I'm Too Burned Out And Depressed To Be Present | Q&A Eckhart Tolle
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- Опубліковано 21 вер 2020
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How I Love this man. Have you ever seen or heard him in any other state than he is always in? In a world of fluctuations, contradictions and change - his solid, genuine, dependable and reliable never wavering presence gives me breath when I’m gasping, peace when I’m scared, hope when I’m hopeless, joy through my tears and courage to believe even I - or the flawed and broken idea of I - can grow back to stillness and peace. Thank you. If you’re reading this, have a beautiful day wherever you are. We are one. We are perfect and we are and always were whole - Namaste x
Well said!!!
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What a beautiful comment🖤
He said when he was young he had depressive thoughts. But he started working to be present and reached this condition forever. It makes me believe that everyone can become awakened if they want to 🌼
“If you are depressed you are living in the past if you are anxious you are living in the future, if you are at peace, you are living in the present.”
-Lao Tzu
I love ❤️ this 😁
Thank you for sharing this . PEACE
Extremely helpful. Thanks.
And in order to shed those stuck energies in your soul(Sol/Sun/Soul ar plexus)
We need to breathe deep (diaphragmaticaly=Belly)
"Guided Wim Hof Method Breathing"
Day by day = Layer by layer
Ye will shead that garbage stuck energies
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If you are depressed most of the times you need to take medicine
-Me
I found that putting a hand on the chest area helps tremendously staying in the surrendered state.
Gracias por su orientación !!!
@@LUPITA-_ de nada cielo, para esto estamos aqui.
Yes, the hands are powerful. It amplifies the focus on the heart field more. Good to do it during the day if you feel you've "lost" awareness. Feel and tune into it as often as possible, until this practice becomes natural with or without hands simply by resting the attention there :)
Also a hand on the top of the head while lying down. It has helped me a lot......kind of like blessing myself.....or the mature part of me blessing the child in me.
@@user-vy1kg2wi2l thats beautiful
Eckhart Tolle is the Ultimate Father of Presence. We are all blessed to have him on this earth.
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as we all are,dont place him on a pedestal
..you've never seen Mooji..
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No need to conceptualise him like this:)
sometimes the teachers are so giving, so loving, and so patient it just makes me cry
We are all {teaching} something👁🌈👁 ✨blessing divinity
Those with true calling to teach r like that.
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“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”
― James Baldwin
QE: I agree 100%. Out of sheer curiosity, I have helped myself tremendously in my long and very interesting life. I have faced being a refugee, close life and death situations several times in civil wars and serious life threats and personal harm. Same undaunting curiosity has yielded me scholarships for just finding and applying, and changing my life in places for my own education and traveling a good part of the planet Earth making friends and making romantic connections. Love of life and attempts using my imagination has been rewarding all along with learning and growing along the way. Life is full of challenges but those who face the challenges and move will end up with growth in education, friendship, family, children, grand children and more over have a feeling of fulfillment. I now feel grateful to the Universe and feel connected to the Source. A life well lived will have valleys and peaks but the the undying spirit will fuel your going as to give you maturity and memorable life experiences.
Glory Alive
Jimmy has my heart 😻😻😻
In other words, don’t label anything.... that labeling, ( i.e. I’m depressed, I have anxiety) puts a heavy weight on your mind.
I agreed but sometimes put words over things will make you realise what needs to be changed. If you are too afraid to realise that you have been depressed for 10 months, getting social phobia, not feeding you properly etc... at one point saying it can provoke the shift. Same as positivity : saying everything is alright while it is definitely not alright means neglecting your internal welness, your emotions. Emotions are good, don't ignore them, but don't stop at them, don't label them, just acknowledge them. It's alright to feel things
Exactly, there is a difference between identifying a feeling, which helps with becoming more present, and labeling oneself.
It does because it separates us from the whole
@@adele15478 Labeling and realizing that you need to work on/improve something within are two different concepts.
I think the difference here is that instead of saying "I am an anxious person" it's better to say "I am experiencing anxiety" or "I am feeling anxious".
I swear every time I encounter a big difficulty or feel depressed or something, Eckhart Tolle is like a bright light that makes me feel comforted and safe. Feels very intimate. Just no words to describe. Gratitude.
While watching an Eckhart Tolle video may help when you "feel depressed" occasionally - some people are really sick with depression. This video is about a case of clinical depression apparently - not merely someone who "feels depressed" because the weather is bad or the news were less than stellar. Consuming a video alone won't help. Practice will. Meditation e.g.
He is basically a fire burning away your old accumulated pain and suffering in a way ey? Like one greatly burning wood chip ultimately will make lesser burning ones burn more brightly.. As much consciousness Eckhart Tolle is you are aswell in truth & the more you shine on/witness without judgement your darkness/unconscious the more conscious you become and the brighter your flame light/consciousness
Everytime I watch his videos I feel a bit stronger
“Anybody can look at you. It's quite rare to find someone who sees the same world you see.”
― John Green, Turtles All the Way Down
Wow, what a quote. Thanks for that.
Whenever some thought comes up in my mind that is negative or bothers me I say out loud “Never Mind”. This statement has helped me in getting rid of the Unpleasant Mind Thought. May it help someone Else here. Thank you Eckart Tolle for All Your Help! Happiness Fay 🧚🏻♀️
If you stay neutral, indifferent to what your mind is doing and thinking, it will not bother you at all. Thoughts appear and disappear. Your thoughts are actually not about You, the same as feelings, emotions. They don't define You, they don't belong to You. All these are just energies that come and go. You being the Awareness (watching, seeing) are permanent and unshakable. No need to get rid of anything - that is true Freedom, everything is allowed to come, everything is allowed to go.
@@yanakord1078exactly 👍👍
It doesn't bother you though, it bothers your own mind
@@michaelb3608 Thank You Michael, You’re Right! I Will remember that! Very Wise!! Happiness to You Fay 🧚🏻♀️
@@yanakord1078 what about actual fear. Fear of dying. How can i overcome that.
I think showing yourself a lot of compassion, love and patience is the first step. Often we’ve never had that from others and it’s hard to change course. Setting an intention to make small consistent changes gives us a feeling of taking back our own power. We fall sometimes, then we get back up again, so we should allow for that. Nothing is hopeless, nothing is static, each moment contains many possibilities. Climbing the scale of consciousness in whatever way we can will get us moving again. From apathy we can aim to move to anger, anger gets us feeling, then from anger we can aim for courage, then willingness to try something new etc. Good luck!
