"Just watching an animal closely can take..." - Quote by Eckhart Tolle
Just watching an animal closely can take you out of your mind and bring you into the present moment, which is where the animal lives all the time - surrendered to life.
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“The thinking mind can be so noisy that it cannot relate to stillness. It doesn't even recognize it and certainly can't remember it.”
“The significance is hiding in the insignificant. Appreciate everything.”
“When you want to arrive at your goal more than you want to be doing what you are doing, you become stressed.”
More on Animals
“The higher animals are in a sense drawn into Man when he loves them and makes them (as he does) much more nearly human than they would otherwise be.”
“All knowledge, the totality of all questions and answers, is contained in the dog.”
“Men are the devils of the earth, and the animals are its tormented souls.”
More on Presence
“If I had my life to live over again, I would have waxed less and listened more. ... I would have cried and laughed less while watching television ... and more while watching real life. ... But mostly, given another shot at life, I would seize every minute of it ... look at it and really see it ... try it on ... live it ... exhaust it ... and never give the minute back until there was nothing left of it.”
“You can make any human activity into meditation simply by being completely with it and doing it just to do it.”
“Being fully present is the best guarantee for a bright future.”