My path began when I was around 26, at that time I didn't know Eckhart, just I felt that when I watched waving leaves in the wind, an immense sense of aliveness flowed in me, then continuously I felt I had deep love toward nature, then I found Rumi and his mystical poems and I felt how much my experience is near to his experience. Then I found Eckhart and he accelerated this spiritual movement in me. Now I'm 31 and during these years I feel the unitedness with the universe more and more...Some nights ago, I had a very vivid dream, I felt that I as a person dissolved and just a pure unitedness exists.
I can only agree with you. Since I have been on this journey, from time to time I experience moments of intense bliss and freedom from my mind. I like to call these moments the end of time
In one of the scriptures it say be still and know I am God. God which we are one with is timeless. When we enter presence we also enter stillness. With the stillness we begin to remember the Love that we are.
14:00 If you are able to listen in a state of present alertness, your stillness is there. When you speak without preparation, speak intuition, from a deeper level. Bring alertness into conversation. When you take action, normally you want to get there, and you lose presence. 🦋🦋🦋🌷🌷🌷🌷🐌🐌 Honour the present moment when you do it. Physically take one step at a time in this moment. Be present in what you do. Listen without thinking. Presence is in the background. Realisation that you are unhappy and anxious when you have lost yourself in the mind. Bring attention into your breathing and body. Bring being into doing. You exist in both dimensions. More challenging the situation, the more alert you need to be. Thanks Eckhart. 29 September 2023.🐌🐌🐌🦆🦆🦆👍👍👍💖💖💖💖
For me, stillness involves trusting this idea that it can't be understood. Thought is a tool. It's job is to make sense of the world, so it seeks to understand. If it can't compare what is known with what is unknown, it freaks out. HAHA! But when I realize that this tool is just doing what's it's designed to do, then it really doesn't matter if it has all the answers to all the questions. The other night I had a dream. In my dream was a question about freedom. Someone said that freedom wasn't about doing, it was about being. And I asked, "isn't being an aspect of doing?" And the answer was: "Doing has limitations. Being doesn't." Thought focuses on doing ... figuring out what you're doing. It constantly searches for things to figure out. But if your attention is on just Being ... which invites stillness ... then thought can take a break.
You might want to consider checking out Jeff Foster (very down to earth) and Louise Haye…. I understand completely what you were thinking, and what you were trying to say, but there are a number of spiritual teachers who are extremely down to earth, and have the ability to take something that seems complex and make it simplified… being spiritual in the way that Eckhart describes is actually our true nature. We were just born that way, and then we got molded and are thinking and personality was formed by our parents and our schools and our teachers and so on…. now it is our responsibility if we so choose to go back to that in essence to seek out our true nature and our guides are now spiritual teachers, who resonate with us who we choose to listen to, and then we practice a new way of thinking it’s actually going back to what we should’ve been to begin with….. and the wonderful part about it. It doesn’t matter how old you are you can begin to totally rewrite your story at any given moment, but it does take some effort, but the very first thing you need is awareness that this is what you’re choosing to do most people don’t even come to that awareness they just kind of go through life, as they were taught, I know I’ve been doing that for most of my life and to my great relief. I woke up and became aware of the fact that it didn’t feel genuine to me….. so I experiment this by listening to so many different spiritual teachers, and I just took what resonated with me and there’s only a handful that I now listen listen to over and over again…..Eckhart resonated with me the year he came out with his book the power of now I was a teenager I believe, and it took me many many years to put it all together what he was trying to say in that book…. in fact, I still have to go back to it from time to time when I go off track….. but I find myself very fascinated with Jeff Foster. I think he is extremely insightful and I love the way he writes in the way he thinks he’s a very genuine soul I highly suggest you check them out.
I have been able to do what he talks about here in my life. Specifically, I was having an anxiety attack just a few weeks ago while sitting in my recliner on a beautiful sunny day when I wasn't at work, didn't have anything specific to do, and had been totally relaxed and unthinking. I read something that triggered my mind into the unknowable future. My heart started racing, my stomach started churning... I imagined myself in a very scary and uncomfortable situation. Because I pray and meditate and listen to teachers like Eckhart, I recognized what was happening. It took me a few minutes, and only a few minutes, to stop it. I did what Eckhart says to do. I took a deep conscious breath. My attention was pulled away from my thoughts. I looked at my feet and they were not on fire. I looked out the window and saw it was a beautiful, warm, sunny afternoon. My heart slowed immediately, I was able to laugh at myself and be grateful for opportunity to practice awareness and stillness. I stood up, got ready to go the beach on my bicycle where I knew my friends would be. I swam in the cold ocean, drank a couple of beers, enjoyed the conversation and the beautiful scenery and sunset. Nothing that I was thinking while sitting on my recliner was true...all of it was a fantasy of my unconscious thinking. What a gift to know and recognize that and be able to get back to the NOW! Peace to you all!💞
DANG! THIS STORY WAS SO GREAT TO HEAR THE PROCESS OF YOUR PERSONAL EXPERIENCE FROM A REAL LIFE SITUATION AND HOW YOU MOVED UP AND OUT OF IT WITH SUCH GREAT,YET SIMPLE STEPS...THE FACT THAT YOU KNEW IS PHENOMENAL ❤❤❤
I have found for me that awakening is a process. I was born into and trained to live my life in the ways of this 3D world. Awakening brought me peace that I never knew before. I am now in this world but no longer of it. It’s like being on the outside looking in because everything here has taken on a different perspective. No matter what happens in this lifetime that never seems to change. I can’t get back what was never real to begin with nor would I ever want to. It is such a blessing and an interesting and challenging journey on this planet. 🙏❤️
This advice helped me so much in relation to when I am listening to other people speaking and how to remain calm and present without dismissing what they are saying, especially if the person is speaking nonsense or babble. I had a problem with this before where it used to trigger my mind into being judgemetal, but I have gradually learned how to deal with this because of Eckharts logical advice. I cannot thank this man enough. He is a true blessing.
