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Eckhart Tolle, born Ulrich Leonard Tölle on February 16, 1948, in Lünen, Germany, is a spiritual teacher and author best known for his influential books "The Power of Now" (1997) and "A New Earth" (2005). "The Power of Now" achieved widespread acclaim and was listed on the New York Times Best Seller list, promoting the importance of living in the present moment. more Eckhart Tolle, born Ulrich Leonard Tölle on February 16, 1948, in Lünen, Germany, is a spiritual teacher and author best known for his influential books "The Power of Now" (1997) and "A New Earth" (2005). "The Power of Now" achieved widespread acclaim and was listed on the New York Times Best Seller list, promoting the importance of living in the present moment. "A New Earth," which was selected for Oprah Winfrey's book club in 2008, further cemented his reputation, emphasizing the concept of ego and its impact on personal and collective consciousness. Tolle's teachings draw on various spiritual traditions, offering a blend of mindfulness, meditation, and self-inquiry. less

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"Complaining is one of the ego's favorite strategies for strengthening itself."
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"You are the universe expressing itself as a human for a little while."
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"In the stillness of your presence, you can feel your own formless and timeless reality as the unmanifested life that animates your physical form."
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"Death is a stripping away of all that is not you."
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"Life isn't as serious as the mind makes it out to be."
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"Inner resistance to what arises creates outer resistance, therefore releasing inner resistance allows the outer to also release."
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"When you wash your hands, when you make a cup of coffee, when you’re waiting for the elevator – instead of indulging in thinking, these are all opportunities for being there as a still, alert presence."
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"To realize that you are not your thoughts is when you begin to awaken."
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"Whatever you think people are withholding from you, you are withholding from them."
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"Give up defining yourself - to yourself or to others."
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"This, too, will pass."
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"If you get the inside right, the outside will fall into place."
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"Worry pretends to be necessary but serves no useful purpose."
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"Accept - then act. Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it."
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"Don't let a mad world tell you that success is anything other than a successful present moment."
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