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The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment

It's no wonder that The Power of Now has sold over 2 million copies worldwide and has been translated into over 30 foreign languages. Much more than simple principles and platitudes, the book takes readers on an inspiring spiritual journey t

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“Some changes look negative on the surface but you will soon realize that space is being created in your life for something new to emerge.”

— Eckhart Tolle, amazon.com

Tagged: Power, purpose

“Resist nothing.”

— Eckhart Tolle, amazon.com

Tagged: Spirituality, How To Think, Philosophy, Psychology

“Accept — then act. Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it. Always work with it, not against it.”

— Eckhart Tolle, amazon.com

Tagged: facing problems, Facing Reality, Acceptance, accepting challenges, accepting the present moment

“Whenever something negative happens to you, there is a deep lesson concealed within it.”

— Eckhart Tolle, amazon.com

Tagged: Enlightenment, Optimism, Inspirational

“Stress is caused by being here but wanting to be there.”

— Eckhart Tolle, amazon.com

Tagged: Stress, present, Stay In The Now, Desire

“All negativity is caused by an accumulation of psychological time and denial of the present. Unease, anxiety, tension, stress, worry—all forms of fear—are caused by too much future, and not enough presence. Guilt, regret, resentment, grievances, sadness, bitterness, and all forms of nonforgiveness a…”

— Eckhart Tolle, amazon.com

Tagged: Negativity, present, Anxiety, tension, Stress

“...'Die before you die' ― and find that there is no death.”

— Eckhart Tolle, amazon.com

Tagged: Death & Life, Death, Life, Living, Experience

“Love is not selective, just as the light of the sun is not selective. It does not make one person special. It is not exclusive. Exclusivity is not the love of God but the ‘love’ of ego. However, the intensity with which true love is felt can vary. There may be one person who reflects your love back…”

— Eckhart Tolle, amazon.com

Tagged: Love, Relationship, Connection

“Where there is anger, there is always pain underneath.”

— Eckhart Tolle, amazon.com

Tagged: Anger, Pain

“Body awareness not only anchors you in the present moment. It is a doorway out of the prison that is the ego.”

— Eckhart Tolle, amazon.com

“I have lived with several Zen masters -- all of them cats.”

— Eckhart Tolle, amazon.com

“Focus attention on the feeling inside you. Know that it is the pain-body. Accept that it is there. Don't think about it - don't let the feeling turn into thinking. Don't judge or analyze. Don't make an identity for yourself out of it. Stay present, and continue to be the observer of what is happenin…”

— Eckhart Tolle, amazon.com

Tagged: Feelings, emotions, present

“What a caterpillar calls the end of the world, we call a butterfly.”

— Eckhart Tolle, amazon.com

Tagged: beauty, Change, Growth

“See if you can catch yourself complaining, in either speech or thought, about a situation you find yourself in, what other people do or say, your surroundings, your life situation, even the weather. To complain is always nonacceptance of what is. It invariably carries an unconscious negative charge.…”

— Eckhart Tolle, amazon.com

Tagged: complaints, Victim, Change

“Any action is often better than no action, especially if you have been stuck in an unhappy situation for a long time. If it is a mistake, at least you learn something, in which case it's no longer a mistake. If you remain stuck, you learn nothing.”

— Eckhart Tolle, amazon.com

Tagged: Mistakes, actions, Learning, Growing

“Time isn’t precious at all, because it is an illusion. What you perceive as precious is not time but the one point that is out of time: the Now. That is precious indeed. The more you are focused on time—past and future—the more you miss the Now, the most precious thing there is.”

— Eckhart Tolle, amazon.com

Tagged: Time, live in the moment, present