Eckhart Tolle

And I often get correspondence from people in prison.

They're in prison and through my foundation, we are sending thousands of thousands of books to prisons and for prisoners to read.

I often get communication people,

realize that in their present cell, they realize that actually, I have no problem.

In other words, they come to a complete alignment with the present moment.

There's no longer an entity that says, this should not be happening, because that's where the suffering arises.

And of course, prison is a situation where you probably can't take much action when you can try to escape, but you probably won't succeed.

Right, right, right.

Yes.

So there's always the...

Action may need to be taken, but if no action is possible, then you come to a place of surrender.

But it's positive surrender, not negative surrender.

Positive surrender is an uncompromising yes to the present moment.

An uncompromising yes to what is.

That is a place of great inner power that arises.

with, yes, this is what is.

That's the starting point.

So you're not arguing with the is-ness of things, because that's insane.

You cannot argue with what is.

And this constant arguing with what is,