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If you're burned out just relax your body do not try anything. Because you try too hard. Don't try hard to meditate. Just chill and do what you like. Listen to your needs
Burning out yourself for experiencing presence is just another game of ego that avoids you from presence
I guess if you can financially afford that
@@unsatisfiedscorpion5215 can you kindly explain, how it is because of ego?!!!
what ab feeing emotional numb? :(
@@gertrudewest4535 this is a bitter truth no one wants to address. It's unfortunate for those who had a lot of short comings in life. My belief for this is the individual not being selfish enough. I can definitely say that for my situation. Life can sometimes give us two choices that are hard to pick from, multiple times lol
I'm going through the worst possible time in my life and now more than ever Eckhart's teachings make total sense and comfort 👍
Hang in there brother. It shall pass. I am having the worst days of my life too. Physically and emotionally. Lost a business, got dumped by a cheating girlfriend, then lost a job, all that in less than 6 months. I am in debt, so stress, depression and anxiety caused my physical health to deteriorate, my sleep was bad - for months I was sleeping 3-4 hours a night, then wake up in the morning often with my heart pounding in my chest for no obvious reason. Feeling sick, lost and hopeless, but hey I am not giving up, I hit the gym today, met up with friends and now feeling better. Set some small goals and try to achieve them, slowly it will get better. You are stronger than you think. !!
Me too
You’re not alone
Been starting to feel deeply depressed & discouraged
This ET helped
and THIS TOO SHALL PASS . Life doesn't happen to us , Life happens FOR us . Its all part of evolution . Sending you all Love and Light
@@janiemiller825 thank you. I feel utterly depleted I have listened to Eckhart's teachings for about five years now, whilst they make perfect sense I still get overtaken by all the drama in life. I don't want to carry on suffering, I just don't know how to rise above it.
@@daveslife9486 if you feel utterly depleeted, it can be also being depleeted of vitamines, mineral etc. I worked on my emotional body so much and stayed depleeted. Turner out I had Pfeiffer and Lyme etc. It can be helpfull to go to a naturopath. Also 'Medical medium' is an intereresting read. Help your body detox and support it with good food (lots of fruit and vegies and fresh cellery Juice etc) and supplements (B12, vitD, vitC, Magnesium, Iron etc). This helped me a lot together with lots of emotional bodywork, talking to the heart, the alarm cloch, the painbody. Ask the painfol place what it needs, wat insight it can bring. It gives you messages, let your intuition speek, no thoughts but Just let image come, or your hands start go to the area, be open for anything. Ask guidence and Love from your higher consciousness, or your Inner mother, or your Inner child, or from, God, or other, Lots of Love
I was burned out too. To be more present you need to do some introspection. In my case i had a lot of past trauma that needed attention. Pain is always a signal from the body that
needs attention in that particular place. Pay attention to the body. Once you've created more space inside. You will get more space in the head.
@@Ashley-hp2vn Sit somewhere with both feet on the ground and your eyes closed. Go inside and find the place that needs most attention, and focus as a non-judgemental witness. This might feel very uncomfortable at first, but it will get better. Remember there's no such thing as negative emotions. They just are. Let them go, cause they don't serve you anymore. I find that counting while focussing on the pain works. Breathing in and out directly with the pain inside.
@@Ashley-hp2vn Good luck!
@@mathijsvanabbe2293 Thank you! I like what you said. It relates to me too. I know it helps to lt go!
@@manojs3728 Great! Hopefully it helps. Good luck.
When I am feeling burned out, i settle for just a spark, then a candle....
Nothing is either good or bad - BUT! - thinking makes it so! Peace of mind to all
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This is basically how I feel. As a 29 year old who's dealing with long-term unemployment and financial woes, I really can't help but to feel helpless. My life is stuck and I fear I'm not growing as a human being. I can even sense those around me losing respect for me due to my afflictions. Not a good place to be...
Having trouble sleeping at night and hardly able to get up during daylight hours to do anything.
Black flame if you’re on an Eckard video you’re going in the right direction, you Have to start Somewhere start tomorrow do something to improve your situation, stop blaming others, be present your negative self talk starts call it out it’s just brain chatter, start by helping someone do something tomorrow and things will slowly improve for you. Self development is a marathon not a sprint ..and get some normal 8 hour sleep. “Fatigue makes cowards of us all “
Can one sence that believing these thoughts what the mind is saying about who you are is not only losing respect for you, who you are but also is projecting these same thoughts onto those around you losing respect also for them due to believing in an idea in your head what your mind is saying about who you are as you are.
Is good to be here as one is
I am in the same position :(
i'm in same position ): I lost confidence in my self and I feel more pessimistic and i've been isolating myself from society because of my insecurity and helplessness of finding a job!
@@jamajama8221 society is high pressure, don't want to be on it myself for the most part
I hope the person who asked the question is feeling better now ❤
Turn things around. Be too present to feel burnt out and depressed.
You can make it 🙏
it doesn´t help, because it´s just blabla. This "be in the now / present" stuff is just an empty bubble without any substance.
@@segoiii I do not know whether you are content with your life at the moment or discontent.
I personally have not swallowed the Power of Now hook line and sinker, but, having recently gone through a bad patch in my own life (understatement), I found it helpful not to live in the past, to realise that I have little control over the future, but that I can appreciate the present moment.
If that is meaningless empty blabla for you, I hope you find an alternative solution.
@segoiii How are you now? I hope you find peace in this present moment wherever you are right now. Sending lots of love ❤ one step at a time.
we all deserve a moment of rest. take the time to be present in the moment. I wish all of you blessings and peace!
‘’You start with the reallity of this moment, which is not an idea about it’’…Thank you thank you thank you
I’ve been very sad after the passing of my daughter recently, but I feel for me to stay present has helped me emotionally, I walk and the forward motion in a natural surrounding helps me stay grounded, I paint and the focus and creativity helps me stay present. I cook elaborate meals to keep me focused on a task. When I am idle, the sadness comes back in with flashes of memories and aloneness. I use the affirmation ‘I am strong’.
So sorry for the loss of your beloved daughter. You are on the right track for healing however my counselor suggested I set aside some time every day or as needed for remembrance or grieving. Then get back to the present...and living our daily lives...enjoying the simple tasks..walking, drinking tea with friends, volunteering at our local library and food pantry, keeping my appearance up plus my adult daughter had always been proud of me partially due to my military service and raising her by myself after her father passed.
