Category Quotations

Eckhart Tolle says :  “The greatest difficulty is the mental resistance to things that arise, and the underlying assumption that they should not. “

Eckhart Tolle says :  “The future, the worry, the regret, the anxiety – these are all mental events that do not have to be part of the difficulty of life; these can be transcended here and now.”

Eckhart Tolle says :  “The first important step into the now is to become aware of whatever surrounds you.”

Eckhart Tolle says :  “Suffering is necessary until you realize it is unnecessary.”

Eckhart Tolle says :  “Stress is caused by being ‘here’ but wanting to be ‘there’.”

Eckhart Tolle says :  “Spiritual seekers look for self-realization or enlightenment in the future. To be a seeker implies that you need the future. If this is what you believe, it becomes true for you: you will need time until…

Eckhart Tolle says :  “Sometimes surrender means giving up trying to understand and becoming comfortable with not knowing.”

Eckhart Tolle says :  “Somebody, I don’t recall who, once said: ‘When you get there, there’s no there there’. This applies not only to location in space, but also to time: when you get to the future, you find yourself…

Eckhart Tolle says :  “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.”

Eckhart Tolle says :  “Rather than being your thoughts and emotions, be the awareness behind them.”