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The Power of Now

6 memorable lines from The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle, each with the idea behind it.

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Lines labelled “HourLife takeaway” are our wording of the book’s ideas and may paraphrase it. Only lines in quotation marks are the author’s own words, with where they appear. Check the book for exact wording before you quote it. Spot an error?

Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have. Make the Now the primary focus of your life.

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You are not your mind. You are the awareness behind the mind.

The Power of Now Eckhart Tolle HourLife takeaway

The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation but your thoughts about it.

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Death is a stripping away of all that is not you. The secret of life is to ‘die before you die’ — and find that there is no death.

The Power of Now Eckhart Tolle HourLife takeaway

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