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‘All problems are an illusion of the mind’ Eckhart Tolle

@historyinmemes You know they ate them 🍩🍩🍩

In the 1990s, notorious hacker Kevin Mitnick reportedly erased all evidence from his systems before an FBI raid, leaving behind a box of donuts marked “FBI” as a taunting gesture for the agents.

Nothing is actually a problem. Only because we believe in social conditioning that is the mind/thoughts - and we think they are true - that's when we suffer. Freedom is realising thoughts were never true - and in reality they have no power over you. How do you realise this? By watching the thoughts, being a silent witness. Start now. If you observe now, you can observe later too. Sit with yourself and know you are free. That much you deserve to have. -- "Watch the mind. You must stand aloof from it. You are not the mind. And the Self will remain ever." ~ Ramana Maharshi

Stress is caused by being "here" but wanting to be "there," or being in the present but wanting to be in the future. It's a split that tears you apart inside.

You do not "have a life" You are life. Your life situation creates endless opportunities for suffering if you believe it is "your life".

Being constantly lost in thought means you are not present. It means you are rejecting the present moment, which is all there ever is. Bring your awareness to now, be fully here. Thoughts are mostly irrelevant and only create suffering. There is only actually now.

@TGinormous ❤️‍🔥

The mind that initially divides Life- -is the same mind that now imagines choice. When division collapses- so too does the illusion of choice. Choice is the very root of suffering. To relinquish control, and Intuitively flow as One with Life- is the only True Way to Peace...

It is always now. There is only now. There is nothing else besides this moment. Yet we spend our whole "life" caught up in thoughts of past and future. Make the present moment the focal point of your life, there is never anything else anyway.

Make the present moment the focal point of your life. After all, the present moment is all there ever is. There is nothing else.

Bring your attention to your breath. This withdraws it from the mind, creating space.

When you are faced with any situation, you have three choices. - accept it - change it - leave it Don't get caught up in the mind's narrative about your 'problems' There are no problems, only situations.

You can not feel anxious and be present at the same time.

Negative emotions require you to not be present. Presence destroys them. Doesn't that mean presence is the answer?

@ecstatic_0 Watch your thoughts ❤️‍🔥

Be aware of the thoughts that appear right now. You don't have to go anywhere. Just this moment and the thoughts about it. Be present and see what's going on within you. As you do this, you find there is awareness of thoughts. Something is aware of thoughts. Don't conceptualize who that something is. Just be aware of thoughts for a while. You'll notice - thoughts don't seem much powerful. They are just limited viewpoints, not really the truth. Don't take all your thoughts seriously. This way they lose their power. Be rooted in present and be an alert watcher.

@historyinmemes It should be more. That’s such a classic!

Peter Ostrum, who played Charlie in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, never acted again, choosing instead to become a veterinarian. Despite leaving Hollywood, he still receives about $10–11 in royalty checks from the film every three months.

@historyinmemes A bunch of nice backs! 🤣

Macy's department store detectives posing for a picture with their backs turned so as not to reveal their identity.

Thought's don't matter. What matters is life. Thoughts ≠ life Life is this moment, right now. That's it. That's all it ever is, that's all there ever is.

Give up waiting as a state of mind. When you catch yourself slipping into waiting.. snap out of it. Come into the present moment. Just be, and enjoy being. If you are present, there is never any need for you to wait for anything.

Fear can not prevail against presence

@ecstatic_0 Yes! ❤️‍🔥

The inner narrative that interprets is not your friend. Let it be, don't entertain thoughts. You'll find a space where there's no movement, no thought. That's the space of the Timeless Now. It's always the same - it's where every thought appears. Right now, you are nothing. If you don't believe in thoughts - you can see this. In this you find freedom.