Eckhart Tolle

In normal everyday usage, "I" embodies the primordial error, a misperception of who you are, an illusory sense of identity. This is the ego. The illusory sense of self is what Albert Einstein, who had deep insights not only into the reality of space an time, but also into human nature, referred to as "an optical illusion of consciousness.

How "spiritual" you are has nothing to do with what you believe, but everything to do with your state of consciousness.

When you are fully conscious, drama does not come into your life anymore.

A new heaven is the emergence of a transformed state of human consciousness. And A New Earth is it's direct reflection in the physical realm.

When you are aware that you are thinking, that awareness is not part of thinking. It is a different dimension of consciousness. It is that awareness that says "I AM

If your mind carries a heavy burden of past, you will experience more of the same. The past perpetuates itself through lack of presence. The quality of your consciousness at this moment is what shapes the future.

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

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.

To recognize one's own insanity is, of course, the arising of sanity, the beginning of healing and transcendence.

Fulfill me, make me happy, make me feel safe, tell me who I am. The world cannot give you those things, and when you no longer have such expectations, all self created suffering comes to an end.

Suffering needs time. It cannot survive in the now.

Those who do not attempt to appear more than they are but are simply themselves, stand out as remarkable and are the only ones who truly make a difference in this world.

What you usually refer to when you say ___ is not who you are. By a monstrous act of reductionism, the infinite depth of who you are is confused with a sound produced by the vocal cords or the thought of ___ in your mind and whatever the ___ has identified with.

When you want to arrive at your goal more than you want to be doing what you're doing, you become stressed.

The more you make your thoughts and beliefs into your identity, the more cut off you are from the spiritual dimension within yourself.

Ego is the complete identification with form. Physical forms, thought forms, emotional forms.

Rather than being your thoughts and emotions, be the awareness behind them.

Whenever tragic loss occurs, you either resist or you yield. Some people become bitter or deeply resentful; others become compassionate, wise, and loving. Yielding means inner acceptance of what is.You are open to life.