💕 (my depression and grief had taken a toll on me physically and emotionally)
Thank you for sharing your story...your strength and resilience are admirable... 🙏🙏🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲💕💕
@@dorendastackhouse894 Dorenda, thank you for your very kind words and I agree that it is OK to set some time aside for grieving. Usually that’s a good cry while showering in the morning. You are a very strong woman who has also known heartache. We are resilient woman, but that doesn’t mean that we had any choice in the matter. Thank you for all the good that you do for your community and for others because we all benefit. When you are of service to one, you are also serving the collective.
If you are reading this - I wish you a beautiful and blessed day. Sending love❤️ Take care! 😊🙏☀️❤️🦋🌏
You too☺️🤲❤️
Thank you! Om nam Shivaya
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Wishing you the same💓
Thank you
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Totally inspirational, half way through your book in the now ,so inspired by it all x thank you 😊
everything is impermanent, knowing that just relax and have a cup of tea, all good or bad things come to an end 💓 we’ll overcome this familyy
Thank you for the reminder. Much love to you. I really need that right now. Thanks so much.
This helped me today. Thank you!
Thanks. Always a good reminder. Let the energy pass and surrender. It was pass.
May ALL Beings have Happiness and the causes of Happiness... May ALL Beings be free of suffering and the causes of suffering. 🙏🙏🙏🌍❤
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Let it be so. It is done
Ironically, being present is what can help sooo much with such conditions! Being present is a lot about not doing things... everyone can do that with some effort. One step at a time!
When you use to be in present, meditating and so... But have to find some money, a roof, some security, then you have to think,.
And when dont fit to the system, then thinking is so in opposition with beeing in present. And you have to think, to move somewhere.
I suffer so much from this uge opposit, and from on day to an other I could not meditate anymore (like kundalini syndrome, and my whole energie is unbalanced, and have anxiety disorder.).
It is like, i can not spend time just chilling/meditating, because i have to find a place, that make sens and with people. But i can not spent my time thinking and never find direction in life. Now It is even deeper, adn just at sensation level, I feel inflated, uge energie runing in brain, disconfort... Even trying just to spend a day with someone or relaxing...
Any recomandation? On how not to be burning-out with this opposition? I feel it is destroying my life.
Thanks
@@lecroustillant1 I’m so relieved because you’re the first person I’ve come across that I could relate to. I am fundamentally so burnt out cause almost every single aspect of my life has and will continue to face overwhelming opposition when I can barely even get myself to brush my teeth in the morning. Being forced to move in this world, especially being in the military on top of that, is destroying me psychologically and then everything follows suit. I just want to rest at this point
Thank you Eckhart.
Sending good Karma from Scotland to all of you.
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Thank you again, Eckhart. I was feeling a lot like the person who asked you the question. I realize I have overworked myself for months, maybe years. I havent allowed myself to relax, meditate, & just be in the now. Today my client moved their appointment, so I layed around in my a/c room (vortex) doing absolutely nothing. I felt empty, tired, depleted, & slept through the day. Your words of wisdom sunk in. Its ok to be still, in the now, & truly meditate. I was repeating thoughts that I am lazy, depressed, unproductive, & have an art block, all which are not true. Once it cools down outside (in L.A.), Im going to take a walk. Love you 🙏🩵🌀
You are not your depression. Don't "be" depressed or burned out. Let it happen to you. Recognize when and how it happens and act accordingly on a granular level.
You will have good and bad days too. So on the good days start a meditation practice. One minute. Two minutes. Five minutes. Your energy suffices only for a minute? That's OK.
You can't go out or are too weak for sitting meditation, then do it while lying down. You may fall asleep then but that's also OK. Don't judge yourself (I'm bad at meditation because I'm this or that).
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This is good.
From NLP perspective still needs a positive-instruction at the end.
Currently only negation is provided. (don't judge yourself)
If I notice my mind judging Me, what should I steer it to do instead?
@@SuspiriaX Excellent point. Always formulate affirmatively. Instead of saying what not to do say what to do.
Example: "don't vote for Trump" still promotes what you don't want. "Vote for Biden" says what you actually want.
I sometimes fall back into that "don't" pattern unconsciously.
@@onreact Same here buddy. :-)
I'm intrigued now though: isn't enlightenment based on what things are not / the end of illusion?
Isn't meditation ment to be about *not* doing / stopping the mind?
@@SuspiriaX As I'm not enlightened myself yet I can't tell you for sure.
Based on what I grasp by listening to Zen masters and other enlightened people it's that you are rather watching your mind than completely shutting it off.
Also you are in alignment with the universe once enlightened. That means you act when action is needed and you don't act when not. It's called Wu Wei.
In most cases you won't have to act as the universe does not need you to be busy 24/7. The hard part is distinguishing when to act and when not to. As long as your vision is muddled by ego you most probably will act out of unconsciousness a lot and not act on other occasions when action is needed.
Personally the more I watch my mind the more I shut it up when possible. Why? It's a constant stream of nonsense most of the time.
Ideally you use the mind like a tool for problem solving. You don't have to carry a hammer in your hand all the time either.
Once your projected reality of the ego falls off you, you discover that most "things" were illusory, made up or covered up by concepts.
Instead of viewing reality with your mind "ah, a flower, I know what a flower is and can ignore it" you see it for what it is, a never ending wonder.
This is not negation though. You don't think "it's not a flower". You simply view reality without the dark ego sunglasses. You affirm reality for what it is instead of categorizing it.
hello guys am practicing to be present it been hard but i just want to say thank you to Eckhart for writing that amazing Book that is changing my life now Tnx
What book?
@@oneseeker2 "the power of now" maybe or "a new earth"
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Eckhart always delivers the truth. and it is so good. thankyou Eckhart.
The way he says "have a cup of tea or coffee" makes me really want one
my way...depresion, anxiaty, fear..... I stabilized my self througt grupe therapy, good pshyciatriest and medication for 6 years....only than I can be focus and concentrating on my spiritual path, learning and everyday meditation. Now I feel excelent for several years and I dont need anymore neither therapy or drugs. hope i help someone.
Whoever is reading this
May all your dreams come true 🤗
✨💫✨💫✨👁🌈👁 blessings to you precious divine perfection
My dream is to meet you
John M. Keating Live in the present!
