Bring awareness to the many subtle sounds of nature - The rustling of leaves in the wind, Raindrops falling, The humming of an insect, The first birdsong at dawn.
Eckhart TolleRead
On a deeper level you are already complete. When you realize that, there is a joyous energy behind what you do.
Interpretation
True completeness comes from within, leading to joy in our actions.
Eckhart Tolle's quote emphasizes that our sense of incompleteness is often an illusion created by external circumstances and that, at a deeper level, we possess all that we need to be complete. Recognizing this inner completeness helps to unleash a joyful energy that enhances everything we do.
In practice
In a motivational speech about self-acceptance.
Bring awareness to the many subtle sounds of nature - The rustling of leaves in the wind, Raindrops falling, The humming of an insect, The first birdsong at dawn.
Body awareness not only anchors you in the present moment, it is a doorway out of the prison that is the ego. It also strengthens the immune system and the bodyβs ability to heal itself.
Whenever you become anxious or stressed, outer purpose has taken over, and you lost sight of your inner purpose. You have forgotten that your state of consciousness is primary, all else secondary.
Nothing that was real ever died, only names, forms, and illusions.
Suffering has a noble purpose: the evolution of consciousness and the burning up of the ego.
Sometimes surrender means giving up trying to understand and becoming comfortable with not knowing.
Inside every seventy-year-old is a thirty-five-year-old asking, 'What happened?
When you have the facts on your side, argue the facts. When you have the law on your side, argue the law. When you have neither, holler.
Sympathy with joy intensifies the sum of sympathy in the world, sympathy with pain does not really diminish the amount of pain.
The richest people in the world aren't particularly smart or happy. And the happiest people in the world aren't particularly smart or rich.β¦ That leaves me making music. But we can't talk about that.
I believe in intuitions and inspirations...I sometimes FEEL that I am right. I do not KNOW that I am.
It is better not to try people, not to force them to desperation. Make them prosper; out of superfluidity, they will be generous. Full bellies breed gentle manners. The pinch of famine makes monsters.
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