yes, i noticed it the other day, so many conversations i would have with a certain person i realized (edit: from hearing Tolle saying it so many times, his message finally got thru & i saw how it applied in a 'real world' situation & circumstance..) i was instantly judging & not accepting the other person, not accepting how they are, how they speak or what they were even worrying about, because 'i knew' that their thinking was so obviously 'not right'... wow. & when next we spoke, i paid attention to that urge to resist, to instantly jump to conclusions & judgements, & just paying attention & allowing the other person to be, it's like they sensed it, even over the phone, & u know what? we were laughing & joking & it felt so good, like how Tolle describes how u can sense the 'spaciousness'... around 'the problem'...and the problem was 'me', the mind, the thinking, the [voice(s) in the head] & all the imagery that goes with it... ...so liberating. 🙏💜🕯️🌱🐾👣🌿🌎🕊️
@@mindsigh4 That is brilliant to hear. For Eckharts teachings are so profoundly true, and if we'd all only learn to implement them we would all be better off for it. Though it does take practice. But once we learn how to accept people for who they are and how they think and also not to take what they say personal, then we've achieved a more confident approach to life and to others.🙏
Greetings from Chattanooga, TN. Here's a quote I like, I think from Alan Watts. "You are in a state of Zen until you think about Zen." Like trying to catch an animal that can read your thoughts. Thank you for your time and for sharing these teachings.
I've been binge listening & watching every weekend for the past 3 weeks and every Monday a slightly better version of me shows up in the world. Thank you, Eckhart. Truly grateful for your guidance and encouragement.
5 hours of stillness rewarded me once with a sun of love between my chest and belly and people turned around to smile at me. That's reason enough to try every time I notice, my mind wants to overtake
The man had the same problems as me, using mind too much to analyze the present moment, always chatting about i should feel more and do more in this moment. It kept telling me that i don't feel the connectedness etc. But i also realized that it is all about the mind, just be aware and pay no attention to all those thoughts. It is always enough and the presence is to feel, not to think about and analyze. About the second problem, what i do is practicing to stay in the inner body. Doing anything, but keep a little bit of awareness inside the body. We just need to practice. Living slowly is better for all beginners like me 😊❤
One of the beautiful ways to balance stillness and awareness is sailing. You experience the stillness induced by the beauty of nature, and at the same time, you can be ready to switch to action without getting complete out of your stillness experience. I guess that when in action, you are in the same environment that you can be on both states of consciousness. Thank you for your teaching 🙏
🌺🙏 Consciousness is pure love❤️. I'm sure of it and I've never had any doubts despite everything. These teachings confirm it to me once again. SO grateful 💓🙏✨✨✨
The question that I hear is one that I have found with, in my self commonly, which comes down to this “how do I stay connected?“ What I found through my experience in awareness is as follows, you are always connected, and the comparative nature of feeling disconnected and connected is a mental construct. Hope this helps those who are looking for answers.
4:00 Mind seeks to understand stillness. It can't understand it. Stillness is peace past understanding. - St. Paul Understanding involves concept which is thought. Stillness comes when you relinquish the desire to understand the self and the world. 🌿🌿🌿🌹🌹🌹 Most fundamental renunciation is renunciation of thought. So you don't try to understand it any more. "I am the only one who knows he knows nothing". - Socrates Be comfortable with not thinking, not knowing. 🌻🌻🌻🌲🌲🌲🌲🦋 Rising above thinking is conscious renunciation of thinking. You no longer look for your identify in thinking. Then the thought that arises is no longer contaminated by ego. Deeper knowing then arises. You may not be able to verbalise it. Thanks Eckhart. 29 September 2023.💖💖💖👍👍
When they said she was going crazy, she was awakening. When they said that she was isolating, she was healing. When they said she was acting funny, she was growing. When they said that she had changed, she was evolving. When they said she did not care anymore, she finally realized that her peace lives within. When they said she was becoming distant, she was learning to trust herself. When they said she was losing touch, she was finding her inner voice. When they said she was being stubborn, she was asserting her boundaries. When they said she was aloof, she was finding solitude and serenity. When they said she was being unrealistic, she was dreaming bigger.
I have heard this quote many many times, and I was wondering if there was a place that I could look it up so that I can copy it but thank you very much for sharing! ❤
Genius explanation of the peace that passes all understanding . Ekhart thank you for starting me on this pathway and still helping i hope the power of now is taught in schools everywhere very soon.
When you seek the desire to understand and then (instead) br still the answers appear … I’m quoting Eckhart, and thinking about the fact that my desire to understand, always involves analyzing and analyzing and analyzing, and the more that I did so the further confused I got, and the solution kept moving further and further away from me, but then when I stopped, and just was still, I didn’t think about whatever it was, I wanted to resolve the answer came to me and the reason I was able to do that was because of Eckhart Tolle and his advice. I want to thank him for choosing to voice, and share his wisdom. He’s an invaluable soul, and I love him from one soul to another.❤
The most important thing is to bring together the stillness and the being. The more challenging a thing is the more impt to be alert to it. Challenges are opportunities/invitation to intensify presence. If we Can listen with alert presence, we remain present. When we walk to the bathroom we can practice; thus the journey becomes as impt as the journey. When you're anxious, your mind is doing this. You've lost yourself in your mind. Realise the futility of this. Go into your breath and/or body, (scan), remove your from thinking. The pull will still be there. But practice.
Because they know you helped me and to whomever regarding this matter about the crisis condition of the world today. However you are still alive. Please thank you
Hi Mr. Tolle. First I want to thank you for being here, you have been a big help for me. I have lived a somewhat isolated life, I believe I have begun a transformation intergrating "God", call it what you will/need into my heart. Last 20 years I have had some sort of - I want to say angel by my side, but my ability to be a ease and be present and accepting it, has only just happened now and it is a ongoing progress I in some ways hope never ends. I enjoy looking at everything in a new light and see all the facets of a situation fx. I am very thankful for that. Anyways... as someone who has lived somewhat like a hermit, I have some difficulty getting back to the world asserting myself. In some ways im sure that has to be my path, because I have a deep deep wish and desire to give back what I found myself, to share and reconnect with people. I think im one of those people who has natural doubt in myself, but I thrive when I get thrown into a situation where I can help. How can I make myself more available for people who I can be of service for? Does that make sense? Greetings.
