OMG, all that we learn: ego, goal oriented life, competition, accumulating of material things...all of it goes against enlightment. No wonder we walk the planet like zombies.
3 things need to happen... 1) being totally present and aware (this in itself can feel like enlightenment, but i believe there's more) 2) realizing who you truly are, is not the story.. the body... the ego.. the person you have identified with - instead, you see that you are the space in which existence occurs... 3) you no longer identify with your old self and identify as being the space, the awareness... the observer.. the witness... I have experienced glimpses of 1 + 2 and they have been powerful moments - lasting maybe 5-10 minutes in each event - with the lingering effects lasting a few days... unfortunately thoughts took over again... and i failed to achieve #3 - but, that's just how i've been interpreting all this - i can see the power of it now... when you are in the state of presence... I cried... and i didn't feel the need to read anymore.. or watch anymore videos... OR tell anyone about what I was feeling... i was just there.. and enjoying being there... it was only until after the experience i told a few people... and the power of #2 knowing who we truly are - as the space.. the awareness... is incredible... you feel untouchable... as if... you are playing a video game.. and thoughts and feelings are totally independent of who you really are... the combination of being present, and realizing who/what you truly are... must be an incredible way to exist... and Eckhart is right... it's a state that comes from surrendering... and completely letting go of wanting... and chasing... it's when you just decide to be 100% ok with everything that IS... even your pain.. your problems... and you realize.. they aren't your pain.. the suffering isn't Yours...
Nice post thank you for sharing such intimate experiences. I have experienced your 1,2,3 but not at all times. I have experienced awakening at the level of mind where you realize these things you speak of in 1,2,3 almost always. But I have learned that it is not all there is and I experienced my ego usurping the awakening so it could survive. After a year I learned from other teachers that I was in this "enlightened ego" state that is not real enlightenment. I then learned of awakening at the level of heart and awakening at the level of gut. Both include aspects of what you describe in 1,2,3 and they also include a deep processing and integration of past programming and trauma. Past trauma and programming neurologically changes the body's posture, hormone levels and chemical composition. This work of integration comes with having a body and living in the world of form. Even the greatest masters experienced this and many agree that there is almost no end to the process. Adyashanti describes it as not changing by adding to your knowledge, experience or self but by noticing what falls away. I have experienced an amazing transformation by moving into feelings I would normally have tried to avoid or change. I was taught and follow the non-practice of "allowing" what is. Eckhart talks of this a great deal. Adyashanti's guided meditations are of this nature as well. There are old schools of practice that advocate transcendence of the body into a fundamentalist non dual awareness. I believe we share this experience of form for a reason and it is not to get rid of it. After all we are only seeking from the perspective of form. The One source does not need to find itself. It is wonderful and fun to share with others who are having this experience of being rather than doing. Thank you for sharing
MOUTH OF THE APE Thank you. I admire your answer. You explaned it so well I almost felt 1+2+3 altogether Without any efford. I am so impressed. Very well done. Lets all keep up the good job.
The Satori (a glimpse into ones true nature or Enlightenment) experience that many people have, occur spontaneously, perhaps by Grace? in my case it was when I was sitting still,being quiet in a classroom at school !, this was the first and strongest time at 8 years old, I became something else,not someone else, it was glorious, like stepping into another world, everything myself included was pure love and light,it lasted around 4 hours, I didn't do anything ,I wasn't trying to meditate I wasn't religious or on a Spiritual path,in fact I didn't know what had happened until many years later..so it seems a natural state that is always here,we just need to make the right conditions for it. "Be still and know I am God" Bible. When a Satori becomes permanent that is Enlightenment or Self Realisation. hope that helps.
