Accept - then act | Eckhart Tolle

December 16, 2021 Theodora Loukas

See if you can catch yourself complaining, in either speech or thought, about a situation you find yourself in, what other people do or say, your surroundings, your life situation, even the weather. To complain is always nonacceptance of what is. It invariably carries an unconscious negative charge. When you complain, you make yourself into a victim. When you speak out, you are in your power. So change the situation by taking action or by speaking out if necessary or possible; leave the situation or accept it. Life will give you whatever experience is most helpful for the evolution of your consciousness. How do you know this is the experience you need? Because this is the experience you are having at the moment. Accept - then act. Whatever the present moment contains, accept it as if you had chosen it. Always work with it, not against it. The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation but thought about it. If you get the inside right, the outside will fall into place. Primary reality is within; secondary reality without.

Eckhart Tolle