The mind, conditioned as it is by the past, always seeks to re-create what it knows and is familiar with. Even if it is painful, at least it is familiar. The mind always adheres to the known. The unknown is dangerous because it has no control over it. That's why the mind dislikes and ignores the present moment.
Eckhart TolleThe animals are at a level prior to thinking. They haven't lost themselves in thought. We rise above thinking and then we meet them again, where we're both in no-thought. There's a deep connection.
Eckhart TolleFuture success is dependent upon and inseparable from the consciousness out of which the actions emanate
Eckhart TolleAwareness takes over from thinking. Instead of being in charge of your life, thinking becomes the servant of awareness.
Eckhart TolleEach person's life – each lifeform, in fact – represents a world, a unique way in which the universe experiences itself.
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