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Nonresistance, nonjudgment, and nonattachment are the three aspects of true freedom and enlightened living.

Nonresistance, nonjudgment, and nonattachment are the three aspects of true freedom and enlightened living.

Eckhart Tolle
Judgement, Enlightenment, Three
Eckhart Tolle (2006). “A New Earth (Oprah #61): Awakening to Your Life's Purpose”, p.140, Penguin

Being an outsider to some extent, someone who does not "fit in" with others or is rejected by them for whatever reason, makes life difficult, but it also places you at an advantage as far as enlightenment is concerned. It takes you out of unconsciousness almost by force.

Eckhart Tolle
Enlightenment, Doe, Outsiders
Eckhart Tolle (2010). “The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment”, p.173, New World Library

Become an alchemist. Transmute base metal into gold, suffering into consciousness, disaster into enlightenment.

Eckhart Tolle
Alchemist, Suffering, Enlightenment
Eckhart Tolle (2010). “The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment”, p.218, New World Library

So the single most vital step on your journey towards enlightenment is this: learn to disidentify from your mind.

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Journey, Mind, Enlightenment
Eckhart Tolle (2010). “The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment”, p.21, New World Library

Even my desire to become free or enlightened is just another craving for fulfillment or completion in the future. So don’t seek to become free or desire or “achieve” enlightenment. Become present.

Eckhart Tolle
Desire, Enlightenment, Enlightened
Eckhart Tolle (2010). “The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment”, p.31, New World Library

To know yourself as the Being underneath the thinker, the stillness underneath the mental noise, the love and joy underneath the pain, is freedom, salvation, enlightenment.

Eckhart Tolle
Pain, Joy, Enlightenment
Eckhart Tolle (2010). “The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment”, p.154, New World Library

Enlightenment means choosing to dwell in a state of presence rather than in time. It means saying yes to what is.

Eckhart Tolle
Mean, Enlightenment, Saying Yes
Eckhart Tolle (2010). “The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment”, p.226, New World Library

If there isn't an emanation of love and joy, complete presence and openness toward all beings, then it is not enlightenment.

Eckhart Tolle
Joy, Enlightenment, Openness
Eckhart Tolle (2010). “The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment”, p.162, New World Library

You are not seeking to attain some future state. That is the fallacy of many spiritual seekers. They have an image of some state - enlightenment, or whatever they call it - they want to achieve.

Eckhart Tolle
Spiritual, Enlightenment, Want
Source: rayhemachandra.com

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