"The moment you realize you are not present, you are present. Whenever you are able to observe your mind you are no longer trapped in it." - Eckhart Tolle
Do not resist the pain. Allow it to be there. Surrender to the grief, despair, fear, loneliness, or whatever form the suffering takes. Witness it without labeling it mentally. Embrace it. Then see how the miracle of surrender transmutes deep suffering into deep peace.
“Whenever you become anxious or stressed, outer purpose has taken over, and you lost sight of your inner purpose. You have forgotten that your state of consciousness is primary, all else secondary.” - Eckhart Tolle
"When you completely accept this moment, when you no longer argue with what is, the compulsion to think lessens and is replaced by an alert stillness." - Eckhart Tolle
“The future, the worry, the regret, the anxiety – these are all mental events that do not have to be part of the difficulty of life; these can be transcended here and now.” - Eckhart Tolle