A short transcript excerpt from a dialogue by Eckhart Tolle about cooperating with life by accepting and aligning with the present moment. The speaker emphasizes that wherever and whenever you are, the present is always ‘here now,’ and advises accepting the present without negativity while still seeing other possibilities for the future.
Wherever you go, there you are.
And wherever you are, it's here.
And no matter what time you can even think of in your life or some future moment.
It'S going to be here now, always.
So you to cooperate with life, to align yourself with life.
First, you.
Accept that you should be where you happen to be. That where you should be. Otherwise you wouldn't be there.
Oh, that.
Means I can't complain anymore. Okay, that's true. You can't complain anymore. It does not mean that you cannot see.
Okay, this is fine.
Here I am. You can still know where you want to go, but not out of unhappiness or negativity. But you see.
Clearly there.
Are other possibilities. But you're not denying the present moment.
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