It's all about letting go. Everything must go. And how many people really want to let go of everything? I'm talking about everything -- your personality, your thoughts, your relationships, your conditioning, your past and your future? Personally I had experiences when I was in my early 20's which made me want to let go of everything. I wouldn't have called them enlightenment experiences at that time but they definitely fit all the descriptions which the Enlightened Industry claim as their bona fides -- out of body experiences, visits from enlightened beings from the past which at the time I had never even heard of, altered and expanded perceptions of the physical world, experiences of profound stillness and "seeing" vast space which is beyond space but that is the only word we have for it, being completely free of my self as such, being outside of time, merging with a source, flowing into it only to find it completely still and void and so forth, which left me with a longing to stay where I went because it was the fount from which all springs and all returns and desiring anything else seemed like really compromising and settling for less in a huge way. But I didn't follow my bliss, as they say, because human beings are by necessity, social animals, and once other people are involved it really doesn't matter if it's a Zen monastery or a Wall Street Brokerage or a life in a small village or a life in a big city: as soon as other people are there the game of life will ensue and one is bound to be enslaved by the bounds and conditions of the setting. Did I really want to spend my life in the hierarchy of an ashram or a monastery which are all just the "non-profit" versions of any other human social construct? Would it be any better or any different even from living my life as a union man or a housewife or a student. Where there are other people there is civilization and where there is civilization all the rest of it comes rushing in. Call it Scientology, call it Instagram or call it "nuclear family" or call it being American or black or white or whatever the hell. All paths that lead to the same conditioning and enslavement and loaded baggage to cart around. And, no, I had no desire to "save the world" Bodhisattva style or to live among the people as a light shining on their own paths. I guess that makes me less-than but it didn't seem to me that it works like that. The finger pointing at the moon is only of value if one can already recognize it is a finger and a pointing and know what the moon is. In which circumstances I would extend the metaphor to say gouge out the eyes that see that and slice off the finger that points. And proceed from there. So I stayed the course of my worldly destiny and now, at the end of my life, I still fantasize about what it might have been like had I actually followed my "bliss". The only real way to have done it would have been to sit there until my flesh and bones gave up the ghost and I didn't have the courage or the determination to overcome the innate human drive to survive. However, I have dedicated my life to conditioning myself and hopefully pushing my karma in the direction of being able to overcome these worldly chains (called survival instinct) next time and return to my seat as soon after birth as possible and just sit there until I leave my body and do that over and over in rapid succession until that wheel of human life is spinning so fast I just fly off it. How to find Nirvana? Drop everything. Empty your mind -- of everything, your conditioning, your preferences, your memory, your knowledge, everything!. Be still. Don't ask. Don't seek. When everything is lost only your awareness will remain and you will be aware of nothing but that essence of all things which is non-compounded, outside of space and time, eternal and completely silent. And you will see that "you are it" to quote the amazing spiritual prankster Alan Watts; or to be more conventional "That Thou Art" to quote the traditional Hindu collective genius.
there is one big flaw in this, no matter how much you try to explain it, you can only understand fully what he is saying if you are already enlightened, saying this helps people think about it but its not something you can listen to and do, you need to go and go through this yourself.
somethings ive learnt from Eckhart- Purpose of life: Keep your awareness on the source of all energy all day everyday, in everything you do, thus sharing it with the world too. That can only happen in the present moment and not while thoughts(past/future) go on. Unless ofcourse, the thoughts are watched very carefully while being in the present moment. The awareness needs to be on - every moment by moment or better, as he puts it, on everything that happens and keeps changing in this one moment. Ofcourse the disclaimer is that there is no, one answer to say that you have grasped it, as that would be the wrong answer (broad open mouthed smile like Eckhart's)
For a very long time, I felt inwardly that Eckhart Tolle held the answers to all the spiritual, deeper questions we all held about ourselves and our nature to this universe. But after reading Swami Vivekananda's books, I've come to the conclusion that life (in our present state) is simply too minuscule a time in the universal scale of consciousness, that the only thing worth doing is being as good as possible and living true to ourselves. Love humanity, live with fullness towards a noble purpose, and just help everyone be a better version of themselves. Our lives can be VERY spiritual if we just make a decision to do exactly that. Try and be vegetarian. Practice non-violence. Love thy neighbors. And live with PURPOSE. KNOW that you WILL DIE one day and nothing will stop the inevitable. The ONLY thing left to do then, is to make others realize that they are YOU in essence and EVERYONE is a child of cosmic consciousness (aka God).
So basically you are saying that you have given up on searching your true self and fell into the trap of mind, "who" tells you that this all is taking too long and that you should rather just try to be who you really are. Who you really are does not come to conclusions. Conclusions are dead ends, in which you live according to your own imagened truth. You can play this game until death, but you know it all amounts to nothing. Believe me, i've fallen for the same trap more than once, but once the seed is planted, you will be searching the rest of your life. You say practice non-violence. Do you see what you're doing? Practicing non-violence means having the ideal of being without violence/violent thought, while BEING violent and/or having violent thought. You cannot get away from it. You will cause suffering for yourself and others, as long as you see the world in duality. You say love your neighbour, but do you know what actual love is? I don't know what actual love is, but i know that the 'i can't be without you' "love" or the 'make effort to be kind to others' "love" have nothing to do with true unconditional love. Don't give up this easy, please. This is not even about yourself, but the whole of existence.
