Every addiction arises from an unconscious refusal to face and move through your own pain. Every addiction starts with pain and ends with pain. Whatever the substance you are addicted to - alcohol, food, legal or illegal drugs, or a person - you are using something or somebody to cover up your pain.
Eckhart TolleYou cannot find yourself by going into the past. You can find yourself by coming into the present.
Eckhart TolleThe ego says, I shouldn't have to suffer, and that thought makes you suffer so much more.
Eckhart TolleConsciousness is evolving throughout the universe in billions of forms. So even if we didn't make it, this wouldn't matter on cosmic scale. No gain in consciousness is ever lost, so it would simply express itself through some other form. But the very fact that I am speaking here and you are listening or reading this is a clear sign that the new consciousness is gaining a foothold on the planet.
Eckhart TolleWhenever you deeply accept this moment as it is - no matter what form it takes - you are still, you are at peace.
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