"The intensity of the pain depends on..." - Quote by Eckhart Tolle
The intensity of the pain depends on the degree of resistance to the present moment.
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“You can't argue with what is.... Well, you can, but if you do, you suffer.”
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“Every challenge takes you a little deeper and awakens you again and again. Without the challenges, you probably would go to back to sleep. The challenges keep you awake.”
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“O heart! love is thy bane and thy antidote.”
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