Eckhart Tolle
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I don't know exactly how to put it. But the unhappiness has not survived in me, except as a memory, but not on an emotional level. So it's gone, which is good.
I don't know exactly how to put it. But the unhappiness has not survived in me, except as a memory, but not on an emotional level. So it's gone, which is good.
I don't know exactly how to put it. But the unhappiness has not survived in me, except as a memory, but not on an emotional level. So it's gone, which is good.
Unhappiness for many people becomes an intrinsic part of their sense of identity.
Unhappiness for many people becomes an intrinsic part of their sense of identity.
Unhappiness for many people becomes an intrinsic part of their sense of identity.
And so that also explains why many people have a resistance. As every therapist knows, many people have a resistance towards letting go of their unhappiness. So the therapist tries to... Because that has become their identity. That's their story. They think they lose themselves if they let go of their unhappiness.
And so that also explains why many people have a resistance. As every therapist knows, many people have a resistance towards letting go of their unhappiness. So the therapist tries to... Because that has become their identity. That's their story. They think they lose themselves if they let go of their unhappiness.
And so that also explains why many people have a resistance. As every therapist knows, many people have a resistance towards letting go of their unhappiness. So the therapist tries to... Because that has become their identity. That's their story. They think they lose themselves if they let go of their unhappiness.
Thank you. I have a comment on that. When life gets challenging, a human being can go two ways. And very often when life gets difficult, some loss, obstacles, many ways challenge can present itself. You can either become more identified with the ego and you become more unhappy. You become a very unhappy human being. reactive, angry, resentful, despondent.
Thank you. I have a comment on that. When life gets challenging, a human being can go two ways. And very often when life gets difficult, some loss, obstacles, many ways challenge can present itself. You can either become more identified with the ego and you become more unhappy. You become a very unhappy human being. reactive, angry, resentful, despondent.
Thank you. I have a comment on that. When life gets challenging, a human being can go two ways. And very often when life gets difficult, some loss, obstacles, many ways challenge can present itself. You can either become more identified with the ego and you become more unhappy. You become a very unhappy human being. reactive, angry, resentful, despondent.
Many, many, many negative states can arise when you're being challenged. That's one way you can go. Or the other way you can go, and that usually happens if there's already a certain amount of presence in you, you've already...
Many, many, many negative states can arise when you're being challenged. That's one way you can go. Or the other way you can go, and that usually happens if there's already a certain amount of presence in you, you've already...
Many, many, many negative states can arise when you're being challenged. That's one way you can go. Or the other way you can go, and that usually happens if there's already a certain amount of presence in you, you've already...
practiced or you've had glimpses of presence or even more than glimpses of presence, when then a challenge comes, it can easily happen that the challenge, one could almost say forces you into becoming more present. It then deepens your presence. So an example, even from my life, there's always a presence in my life. There's always a presence.
practiced or you've had glimpses of presence or even more than glimpses of presence, when then a challenge comes, it can easily happen that the challenge, one could almost say forces you into becoming more present. It then deepens your presence. So an example, even from my life, there's always a presence in my life. There's always a presence.
practiced or you've had glimpses of presence or even more than glimpses of presence, when then a challenge comes, it can easily happen that the challenge, one could almost say forces you into becoming more present. It then deepens your presence. So an example, even from my life, there's always a presence in my life. There's always a presence.
Sometimes when I talk now, there's a presence in the background. I can sense the stillness behind the words. And one could say the words come out of the stillness. And that's even when I go about my daily business, there's always two ordinary things. There is that sense of peace. You are aware of the awareness. I'm aware of the awareness.
Sometimes when I talk now, there's a presence in the background. I can sense the stillness behind the words. And one could say the words come out of the stillness. And that's even when I go about my daily business, there's always two ordinary things. There is that sense of peace. You are aware of the awareness. I'm aware of the awareness.