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81 " True listening is another way of bringing stillness into the relationship. When you truly listen to someone, the dimension of stillness arises and becomes an essential part of the relationship. But true listening is a rare skill. Usually, the greater part of a person’s attention is taken up by their thinking. At best, they may be evaluating your words or preparing the next thing to say. Or they may not be listening at all, lost in their own thoughts. "
― Eckhart Tolle , Stillness Speaks
82 " The transformation of human consciousness is no longer a luxury, so to speak, available only to a few isolated individuals, but a necessity if humankind is not to destroy itself. At the present time, the dysfunction of the old consciousness and the arising of the new are both accelerating. Paradoxically, things are getting worse and better at the same time, although the worse is more apparent because it makes so much “noise. "
83 " When you see and accept the impermanent nature of all life forms, a strange sense of peace comes upon you. "
84 " Cái Chết không phải là đối cực của đời sống. Đời sống là một cái gì không có đối cực. Đối cực của cái chết là sự tái sinh. Còn đời sống thì vô tận". "
85 " Observa qué ocurre cuando, en lugar de considerar «mala» una experiencia, la aceptas internamente, le das un «sí» interno, dejándola ser como es. "
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87 " Attention is primordial intelligence, consciousness itself. "
88 " You can become aware of awareness as the background to all your sense perceptions, all your thinking. "
89 " By dropping your inner resistance to the noise, by allowing it to be as it is, this acceptance also takes you into that realm of inner peace that is stillness. "
90 " Siente la vida dentro de tu cuerpo. Eso te ancla en el Ahora. "
91 " If you had not suffered as you have, there would be no depths to you as a human being–no humility, no compassion. You would not be listening to this now. Suffering cracks open the shell of ego. And then comes a point where it has served its purpose.Suffering is necessary until you realize that it is unnecessary. "
92 " When you don't know who you are, you create a mind-made self as a substitute for your beautiful, divine being and cling to that fearful and needy self. Protecting and enhancing that false sense of self then becomes your primary motivating force. "
93 " Spiritual seekers look for self-realization or enlightenment in the future. To be a seeker implies that you need the future. If this is what you believe, it becomes true for you: you will need time until you realize that you don’t need time to be who you are. "
94 " Here is a new spiritual practice for you: don’t take your thoughts too seriously. "
95 " If you can learn to accept and even welcome the endings in your life, you may find that the feeling of emptiness that initially felt uncomfortable turns into a sense of inner spaciousness that is deeply peaceful. By learning to die daily in this way, you open yourself to Life. "