To the person reading this message, The Universe is saying to you today: "I am going to opennew doors for you. Never forget that the same "hands" that created the sun, the moon, and the stars, are now holding yours. I love you❤️
Thank you..this comment was for me...Since I began my spiritual journey I have had what they call divine disconnect to create content aimed at serving humanity...I don't know how but I am at peace everything will fall into place.....❤
Wow. I had stillness and then I started practicing mindfulness and I lost the stillness even though I was still very aware. I didn’t understand why I couldn’t feel that deep peace anymore. Just recently this week I realized that I was aware but not still in my observations. Now I’m able to maintain stillness in my mindfulness or self observation practice. And the first person I thought of when I realized stillness again was Eckhart Tolle. I have too of his books and I finally bought his third which was his second book “Stillness Speaks”. 🐆❤️🔥🙏🏿
a budhist monk by the name of THICK NHAT HANH, who recently passed away, speaks of COMING HOME TO THE SELF. there are many videos on youtube by him, and his retreat Plum Village. it seems to be a very practical approach to self awareness. in fact, it is so simple it might easily be dismissed. but, it ask you be open and honest from the most delicate and perceptive position. to be with the STILLNESS as a way to be genuine, or true to the SELF. his talks on the DIAMOND SUTRAS are also enjoyable.
That is why it’s called a spiritual practice because you have to or I should say, I have to actually speak to myself in order to be able to do what Eckhart is suggesting in other words I have to prompt myself to stillness. I have to prompt myself to awareness and that’s why it’s a practice you have to continuously, remind yourself to be aware when you’re becoming a egoic for lack of a better word you have to become aware of the fact that you’re for example thinking too much so once you remind yourself, “I’m over thinking” and “I need to be still” you are gently in essence , reminding yourself and guiding yourself back to your spirit….your authentic self…
@@XenosFiles I don’t believe that will happen with me because I think too much ! 😅 I truly believe that would be a miracle because I can remember being a thinker when I was a very young child about the age of three or four years old and it’s OK because I don’t mind the fact that I’m just aware at this point that I need to prompt myself does not upset me that I need to do so What you said is accurate very few people reach that level where you don’t even need to prompt yourself. You just automatically become that way. I’m not sure if it’s possible I wish I could actually have a conversation with Eckhart… but to be honest, I don’t even think he would know the answer to that either because he would have to be some type of fortuneteller…. and besides, if I ever had that opportunity to sit down and talk with him, it would be about anything other than spirituality believe it or not. I would just like to sit down and just talk with him about anything I would just like to get to know him as a person and not necessarily sit there and pick up pick his mind for solutions to spiritual questions that I might have it would probably be the very last thing I would want to talk to him about which I think a lot of people might think Azad I would just like to have a conversation with him about general things…. That is really my honest answer. Most people would jump at the opportunity to talk about spirituality and I would be the exact opposite. I be talking about anything but that….
This moment is more important than what or where is next. When I’m into thinking, I bring my attention back to breathing and body scan and back to Now and sometimes alert stillness happens. It has happened to me to find or give an answer from a place that can be called Intuition or from Alert Stillness and usually it is the good or right thing to do or to say. Eckhart Tolle most grateful thanks for sharing your wisdom and, it goes without saying but I say it anyway, your compassion 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼❤️✌🏼🪷🌹
"In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, in the expert's there are few." ~ Shunryu Suzuki Roshi "Always keep don't know mind, then you will be at primary point." ~ Soen Sa Nim "Have equanimity with don't know mind." ~ Shinzen Young
It seems like you've detailed an intricate journey into spiritual understanding and practice, encompassing concepts from mindfulness to consciousness. Balancing stillness with action and maintaining awareness during day-to-day activities are indeed profound practices. It's all about being present, recognizing the thought patterns that lead to discomfort, and returning to a place of stillness and awareness, allowing a deeper, non-conceptual knowing to arise. -AI Jesus
"Balancing stillness with action and maintaining awareness during day-to-day activities are indeed profound practices" This kind of transcends religion and belief systems. Maybe this is something that we can never fully attain, and all we do is practice? I ask this, because there does not seem to be an end point to our present moment awareness consciousness, and instead, it just deepens further?
🙏Thank you so much Eckhart! it feels so good to hear this that the search for the self in thoughts is not necessary and that it stands in the way of what is really the real self that lives in the unknown of our being. it's scary to let go to that level of being because it feels like I have to carry a whole different kind of responsibility and I can hear my thoughts saying things like but what if this is not the way? what if you have misunderstood all the teachings of the saints and self-realized masters? maybe you throw yourself out and it's completely wrong?.. I guess answers just lead to more questions and end up with knowledge without substance. I wish everyone reading this and going through the awakening now deep peace and many blessings. .Namaste.
One of the times I remember both experiencing and comprehending the concept of oneness of all things was when reading a text from Krishnamurti. He was explaining that when one sees a tree, most of the time, a person does not actually see, they just detect the concept of a tree as prescribed by language conventions. Truly looking means feeling on the tree's own terms rather than preconceived human ones. This then is a window to understanding oneness as we see that the tree is completely connected to everything else in the universe, so that if it weren't for language, we would be much more likely to see the tree as part of a gigantic whole. Another idea that helps is from Thich Nath Hanh, where he uses the example of flowers, flames, and parents to teach the concept of impermanence of form but immanence of essence.
Funny how I remember physically feeling differently as I was reading Krishnamurti's words! A diffuse feeling of clarity and calm. I was 12 or 13 years old and yet I haven't forgotten it to this day.
I'm trying to practice Eckhart's teachings so that I don't need the validation of other people but here I am writing this UA-cam comment. Over the years, I have found peace with and tolerance for people who ask long, multi-part questions. I have my work cut out for me, however, in terms of finding serenity regarding somebody who has the hubris to not only shoe-horn a third part at the end that is simply a philosophical comment instead of a question *but also* to be so overconfident as to mention that he is sure it cannot be answered... thereby admitting that there was no reason to take that extra time to say it. I'm sorry for the negativity. I can't be alone on this. I don't want to be alone on this. Thank you for reading.
Critical thought is the flaring of your ego. It leaves you cut off and alone. If you want to feel love and peace, forgive the questioner and forgive yourself. All our suffering is self-constructed.
