The Space of Contentment

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Eckhart Tolle, happiness, in the now, Inspiration, Spirituality

Poster source: Positive Outlooks

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 I noticed yesterday that I was happy for no reason; my mind was still while I was cooking.  Then when I went into my mind, even if my thoughts were positive, I was pulled out of that space of pure contentment. This confirmed to me that Eckhart Tolle and other sages are right when they teach that we need to stay present.  When we get into our heads, we miss the NOW.

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Eckhart Tolle Quotes

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acceptance, Eckhart Tolle, in the now, present moment, Spirituality, surrender

The following quotes and images are from my Facebook page “Love Is The Answer.” It’s awesome to have a community from all over the world that is interested in spirituality and inspirational messages.  It’s even more awesome that it reached 17,628 users in one week even if it was a drop from last week.  I am not complaining.  Wish I had this traffic in WordPress or my business website!  Since I think in terms of ‘energy’ and the power of thoughts,  I am thinking that a worldwide focus on what is inspirational is serving the individual and collective consciousness.  Makes my efforts worthwhile.

Enjoy!

 

 

Wherever you are, be there totally. If you find your here and now intolerable and it makes you unhappy, you have three options: remove yourself from the situation, change it, or accept it totally. – Eckhart Tolle

Why did anxiety, stress, or negativity arise? Because you turned away from the present moment. And why did you do that? You thought something else was more important. You forgot your main purpose. One small error, one misperception, creates a world of suffering. – Eckhart Tolle

True communication is communion – the realization of oneness, which is love. – Eckhart Tolle

You don’t need to condemn. Just observe, That is sin. That is insanity. That is unconsciousness. Above all, don’t forget to observe your own mind. Seek out the root of the insanity there. – Eckhart Tolle

Inspirational Quotes and Images

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Eckhart Tolle, Inspiration, inspirational quotes, marianne williamson, Spirituality

I am sharing a few spiritual nuggets from spiritual teachers and thinkers, ancient and modern day who inspire me. In the midst of the world’s struggles, there is also beauty.

“Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light, not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? You are a child of God. Your playing small does not serve the world. There is nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people won’t feel insecure around you. We are all meant to shine, as children do. We were born to make manifest the glory of God that is within us. It’s not just in some of us; it’s in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others.” Marianne Williamson (from Nelson Mandela’s speech)

“The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed.” Einstein

“People travel to wonder at the height of the mountains, at the huge waves of the seas, at the long course of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motion of the stars, and yet they pass by themselves without wondering.” St Augustine

Even a stone, and more easily a flower or a bird, could show you the way back to God, to the Source, to yourself. When you look at it or hold it & let it be without imposing a word of mental label on it, a sense of awe, of wonder, arises within you. Eckhart Tolle

Why do you stay in prison when the door is so wide open? Move outside the tangle of fear-thinking. Live in silence”. Rumi

“Personal transformation can and does have global effects. As we go, so goes the world, for the world is us. The revolution that will save the world is ultimately a personal one.” Marianne Williamson

Surrender

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financial struggle, Inspiration, spiritually, surrender, trust

 

Surrender is perfectly compatible with taking action,
initiating change, and achieving goals.  But in the
surrendered state a totally different quality flows into
your doing.  In the state of surrender, you see very clearly
what needs to be done, and you take action, doing one
thing at a time and focusing on one thing
at a time. – Eckhart Tolle

Eckhart Tolle’s words of wisdom were ones my s/o Phil and I were able to put into practice in 2010. We experienced financial challenges, which brought up  a  sense of feeling trapped as we couldn’t see the way out. However, we  put into practice what we talk about which is to trust and surrender, and were able to surrender our fears,  feeling of powerlessness and simply trust that God, a Higher Intelligence, the Universe,  would provide. By surrendering, we released energetic blocks that would prevent us from thinking clearly or aligning ourselves to solutions taking place.

When we reached the point of “no return”, meaning money  ran out as our business debt and personal bills were higher than our incoming profits, and I for the first time in years did not pay my personal bills so we could pay a monthly business debt to family, Phil received an email from our real estate agent, announcing we had finally sold the cabin. This was after almost a year of being in the market.  The cabin was sold  for much less due to the economy, but it enabled us to get out of credit card debt at least. For this we are both very grateful!

We are not out of the woods yet, but yet we are provided for. Again, we need to surrender whatever fears may come up, and take action when necessary. It allows for a good night’s sleep and a sense of connection with something higher than our  fearful mind.