Eckhart Tolle:
Born as Ulrich Leonard Tölle.
(Lünen, Germany, 16 February 1948).
German teacher and author on spirituality. His first book ‘The Power of Now’ became a bestseller.
He lived with his father in Spain from the age of 13. Around the age of 20, he moved to England. As he had not done a high school education, he had to take an evening course to qualify for university. He then attended the University of London and Cambridge University. At twenty-nine, he said he experienced a ‘spiritual transformation’ that marked the beginning of his functioning as a spiritual counsellor and teacher. He then changed his name to ‘Eckhart’, after the 13th-century mystic Master Eckhart.
Today, he lives in the Canadian city of Vancouver.
Sometimes letting go is much more powerful than defending or holding on.
Nothing has happened in the past; it happened in the Now. Nothing will ever happen in the future; it will happen in the Now.
Surrender becomes so much easier when you realize the fleeting nature of all experiences and that the world cannot give you anything of lasting value.
Surrender is the inner transition from resistance to acceptance, from no to yes.
