{"id":151846,"date":"2010-08-26T09:46:19","date_gmt":"2010-08-26T06:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/espirited.com\/eckhart-tolle-dont-create-more-pain-in-the-present\/"},"modified":"2026-02-08T23:58:50","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T21:58:50","slug":"eckhart-tolle-dont-create-more-pain-in-the-present","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/espirited.com\/en\/eckhart-tolle-dont-create-more-pain-in-the-present\/","title":{"rendered":"Don’t create more pain in the present"},"content":{"rendered":"

by the author of the book “The Power of Now” Eckhart Tolle:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“The pain that you create now is always some form of non-acceptance, some form of unconscious resistance to what is.<\/em><\/p>\n

On the level of thought, the resistance is some form of judgment. On the emotional level, it is some form of negativity. The intensity of the pain depends on the degree of resistance to the present moment, and this in turn depends on how strongly you are identified with your mind. The mind always seeks to deny the Now and to escape from it. In other words, the more you are identified with your mind, the more you suffer. Or you may put it like this: the more you are able to honor and accept the Now, the more you are free of pain, of suffering \u2014 and free of the egoic mind.<\/em><\/p>\n

Why does the mind habitually deny or resist the Now? Because it cannot function and remain in control without time, which is past and future, so it perceives the timeless Now as threatening. In fact, time and mind are inseparable.<\/em><\/p>\n

… Yes, we need the mind as well as time to function in this world, but there comes a point where they take over our lives, and this is where dysfunction, pain, and sorrow set in.<\/em><\/p>\n

… How to stop creating time? Realize deeply that the present moment is all you ever have. Make the Now the primary focus of your life. Whereas before you dwelt in time and paid brief visits to the Now, have your dwelling place in the Now and pay brief visits to past and future when required to deal with the practical aspects of your life situation. Always say ‘yes’ to the present moment. What could be more futile, more insane, than to create inner resistance to something that already is? What could be more insane than to oppose life itself, which is now and always now? Surrender to what is. Say ‘yes’ to life \u2014 and see how life suddenly starts working for you instead of against you.”<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by the author of the book “The Power of Now” Eckhart Tolle: “The pain that you create now is always some form of non-acceptance, some form of unconscious resistance to what is. On the level of thought, the resistance is some form of judgment. On the emotional level, it is some form of negativity. The […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":21027,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[646],"tags":[715,681,683,674,686],"class_list":["post-151846","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spiritual-intelligence","tag-eckhart-tolle","tag-spiritual-teachers","tag-spiritual-transformation","tag-the-mind","tag-the-pain"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t