Boredom, anger, sadness, or fear are not 'yours,' not personal. They are conditions of the human mind. They come and go. Nothing that comes... →
Eckhart Tolle
Prejudice of any kind implies that you are identified with the thinking mind. It means you don't see the other human being anymore, but only your... →
To me the ego is the habitual and compulsive thought processes that go through everybody's mind continuously. External things like possessions or... →
The mind is a superb instrument if used rightly. Used wrongly, however, it becomes very destructive. To put it more accurately... you usually... →
If the structures of the human mind remain unchanged, we will always end up re-creating the same world, the same evils, the same dysfunction.
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.
When you get into your car, shut the door and be there for just half a minute. Breathe, feel the energy inside your body, look around at the sky, the... →
Is fear preventing you from taking action? Acknowledge the fear, watch it, take your attention into it, be fully present with it. Doing so cuts the... →
People don't realize that now is all there ever is; there is no past or future except as memory or anticipation in your mind.
If danger arises in the present moment, there may be an emotion. There may even be pain. But that's a challenge, not a problem. For a problem to... →