Jackson Scully The ego is the only thing that can know it. Knowing and experience belong to the ego and only the ego. There can be no experiencing or knolwedge of "oneness" on ANY LEVEL unless there is a division between the experience and the experiencer, the knowledge and the knower.
The first level of Enlightenment is reached when you are one with everything and everyone. The second level is when you understand that you are not perfect, and when you give all of your burdens to the peacemaker. The 3 level is when you walk, talk and think with the great spirit. To be enlightened means to humble yourself and to be led by the universal force.
When I finally came to the realization of my subconscious thoughts, It led to an awful discovery filled with rage, doubt, and fear.. Using meditation practices rid me of such unfortunate baggage, it was scary at first, but very liberating in the end. Now I realize who and what I am.
When I became a born again Christian at 19 it was like the scales came off and I could see the reasons why people acted out the way they did. My friends were so surprised at this sudden insight and wisdom I had attained. I put it down to Jesus giving me the Holy Spirit. I thought it was some outside source. Now I realise that this wisdom and insight was Inherent within me and that what had happened was that I had in a small way renounced ego and pride. But the problem with fundamentalist Christianity is the dogma you are forced to believe under threat of eternal damnation. You end up suffering under a different delusion and a different form of pride and are just as blind, albeit under a different guise.
I like the idea of now, I've been attempting to live in the moment for several years and am still struggling. I feel though that enlightenment is more, not a spiritual thing, but an awareness of who you truly are, not the person you wished you were or hope to be, but an acceptance of who you are and the ability to limit your actions to those which are not hurtful to others. No more justification for our actions, two wrongs never make a right, and an imagined wrong can never be justified.
Humans are like leaves on a tree unaware we are all connected. The brain is an antenna which greatly limits perception and gives us the illusion of seperate and lonley state of being. Truth is observation=creation we are powerful creator beings co creating this reality. All knowledge and wisdome lies within. Learn to make your conscious awareness your primary state of being and your thoughts and ego your secondary state of being. That is enlightenment x
Stuart Mac:THat my friend,is what my awareness believes as Truth..the TRUE.THIS ''LIFE'' is a seies of one long NOW moment.If you are in Enlightenment.What is Enlightenment?SILENCE.STILLENESS,WHERE NO THOUGHT ARISES. AT ALL.
love , flows and fills the empty space of all the letting go of things out of your control , pain , shame blame guilt , negative emotions , replaced by , love, compassion , unconditional , life is peace of mind , love in heart , compassion for others , divine.
That's why at times u feel you are close to enlightenment and at times you feel you are far. It makes sense, it's in between. Opposites coexist in this concept too :) you are there, already enlightened. You just don't know it yet. Or how :)
+Laura Duncea damn thats crazy, I was just thinking today of posting something on reddit almost exactly along those lines why is it at times we feel so interconnected things seem to make near perfect sense and other times we feel like we don't know shit. I guess that's what "the most important realization is realizing how little we know
Happiness (sokhya- v.61) cannot be achieved within traditional society because social relationships involve physical (v.35) and emotional (vv. 36-8) constraints. Affection (sneha - v. 36; pema - v. 41), resentment (v.49) and sensuality (kamagu~a - vv. 50-1) come from social interaction (salhsaggav.36) and result ultimately in states of fear (bhaya- v.37,49,51)
I still havent worked out if my enlightenment quest is some kind of escapism.. or if its a good thing. Ultimatelly it comes from heavy suffering and wanting to be happy.
When they've learned that subatomic particles is pure energy and light so it's virtual reality so therefore pure reality is 1 point of light... And all these different layers of existence is virtual reality
Let me simplify Enlightenment, all it is, is realizing the functions of the mind, such as ego, desire, attachment, impulse thoughts, and everything that consists of the conditioned mind. Therefore, the goal is, is to achieve a state of unconditioned thinking, to achieve a thinking process that is above our current one, so that we may end suffering. Reaching a point of complete awareness of the now, allows us to access the subconscious and super conscious parts of the brain, giving us control.
