Eckhart Tolle quotes with context

Eckhart Tolle was born in Lünen, Germany, in 1948 and lives in Canada. His book “The Power of Now” (1997) made him one of the most widely read spiritual authors. Its subject is attention to the present moment.

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  1. Life doesn't unfold in the past or future, only now.

    Mindfulness

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    The past and the future always reach us in a present moment. A memory appears today as an image, sentence, or bodily sensation, and worry about tomorrow shows up today as restlessness. Even the largest plan begins with an action that is possible now. This is the particular power of the present: it is where experience and agency meet.

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20 quotes by Eckhart Tolle

Mindfulness 19

  1. Most people spend their lives acting as if real life were about to begin.

  2. Thoughts arise and pass like waves; you are the ocean.

  3. You are not your thoughts; you are the one who observes them.

  4. The now is the only place where you truly live.

  5. Life is an invitation, not an obligation.

  6. There is no yesterday and no tomorrow; there is only now.

  7. The mind loves past and future; the heart loves now.

  8. Freedom begins where the fight with now ends.

  9. Life doesn't ask about your plans.

  10. Life happens between your thoughts.

  11. Life gives itself to those who don't demand it.

  12. Life doesn't ask if you're ready; it simply happens.

  13. The present moment is the only thing that will always be.

  14. Thoughts are powerful, but you are more powerful.

  15. The present is not a transitional stage; it is the destination.

  16. Life gives you the moment; the rest is memory or expectation.

  17. Life doesn't consist of events, but of instants.

  18. When you stop fighting the now the miracle begins.

  19. The now has no problems.\nProblems always arise in time and thought.

About Eckhart Tolle

From “About Eckhart Tolle”

Eckhart Tolle was born 1948 as Ulrich Leonard Tölle in Lünen, in the Ruhr region of postwar West Germany. What is known about his family comes chiefly from what he later recounted himself: a mother who was sober and practical, an unconventional father, frequent arguments, divorce, and a father who left Germany.

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