16 Quotes for Personal Development - From The Book ‘The Power of Now’ - by Eckhart Tolle
The Power of Now: A Guide To Spiritual Enlightenment by Eckhart Tolle is exactly what the title states: a guide, written for you, for your journey to spiritual enlightenment. The book teaches you how to get out of your mind (aka stop thinking), and be in the present moment.
The goal of this book and why Tolle wrote it is to inspire others on their spiritual journey of finding who they are at the deepest level. Ultimately, in the simplest terms possible he is guiding you towards what true ‘enlightenment’ actually is. This book contains philosophical points of view with psychology and spirituality woven within the writing. This book will make you think, but also teach you how to not think, and just be in the present moment.
There is no time like the now, and Eckhart Tolle teaches you how to be in the now.
I have gathered 16 quotes from this book that I thought were inspirational, mindful, motivational, and insightful. A perfect addition to motivate you to keep growing and learning.
The Power of Now is just one personal development book that I have read in the past year. If you’re like me and like to read personal development, self-development, or self-help books don’t forget to check out my 5 favorite self-development books for spirituality and positivity.
If you’re like my husband and don’t like the clutter of physical books then you should check out a Kindle. This will allow you to read books but not be bogged down by having to put a physical book somewhere later. I also highly recommend Kindle Unlimited for access to a library of different books. It’s essentially like having a library card on Amazon. There are a ton of books that are included in Kindle Unlimited, and some you still have to purchase.
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Disclaimer: You may not understand everything he says, and that’s okay, I didn’t either. I feel like you can’t truly understand it until you feel it, but that doesn’t happen right away. I had to reread certain parts multiple times for my slow brain to process what he was saying lol
The Power of Now – Eckhart Tolle – on Amazon
- “It is not uncommon for people to spend their whole life waiting to start living.”
- “Accept — then act. Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it. Always work with it, not against it. Make it your friend and ally, not your enemy. This will miraculously transform your whole life.”
- “Reading is my passion and my escape since I was 5 years old. Overall, children don’t realize the magic that can live inside their own heads. Better even then any movie.”
- “The light is too painful for someone who wants to remain in darkness.”
- “Emotions arise in the place where your mind and body meet”
- “Stress is caused by being “here” but wanting to be “there,” or being in the present but wanting to be in the future.”
- “The mind unconsciously loves problems because they give you an identity of sorts.”
- “If you get the inside right, the outside will fall into place.”
- “If you really want to know your mind, the body will always give you a truthful reflection, so look at the emotion, or rather feel it in your body. If there is an apparent conflict between them, the thought will be the lie, the emotion will be the truth.”
- “the moment that judgment stops through acceptance of what is, you are free of the mind.”
- “Most people don’t know how to listen because the major part of their attention is taken up by thinking.”
- “If you cannot feel your emotions, if you are cut off from them, you will eventually experience them on a purely physical level, as a physical problem or symptom.”
- “The mind always wants to categorize and compare.”
- “Waiting is a state of mind. Basically, it means that you want the future; you don’t want the present.”
- “The present moment is all you ever have. There is never a time when your life is not ‘this moment”
- “Unease, anxiety, tension, stress, worry — all forms of fear — are caused by too much future, and not enough presence.”