It is what it is. Now get on with your life.
@@johnk09 I dream of a world with no kings or pesants
5:19 Don’t believe in any idea in your head about who your mind is saying who you are.
Then who or what am I? Infinite? I do not know how to act if I do not know who am I
@@BiancaBojan hmm, I think he just means to not question or listen to the negative thoughts that are lying to you specifically.
@@yorokobisweet6310 what can I do about fear of dying? It is giving me panic attacks. I canniot accept nothingness. Plz help
@@mitch5222 Nothing is the stepping stone for everything. Accept it and explore your state of mind more. You will realise the reason behind nothingness which is leading to your fear of dying. Find peace within yourself even though if you feel like you have nothing. But you have "yourself", who is beyond everything. Best wishes to you 👍🏻
@@adarshamehta4164 thanks a lot. Wish u all the best in life
I could easily identify with the person who wrote they are depressed and burned out. At the same time i appreciate Mr. Tolle's teaching to simply be present. This is something i need to practice. Thank you.
Most people are very attached to misery, their story of sadness, limitations, etc. It keeps the ego/self alive. That is why there is so much resistance to being present when you are depressed. The mind does not want to let go of that identity. Misery is the ego doing what it does best, keeping “you” intact and safe. Its interesting to view this from a neuroscientific standpoint, taking a step back and viewing our mind and the thoughts and misery and how it needs you to provide energy to it, a nagging child basically.
This is so true for me, it happened today, I just realized it. You described it very well thank you.
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what happened today ?
Thank you so right
Hey Jeff, Ego and self are different right? Can you kindly explain " that is why there is so much resistance to being present when you are depressed" and "Misery is the ego doing what it does best, keeping "you" intact and safe" ???
@@adarshamehta4164 I use the terms interchangeably. You are not the ego, the thoughts/emotions. “Adarsha” is a passing phenomenon in infinite consciousness with its particular set of genetics and environmental factors, but consciousness so continuously attaches to this story that we mistake ourselves for the finite form.
This false sense of self/separation will fight brutally to stay intact, especially when something bad or threatening happens. By attaching to thoughts/emotions of depression and misery we are literally ensuring their survival in the brain by strengthening those neural networks. Everyone gets a sort of perverse satisfaction from indulging our story of lack or misery, otherwise we wouldnt do it.
Eckhart’s teaching’s have truly given me a taste of freedom from identification with my pain body. I am thankful for him, and for this community of Beings helping to raise consciousness on this planet 🌎 Sending love and blessings to everyone today ❤️✨💕🤗
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I am from South India. I send my love and greetings to all who are in here - basking in the beauty of ET's sweet teaching. Blessed are we indeed!
In echert tolle I see a comforting father, brother and uncle who is present to guide and support with a gentle voice.
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Being an empath i feel exhausted with dealing with certain people
This video came at exactly the right time. I have been experiencing feeling burnt out and depressed. While watching this video I noticed the mind feeling triggered - how could someone be invalidating the negative thoughts in my mind? It was nice to be reminded that they are just that: thoughts. Thank you again, Eckhart 💓
These days while I’m looking for a job, I thought that I become foolish. Can’t say properly and logically like before.
BUT, all those thought are just in mind and nothing is related with my current self presence at all. I really thank teacher!!
Was feeling depressed this morning. Still not feeling good now but after listening to this I am back to the present moment feeling my inner body and the unpleasant feelings in my head. Thanks ET🙏🏻
Same here.
I'm trying to build this skill because my mind jumps and even my therapist said I'm not mentally ill, its my thoughts that have been out of control and it's fixable
Yes.. same thing happens with me
@Being Anonymous
Pay attention to what your mind is doing right now, listen to the chatter it is chattering just observe your own mind in action, without doing anything about it listen for the silence that sits under the noise of mind. experience this deep stillness that exists behind the endless movements of mind
Imagine your conciousness as a big sky and in which thoughts and feelings are like weather is passing through it.
Pay attention to the sensation of the breath moving through you and feel the sensation of your own physical presence of your body being here.
My mother who has been depressed for years was told this by a therapists but she's convinced she's mentally ill.
@@GamebustersUK honestly I have had the same problem. Its the mindset. I also thoughtI'm mentally ill. Then convinced myself I'm physically ill. And a trusted friend of mines told me it's literally all in my head. I really thought it wasn't. I convinced myself I have ADHD and went to a psychiatrist who oddly enough said I did have it. I had a second opinion and that psychiatrist said there's no way I have ADHD especially since I became a CPA and passed university making it into honors even if I was so called average in university. Then someone said i may be bipolar and I convincdf myself that's probably the case. I went to a numerologist and had a brain scan sometime during that time and thought I had a problem with my brain. My scans were clear and he said nothing was wrong. I told him I might be bipolar and I should get medicine. He told me he deals with people alot and he seriously does not think I have it and psychiatrists sometimes overdiagnose and its not worth chasing that. This was a few years ago.
This year I realized i shot myself in the foot and my life wasn't moving partially because of me and partially because of life's circumstances. I always had anxiety and anxiety 'attacks' because of my mind but I denied it for a long long time. I then comvinced myself I'm physically ill. I started trying to exercise and I'm not an active person and I convinced myself I couldn't exercise or even walk long distances. I got a fitness device and my heart rate was higher than the recommended beats per minute when I was doing simple tasks. I thougjt I may have had a heart problem and that's why I can't exercise and seem to do things and focus on my work. I thoughg maybe my body may have another illness that I don't know about. I always had muscle tension so I thought its because I'm sickly.
I went to a specialist physician because my tiredness was unbeaarable and those 'attacks' didn't seem normal. This specialit came highly recommend to me.
I told him my symptoms and he did tests and everything came out not only normal but healthy. I told him i do get anxious but why can't i do normal things like walking etc like other people.
I almost felt embarrassed but I appreciated his honesty to not let me go on another wild goose chase. He told me, in the nicest and most professional way that some people go to specialists and think they can find a magical disease or unknown disease and then they can take a pill or have surgery and things will miraculously come right but sometimes the remedy is simple but people don't want to put into work. He said there is pills for so many thingz but honestly he said just eat healthy, walk 20-45 minutes a day and don't even bother getting a gym membership if exercise and driving to the gym is not my thing. He said he could recommend a sleep therapist for my sleep but he doesn't want to give pills. He said that's basically what people need to do. Obviously he is in the medical field and has to take into account the possibility of all medical paths so he told me the most he can tell me is that I have chronic fatigue syndrome and/,or fybromygalia but theres no cure and honestly I must push myself and not do nothing. I didnt have a job and I asked him if it was fine if I get a job if I have chronic fatigue, will I manage and he told me yes just don't do nothing and just try.