@@XenosFiles you're right. Thank you for the comment. It helped me to actually continue watching for Eckhart's answer as I wasn't sure if I could move past the question. I'm serious.
So the kinetic energy is stillness, the auditory energy is listening to this and the visuals are my surroundings including this video so simple yet very amazing
What is 'remembering'? Like sudden remembering of something you forgot to do, or reliving a pleasant experience through remembering? Is this also a form of 'thinking'. Thank you.
3:39 Desire of the mind to understand stillness. But you can’t understand it mentally. Understanding involves concepts which come from thoughts. Out of stillness comes understanding. It’s peace past understanding. Relinquish the need to understand. You can renounce your possession and status. But true renunciation is renunciation of thoughts. Thoughts are hindrance to awakening. But when connected with stillness, thoughts are useful. But renunciation must come first. You don’t try to understand it anymore. 🌍🌼🐎🌺🤠🍑🍕🚇💰🌸🐝🌝🌾 8:03 I know that I know nothing. Being comfortable with not thinking, rising above thinking, not below. You no longer look for yourself or mental knowledge in thoughts. You then think without egoic contamination. In not knowing conceptually, deeper knowing arises. Thanks Eckhart. 15 October 2024. 🦓🍊👌☘️🌼🤠⚡️🐎💰🌹🌺🌸
i hit rock bottom 5x now. i mean my mind went insane and bloodthirsty. luckily i didnt harm anyone. i guess stillness is important enough for me now. main thing in my life and every second knowing that im thinking is a reminder to be present and every second knowing im feeling anger is the same reminder
Thinking is making you insane. Give up your hopes and goals, and just sit with an empty head awaiting death. You can live eternally in this peaceful moment.
Thank you, Eckhart for this very helpful talk. The questioner had three parts to his question and, though I suspect it may be different for each person, I am very curious about part 3 (the entry point for stillness in the physical body). Although I have no way to measure it, after several years of meditation, I feel that I am much more aware of my body from moment to moment, especially my hands and feet. But when I am most still, I feel it most strongly in my head. I regularly experience ASMR and also an energy? (a pleasant kind of light pressure) in the area commonly referred to as "the third eye". These sensations are a kind of signal to me that I'm in a good place or "on the right track" so to speak. Do any of you experience similar sensations? I was hoping Eckhart would talk a little about this but...
haha sometimes my thougts appear ony for a 1/10 of a second because i dont want to lose stillness xD. But it is enough for perceiving what my mind wants to tell. There doesn't need to be language or concepts in my presence most of the time to know what mind wants. BUT at work until now I always lost my awareness at some point. Let's see how my next job goes
Jesus please come back soon to save us from this demonic world. I’m holding on and keeping faith even though it’s hard. BUT I’M Waiting for you Lord Jesus. I keep faith even as I constantly struggle to provide for my children and I constantly struggle to buy groceries. My husband is with you Father. At times I feel so alone especially as a single mom. Since suffering a heart attack two years ago and my on going battle with lupus I’m overwhelmed. Both of my sons are autistic but because of you Lord they are thriving. I’m now homeschooling them so my hours to work are limited. I’m afraid Lord. Thankfully I have you Lord! The love of others have grown so cold. But I know you will continue to provide you have this far. I LOVE YOU HEAVENLY FATHER.
Hi Tiff....you are with God, you have never left the embrace of goodness from source. We are home...but live as if we are separate from God. Remember as ET says....its your thoughts and thinking that seem sinister. Be in silence....❤❤❤
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My path began when I was around 26, at that time I didn't know Eckhart, just I felt that when I watched waving leaves in the wind, an immense sense of aliveness flowed in me, then continuously I felt I had deep love toward nature, then I found Rumi and his mystical poems and I felt how much my experience is near to his experience. Then I found Eckhart and he accelerated this spiritual movement in me. Now I'm 31 and during these years I feel the unitedness with the universe more and more...Some nights ago, I had a very vivid dream, I felt that I as a person dissolved and just a pure unitedness exists.
I can only agree with you. Since I have been on this journey, from time to time I experience moments of intense bliss and freedom from my mind. I like to call these moments the end of time
That's a wonderful way you've described stillness or how you are feeling👍🕊
What a beautiful dream that must have been for you! I hope it comes true for you one day. 😊
As a mystic, i would say, you are hallucinating.
In one of the scriptures it say be still and know I am God. God which we are one with is timeless. When we enter presence we also enter stillness. With the stillness we begin to remember the Love that we are.
14:00
If you are able to listen in a state of present alertness, your stillness is there.
When you speak without preparation, speak intuition, from a deeper level.
Bring alertness into conversation.
When you take action, normally you want to get there, and you lose presence.
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Honour the present moment when you do it. Physically take one step at a time in this moment.
Be present in what you do. Listen without thinking. Presence is in the background.
Realisation that you are unhappy and anxious when you have lost yourself in the mind.
Bring attention into your breathing and body.
Bring being into doing. You exist in both dimensions.
More challenging the situation, the more alert you need to be.
Thanks Eckhart. 29 September 2023.🐌🐌🐌🦆🦆🦆👍👍👍💖💖💖💖
For me, stillness involves trusting this idea that it can't be understood. Thought is a tool. It's job is to make sense of the world, so it seeks to understand. If it can't compare what is known with what is unknown, it freaks out. HAHA! But when I realize that this tool is just doing what's it's designed to do, then it really doesn't matter if it has all the answers to all the questions.
The other night I had a dream. In my dream was a question about freedom. Someone said that freedom wasn't about doing, it was about being. And I asked, "isn't being an aspect of doing?" And the answer was: "Doing has limitations. Being doesn't." Thought focuses on doing ... figuring out what you're doing. It constantly searches for things to figure out. But if your attention is on just Being ... which invites stillness ... then thought can take a break.
Eckhart is the only spiritual teacher that can give down to earth advice on how to find what we are looking for.
