He notes: "Whatever you think people are withholding from you -- praise, appreciation, assistance, loving care, and so on -- give it to them" (Tolle 116). In doing so, you will eventually find that you already have what you thought you lacked, because you have the capacity to give it, you therefore already hold it within yourself. We must avoid labeling events in our lives as "good or bad" solely relying on concepts that others have placed within our minds, but instead try not to mind what happens because the order of events in our lives are uncontrollable. It is in how we handle these events in our own minds and spirits that we are able to exert control. We must embrace the now, give up the idea that time controls everything, and live more for the present state of being in which we exist. In doing so, one is better able to eliminate the consistent draw to act in accordance with one's...

In eliminating the constant need to nit-pick, one is left with the capacity to embrace life as it comes, in essence going with the flow of things rather than constantly fighting against it. In eliminating the stressors and opening up our minds, Tolle asserts that we begin to have the capacity to live our best lives rooted in the knowledge of the spirit.
Works Cited

Tolle, Eckhart. A New Earth: Awakening to your Life's Purpose. New York: Penguin,

2008. Print.

A New Earth: Chapter 7