I went home and watched a documentary on chronic fatigue, yes some symptoms were kind of similar but that intensity was not near mines even though I did feel like i was helpless. I told my therapist about the doctors 'official diagnosis' she told me she has a patient with fybromygalia and the oain is so debilitating that she has to take pills for years and it's horrible. It didn't seem like that was me and she brushed off the doctors diagnosis of chronic fatigue syndrome and fybromygalia and said she thinks let's hold on that for now, don't think she was convinced.
Well....now I've been walking 10000 steps a day. It is an achievement. I thought 5 minutes was too much for my body before. But it has become a habit. So my body isn't poisoned or terminally ill as I thought.
I thought i couldn't read a book because I have a mental disability but I did manage to read a few this year and it usually when I'm more present. I guess I'm not mentally incapable.
Yes i have my issues and challenges and I'm not where I want to be yet but i also convinced myself I'm physically and mentally disabled and flawed. But I'm not. Maybe I was hurt because of a few things and I didn't learn how to cope but whatver the past is, its my thoughts and not being mindful about things in the present thats mainly the cause. I even asked my therapist can your thoughts make you feel physically ill or drained of energy and she said yes.
Just yesterday I went for a walk and I wasn't wearing proper shoes and a thorn pricked me as I was walking and my foot started bleeding. I was aiming at doing 60 minutes of walking and had momentum at that time but this thorn pricked me when i was about 50 minutes in. My first automatic reaction was panic. I thought i must have injured my foot because I'm trying and somehow the universe hates me and doesn't want me to win. Then I thought oh so now I probably won't be able walk for a few days or weeks. I thought that this thorn must have been so big because I could see blood. I thought how could I be so dumb and not wear proper walking shoes. For a split second I wanted to stop and cry and nobody was around I could have done that. I thought i won't be able to walk home because I'm so injured even though I happened to be not a far walk from my house. In that split second however I chose a more nuetral or positive thought. I told myself, this is what I'm dealing with right now and i can't change what happened. I saw the blood and I saw my house isn't far. I limped a bit on my tiptoe careful not to press into my foot in case the thorn was there. I got home shortly, looked under my foot but saw no thorn. My foot was bleeding yes but I cleaned it up and put some first aid alcohol. I let it be and thought that today I probably won't be able to do my 1000 steps. But I did it without even really forcing myself to.
I do believe there is such a thing as some people being mentally unwell etc but i think that's not most of the people who have issues. Its where you focus your mind and thoughts. As Mr Eckhart has said before, you need to be present.
I know my post might be long and it may look like I am literally insane for doing all this to myself but I wish to help those who feel the same way. Show this to your mum if this helps.
I'm so glad the internet is anonymous lol
You are incredibly brave for sharing your journey. I bet it’s not far off from a lot of us. I’ve been there too. I’m still a work in progress, but aren’t we all 😊
Personally, I find it easier to be present when I am 'burnt out' or experiencing low energy because all of my high order functions turn off...my mind is quieter. I can sit there, anywhere, with my low energy and being present becomes the easiest, sort of default state of existing. Conversely, when I'm full of energy and excitement, being present is orders of magnitude more difficult. My mind races with ideas and errands, angst about the future, possibilities and failure.
It's also the case for me that an exhausted state allows me to be more present with other people. It becomes easier for me simply to listen without my brain constantly trying to formulate the next thing I want to say in response.
I wanted to add this perspective as an alternate narrative, as Eckart hints at. I guess I don't view my body telling me it's burned out as a negative, but rather as useful information which tells me my personal boundaries are being pushed too much.
But how to attain the presence even when we are happy and excited? Because, you cannot simply stay depressed for your entire life, trying to avoid all the happiness, thinking that, you will lose your presence of you feel happy right?!!
@@adarshamehta4164 that is the trick, isn't it. One I've not figured out.
@@WestOfEarth yes...if you figure it out, do let me know 👍🏻
I'm a violinist. And my best playing is when I'm slightly tired, a bit sad I have a dim lit room and its raining outside. Its amazing how combination of those things makes such a difference.
@@adarshamehta4164 but you can't be happy and excited all the time.
Thank you very much my dearest Eckhart Tolle!
Hello, from Palma to Mallorca, Spain.
The simplicity of your practical exercises to be present is what makes your teaching so powerful and effective.
Being at the same time an easy way to improve our English.
Over the years, 24 now, being following your videos in UA-cam I can see that you finally have become a star on the stage as bright as the stars in a clear summer night in the Mediterranean Mallorca sky.
Thank you so so much for being such an excellent spiritual teacher, Eckhart!😍🌹😚
I can identify with the person asking the question. Thank you for asking it - I’m right there with you.
Love to all from India! How blessed we are to chance upon this excellent teaching! Thank you Sir.
Thank you, thank you🙏 Infinit gratitude Eckhart Tolle🙏 You help the people so much 🙏
The physical side to depression prevents an individual from getting out of bed never mind a coffee shop. I really love this, been practising for a while now but depression and the physical symptoms are very very real.
I was thinking the same. I wish Eckhart gave an example of how to just get out of bed to even start the day let alone leaving the house! I'm crippled with such anxiety lately I cant even begin.
@HOH when I said depression, this meant manic depression also. I have bipolar illness inherited from my father. Often I have great distress trying to analyse if it's psychological or not. Bipolar though as a spectrum - is very real. I don't reach manic episodes as frequent as I did many years ago with the practice of mindfulness and other therapies that allow introspection. The depression symptoms & episodes however I can't seem to balance out. It doesn't matter how much presence I have in my day, the physical symptoms of heaviness/ unmotivated/ less concentration etc still arrive. The power of now helps and has massively but Eckhart (like above) needs to deliver his teaching in a less ableist way 🙏
@@tamaracarse497 I am sorry to hear the anxiety you are experiencing is crippling you. It sounds really tough. Do you have a good support system around you? There is such a big calling for community centred care more than ever. 🙏
I know that heaviness and tight chest feeling that happen to your body. It scares me so much to have to experience that everyday. I want to get better so bad. I don’t want to get medicated. Do you perhaps have any tips on how to alleviate all that?