Enlightenment is when the mind recognises/experiences the existence of the Self or Soul. Although the Soul is always perfect and timeless and constant, it is not enlightened in that sense, although it is illumined. Each person is not enlightened, enlightenment is an realisation that has to happen in time before a person can be enlightened. Part of that realisation is that there is no such thing as here and now, as all concepts derive their meaning/existence from their opposites, no now without then and no here without there. The domain of the soul or Atman is of course outside of time and space. With all respect to Mr Tolle, it seems he is either confused or I have not understood him.
the idea is to get rid of stress in your mind and your body that you already have, and to prevent future stress from arising. when the stress disappears and skillful qualities arise, this leads to joy to rapture to serenity to pleasure to concentration to knowledge and insight to dispassion to cessation. concentration is a prerequisite to enlightenment. right view. this is stress. this is the cause of stress. this is the path leading to the end of stress. this is the end of stress. @ zielin concentration with directed thought and evaluation, then when you remove and keep removed the stress, assurance and composure remains. look up jhana. directed thought and evaluation is there for a reason. ...sounds like eckhart toll has developed a degree of concentration which is great. :)
Born again! When all the hoopla is stripped away enlightenment comes down to that. A return to the state of wonder and awe. To take what enlightened beings pontificate on is not a good idea. Many like to attribute powers to these beings. Generally they are very intelligent, but if they had no knowledge of a subject prior to awakening what qualifies them to preach. Tolle was a brilliant scholar and had knowledge of contemporary subjects. Buddha's only knowledge was of Hindu stuff so that's what he went on about. Maharshi was a high school dropout that just kept his mouth shut which led people to believe he knew something. He also went on with the Hindu stuff. Birth is a traumatic experience and these people went thru hell to be reborn. A Nietzsche like character is needed to clean up the field. Closest we had was Krishnamurti who took no prisoners and spared no one. Author profile
Real Enlightenment - first horror, then Bliss. When the stream of thoughts quicker than realization - the horror, when the flow of thoughts stops -bliss. The order is inevitable. I say that because I have lived it.
Thank you Eckhart... for sharing your insights. Very helpful... Thanks to you, I became aware of the incessant stream of thoughts...my mental chatter. Once aware of that, I was able to sense my true self. Peace like never before. Thank you!
When the ego dies, I becomes aware that it is itself. Realize consciousness creates the ego, and that it can destroy the ego. You are that undercurrent of consciousness. But words are too limited... To truly end the ego, consciousness must be willing to kill its false self, and one must be very desperate to do that.
wohah, when i listing to this my heart is beating faster and faster and i feeled more and more room, becomes bigger and bigger in me and than i think - yeah i am near this point and - ...nothing more, always this thougth brings me down to the ground. ;-) ...So it will never happend with the thought, yeah i become this, even if you are near to the enlightment of a high consciousness. So i have no idea what could help. The ego have to go before this, but only THROUGH this the ego will go.
that's the deal. At first you seek to avoid pain, then once you get a taste you seek because of the sweetness of it. Better to seek because of the sweetness of it but the important thing is your looking in the right direction now. Keep looking.
I agree completely. :) There is so much truth in all spiritual teachings and philosophies, there is absolutely no need to confine yourself to one in particular. That does'nt make anyone more or less of what he already is.
ECKHART TOLLE TELLS SO SIMPLY AND STRAIGHT TO THE HEART AND ECHOES IN EVERY CELL OF BODY. TALKING IN SENSES NOT WRITING WHILE IN A OPERA HOUSE OR IN A CONTEST OF WIN FOR OR GAIN FREE LOSE.
I would argue that literally seeing God's face everywhere as a result obeying Jesus Christ is true enlightenment. I highlight his face (eyes, nose, mouth and beard).
I feel like I'm missing out on too much of presentness due to being too present. There's times I enjoy reminiscing but past friends can't spiral from that as much. Whereas more enlightened ones can be buzzed off .The thing is...this is not by choice. I can't control how I act in front of different people anymore. It's OK one on one. We can get in tune. But when more than one person is present for a conversation my head starts spinning or slowing down or some blockage that I can't put my finger on. But the outcome is ****. I end up not being able to connect with that one person until we renew our spiritual ties. But the other person may not have access to their own controls. The puppet master lies elsewhere. The puppet master can be persuaded though. By means of love and spiritual friendship. This is what teaches us to accept each other for who we truly are. There are many lessons. There are many steps. Load the guns, ride the volcanoes, write up your laws, we'll continue to break them. Enjoy yo motherfunkin' life :) The thing I can't put my finger on becomes clearer with every breath. With creativity comes magic. Why live a life of squares and circles. Drop all those shapes man. If you gonna do sommit. Do that **** right and too the fullest of yo abilitay. Hot dannnnggggggg. Higgildy piggily heyyy. Howya now not too bad and yourself ah sure grand. In deed you are my good sir. Merci bouquet of daffodils I do believe there nurrr. Howya Juliepops. Sure not too bad. Don't think too much, it might hurt. Our thoughts are not our thoughts. Our emotions are not ours either. So who the **** do they belong to. The anger subsides. But it takes times to heal. We learn that these negative emotions can be controlled. This can lead to the dark side and some choose to stay there. Not I. I wish to be a man of the people and a people for the man. So here we all are in this present moment. We may feel like we're test subjects at times but why bother with the red pill bull**** thrown at us. Fu k that ****. Join us in Never Never Land. We were never supposed to grow up. Hi diddle hey diddle hoo diddle doo. I ain't doing no paragraphs tonight
This is very important. You CANNOT work towards Enlightenment. Liberation is now. Enlightenment is now or never. This goes against most spiritual philosophies.