You might want to consider checking out Jeff Foster (very down to earth) and Louise Haye…. I understand completely what you were thinking, and what you were trying to say, but there are a number of spiritual teachers who are extremely down to earth, and have the ability to take something that seems complex and make it simplified… being spiritual in the way that Eckhart describes is actually our true nature. We were just born that way, and then we got molded and are thinking and personality was formed by our parents and our schools and our teachers and so on…. now it is our responsibility if we so choose to go back to that in essence to seek out our true nature and our guides are now spiritual teachers, who resonate with us who we choose to listen to, and then we practice a new way of thinking it’s actually going back to what we should’ve been to begin with….. and the wonderful part about it. It doesn’t matter how old you are you can begin to totally rewrite your story at any given moment, but it does take some effort, but the very first thing you need is awareness that this is what you’re choosing to do most people don’t even come to that awareness they just kind of go through life, as they were taught, I know I’ve been doing that for most of my life and to my great relief. I woke up and became aware of the fact that it didn’t feel genuine to me….. so I experiment this by listening to so many different spiritual teachers, and I just took what resonated with me and there’s only a handful that I now listen listen to over and over again…..Eckhart resonated with me the year he came out with his book the power of now I was a teenager I believe, and it took me many many years to put it all together what he was trying to say in that book…. in fact, I still have to go back to it from time to time when I go off track….. but I find myself very fascinated with Jeff Foster. I think he is extremely insightful and I love the way he writes in the way he thinks he’s a very genuine soul I highly suggest you check them out.
I have been able to do what he talks about here in my life. Specifically, I was having an anxiety attack just a few weeks ago while sitting in my recliner on a beautiful sunny day when I wasn't at work, didn't have anything specific to do, and had been totally relaxed and unthinking. I read something that triggered my mind into the unknowable future. My heart started racing, my stomach started churning... I imagined myself in a very scary and uncomfortable situation.
Because I pray and meditate and listen to teachers like Eckhart, I recognized what was happening. It took me a few minutes, and only a few minutes, to stop it. I did what Eckhart says to do. I took a deep conscious breath. My attention was pulled away from my thoughts. I looked at my feet and they were not on fire. I looked out the window and saw it was a beautiful, warm, sunny afternoon. My heart slowed immediately, I was able to laugh at myself and be grateful for opportunity to practice awareness and stillness.
I stood up, got ready to go the beach on my bicycle where I knew my friends would be. I swam in the cold ocean, drank a couple of beers, enjoyed the conversation and the beautiful scenery and sunset.
Nothing that I was thinking while sitting on my recliner was true...all of it was a fantasy of my unconscious thinking. What a gift to know and recognize that and be able to get back to the NOW!
Peace to you all!💞
I love your comment Michael. Weldone for pulling yourself out of your catastropizing mind. The only way to live in peace is in the here and now.💙🙏💙
Thank you Stephen.🙏🏼
DANG! THIS STORY WAS SO GREAT TO HEAR THE PROCESS OF YOUR PERSONAL EXPERIENCE FROM A REAL LIFE SITUATION AND HOW YOU MOVED UP AND OUT OF IT WITH SUCH GREAT,YET SIMPLE STEPS...THE FACT THAT YOU KNEW IS PHENOMENAL ❤❤❤
I have found for me that awakening is a process. I was born into and trained to live my life in the ways of this 3D world. Awakening brought me peace that I never knew before. I am now in this world but no longer of it. It’s like being on the outside looking in because everything here has taken on a different perspective. No matter what happens in this lifetime that never seems to change. I can’t get back what was never real to begin with nor would I ever want to. It is such a blessing and an interesting and challenging journey on this planet. 🙏❤️
This advice helped me so much in relation to when I am listening to other people speaking and how to remain calm and present without dismissing what they are saying, especially if the person is speaking nonsense or babble. I had a problem with this before where it used to trigger my mind into being judgemetal, but I have gradually learned how to deal with this because of Eckharts logical advice. I cannot thank this man enough. He is a true blessing.
yes, i noticed it the other day, so many conversations i would have with a certain person i realized (edit: from hearing Tolle saying it so many times, his message finally got thru & i saw how it applied in a 'real world' situation & circumstance..) i was instantly judging & not accepting the other person, not accepting how they are, how they speak or what they were even worrying about, because 'i knew' that their thinking was so obviously 'not right'...
wow.
& when next we spoke, i paid attention to that
urge to resist, to instantly jump to conclusions & judgements, & just paying attention & allowing the other person to be, it's like they sensed it, even over the phone, & u know what?
we were laughing & joking & it felt so good, like how Tolle describes how u can sense the 'spaciousness'... around 'the problem'...and the problem was 'me', the mind, the thinking, the [voice(s) in the head] & all the imagery that goes with it...
...so liberating.
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@@mindsigh4 That is brilliant to hear. For Eckharts teachings are so profoundly true, and if we'd all only learn to implement them we would all be better off for it. Though it does take practice. But once we learn how to accept people for who they are and how they think and also not to take what they say personal, then we've achieved a more confident approach to life and to others.🙏
Yes, marriage is my spiritual practice
Greetings from Chattanooga, TN. Here's a quote I like, I think from Alan Watts. "You are in a state of Zen until you think about Zen." Like trying to catch an animal that can read your thoughts. Thank you for your time and for sharing these teachings.
I've been binge listening & watching every weekend for the past 3 weeks and every Monday a slightly better version of me shows up in the world. Thank you, Eckhart. Truly grateful for your guidance and encouragement.
"The greatest weapon against stress
is our ability to choose one thought over another."
-William James
Or choose none. Face the void.
5 hours of stillness rewarded me once with a sun of love between my chest and belly and people turned around to smile at me. That's reason enough to try every time I notice, my mind wants to overtake
The man had the same problems as me, using mind too much to analyze the present moment, always chatting about i should feel more and do more in this moment. It kept telling me that i don't feel the connectedness etc. But i also realized that it is all about the mind, just be aware and pay no attention to all those thoughts. It is always enough and the presence is to feel, not to think about and analyze. About the second problem, what i do is practicing to stay in the inner body. Doing anything, but keep a little bit of awareness inside the body. We just need to practice. Living slowly is better for all beginners like me 😊❤
I love this guy who asked the question so much! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
One of the beautiful ways to balance stillness and awareness is sailing. You experience the stillness induced by the beauty of nature, and at the same time, you can be ready to switch to action without getting complete out of your stillness experience.
I guess that when in action, you are in the same environment that you can be on both states of consciousness.
