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“Seek to get more deeply involved in the business that you are in. If I had to distill it down into one word, you have to be curious as a professional.”

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“Teaching a practice can also be a hindrance if it becomes one's identity. To be a spiritual teacher is a temporary function. I'm a spiritual teacher when somebody comes to me and some teaching happens, but the moment they leave I'm no longer a spiritual teacher. If I carry the identity of spiritual teacher, it will cause suffering.”

Ifs Moments Happens Spiritual Suffering Causes Practice Teacher Teaching Identity Function Temporary Hindrance Spiritual Teachers

Author:Eckhart Tolle

“Vipassana is fine until it becomes a technique that has many stages and that takes time to develop. That can be okay for people for a while, but then you have to leave the technique behind.”

People Behinds Stage Fine Okay Technique Take Time Vipassana

Author:Eckhart Tolle

“A practice can be helpful, but didn't the Buddha compare it to a raft, suggesting it be abandoned when you reach the other shore?”

Practice Compare Helpful Shore Abandoned Suggesting

Author:Eckhart Tolle

“If the only teacher you have is your suffering, you will need a substantial dose of it for the ego to dissolve. But if the power of spiritual teaching is already at work, then a minor event can dissolve the ego.”

Ifs Needs Spiritual Suffering Teacher Teaching Events Ego Minors Dose Spiritual Teaching

Author:Eckhart Tolle

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