What you think of as they past is a memory trace, stored in the mind, of a former Now. When you remember the past, you reactivate a memory trace -- and you do so now. The future is an imagined Now, a projection of the mind. When the future comes, it comes as the Now. When you think about the future, you do it now. Past and future obviously have no reality of their own. Just as the moon has no light of its own, but can only reflect the light of the sun, so are past and future only pale reflections of the light, power, and reality of the eternal present. Their reality is borrowed from the Now.
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- And whenever you feel that essence in another, you also feel it in yourself. β¨ Eckhart Tolle (2013). Guardians of Being: Spiritual Teachings from Our Dogs and Cats, p.102, New World Library
- Ask yourself: Is there joy, ease and lightness in what i'm doing? If there isn't then time is covering up the present moment, and life is perceived as a burden or a struggle. β¨ The Power of Now: A Gu β¦ βΆ
- Your outer journey may contain a million steps; your inner journey only has one: the step you are taking right now. β¨ Eckhart Tolle (2010). The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment, p.88, β¦ βΆ
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