteem and humility are contradictory. In truth, they are one and the same.

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09Undated

I have lived with several Zen masters -- all of them cats.

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10Undated

Can you look without the voice in your head commenting, drawing conclusions, comparing, or trying to figure something out?

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11Undated

Where there is anger there is always pain underneath.

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12Undated

Watch any plant or animal and let it teach you acceptance of what is, surrender to the Now.Let it teach you Being.Let it teach you integrity — which means to be one, to be yourself, to be real.Let it teach you how to live and how to die, and how not to make living and dying into a problem.

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13Undated

The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation, but you thoughts about it. Be aware of the thoughts you are thinking.

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14Undated

Death is a stripping away of all that is not you. The secret of life is to "die before you die" --- and find that there is no death.

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15Undated

Die before you die and find that there is no death.

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16Undated

Whatever you think the world is withholding from you, you are withholding from the world.

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17Undated

Time isn’t precious at all, because it is an illusion. What you perceive as precious is not time but the one point that is out of time: the Now. That is precious indeed. The more you are focused on time—past and future—the more you miss the Now, the most precious thing there is.

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18Undated

Reading is my passion and my escape since I was 5 years old. Overall, children don't realize the magic that can live inside their own heads. Better even then any movie.

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19Undated

Through the present moment, you have access to the power of life itself, that which has traditionally been called "God." As soon as you turn away from it, God ceases to be a reality in your life, and all you are left with is the mental concept of God, which some people believe in and others deny. Even belief in God is only a poor substitute for the living reality of God manifesting every moment of your life.

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20Undated

When you no longer perceive the world as hostile, there is no more fear, and when there is no more fear, you think, speak and act differently.

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21Undated

If there were nothing but thought in you. You wouldn't even know your thinking. You would be like a dreamer who doesn't know he's dreaming. You would be as identified with thought as a dreamer is with every image in the dream.

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22Undated

The moment that judgement stops through acceptance of what it is, you are free of the mind. You have made room for love, for joy, for peace.

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23Undated

Some changes look negative on the surface but you will soon realize that space is being created in your life for something new to emerge.

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See if you can catch yourself complaining, in either speech or thought, about a situation you find yourself in, what other people do or say, your surroundings, your life situation, even the weather. To complain is always nonacceptance of what is. It invariably carries an unconscious negative charge. When you complain, you make yourself into a victim. When you speak out, you are in your power. So change the situation by taking action or by speaking out if necessary or possible; leave the situation or accept it. All else is madness.

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