Eckhart Tolle

to evolve, to evolve as a conscious being and to go beyond the ego here so that consciousness evolves because you are only you are an expression of the universal consciousness and universal consciousness throughout the universe is awakening.

We live in an awakening universe.

So gradually life forms in our case, the your life form becomes

begins to awaken into a higher level of consciousness.

Yes.

So

So the essence here is realizing the possibility of living in this different state of consciousness where you're not necessarily always immediately thinking and interpreting things.

Well, a good entry point is the present moment.

The present moment is the, I sometimes call it the portal into that state of consciousness that we call presence or awareness.

Now, the egoic mind, as I call it, the egoic mind

is not really interested in the present moment, and it usually tries to obscure the present moment.

It's interested in some other imagined moment.

Yes, it ignores the present moment, but the first realization is the absolute importance of the present moment in your life.

It's a foundation for everything.

And your relationship to the present moment determines how the future evolves, what we call future, which, by the way, never arrives, because when it arrives, it's again the present moment.

Yes.

So the realization that all you ever have

all that you can ever experience is intrinsically linked with the present moment.

It's inseparable from the present moment.

Your entire life unfolds in and as the present moment.