The Now

Eckhart Tolle

One of the dysfunctional patterns of the mind is the assumption that the Now needs to be filled with something all the time.

~ Eckhart Tolle in THE POWER OF NOW

The Power Of Now

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The heart is like a garden. It can grow compassion or fear, resentment or love. What seeds will you plant there?

~from BUDDHA'S LITTLE INSTRUCTION BOOK by Jack Kornfield

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