Eckhart Tolle

This actually amplifies the ego, the egoic consciousness.

The ego loves to argue with what is.

It loves enemies, and the ego makes the present moment into an enemy.

Can you see how insane that is?

You make the present moment into your enemy because that's all you ever have.

It means you make...

your whole life into an enemy because your whole life is the present moment.

Right, right.

So I sometimes say become, make the present moment your friend, not your enemy.

Make the present moment your friend.

Then your whole life begins to change because what we call future is just an extension of your state of consciousness in the present moment.

So if your state of consciousness is negative,

it is very likely that you will experience much more negativity in the so-called future.

If the present moment, if you're in the present moment, you're in the place of acceptance, of positive acceptance, then it's very likely that the present, the so-called future, I always say so-called future because the future as such doesn't exist.

It's always when it comes, it's a now.

So the so-called future reflects

your state of consciousness in the present moment.

So that's really a very important realization.

So that is how the absolute importance of your state of consciousness here and now.

What is your state of consciousness now?