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This is an argument for attention and presence over regret or anticipation. It reads as saying that life is actually lived only in the current moment, so the most practical place to put energy is what is happening now. It lands when someone is pulled by anxiety about later or weighed down by what already happened.
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Originally said in English.
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About Eckhart Tolle
German spiritual teacher and self-help author
Eckhart Tolle is a German spiritual teacher and self-help author, best known for books such as The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment, A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose, and Guardians of Being. His work focuses on spirituality, presence, and personal awakening. The best-known titles associated with him present those ideas in practical form, from spiritual teaching to reflective self-help and, in the case of Guardians of Being, a picture book.
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