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You can't wait for the end of your problems for you to be present. It has to be done whereever you are - which is now
Eckhart Tolle
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Eckhart Tolle
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: February 16
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Ulrich Leonard Tölle
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Teaching a practice can also be a hindrance if it becomes one's identity. To be a spiritual teacher is a temporary function. I'm a spiritual teacher when somebody comes to me and some teaching happens, but the moment they leave I'm no longer a spiritual teacher. If I carry the identity of spiritual teacher, it will cause suffering.
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Most people don't know how to listen because the major part of their attention is taken up by thinking.
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When you recognize this, you also realize that you are now free to give up this futile conflict, this inner state of war.
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