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

Unlearning Fear to Be Love

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acceptance, Inspiration, Love, marianne williamson, meaning of life, Source, Spirituality, trust

“Love is what we are born with. Fear is what we learn. The spiritual journey is the unlearning of fear and prejudices and the acceptance of love back in our hearts. Love is the essential reality and our purpose on earth. To be consciously aware of it, to experience love in ourselves and others, is the meaning of life. Meaning does not lie in things. Meaning lies in us.” 
Marianne Williamson

I am not yet at the stage where I love everyone all the time or see love in all things. I do perceive with the eyes of judgment from time to time.  If I were to see a mother terrorizing her toddler with blood curling screams, I would react with judgment and a desire to protect. I met such a situation years ago in New York and reacted with concern. Of course the mother snapped at me and told me to mind my business. Sadly, a few onlookers and I had to walk away as she was not beating up her child and had stopped the screaming.

Yet,  I am aware that partly what stands in the way of being love as a state of BEing are my thoughts, my self-identification where I think I am really this body, even if I have had a few spiritual experiences, the mental stories I created about life and still believe.  I am aware that it takes understanding and a willingness to shift from perceiving through the eyes of limitation (fear) to one of expansion (love).

I am fortunate I do not have issues with race, politics or religion. In that sense I  do see unity in all as we are from the same Source. My challenge is to let go of the idea the world is not a safe place and to continue to accept that the tapestry of life is perfect.  When something challenging happens in my personal space or in the world,  it’s meant to be.  I have known this for decades and seen the process of growth, yet when faced with a new challenge in my path, I realize once again there is more work to do in unlearning, and to accept that it’s not for my mortal mind to comprehend but for my heart to trust.

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Releasing the Baggage of an Experience – Gary Zukav

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“Forgiveness is not a moral issue. 
It is an energy dynamic…
Forgiveness means that you do not carry the baggage of an experience. 
When you choose not to forgive, 
the experience that you do not forgive sticks with you.
When you choose not to forgive,
it is like agreeing to wear dark, gruesome sunglasses that distort everything, 
and it is you who are forced every day 
to look at life through those contaminated lenses 
because you have chosen to keep them.”

Gary Zukav from “The Seat Of The Soul”

Come Empty

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acceptance, friendship, non judgement, simplicity, soul

The greatest gift you can give another is the purity of your attention. – Richard Moss

If you are to be my friend, come empty. Come empty of ideas of what I should or should not be, how I must look, how I should dress, or how my life or connection to God ought to be.

Come empty of judgments and ignorance, which we all have learned, for they are what creates separation in the world and gives birth to the made up stories of one another. Come empty and you will find that hearts have a way of softening, relaxing and opening up like a bud in the springtime, ready to be filled and to savor the moment.

By being empty we can sow the seeds of brotherhood in mankind.

Copyright © 2011 “Dance with Truth” Excerpt

Recapturing our Childlike Joy

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acceptance, childlike joy, Love

 I took a walk alone into town and sat down for a few minutes to watch the children play at the local park. What joy and innocence! They were squealing with delight, faces flushed from running, and eyes wide open with anticipation for their next game of make believe. I then saw an older girl about 12 years old, more serious, but who smiled at me as she walked past me. I was thinking, she is starting to grow up, and taking on the so called heaviness and seriousness, that being a mature adult means.

I wondered when did I lose my childhood joy? When laughter was exhilarating, and the world was a playground? I remember going to sleep, and waking up with anticipation for the fun I would have with my friends. I realized, that the heaviness came upon me, when I began to see the world as a scary place, when loss was starting to be experienced, school became a challenge, and where I couldn’t be myself because it was “wrong”, according to the well-meaning adults around me such as parents or teachers. We begin to lose this joy when we become self conscious, fearful of expressing ourselves, have pressures by the rules of our culture or society; it stifles the soul. The creatures of the earth, are always themselves, perhaps they can teach us to be.

I have recaptured some of my child-like freedom with my soulmate, Phil. We have total acceptance of one another, and allow each other’s expression without fear of being judged. When our souls are not stifled, we are able to create and experience spontaneous joy, moments of wonder, and an uninhibited laughter that nourishes the mind, body and dare I say soul.

A gift of love, that we can give another, be it to a mate, family, friends, or acquaintances is to give them a safe space to be.