Eckhart Tolle Mom Quotations

Being must be felt. It can't be thought.

When you take your attention into the present moment, a certain alertness arises. You become more conscious of what's around you, but also, strangely, a sense of presence that is both within and without.

If you are not living this moment, you are not really living.

Always say 'yes' to the present moment... Surrender to what is. Say 'yes' to life - and see how life starts suddenly to start working for you rather than against you.

As soon as you honor the present moment, all unhappiness and struggle dissolve.

The moment you put a mental label on another human being, you can no longer truly relate to that person. . . It then becomes possible to perpetrate any act of violence.

The actual experience of awakening can only be in the present moment.

And since the now is all there ever is in your life, your entire life unfolds as the present moment. People don't realize it, but all they ever have is "this". This moment.

The fullness of life is only accessible in the present moment.

The present moment is all you ever have. There is never a time when your life is not 'this moment.' Is this not a fact?

The moment you become aware of the silence, you also have become silent.

Don't wait to be successful at some future point, have a successful relationship with the present moment and be fully present in whatever you are doing. That is success.

Whatever is arising in this moment, whatever condition, is part of the isness of life and therefore accepting it fully makes you an expression of the enormous power of life itself-true intelligence, which only comes when you stop obstructing the power of the present moment.

Peace comes from being aligned with the present moment. Wherever you are, you feel that you are home—because you are home.

You can be very much aware that when you are stressed, it always is a sign you have lost the present moment. So, you can choose to re-enter the present moment.

The secret of awakening is to unconditionally accept this moment as it is.

Work to recognize the primary importance of the present moment.

Become friendly with the present moment, because if you do not become friendly with the present moment you cannot become friendly with life.

You can always cope with the present moment, but you cannot cope with something that is only a mind projection - you cannot cope with the future.

Challenges are something that can only be tackled in the present moment and require action.

Acceptance means: For now, this is what this situation, this moment, requires me to do, and so I do it willingly.

Give your fullest attention to whatever the moment presents.

When the basis for your actions is inner alignment with the present moment, your actions become empowered by the intelligence of life itself.

To experience anything fully and see it clearly there must be a moment of presence where conceptual thinking is not interfering with your experience of that moment.

True freedom is living as if you had completely chosen whatever you feel or experience in this moment. This inner alignment with the Now is the end of suffering.

Whenever you deeply accept this moment as it is - no matter what form it takes - you are still, you are at peace.

Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it.

Narrow your life down to this moment. Your life situation may be full of problems - most life situations are - but find out if you have a problem at this moment. Do you have a problem now?

The more you live in the present moment, the more the fear of death disappears.

The future is only a thought form. Work with the present moment. Be with what is.

You find God the moment you realize that you don't need to seek God

When you make the present moment, instead of past and future, the focal point of your life, your ability to enjoy what you do and with it the quality of your life increases dramatically.

Life is now. There was never a time when your life was not now, nor will there ever be.

When you are in the present moment, you break the continuity of your story, of past and future. Then true intelligence arises, and also love.

Die to the past every moment. You don't need it. Only refer to it when it is absolutely relevant to the present. Feel the power of this moment and the fullness of Being. Feel your presence.

The moment you realize you are not present, you are present.

The basis for true change is freedom from negativity. And that's what acceptance implies: no negativity about what is. And then you see what this moment requires: what is it that is required now so that life can express itself more fully?

Actually, the ability to choose presence depends on the degree of presence that's emerging in you. Ultimately, you are not choosing, there's nobody there to choose. When you think you are choosing, presence is simply emerging in that moment.

The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation but thought about it. Be aware of the thoughts you are thinking. Separate them from the situation, which is always neutral. It is as it is.

The power for creating a better future is contained in the present moment: You create a good future by creating a good present.

The present moment is all you ever have.

When you are not honoring the present moment by allowing it to be, you are creating drama.

The formless dimension of life is this moment. This moment is timeless and formless - the eternal itself.

Always work with the present moment, not against it. Make it your friend and ally, not your enemy. This will miraculously transform your whole life.

Awareness is the power that is concealed within the present moment. This is why we may also call it Presence.

Surrendering only refers to this moment, whatever "is" at this moment - to accept unconditionally and fully whatever arises at this moment.

Honoring the moment is honoring every human being you meet. The only place where you can meet them is in the moment.

When you are not making the present moment into a means to an end, you also are not making every human being you meet - in your business and even at home, in your family - into a means to an end.

Work to recognize the primary importance of the present moment. A good little pointer toward that is to ask yourself, "What is my relationship with the present moment? How am I relating to it?"

Even running to catch a train or a taxi, you can enjoy the high energy of the moment.

If you are trying to get from here to there, and you already are late, you know that you are late, and yet you are aligned with the present moment while you are stuck in a traffic jam. You are totally accepting of the moment.

Most humans live in the mindset that this moment is only important because it's getting them to the next one.

The stream of thinking has enormous momentum that can easily drag you along with it. Every thought pretends that it matters so much.

You have to be still for a moment to even notice that there is silence outside.

Accept the present moment without judgement.

Become intensely conscious of the present moment.

Just watching an animal closely can take you out of your mind and bring you into the present moment, which is where the animal lives all the time - surrendered to life.

By watching the mechanics of the mind, you step out of its resistance patterns, and you can then allow the present moment to be.

If your relationship to the present moment is not right - nothing can ever be right in the future - because when the future comes - it's the present moment.

Welcome to the present moment. Here. Now. The only moment there ever is.

I'm grateful for always this moment, the now, no matter what form it takes.

Accept the present moment and find the perfection that is deeper than any form and untouched by time.

The future does not exist, because nobody has ever experienced it. You can only ever experience a present moment.

When you say “yes” to the “isness” of life, when you accept this moment as it is, you can feel a sense of spaciousness within you that is deeply peaceful.