"Once you have identified with some form of negativity, you do not want to let go, and on a deeply unconscious level, you do not want positive change. It would threaten your identity as a depressed, angry, or hard-done-by person. You will then ignore, deny or sabotage the positive in your life. This is a common phenomenon. It is also insane."
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Eckhart Tolle in The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment (1997) p. 119
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