"You cannot fight against the ego and..." - Quote by Eckhart Tolle
You cannot fight against the ego and win, just as you cannot fight against darkness. The light of consciousness is all that is necessary. You are that light.
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“When your fulfillment and sense of self are no longer dependent on the future outcome, joy flows into whatever you do. You do what you do because the action itself is fulfilling. Whatever you do or create in that state is of high quality. This is because it is not a means to an end, and so a loving care flows into your doing.”
“As you go about your life, don't give 100 percent of your attention to the external world and your mind. Keep some within.”
“Peace is your priority, not saving the world. That follows that.”
More on Ego
“Out of Mahat comes universal egoism.”
“I'm not a Republican, but I have some conservative views on certain things. I'm not a Democrat, either. It's just very difficult that these people hate each other over a belief. I think it all comes down to ego and competitiveness.”
“The 'you' who you think you are does not exist.”
More on Consciousness
“We are the eyes of the cosmos. So that in a way, when you look deeply into somebody's eyes, you're looking deep into yourself, and the other person is looking deeply into the same self.”
“It sometimes occurs that memory has a personality of its own and volunteers or refuses its information at its will, not at mine.”
“Every civilized human being, whatever his conscious development, is still an archaic man at the deeper levels of his psyche.”