Shelle from Clearwater shared this in an email:
12 Quotes from The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
1. Pay more attention to the silence than to the sounds. Paying attention to outer silence creates inner silence: The mind becomes still.
2. Use your senses fully. Be where you are. Look around. Just look, don’t interpret. See the light, shapes, colors, textures. Be aware of the silent presence of each thing. Be aware of the space that allows everything to be.
3. All Negativity is caused by an accumulation of psychological time and denial of the present. Unease, anxiety, tension, stress, worry – all forms of fear – are caused by too much future, and not enough presence. Guilt, regret, resentment, grievances, sadness, bitterness, and all forms of nonforgiveness are caused by tto much past, and not enough presence.
4. In the stillness of your presence, you can feel your own formless and timeless reality as the unmanifested life that animates your physical form.
5. With the timeless dimension comes a different kind of knowing, a knowing that does not destroy the sacredness and mystery of life but contains a deep love and reverence for all that is.
6. The mind is a superb instrument if used rightly. Used wrongly, however, it becomes very destructive. It is not so much that you use your mind wrongly – you usually don’t use it at all. It uses you. You believe that you are your mind. This is the delusion.
7. When you are full of problems, there is no room for anything new to enter, no room for a solution. So wherever you can, make some room, create some space, so that you find the life underneath your life situation.
8. Give your fullest attention to whatever the moment presents. This implies that you also completely accept what is, because you cannot give your full attention to something and at the same time resist it.
9. Your life’s journey has an outer purpose and an inner purpose. Your outer journey may contain a million steps; your inner journey only has one: the step you are taking right now.
10. As far as your life situation is concerned, there may be things to be attained or acquired. That’s the world of form, of gain and loss. Yet on a deeper level you are already complete, and when you realize that, there is a playful, joyous energy behind what you do.
11. 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. To regain awareness of Being and to abide in that state of “feeling-realization” is enlightenment.
12. Most people find it difficult to believe that a state of consciousness totally free of all negativity is possible. And yet this is the liberated state to which all spiritual teachings point.
12 Quotes from Chopra Center
- “When we can accept all of life’s contradictions, when we can comfortably flow between the banks of pleasure and pain, experiencing them both while getting stuck in neither, then we are free.” Deepak Chopra
- “The same creative force that generated the universe created your body. It is vibrating with intelligence and spirit. It is ultimately sacred and worthy of your love, respect, and intention. Take good care of it and it will take good care of you.” David Simon
- “When you drink in nature through your senses, you deepen your awareness of the great silent intelligence flowing through all things. You nourish your mind, body, and spirit as you connect to the divine love of Being.” D Chopra
- “The best way to evaluate whether we are moving in the direction of greater wellbeing is by listening to our inner messages of comfort or distress. Our highest evolutionary path is the one that generates the least resistance and the greatest joy.” David Simon
- “When we surrender, we allow the universe to work its magic; we say yes to infinite possibilities: we trust that things will work out as they are meant to; and we give our self permission to let go of the outcome. This can be liberating, intimidating, blissful, scary, and swirl of so many other emotions. But in the end, if we are true to our heart, life unfolds with magnificence….and we get to celebrate.” DavidJI
- “The inner self of every human waits patiently until we are ready to discover it; then it extends an invitation to enter the luminous mystery of existence in which all things are created, nurtured, and renewed. In the presence of this mystery, we not only heal ourselves, we heal the world.” D Chopra
- “The love you pray for is trying to reach you at every moment. Your longing, your deep fantasies about being loved are mere shadows of the melting sweetness that makes spirit want to love you.” D Chopra
- “The most direct and consistent way that I know to bring peace into every aspect of your life is through the regular practice of meditation. Take time on a daily basis to quiet your mind and calm your body. This helps you take peace beyond a mood you are trying to maintain to your essential state of being.” David Simon
- “Intention is the starting point of every spiritual path. It is the force that fulfills all our needs, whether for money, relationships, spiritual awakening, or love. Intention generates all the activities in the universe. Everything that we can see- and even the things we cannot – are an expression of intention’s infinite organizing power.” D Chopra
- “Compassion is the divine expression of love. A heart filled with compassion is broadcasting the message, ‘I recognize you. I know you. I accept you.’ ” Simon
- “As you breathe each moment in and out, look to your soul and see what’s inside. What is abundant in your life right now? What are you grateful for? What do you need more of? As the answers flow to you, fill what is empty and empty what is full.” DavidJI
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