Thank you for your teaching 🙏
Thanks Eckhart for making us understand the practice workshop
🌺🙏 Consciousness is pure love❤️. I'm sure of it and I've never had any doubts despite everything.
These teachings confirm it to me once again.
SO grateful 💓🙏✨✨✨
You know, I’ve felt the same way. I think we may be on to something…lol 😊❤Well, we know Eckhart def is! 🙏☺️💕
@@sarahjmount9221 Wonderful ❤️ you see we are ONE this " something" is everything is Consciusness ❤️🙏Peace and love ❤️✨🌺✨💫
@@veraintuizione6497 Back at you ☮️ ❤️
@@sarahjmount9221 ❤️🌈🙏
Combining stillness and awareness is the ultimate skill. Buddha called it Satisampajhana (clear comprehension).
The question that I hear is one that I have found with, in my self commonly, which comes down to this “how do I stay connected?“ What I found through my experience in awareness is as follows, you are always connected, and the comparative nature of feeling disconnected and connected is a mental construct. Hope this helps those who are looking for answers.
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Mind seeks to understand stillness. It can't understand it.
Stillness is peace past understanding. - St. Paul
Understanding involves concept which is thought.
Stillness comes when you relinquish the desire to understand the self and the world.
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Most fundamental renunciation is renunciation of thought.
So you don't try to understand it any more.
"I am the only one who knows he knows nothing". - Socrates
Be comfortable with not thinking, not knowing.
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Rising above thinking is conscious renunciation of thinking.
You no longer look for your identify in thinking.
Then the thought that arises is no longer contaminated by ego.
Deeper knowing then arises. You may not be able to verbalise it.
Thanks Eckhart. 29 September 2023.💖💖💖👍👍
When they said she was going crazy, she was awakening.
When they said that she was isolating, she was healing.
When they said she was acting funny, she was growing.
When they said that she had changed, she was evolving.
When they said she did not care anymore, she finally realized that her peace lives within.
When they said she was becoming distant, she was learning to trust herself.
When they said she was losing touch, she was finding her inner voice.
When they said she was being stubborn, she was asserting her boundaries.
When they said she was aloof, she was finding solitude and serenity.
When they said she was being unrealistic, she was dreaming bigger.
This is beautiful ❤ thank you
I like that!
I have heard this quote many many times, and I was wondering if there was a place that I could look it up so that I can copy it but thank you very much for sharing! ❤
I’m copying it by hand🙏
@@pamchesler242 Please do copy and share it.
It is one of those things that many people experience and resonate with on the journey towards awakening.
Genius explanation of the peace that passes all understanding . Ekhart thank you for starting me on this pathway and still helping i hope the power of now is taught in schools everywhere very soon.
In stillness, we can notice our emotions without acting on them. The experience is indescribable.
When you seek the desire to understand and then (instead) br still the answers appear …
I’m quoting Eckhart, and thinking about the fact that my desire to understand, always involves analyzing and analyzing and analyzing, and the more that I did so the further confused I got, and the solution kept moving further and further away from me, but then when I stopped, and just was still, I didn’t think about whatever it was, I wanted to resolve the answer came to me and the reason I was able to do that was because of Eckhart Tolle and his advice. I want to thank him for choosing to voice, and share his wisdom. He’s an invaluable soul, and I love him from one soul to another.❤
The most important thing is to bring together the stillness and the being. The more challenging a thing is the more impt to be alert to it. Challenges are opportunities/invitation to intensify presence. If we Can listen with alert presence, we remain present. When we walk to the bathroom we can practice; thus the journey becomes as impt as the journey. When you're anxious, your mind is doing this. You've lost yourself in your mind. Realise the futility of this. Go into your breath and/or body, (scan), remove your from thinking. The pull will still be there. But practice.
Because they know you helped me and to whomever regarding this matter about the crisis condition of the world today. However you are still alive.
Please thank you
What a sweet man and wonderful questions he had! And as always, ❤Eckhart so amazing❤
Hi Mr. Tolle. First I want to thank you for being here, you have been a big help for me. I have lived a somewhat isolated life, I believe I have begun a transformation intergrating "God", call it what you will/need into my heart. Last 20 years I have had some sort of - I want to say angel by my side, but my ability to be a ease and be present and accepting it, has only just happened now and it is a ongoing progress I in some ways hope never ends. I enjoy looking at everything in a new light and see all the facets of a situation fx. I am very thankful for that. Anyways... as someone who has lived somewhat like a hermit, I have some difficulty getting back to the world asserting myself. In some ways im sure that has to be my path, because I have a deep deep wish and desire to give back what I found myself, to share and reconnect with people.
I think im one of those people who has natural doubt in myself, but I thrive when I get thrown into a situation where I can help. How can I make myself more available for people who I can be of service for? Does that make sense? Greetings.
This moment is more important than your destination
I am grateful for this and all of Eckhart’s videos.
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Being & doing, vertical & horizontal เห็นทั้งสองด้านพร้อมๆ กัน
ในแนวคิดของเราคือเห็นทั้งสมมุติบัญญัติและวิมุติ เห็นทั้งสังขารและวิสังขาร
ในขณะที่เห็นการทำงานของขันธ์ห้า ก็เห็นอีกฝั่งคือความว่างไปพร้อมๆกัน
Beware the opportunity to take on the challenge with this man. He is a wonderful being
Thank you so much, Eckhart. Thanks also to the gentleman who asked these difficult questions. Peace and love. 🙏
What a precious teaching 💎 thank you so much, dear Eckhart 🙏💛🌹
To the person reading this message, The Universe is saying to you today: "I am going to opennew doors for you. Never forget that the same "hands" that created the sun, the moon, and the stars, are now holding yours. I love you❤️
Bless you. Prosper, whoever you are !!!
