Until presence becomes your predominant state, you may find yourself moving back and forth for a while between the old consciousness and the new, between mind identification and presence.
Eckhart TolleThe mind is a superb instrument if used rightly. Used wrongly, however, it becomes very destructive. To put it more accurately... you usually don't use it at all. It uses you.
Eckhart TolleHumans are potentially capable of living in a state of consciousness compared to which normal wakefulness is like sleeping or dreaming.
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