Eckhart Tolle

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Eckhart Tolle ( EK-art TOL-ə; German: [ˈɛkhaʁt ˈtɔlə]; born Ulrich Leonard Tölle, 16 February 1948) is a German-born spiritual teacher and self-help author. His books include The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment (1997), A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose (2005) and the picture book Guardians of Being (2009).

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Nothing has ever happened in the past that can prevent you from being present now; and if the past cannot prevent you from being present now, what power does it have?

—Eckhart Tolle

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If you really want to know your mind, the body will always give you a truthful reflection, so look at the emotion, or rather feel it in your body. If there is an apparent conflict between them, the thought will be the lie, the emotion will be the truth.

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The most common ego identifications have to do with possessions, the work you do, social status and recognition, knowledge and education, physical appearance, special abilities, relationships, personal and family history, belief systems, and often political, nationalistic, racial, religious, and other collective identifications. None of these is you.

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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 you realize that you don't need time to be who you are.

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Life will give you whatever experience is most helpful for the evolution of your consciousness. How do you know this is the experience you need? Because this is the experience you are having at this moment.

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out of silence, dies back into silence, and during its life span is surrounded by silence. . . . It is an intrinsic but unmanifested part of every sound, every musical note, every song, and every word.

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The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation but your thoughts about it.

—Eckhart Tolle in A New Earth

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Sometimes letting go is an act of far greater power than defending or hanging on.

—Eckhart Tolle in A New Earth

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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 in A New Earth

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Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have.

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Books

Eckhart Tolle has the following books quoted on Quodid:

A New Earth