A New Earth: The life-changing follow up to The Power of Now. ‘My No.1 guru will always be Eckhart Tolle’ Chris Evans

what is that? There is a sense of quality in what you do, even the most simple action. Quality implies care and attention, which come with awareness. Quality requires your Presence.

An illness can either strengthen or weaken the ego. If

There are three ways in which the ego will treat the present moment: as a means to an end, as an obstacle, or as an enemy.

dukkha, which can be translated as suffering, unsatisfactoriness, or just plain misery.

but whether you identify with your function to such an extent that it takes you over and becomes a role that you play.

With the grace of awakening comes responsibility.

the function easily becomes overemphasized, exaggerated, and takes you over.

Life will give you whatever experience is most helpful for the evolution of your consciousness. How do you know this is the experience you need? Because this is the experience you are having at this moment.

“Blessed are the poor in spirit,” Jesus said, “for theirs will be the kingdom of heaven.”1 What does “poor in spirit” mean? No inner baggage, no identifications. Not with things, nor with any mental concepts that have a sense of self in them. And what is the “kingdom of heaven”? The simple but profound joy of Being that is there when you let go of