@@tamaracarse497 same here, Tamara.
I can sense the emanation of compassion and care
I can enter far more easily the present moment when I am in dark times.
Same here!
Yeah this question confused me because when I’m depressed it’s almost easier to be present.
Are you talking about a bad mood or clinical depression? How long do you suffer from it in case you mean the mental illness?
Weird isn't it?
It's like the ego grabs hold of the happiness until you're forced back down by something and therefore need to do the necessary work to go present.
I found a book by Pete Walker AMAZING!! Similar but written differently... "Complex PTSD:from surviving to thriving". Really soothing when I am struggling and Eckhart Tolle doesn't work 💖💖
I find my mind races constantly and drives me insane. I can’t stay present at all until it passes.This may be more anxiety than the depression though.
Eckhart is truly a blessing.
I admire this person that said what many feel - too tired and burned out with life to move forward
Thanks Eckhardt for the advice on how to make that tiny first baby step to help awaken
Simple to those of us already well on the path , incredibly hard for others
None can change others unless one oneself is really ready for change.
True!
@@seemranhoro1572 thank you 🌹
I cant wait to leave this body, this ego, and this world behind. I am looking forward to it honestly. I have done a million affirmations in the last 9 years and nothing that I want comes. So, it will be fun to leave this world. I dont really need it anymore and have no attachment to it. I dont have much of a reason for being on the earth. There is no point to my existence. Many people's lives are like that. You have to wonder why the universe keeps some of us here. Life is more of a prison than a blessing especially once you start reaching the bliss states of meditation. I hate coming back down to depression. It sucks.
I, too, am homesick for Heaven.
@@ez8546 dont be because the whole point is to bring heaven down to earth
@@b.miller2799 I agree 100% but sometimes it is really frustrating, especially in the times we are living now!
the point about the thoughts are complex too.
i took some brutal blows and collapsed with despair, and very quickly had people telling me that I'm "ill". it really did push me lower and it was so difficult to stop them.
Amazing response to a very difficult question!!!
What helped me a lot is Wim Hof's breathing technique including cold exposure and meditation. Rebalancing your own chemistry can help a lot! Just breath!
Thank you for this! I feel the same way as the questioner, and I can feel my body and mind wanting to wake up from the illusion, but it's almost like my fearful mind descends into fearful thinking and thinks "this can't last" or is uncomfortable with change, even good change. This reminds me that change and peace is possible - thank you!
‘Just dont believe in any idea in your head about who you are and then its easy’ gee thanks eckhart, i’ll just do that right away no problem super easy barely an inconvenience
Sometimes when this guy talks, I almost cry at the beauty of his words and the energy he expresses them with
EXACTLY NEEDED THIS. THANK YOU🙏
Thank you Eckhart !.... keep 'em coming... love listening to your talks... they lift my energy and increase my presence every day ! Love you man. 💗😎🙏
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This man is healing the world, I'm so thankful I've found him
i love how eckhart has different ways of explaining his main messages, and each explanation is so calming and soothing and at the same time very practical advice. thank you thank you thank you eckhart for what you do
I haven’t felt this low before but coming here is a blessing.. listening to Eckhart Tolle is soothing. He is brilliant
When you were homeless Eckhart, did u have a friend to talk to?? Maybe the person who expressed feeling burnt out hasn't got a friend to talk to?? It happens to some of us that we find ourselves without anyone to talk to, especially when we have ended up homeless & feeling so burnt out & alone. When I was homeless I would try to think positive & see if anyone would talk to me, I just seemed to scare people off, as they could see I was living on the streets & even other homeless folk were seemingly so burnt out too they were as hard to talk to as the passers by!! I learnt in the end from this that to be on ya own isnt about trying to connect with others, instead it's Time to connect with yourself! Eventually you become the friend that ya need! It takes patience, frustrating as it is but to be alone & just watching Life around you becomes the greatest teacher! Unfortunately we r programmed & brainwashed to think we must have another to talk to for support etc this isn't so, all the answers in life can be learnt just as good by talking to your higher consciousness; as inner dialogue is AMAZING once ya realise this! You obviously have good intentions with your answers Eckhart & Brilliant guidance, many people relate to you, but sometimes I've experienced things differently than u , with fab results, by other means than u would of advised it seems? I listen to you & do agree a lot on stuff but quite often I'm wondering why u say such things sometimes?! Anyways we r all different but the same ,in that we all struggle, no ones perfect & REALITY + TRUTH & TIME will affect us all in so many combinations ,it's never gonna b possible for just 1 person to have an answer that fits all conditions of the Spirit having the HUMAN EXPERIENCE! Just knowing you exist makes me feel better about Humanity, & may your VIBES spread out into the World & do something Miraculous* we need to be more LOVIN, with ourselves, then the Healing process will do it's magic spell & More Light WILL SAVE US ALL ,😋 Shine*
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My god what a beautifull comment! And full of awareness. Thank you :)
@@kolarz2128 😁 that makes me Happy to Hear ,just what I needed for my Saturday to B even better 😋
@@kevinhaines3857 Im glad that I could improve your weekend ha ha ha
Thank you for sharing this video❤️💞♥️💚💛☀️
"don't believe what your mind has to say about yourself" is what turned it around for me, thank you eckhart 🙏
Thank you so much!!! I used to live with that message in my head, too... "I'm depressed" and it's been extremely exciting to learn these messages, and remember that's just habitual thinking... NOT who we are!!! Thx Eckhart!!!
I like the ending of every Eckhart Tolle's video. Nice background and music❤️.
Adore this
his advice shows how deeply he cares for others that's consciousness, being able to do what you feel
One of the best, most helpful and understanding videos I've seen in a while... Helped me a great deal with my depression and negative thoughts. I cried a lot and that is the point. This shifted me into getting back my presence and awareness of now. Eckhart Tolle, you are my greatest superhero alive
"In stillness all things can be known, for the mind is able to respond to Knowledge. Then, Knowledge will find expression in your specific thoughts and activities. Your mind was meant to serve Knowledge, as your body was meant to serve your mind. In this, the contribution from your True Home is able to express itself in the world of exile. Here Heaven and Earth touch, and when they touch, true communication begins to exist, and the transference of Knowledge is made into the world."
