Eckert Tolle
German-born Canadian Resident and Spiritual Teacher
Eckhart Tolle
So next time somebody says, “Sorry to have kept you waiting”, you can reply, “That’s all right, I wasn’t waiting. I was just standing here enjoying myself – in joy in myself.”
Eckhart Tolle
Conscious breathing, which is a powerful meditation in its own right, will gradually put you in touch with the body.
Eckhart Tolle
Becoming aware of awareness is the arising of inner stillness.
Eckhart Tolle
Every time you create a gap in the stream of mind, the light of your consciousness grows stronger.
Eckhart Tolle
Acceptance means: For now, this is what this situation, this moment, requires me to do, and so I do it willingly.
Eckhart Tolle
Ego is the unobserved mind that runs your life when you are not present as the witnessing consciousness, the watcher.
Eckhart Tolle
Wisdom is a deep understanding and for wisdom to arise you have to become comfortable in not knowing. Not knowing is the source of all true knowing. Humility also comes from not knowing.
Eckhart Tolle
You cannot have an argument with a fully conscious person. An argument implies identification with your mind and a mental position, as well resistance to the other person’s position.
Eckhart Tolle
The soul is your innermost being. The presence that you are beyond form. The consciousness that you are beyond form, which is the soul. That is who you are in essence
Eckhart Tolle
When you doing is infused with Being, it becomes a joyful celebration of life energy that takes you more deeply into the Now.
Eckhart Tolle
In Taoism, there is a term called wu wei, which is usually translated as “actionless activity” or “sitting quietly doing nothing.” In ancient China, this was regarded as one of the highest achievements or virtues.
Eckhart Tolle
The mind-identified state is severely dysfunctional. It is a form of insanity. Almost everyone is suffering from this illness in varying degrees. The moment you realise this, there can be no more resentment. How can you resent someone’s illness? The only appropriate response is compassion.
Eckhart Tolle
Become an alchemist! Transmute base metal into gold, suffering into consciousness, disaster into enlightenment.
Eckhart Tolle
The basis for true change is freedom from negativity. And that's what acceptance implies: no negativity about what is. And then you see what this moment requires: what is it that is required now so that life can express itself more fully?
Eckhert Tolle
Stillness is where creativity and solutions to problems are found.