Eckhart Tolle teaches that arguing with what is happening right now is a form of insanity most people call normal. Start by becoming friendly with this moment, accepting its "is-ness" before you act. This dissolves the ego and stops the mental suffering that resistance creates.
Return your attention to the present moment continuously. Look at what is now. What's the situation now? Is there anything I can do? But before you do anything, become friendly with the present moment. That in itself is the beginning of the end of the ego. Become friendly with the present moment. Align yourself to it so that you don't have an argument with the is-ness of life. Can you imagine the insanity of arguing with what is? But it shouldn't be, but it is. But it shouldn't be, but it is. The arguing with the isness of life, that's a form of insanity, but it's normal. Often in the past I've said normal equals insane.
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