The ego’s sense of self worth in most cases is bound up in the worth we have in other people’s eyes. “…if you cannot look through this collective delusion, you will be condemned to chasing after things for the rest of your life…” (p. 45)
You cannot calculate your self worth by what you have on the ledger sheet. When we strip away all the stuff and roles and identifications, what we have left is the true self. This is the peace of God that passes understanding for Tolle. “The ultimate truth of who you are is not I am this or I am that, but I am”. (p. 57) As I understand him—I am—because I am aware.
When we accept this truth according to Eckhart we can rest in it, we can flow in it and it will cooperate with us. We are able to rest in the peace and inner stillness that comes from surrender.
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