"The ego's form of happiness can't exist..." - Quote by Eckhart Tolle
The ego's form of happiness can't exist without unhappiness. The ego will be happy when something good happens but unhappy when it ends.
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“So give up waiting as a state of mind. When you catch yourself slipping into waiting . . . snap out of it. Come into the present moment. Just be, and enjoy being. If you are present, there is never any need for you to wait for anything. So next time somebody says, “Sorry to have kept you waiting,” you can reply, “That's all right, I wasn't waiting. I was just standing”
“You cannot be both unhappy, and fully present in the Now.”
“When forms begin to crumble there is always an opportunity for great deepening. By deepening I mean the arising of who you are beyond form.”
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“On the deepest level, what I know for sure is that who I am, essentially, is consciousness and consciousness is timeless and it transcends the body; it transcends the psychological "me," the egoic self. Everybody can know themselves as consciousness.”
“The egoic madness, or dysfunction, becomes enormously amplified by the science and technology we all have developed.”
“There has never been a poet or orator who thought another better than himself.”
More on Happiness
“Most REAL change is slow. Happiness and joy are the purpose of life. If we know that the future will be very dark or painful, then we lose our determination to live. Therefore, life is something based on hope.”
“Compliment three people every day.”
“The day is done. I'm having fun. I think I'm dumb. Or maybe just happy.”