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The Most Powerful Quote Eckhart Tolle Ever Spoke (The First Sign of Spiritual Awakening)
A path to spiritual enlightenment
The voice in my head was quietly in control. I identified with it. It felt like the only truth. I believed each one of them, no matter how harsh or unkind. I thought my mind’s voice was me. But it’s only part of me, not all of me. It’s supposed to serve me. So why do I identify with all the drama it keeps going on about? The judging, analyzing and worrying.
My relationship with the noise in my head changed when I read Eckhart Tolle’s “The Power of Now.” I started separating myself from my mind. I became the presence, the observer, the quiet self watching the noise as they come and go. Tolle notes the minute you realize you are not the voice in your head; you begin to awaken your conscious self. “To realize that you are not your thoughts is when you begin to awaken spiritually,” he said.
Awakening is stepping back and experiencing the self that exists without needing to label, judge, or hold onto. And in that moment, you feel connected — to yourself, to conscious life. That simple realization opens a whole new awareness. It creates space between you and doubt, worries, thoughts, anxiety and everything that takes away your inner peace.
