"I call animals "guardians of Being," especially..." - Quote by Eckhart Tolle
I call animals "guardians of Being," especially animals that live with humans. Because, for many humans, it's through their contact with animals they get in touch with that level of being.
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“Things are both getting better and getting worse. The madness is accelerating but an acceleration of the new consciousness is also coming in. However, this latter development is less apparent when you listen to the media. The media still mostly reflects what is happening in the sphere of the old consciousness.”
“Even running to catch a train or a taxi, you can enjoy the high energy of the moment.”
“Stress is a form of suffering, but it is accepted as normal. And it is normal in our world.”
More on Animals
“Nothing in the world is quite as adorably lovely as a robin when he shows off and they are nearly always doing it.”
“I have from an early age abjured the use of meat, and the time will come when men such as I will look upon the murder of animals as they now look upon the murder of men.”
“You should keep dogs-fine animals-sagacious.”
More on Being
“To be conscious means not simply to be, but to be reported, known, to have awareness of one's being added to that being.”
“There is no doing in the world without being first.”
“Other people are joyous, like on the feast of the ox, like on the way up to the terrace in the spring. I alone am inert, giving no sign, like a newborn baby who has not learned to smile.”