Memories are thoughts that arise. They're not realities. Only when you believe that they are real, then they have the power over you. But when you realize it's just another thought arising about the past, then you can have a spacious relationship with that thought. The thought no longer has you in its grip.
Eckhart TolleIf you are not taking responsibility for your state of consciousness, you are not taking responsibility for life.
Eckhart TolleSome people are stuck in tedious things, like their jobs, and they are bored. Other people experience one stressful thing after another.
Eckhart TolleThe characters get challenged. Through getting challenged, the character arrives at insights or discovers potentials that he or she didn't know they had.
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