· “Through allowing the ‘is-ness’ of all things, a deeper dimension underneath the play of opposites reveals itself to you as an abiding presence, an unchanging deep stillness, an uncaused joy beyond good and bad. This is the joy of Being, the peace of God.” - Tolle (p. 183).
· “On the level of form, there is birth and death, creation and destruction, growth and dissolution, of seemingly separate forms. This is reflected everywhere: in the life cycle of a star or a planet, a physical body, a tree, a flower, in the rise and fall of nations, political systems, civilizations, and in the inevitable cycles of gain and loss in the life of an individual.” - Tolle (p. 183).
· “The down cycle is absolutely essential for your spiritual realization. You must have failed deeply on some level or experienced some deep loss or pain to be drawn to the spiritual dimension. Or perhaps your very success became empty and meaningless and so turned out to be a failure. Failure lies concealed in every success, and success in every failure. In this world, which is to say on some level of form, everybody ‘fails’ sooner or later, of course, and every achievement eventually comes to naught. All forms are impermanent.” - Tolle (p. 184).
· “The cyclical nature of the universe is closely linked with the impermanence of all things and situations. The Buddha made this a central part of his teaching. All conditions are highly unstable and in constant flux, or, as he put it, impermanence is a characteristic of every condition, every situation you will ever encounter in your life. It will change, disappear, or no longer satisfy you. Impermanence is also central to Jesus’ teaching: ‘Do not lay up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rest consume and where thieves break in and steal…'” - Tolle (p. 185)
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