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
Thought can be so seductive and hypnotic that it absorbs your attention totally, so you become your thoughts.
Interpretation
This quote highlights how thoughts can dominate our perception and identity.
Eckhart Tolle's quote emphasizes the powerful nature of thought, suggesting that when we become overly absorbed in our thoughts, they can shape our reality and even define who we are. It serves as a reminder to maintain awareness and mindfulness, so we do not lose ourselves in the constant chatter of our minds.
In practice
This quote is useful in a mindfulness workshop to emphasize the importance of being present.
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 body’s 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.
You say you are a nameless man. You are not to your wife and to your child. You will not long remain so to your immediate colleagues if you can answer their simple questions when they come into your office. You are not nameless to me. Do not remain nameless to yourself — it is too sad a way to be. Know your place in the world and evaluate yourself fairly, not in terms of the naïve ideals of your own youth, nor in terms of what you erroneously imagine your teacher's ideals are.
The Garden is a metaphor for the following: our minds, and our thinking in terms of pairs of opposites--man and woman, good and evil--are as holy as that of a god. (50)
Because you see when a new baby laughs for the first time a new fairy is born, and as there are always new babies there are always new fairies. They live in nests on the tops of trees; and the mauve ones are boys and the white ones are girls, and the blue ones are just little sillies who are not sure what they are.
When I got religion, I found some work to do to benefit somebody.
You say somebody’s guilty, everybody believes you. You say they’re innocent, nobody cares.
Expectations are a form of first-class truth: If people believe it, it's true.
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