
Eckhart Tolle
The Power of Now
Somehow, humans, even humans who are still very much identified with their mind, many of them are touched by when they see or hear or whatever β come into contact with β something that came out of that deeper level, whether itβs a work of art, or a piece of music, or it could just be somebody talking. And the words come from that deeper level. It could just be somebody who has a good sense of humor β even that is already a form of creativity.
True intelligence operates silently. Stillness is where creativity and solutions to problems are found.
The ego lives through comparison. How you are seen by others turns into how you see yourself.
Rather than being your thoughts and emotions, be the awareness behind them.
Your unhappiness ultimately arises not from the circumstances of your life but from the conditioning of your mind.
You are not separate from the whole. You are one with the sun, the earth, the air. You don't have a life. You are life.
When you become comfortable with uncertainty, infinite possibilities open up in your life.
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.
Each person's life - each life-form, in fact - represents a world, a unique way in which the universe experiences itself.
How spiritual you are has nothing to do with what you believe but everything to do with your state of consciousness.