Eckhart TolleNYT Bestselling author of the Power of Now

Why Expecting the World to Make You Happy Creates Suffering

9 Jan 2026 · 0 min

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Eckhart Tolle explains that many people hold an unconscious assumption that "the world is here to make me happy" — including situations, people, and events — and that this expectation causes significant suffering because life inevitably challenges that expectation.

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