Eckhart Tolle

Presents author-selected inspirational passages from "A New Earth" enhanced by commissioned artwork.

Inspirational Selections from A New Earth

Oneness with All Life

Sam Skurka

Why does the ego play roles? Because of one unexamined assumption, one fundamental error, one unconscious thought. That thought is: I am not enough. Other unconscious thoughts follow: I need to play a role in order to get what I need to be fully myself; I need to get more so that I can be more. But you cannot be more than you are because underneath your physical and psychological form, you are one with Life itself, one with Being. In form, you are and will always be inferior to some, superior to others. In essence, you are neither inferior nor superior to anyone. True self-esteem and true humility arise out of that realization. In the eyes of the ego, self-esteem and humility are contradictory. In truth,they are one and the same.

The Truth is inseparable from who you are. Yes, you are the Truth. The very Being that you are is Truth. Jesus tried to convey that when he said, "I am the way and the truth and the life." These words are one of the most powerful and direct pointers to the Truth, if under- stood correctly. Jesus speaks of the innermost I Am, the essence identity of every man and woman, every life- form, in fact. He speaks of the life that you are. Some Christian mystics have called it the Christ within; Bud- dhists call it your Buddha nature; for Hindus, it is Atman, the indwelling God. When you are in touch with that di- mension within yourself-and being in touch with it is your natural state, not some miraculous achievement— all your actions and relationships will reflect the oneness with all life that you sense deep within. This is love.

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