“What happens to you is much less important than how you react to what happens to you. That determines your life.”
Eckhart Tolle
Your Life
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You don’t have to be disagreeable when you disagree. Getting hateful and angry when encountering someone who doesn’t share your beliefs is a sign that you have complete identification with your thoughts. But your thoughts are just that – your thoughts.
You are not your thoughts.
Tests
“Being challenged is a good thing. It allows you to grow.”
Eckhart Tolle
A synonym of “exam” (as in examining your own reactions and emotions) is “observation.” It requires moments and space to step back and observe what is going on inside of you. This is challenging but necessary in the steps to stretch, grow and evolve.
Day-by-Day, Hour-by-Hour
“(His) need to win drains him of power.”
Eckhart Tolle (re-telling a Zen Master’s lesson).
No Hiding
Wherever you go, there you are.
How to Cultivate Presence
Bring more present moment awareness into your life. Start with small, every day activities. Instead of indulging in thinking (as you cook, take out the garbage, shower)…be present. Be sensory aware. Feel the energy in your body. Be aware of your surroundings. All it takes is 30 seconds and everyone has 30 seconds.
Eckhart Tolle
Decide = “to cut off”
“Nobody makes you upset. Your mind makes you upset. It’s time to ask the question, Why do I allow people or experiences or things to determine how I’m going to think, feel, or act?”
Eric Butterworth
What’s in a Name? Not much…
Where Creativity Originates
“All true artists, whether they know it or not, create from a place of no-mind, from inner stillness.”
Eckhart Tolle
Hello, and what do you do?
“When you completely identify with your role (mother…doctor…), then something vital is missing. If you play a role at work, you always have a secondary motive because the ego is at work. You’re not totally focused on the task at hand because there is some self-interest there. You want to protect yourself. You want to get credit for yourself…or use the people around you.”
Eckhart Tolle
Kismet 