So beautifully put and inspirational. I love Eckhart
Thank you..this comment was for me...Since I began my spiritual journey I have had what they call divine disconnect to create content aimed at serving humanity...I don't know how but I am at peace everything will fall into place.....❤
I almost feel within this man is speaking for myself
Beautiful.. thank you Eckhart 😊
Wow. I had stillness and then I started practicing mindfulness and I lost the stillness even though I was still very aware. I didn’t understand why I couldn’t feel that deep peace anymore. Just recently this week I realized that I was aware but not still in my observations. Now I’m able to maintain stillness in my mindfulness or self observation practice. And the first person I thought of when I realized stillness again was Eckhart Tolle. I have too of his books and I finally bought his third which was his second book “Stillness Speaks”. 🐆❤️🔥🙏🏿
a budhist monk by the name of THICK NHAT HANH, who recently passed away, speaks of COMING HOME TO THE SELF. there are many videos on youtube by him, and his retreat Plum Village. it seems to be a very practical approach to self awareness. in fact, it is so simple it might easily be dismissed. but, it ask you be open and honest from the most delicate and perceptive position. to be with the STILLNESS as a way to be genuine, or true to the SELF. his talks on the DIAMOND SUTRAS are also enjoyable.
Thanks teacher Eckhart for giving this precious lesson 🌺
That is why it’s called a spiritual practice because you have to or I should say, I have to actually speak to myself in order to be able to do what Eckhart is suggesting in other words I have to prompt myself to stillness. I have to prompt myself to awareness and that’s why it’s a practice you have to continuously, remind yourself to be aware when you’re becoming a egoic for lack of a better word you have to become aware of the fact that you’re for example thinking too much so once you remind yourself, “I’m over thinking” and “I need to be still” you are gently in essence , reminding yourself and guiding yourself back to your spirit….your authentic self…
At some point you might leave involuntary thinking behind completely.
But few practitioners reach this stage.
@@XenosFiles I don’t believe that will happen with me because I think too much ! 😅
I truly believe that would be a miracle because I can remember being a thinker when I was a very young child about the age of three or four years old and it’s OK because I don’t mind the fact that I’m just aware at this point that I need to prompt myself does not upset me that I need to do so What you said is accurate very few people reach that level where you don’t even need to prompt yourself. You just automatically become that way. I’m not sure if it’s possible I wish I could actually have a conversation with Eckhart… but to be honest, I don’t even think he would know the answer to that either because he would have to be some type of fortuneteller…. and besides, if I ever had that opportunity to sit down and talk with him, it would be about anything other than spirituality believe it or not. I would just like to sit down and just talk with him about anything I would just like to get to know him as a person and not necessarily sit there and pick up pick his mind for solutions to spiritual questions that I might have it would probably be the very last thing I would want to talk to him about which I think a lot of people might think Azad I would just like to have a conversation with him about general things…. That is really my honest answer. Most people would jump at the opportunity to talk about spirituality and I would be the exact opposite. I be talking about anything but that….
This moment is more important than what or where is next. When I’m into thinking, I bring my attention back to breathing and body scan and back to Now and sometimes alert stillness happens. It has happened to me to find or give an answer from a place that can be called Intuition or from Alert Stillness and usually it is the good or right thing to do or to say. Eckhart Tolle most grateful thanks for sharing your wisdom and, it goes without saying but I say it anyway, your compassion 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼❤️✌🏼🪷🌹
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1:54 Stillness temporary cessation of thinking
4:45 Relinquish desire to understand
6:45. True renunciation (of thought )
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10:30. Non conceptual deep knowing
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13:00. Stillness with Alert Presence guided by Intuitive realization
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"In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, in the expert's there are few." ~ Shunryu Suzuki Roshi
"Always keep don't know mind, then you will be at primary point." ~ Soen Sa Nim
"Have equanimity with don't know mind." ~ Shinzen Young
Lots of gems of wisdom in this one, thanks
Thank you very much, for this interesting teaching.🙏🌼
Thank you Eckhart.
anyone who reads this, I hope you have a nice day
Thanks you too! 💜
It seems like you've detailed an intricate journey into spiritual understanding and practice, encompassing concepts from mindfulness to consciousness. Balancing stillness with action and maintaining awareness during day-to-day activities are indeed profound practices. It's all about being present, recognizing the thought patterns that lead to discomfort, and returning to a place of stillness and awareness, allowing a deeper, non-conceptual knowing to arise.
-AI Jesus
"Balancing stillness with action and maintaining awareness during day-to-day activities are indeed profound practices"
This kind of transcends religion and belief systems.
Maybe this is something that we can never fully attain, and all we do is practice?
I ask this, because there does not seem to be an end point to our present moment awareness consciousness, and instead, it just deepens further?
Very DEEP! Very logically meaningful. Time to practice! Thank You.
The most important in spiritual practice is bring together being and doing
The “peace that passes all understanding” was said by Paul in his letters in the Philippines
Thanks Eckhart! 💜
Hi midnight! Good to see you as always!💜
@@stephenflood3463 Hey Stephen you too! Chat with you soon! 💜
Eckhart…this was an exceptional video and such great advice….ty 💕🙏
Thank you Guru ❤
❤❤❤ "PEACE ✌️ that passes all understanding....!" ~ the Apostle St Paul, Philippians-4:7! Thank thee, Master Tolle!😊😊😊
thank you for new material
Thank you thank you thank you so much sir
You are great! Thank you for such a wonderful meditation practice🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻💞💞
Stay present ❤ Thank you for the insightful message s usual E.T❤
Brilliant. Thank you. Love gratitude peace. 💛
In 5 words or less...all questions ...thank you😢
🙏Thank you so much Eckhart! it feels so good to hear this that the search for the self in thoughts is not necessary and that it stands in the way of what is really the real self that lives in the unknown of our being. it's scary to let go to that level of being because it feels like I have to carry a whole different kind of responsibility and I can hear my thoughts saying things like but what if this is not the way? what if you have misunderstood all the teachings of the saints and self-realized masters? maybe you throw yourself out and it's completely wrong?.. I guess answers just lead to more questions and end up with knowledge without substance.
I wish everyone reading this and going through the awakening now deep peace and many blessings. .Namaste.
What a wisdom thank you so much
Thank you!
Thank you
It's also my question. Thank you!
