All cravings

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All cravings are the mind seeking salvation or fulfillment

in external things and in the future as a substitute for the

joy of Being. As long as I am my mind, I am those cravings,

those needs, wants, attachments, and aversions, and

apart from them, there is no " I " except as a mere possibility,

an unfulfilled potential, a seed that has not yet sprouted.

In that state, even my desire to become free or enlightened

is just another craving for fulfillment or completion in the

future. So don't seek to become free of desire or " achieve "

enlightenment. Become present. Be there as the observer

of the mind.

 

- Eckhart Tolle

 

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" The Power of Now "

Eckhart Tolle

New World Library, 1999