Eckhart Tolle teaches that the present moment is the only real thing, and that letting go of thoughts about the past and future reveals an awareness underneath them. When you stop interpreting yourself and your life through thought, something remains: a pure awareness that doesn't depend on your mind.
There's only this moment, and you become aware of yourself without reference to ultimately any thought about yourself. Let go of trying to interpret yourself, your life, or problems, or even try to interpret the world. Let's go of that. And what remains without reference to past or future, which is thought— past or future are created by thought— what remains of yourself here and now?
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