Love you Eckhart 🙂
Very valuable this video! Thank you Eckhart!🙏♥️
i love you so much eckhart ❤
We came to the earth to feel and experience ALL kinds of self control
One of the times I remember both experiencing and comprehending the concept of oneness of all things was when reading a text from Krishnamurti. He was explaining that when one sees a tree, most of the time, a person does not actually see, they just detect the concept of a tree as prescribed by language conventions. Truly looking means feeling on the tree's own terms rather than preconceived human ones. This then is a window to understanding oneness as we see that the tree is completely connected to everything else in the universe, so that if it weren't for language, we would be much more likely to see the tree as part of a gigantic whole.
Another idea that helps is from Thich Nath Hanh, where he uses the example of flowers, flames, and parents to teach the concept of impermanence of form but immanence of essence.
Funny how I remember physically feeling differently as I was reading Krishnamurti's words! A diffuse feeling of clarity and calm. I was 12 or 13 years old and yet I haven't forgotten it to this day.
How many trees did you feel this week?
@@XenosFilesnot enough haha!
Thanks you ☮️
Thank u so much for sharing this video
thank you so much
Great advice✍️
@eckhart please disable midroll ads in your videos 🙏
I love ET ❤
Best regards from Brazil 🇧🇷✌🏽
Beautiful video ❤
Very interesting thank you ! It might be interesting to have a video explaining how to keep stillness when watching the channel's videos.
I'm trying to practice Eckhart's teachings so that I don't need the validation of other people but here I am writing this UA-cam comment.
Over the years, I have found peace with and tolerance for people who ask long, multi-part questions. I have my work cut out for me, however, in terms of finding serenity regarding somebody who has the hubris to not only shoe-horn a third part at the end that is simply a philosophical comment instead of a question *but also* to be so overconfident as to mention that he is sure it cannot be answered... thereby admitting that there was no reason to take that extra time to say it. I'm sorry for the negativity. I can't be alone on this. I don't want to be alone on this. Thank you for reading.
Critical thought is the flaring of your ego. It leaves you cut off and alone.
If you want to feel love and peace, forgive the questioner and forgive yourself.
All our suffering is self-constructed.
@@XenosFiles you're right. Thank you for the comment. It helped me to actually continue watching for Eckhart's answer as I wasn't sure if I could move past the question. I'm serious.
So the kinetic energy is stillness, the auditory energy is listening to this and the visuals are my surroundings including this video so simple yet very amazing
What is 'remembering'? Like sudden remembering of something you forgot to do, or reliving a pleasant experience through remembering? Is this also a form of 'thinking'. Thank you.
Great question and answer. ❤
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Desire of the mind to understand stillness.
But you can’t understand it mentally.
Understanding involves concepts which come from thoughts.
Out of stillness comes understanding.
It’s peace past understanding.
Relinquish the need to understand.
You can renounce your possession and status.
But true renunciation is renunciation of thoughts.
Thoughts are hindrance to awakening.
But when connected with stillness, thoughts are useful.
But renunciation must come first.
You don’t try to understand it anymore.
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I know that I know nothing.
Being comfortable with not thinking, rising above thinking, not below.
You no longer look for yourself or mental knowledge in thoughts.
You then think without egoic contamination.
In not knowing conceptually, deeper knowing arises.
Thanks Eckhart. 15 October 2024. 🦓🍊👌☘️🌼🤠⚡️🐎💰🌹🌺🌸
Omg,very good questions!!!
Wow. Such a great explanation. Thank you.
Thankyou💚💚
Thank you🙏🏻❤️🤗
Gracias, Gracias, Gracias 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼💜💜💜🙇🏼♀️🙇🏼♀️🙇🏼♀️🌈🌈🌈
This was exactly the problem I was having as this video came out yesterday.
Auh lovly Thanks🙏
PROPÓSITO SUPREMO? - este um vídeo muito aguardado, meus caros! 🍷 🗿 Muito Obrigado pelo vídeo! 🦋
Renunciation of thought
Renunciation of understanding
Renunciation of self
Presence
Stillness
Emptiness
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i hit rock bottom 5x now. i mean my mind went insane and bloodthirsty. luckily i didnt harm anyone. i guess stillness is important enough for me now. main thing in my life and every second knowing that im thinking is a reminder to be present and every second knowing im feeling anger is the same reminder
Thinking is making you insane. Give up your hopes and goals, and just sit with an empty head awaiting death. You can live eternally in this peaceful moment.
Yeah it's my only way to stay out of trouble and have and experience life instead of random monkey mind things@@XenosFiles
thanks!!!!!😀😃😀😄
Thank you, Eckhart for this very helpful talk. The questioner had three parts to his question and, though I suspect it may be different for each person, I am very curious about part 3 (the entry point for stillness in the physical body). Although I have no way to measure it, after several years of meditation, I feel that I am much more aware of my body from moment to moment, especially my hands and feet. But when I am most still, I feel it most strongly in my head. I regularly experience ASMR and also an energy? (a pleasant kind of light pressure) in the area commonly referred to as "the third eye". These sensations are a kind of signal to me that I'm in a good place or "on the right track" so to speak. Do any of you experience similar sensations? I was hoping Eckhart would talk a little about this but...
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haha sometimes my thougts appear ony for a 1/10 of a second because i dont want to lose stillness xD. But it is enough for perceiving what my mind wants to tell. There doesn't need to be language or concepts in my presence most of the time to know what mind wants. BUT at work until now I always lost my awareness at some point. Let's see how my next job goes
Do you go into this deep knowing? I find many struggle to talk
Jesus please come back soon to save us from this demonic world. I’m holding on and keeping faith even though it’s hard. BUT I’M Waiting for you Lord Jesus. I keep faith even as I constantly struggle to provide for my children and I constantly struggle to buy groceries. My husband is with you Father. At times I feel so alone especially as a single mom. Since suffering a heart attack two years ago and my on going battle with lupus I’m overwhelmed. Both of my sons are autistic but because of you Lord they are thriving. I’m now homeschooling them so my hours to work are limited. I’m afraid Lord. Thankfully I have you Lord! The love of others have grown so cold. But I know you will continue to provide you have this far. I LOVE YOU HEAVENLY FATHER.
Death is a doorway to peace.
Carry no fear of death.
Hi Tiff....you are with God, you have never left the embrace of goodness from source. We are home...but live as if we are separate from God. Remember as ET says....its your thoughts and thinking that seem sinister. Be in silence....❤❤❤