The philosopher Descartes believed he had found the most fundamental truth when he made his famous statement: I think, therefore I am. He had, in fact, given expression to the most basic error: to equate thinking with Being and identity with thinking. The compulsive thinker, which means almost everyone, lives in a state of apparent separateness, in an insanely complex world of continuous problems and conflict, a world that reflects the ever-increasing fragmentation of the mind.
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- Thinking is no more than a tiny aspect of the totality of consciousness, the totality of who you are. β¨ Twitter post from Sep 24, 2009
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- Every being is a spark of the Divine, or God. Look into the eyes of the dog and sense that innermost core. When you are present, you can sense the spirit, the one consciousness, in every creature and β¦ βΆ
- The present moment is all you ever have. There is never a time when your life is not 'this moment.' Is this not a fact? β¨ Eckhart Tolle (2010). The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment, p β¦ βΆ
- Whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.
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