The Eckhart Tolle Quote That Could Change Everything You Know About Acceptance

“Acceptance is not the same as resignation; it is the opposite.”

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Friendship is the comfortable silence between two people.

Enmity makes silence uncomfortable.

And this applies to all relationships, including the two most important ones,

• The relationship you have with yourself.
• The relationship you have with the reality you inhabit.

Three different scenarios can be differentiated.

1. That you get along poorly with yourself but not with reality.
2. That you get along poorly with reality but not with yourself.
3. You get along poorly with reality and with yourself.

First scenario: You get along poorly with yourself but not with reality.

When this happens to you, you are comfortable in the company of others but uncomfortable with yourself.

That’s why you always want to be busy doing something, and that’s why you avoid being alone.

You don’t want to hear that dark voice occasionally appearing in your head and whispering ideas you…