The 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 TolleThe outer purpose belongs to the horizontal dimension of space and time; the inner purpose concerns a deepening of your Being in the vertical dimension of the timeless Now.
Eckhart TolleDon't think of yourself as having a past, don't think of yourself as having a future. What's left?
Eckhart Tolle...there are two ways of being unhappy: One is not getting what you want, and the other is getting what you want.
Eckhart Tolle