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The Uncomfortable Lesson From Eckhart Tolle That If You Apply It, It Will Instantly Make You Feel Good
The amazing power of patience.
Eckhart Tolle hasn’t always been the modern-day Buddha who stays unruffled by anything.
In his book The Power of Now, he describes how, until he was 29, he lived in a state of deep unhappiness, plagued by recurring suicidal thoughts. (Yeah, you read that right.)
One night, drowning in intense despair, he experienced a spontaneous spiritual awakening.
In an instant, something clicked in his head. He disidentified from his ego and went from hating life and living in terror to loving everything, existing in a continuous state of fulfillment, peace, and harmony.
Because of this, I became obsessed with him and his books (I read and reread them all). I wanted what he had: peace. I wanted my life to stop hurting.
And this lesson I learned from him worked a miracle.
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