From a beautiful book called Steps to Knowledge: The Book of Inner Knowing by Marshall Vian Summers. Amazing book of practice, meditation, and spiritual advancement
This is exactly how I feel. When I first started reading the power of now it was like this was finally going to change my life.
A few years later, none of these teachings have any effect for me, the painbody and the ego took over again and these teachings just became part of the mental construction.
Life is worse than ever and I feel abandoned by these teachings.
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Burned Out? Depressed? Please Feel those others around You feeling similar as Yourself!!! I am writing this because I can relate to being burned out & Depressed. Each circumstance is different of course. Maybe you have been giving so much to others for whatever reason? Feeling burned out or exhausted can contribute to depression. You are NOT alone in these feelings and to some degree experience. Sometimes, how can I say this? OK, verbal language can be interperated differently depending on multiple factors. For example Age, culture, where we live, where we come from, what we've been through etc. Keep Searching, Keep silently asking for guidance & Most Importantly Release All Critical judgement from yourself!!! Remain firm in what you have learned from Eckhart... 👍
How are you now?
@@lindascarborough5551 you have covered this subject better, with more understanding, compassion, more widely, than ET.!!
@@karennoble1076 Thankyou Karen. Its so reassuring to know that We Can Spread The Love 💜
Sweet, sweet Eckhart thank you for your teachings and your patience, you always encourage me to find way out.
Wow! Perfect answers for those who love to lie to a true teacher/master. We are walking on a new path, change is here. No lies can avoid what needs to happen. Wake up and practice what you learn. That's the work on earth. Or waist time with darkness. Always your choice.
As much as I love and appreciate Eckhart, how about let's use less words and simplify?
Other Than What You're Thinking And Believing - Are You Safe? - Byron Katie
This quote points directly to the "problem" very clearly, quickly and is easy to remember. I used to have absolutely horrible suicidal clinical depression for most of my life, the majority of it. When the above quote was understood that I create my own suffering due to resistance and believing thoughts, life became so much more pleasant and Tolle and others became so easy to understand.
Eckhart has a line from A New Earth that is very similar to the above:
"You might say, 'What a dreadful day', without realizing that the cold, the wind, and the rain or whatever condition you react to 'are not' dreadful. They are as they are. What is dreadful is your reaction, your inner resistance to it, and the emotion that is created by that resistance." - E.Tolle
In other words, if you didn't have an opinion about whatever "problem" you're trying to "control" would you feel more at ease? (Considering that the body reacts by emotion to whatever the madness the mind is creating. - E.T. paraphrased) What or who is it, that has these problems? If this What or who is always the one who has problems "Why should we listen to it especially if it is noticed that when it is "removed" from the "equation" that Life suddenly becomes lighter, happier, more at ease?"
I had trouble understanding Tolle as he tends to ramble and trail off in his "explanations" it was quite frustrating for a "me" but after hearing just a handful of Byron Katie videos and reading some of her material, that's when Eckhart Tolle became amazingly clear. I've heard many other people in Tolle forums (plural) say the same thing, so it's not just a coincidence.
I love Eckhart and Katie both, so very thankful that Life is finally not colored by the filter of "me/mind/ego" I pray whoever he was speaking of reads this and understands and know that these teachings can free us from the madness of our minds.
Yeah this is exactly how I feel today and I already knew basically all Eckhart was going to say. I already know what to do when it gets like this, but it's so frustrating that it continually gets back to this. I don't seem to really ever LEARN any of this, I have to keep going back to the beginning and starting over. It feels like my brain is broken, why do I allow myself back into misery? Ha even asking the question is pushing myself back into misery hahaha. I make simple things complicated, I don't know why. Talking about it makes it worse, so I'm just going to stop.
I know exactly what you mean. I have felt, sometimes daily, that I know what to do and what the answer is, yet I still get caught up in my pain body, my ego.
Finally I realized this isn't like memorizing multiplication where once I know it I am done. It is more like watching a flower unfold and bloom but the blooming never ends.
Each time I catch myself caught in ego, happened just this morning actually, rather than getting lost in the thoughts, I celebrate the flowering.
May you never stop blooming. 🏵💮🌸
Most people are very attached to misery, their story of sadness, limitations, etc. It keeps the ego/self alive. That is why there is so much resistance to being present when you are depressed. The mind does not want to let go of that identity. Misery is the ego doing what it does best, keeping “you” intact and safe. Its interesting to view this from a neuroscientific standpoint, taking a step back and viewing our mind and the thoughts and misery and how it needs you to provide energy to it, a nagging child basically.
Scary Stories NYC be kind to yourself, it’s a practice....🙏
oh yeah, I totally feel what you're saying
I can relate. I've been on this journey for almost ten years and I still get pulled back to unconscious identification very frequently. Each time it happens, I find myself in deeper pain than the last time. But I also tend to understand more when I surface. Just recently, I've had episodes of panic attack maybe triggered by the pandemic that sent me spiraling down. There were times when my anxiety was intense throughout the day, the first thing I did when I got home from work was cry. Suicidal thoughts crept in. One day, as I was crying hard with a very real pain in my chest, I became aware of the contents of my room and I thought to myself, "I'm dying here and these things don't even bat an eye." Though it wasn't complete and irreversible, that's the first time I truly understood the meaning of surrender. I thought I knew what it was when I've read it from The Power of Now but apparently, I didn't. It's the feeling of utter powerlessness in the face of life and the insignificance of your pains and troubles to the rest of existence. I haven't become enlightened but I'm more yielding now than before. Maybe that's the point. Each time we get beaten down, we become lighter as more of the phantom self falls off. Until there's nothing left.
Such an amazing light for all of us
Just your face, your being instead of being watched through video, gives me that sense of peace and space within me
Just what I needed to hear. Thank you and blessings.
Matthew 11:28-30
New International Version
28 “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take my yoke upon you and learn from me,for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. 30 For my yoke is easy and my burden is light."
Talking with people puts me in the present moment. Connecting with others. I enjoy it.
Ten years is along time not to benefit from the teachings of Tolle. I can say I read his books many years ago and was not ready to change. A year and a half ago, I came back to the videos and stopped resisting the work I needed to do.
At first glance I read "Too Burned Out and Depressed To Be President."
One hundred percent
Hahahhhaha lol
Looooooooooooool..
Good one..!!
