"When you feel confused or burdened by..." - Quote by Eckhart Tolle
When you feel confused or burdened by problems focus on THIS INSTANT and ask yourself: WHAT PROBLEM DO I HAVE RIGHT NOW? You will find that there is no problem NOW. A challenge that requires action, possibly, but not a problem.
More by Eckhart Tolle
“The future is only a thought form. Work with the present moment. Be with what is.”
“The whole world changes when there's presence - sunlight everywhere - because you're not separate from the world.”
“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.”
More on Problems
“Inner peace is the key: if you have inner peace, the external problems do not affect your deep sense of peace and tranquility... Without this inner peace, no matter how comfortable your life is materially, you may still be worried, disturbed or unhappy because of circumstances.”
“The voice in your head also creates a huge amount of problems that aren't really problems. They're just things that haven't happened yet, things that could happen tomorrow or next week. Listening to unreal problems has another name: worrying. That's what the voice in your head does. It what-ifs. It frets. It agonizes, and you can no longer sense the joy of life.”
“The solution to this problem lies in the heart of mankind.”
More on Present Moment
“Narrow your life down to this moment. Your life situation may be full of problems - most life situations are - but find out if you have a problem at this moment. Do you have a problem now?”
“Time isn’t precious at all, because it is an illusion. What you perceive as precious is not time but the one point that is out of time: the Now. That is precious indeed. The more you are focused on time—past and future—the more you miss the Now, the most precious thing there is.”
“Give me insight into today and you may have the antique and future worlds.”