To offer no resistance to life is to be in a state of grace, ease, and…

Eckhart Tolle
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To offer no resistance to life is to be in a state of grace, ease, and lightness. This state is then no longer dependent upon things being in a certain way, good or bad. It seems almost paradoxical, yet when your inner dependency on form is gone, the general conditions of your life, the outer forms, tend to improve greatly. ✨ Eckhart Tolle (2010). The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment, p.188, New World Library
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