Regards from greece :)
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If you broke your leg you would seek appropriate medical care (which would probably include the temporary use of pain medication). If you have a mental health problem (such as long-term depression) you should seek appropriate medical care, which may or may not include medication. There’s no reason why you can’t avail yourself of mental health counseling AND practice the techniques Tolle talks about.
Do whatever you want at the moment.
Whenever I start to worry, I think to myself "just accept it", and I get a wonderful sense of calmness. Thanks and love to my teacher, Eckhart Tolle. From New Zealand ❤🇳🇿🙋♀️
Thank you for opening the layers behind the wallpaper. Broadens one's horizon and soul.
being depressed burnt out becoming an identity construct , yes i agree but we arent addressing the physiological realities of people that are depressed (under barrage of negative thoughts all day).
the person will have usually a weak cardiovascular capacity (most depressed people have been unable to keep up positive habits such as excercise) and therefor your brain being in weaker shape because of poor circulation will lead to amplified negative feeling and stickier thoughts making it literally only possible to be present for a few seconds at a time at most, not enough to create a significant shift versus the negative momentum currently in place.
lets stop ignoring the many aspects we cannot overlook when it comes to being able to be present, as it often isnt so obvious for our teachers who are already far too strong mentally to realise that these are factors.
for example you cannot be present in a stable way if you smoke past X amounts of cigarettes per day for the same reason I offer above..other things I note are :
unclean living space
living phisically close to people with strong pain bodies drains your spiritual power as well unless you endeavor to raise your power that much higher to carry their energetical weight
in these situations, shifting your life into presence means letting go of the most addictive negative habits you have in place, and to take on that (monumental) task at a time where your vibration is obviously not strong because of said habits and lack of positive habits
In other words, you need an "ideal" situation before you can be present? You want conditions that are not here more than the conditions that are already here now. You're saying that you can practice presence only if your present moment is not this present moment but the one you have in your head.
So what you’re saying is that you’re using this present, to think about how unable you are at being in the present?
When I was severely ill with what seems to be chronic fatigue syndrome I could feel many parts of my inner body but not all of it at once. However, I would do that most of the day and could feel peace and joy in my heart area, despite sensations of extreme stress, for several hours a day.
When the illness worsened, I couldn't feel the joy anymore, but could still feel the inner body. Eventually I was put on psychiatric medication and this removed much of my ability to be present.
So I agree with Eckhart to a great extent here, but maybe this person is on psychiatric medication for their depression and that may be an influence?
Kind regards,
Andy 🙏
How are you doing now? Did you manage to cure the chronic fatigue. How long did you take the meds, are still on them .
@@v.thelastboyscout2822 I am doing much better now. I read part of a book called Secrets behind Chronic and Mystery Illness and how to finally heal by Anthony William (the Medical Medium). His insights have helped me greatly. I was severely ill five years ago and recovered slowly by doing the inner body meditation. I was drugged against my will as no physical cause could be found for my weakness. I was on flupentixol decanoate injections for 3.75 years (July or August 2016 to April 2020). I refused my medication on April first this year and started taking nutritional supplements, and the results have been amazing. I have a good bit of fatigue but I now know what to do and what not to do. I'm improving rapidly. Six months ago I could stand for 2 hours including a 15-20 minute walk. And this Sunday I'm planning to go for a 7-8 mile walk (2.5-3 hours of walking) with my brother and a friend.
So, not cured yet, but getting there. Thanks for asking 🙂🙏
Do you have chronic fatigue? If so, I highly recommend that book.
Andy 🙏
@@andyhammy7874 well, I am not sure. Fatigue is one of the symptoms I have, but its not that extreme as in your case. I am glad you are doing better and i'll look for the book. All the best! -:)
Your teaching makes me live. Thank you.
Thank you Eckhard for making sprituality so simple for me
Even i highly value ET, saying to suferring person in depression "it is only a concept" is a tremendous mistake! It is denying ones experince and against unconditional love, and it is a bypass to not feel. And all of somatic therapies say clearly what is felt has to be felt in order to heal, not supressed. It is about nervous system and traumas written in it not about mental concept. You can get rid of this concept but still you will FEEL hurt which is in the body not the mind. That's why this person lost 10 years and from his pov nothing helped. Stored emotions are waiting to be recognized and felt.
I think it can be felt only when you are present..Or else we are totally caught up in suffering...So we just can let ourself feel whatever comes up by becoming aware of it ..
@sioncenieksizyc My take on Eckhart's reply here is to get his mind to stop THINKING he's burnt out and depressed and thus identifying his definition of himself as being burnt out and depressed. Ego falls for the story and starts believing it is its story, when it's not. And I feel when the mind stops thinking something, then feelings can truly come up and out and finally released, but we got to get that mind to calm down, and be quiet, and in the presence I think that would help.
@@SeqkatsSoulConnections @moulee I totally agree with you as it is now my experience also. But my message described the state in which are many people and i was too, where all the thinking structure is so tight and connected, glued to emotional body that there is no experience of space without it so one cannot relate to ET at that stage. Some somatic therapy which allows to fully feel in safe space, causes to experience a little bit of this observing space to emerge or be experienced which was impossible for a person deathly scared of feeling anything. Thank you for your comments.
@@sloncenieksiezyc I appreciate your response. Several years ago, I was not ready for Eckhart's message, and I was so entrenched in an old identity with CPTSD, I was seeking validation. I left Eckhart's material at that time and went to Bentinho Massarro, who shares many of the same concepts with more validation of the emotional experience. I've sense been able to return to Eckhart's material and finally was able to stop the resistance that causes so much pain, and with that release the old identity and finally free myself of a victim mindset and varying degrees of depression. So, yes, one has to be ready for the material. For some this would be learning algebra before learning basic math, and it would prove more helpful to go back and learn that basic math first.
"Don't believe in any idea in your head that what your mind is saying about who you "
I have been following this kind man for 6mths and I may not be perfect but I'm so much better. I am a work in progress and progress is getting better every day. I love this man.♥️♥️♥️
The most sympathetic person i ever met.. even from distance.. so patient and compationet❤
Mr. Eckhart Tolle's teaching has helped me like 15 years ago, transformed me and the way I saw myself and reality, then I moved on with life. Along the way, I forgot it as I learned new ways of living. Then covid19 started plus living in a challenging environment. Then I returned to his teaching again, followed the practice, and I am feeling that same life-giving, freedom-flowing effect I experienced 15 years ago. Our mind is so addicted to thoughts, and especially to negative and fearful thoughts.