Quotes By Author: Eckhart Tolle

“Past and future veil God from our sight; burn up both of them with fire”

“When you are present, when your attention is fully and intensely in the Now, Being can be felt, but it can never be understood mentally. To regain awareness of Being and to abide in that state of “feeling-realization” is enlightenment.”

“The intensity of the pain depends on the degree of resistance to the present moment.”

“What appears to us as space in our universe perceived through the mind and the senses is the Unmanifested itself, externalized. It is the “body” of God. And the greatest miracle is this: That stillness and vastness that enables the universe to be, is not just out there in space – it is also within you. When you are utterly and totally present, you encounter it as the still inner space of no-mind. Within you, it is vast in depth, not in extension.”

“Solamente lo eterno de nosotros puede reconocer la temporalidad de lo temporal”

“La llegada del desorden a la vida de una persona con el consiguiente colapso del significado definido por la mente, puede constituir la puerta a un orden superior.”

“Su tarea no es buscar amor sino encontrar una puerta a través de la cual el amor pueda entrar”.”

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

“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.”

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

“Where there is anger there is always pain underneath.”

“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.”

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

“I have lived with several Zen masters — all of them cats.”

“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.”