“How easy is it for people to become trapped in their conceptual prisons. The human mind, in its desire to know, understand, and control, mistakes its opinions and viewpoints for the truth. It says: this is how it is. You have to be larger than thought to realise that however you interpret your life or someone else’s life or behaviour, however you judge any situation, it is no more than a viewpoint, one of many possible perspectives. It is no more than a bundle of thoughts. But reality is one unified whole, in which all things are interwoven, where nothing exists in and by itself. Thinking fragments reality – it cuts it up into conceptual bits and pieces. The thinking mind is a useful and powerful tool, but it is also very limiting when it takes over your life completely, when you don’t realise that it is only a small aspect of the consciousness that you are.”
~ Excerpt Taken From Stillness Speaks By Eckhart Tolle, reprinted in Ishta Yoga Studio newsletter 28th May 2024
