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The Most Important Thing to Realize Is the Deep I

Eckhart Tolle: Essential Teachings

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The Big Downside of Thinking

Think was a wonderful thing until over thousands of years, thinking took you over so completely that you no longer realized the essence of who you are. We need to be able to think instead of be at the mercy of our thinking, which is unconsciousness. Thought arises out of awareness, but awareness or consciousness is much vaster than thought. So if you can meet any situation or any human being with the ability to look without immediately going into thought, that means your awakening.

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