Not necessarily. By setting a goal for the "egoless" state at a future date, you're only "delaying" reaching enlightenment to a future date, instead of now. People put a future date for this simply becuase of hearing all enlightenment stories happening after years and years of meditation, etc. So they dont believe they could reach that state "now". You are not missing the "entry point" for this state simply becuase in the future (that you set your goal), you will be living the "now" and therefore not miss the entry point for this egoless state ;) By setting a future date, you're simply delaying your goal believing it cannot happen now, where it actually could.
*The Truth* The feeling of a immediate experience thats rapped around your views and "ego" (which is you portraying how you want to be seen by others which is wrapped around the the menu aspects of other people's personality on what you were trying to adopt to be seen) and letting that go in realizing two potential in even the negative on what is possible within your actions and choosing not to do it knowing that others can snap and make a crazy reaction.. you become in tune with your emotions through meditation and knowing how to control your emotions to where you know in spectrums and the fact it doesn't make sense not to exist to the fact that Consciousness is you thinking about thinking about thinking to the essence of that we are all the same thing in the only difference is is the fact we are just different people growing up in different bodies and different cultures in different environments this and that what have you... Enlightenment is the feeling of immediate experience it's not a destination it's a path of living to create the fact that one day is the same thing as an entire lifetime so that you close the loops of actions so you don't think about them day by day even the large loop of actions that you close so you don't think about them for your entire lifetime so when you fall asleep at night you have infinite in front of you same as infinite in front of you before you die from morally having intelligence and how to act in the moment on positive and negative energies and sing the whole of that..
I'm scared. Every time I get a glimpse of something that confuses me, because it isn't something that I know of, it isn't something at all, it's just nothing, nothing else than what is around me, I'm starting to feel something inside me, something that I think may be life changing - but I'm scared and I let it go, don't focus on it. I just, can't let go of my ego and follow the mystery... I don't have the guts to do it... I feel so sad I think that I need help, but I know only I can help myself.
Its like instead of saying or thinking 'I will or I will be or it will'(etc)-say&think 'I am..., it is...'-speak of & think of in the now & you will, excuse me-you have gained result!
Yes, but we can never grasp the now until fully liberated. Until then its only a referring to the past. (and a creating of the future as a replica of the attention to the past. So, give up the search. The wanting is the belief that you need something. But you dont. You are complete.
i know exactly what you mean. there are many ways that lead to realization and intergration. for some people it's one big catastrophy. for me it seems like an endless series of small steps. the thing with ego is that it's not what it appears to be, eg pain. ego only means 'Me', that's all. but deep inside you know that you will never be able to define 'Me', yourself. when you can live peacefully with the realization you are this void, you start to notice immediate attention arising from Me, now.
enlightenment is when we realise our body and ego are an empty tower and we are the etherial intelligence housing there,,so switch perspective. then the tower of babel that kept us confused with all beings can fall
auf deutsch alles loslassen und achtsam sein , beides in Kombination könnte dann den weg frei machen für eine derartige Realisierung ( denn es ist ja zeitlos immer schon da gewesen und wird sein nur unser felektor ist verschmutzt ( die 5 Koshas ) oder sehe ich das falsch ?
My experience was so strange (for my ''real'' identity state that I m almost constantly in ) I had anxiety so high needed peoples to love me and then project my perception that nobody loves me until I m ''like that guy (add qualities) '' so root was identification with I m or I exist better say if others love who I m , my expressions and so on , on that root tons of beliefs are built to protect it . However because of intense fear of not being loved until I be in certain way I couldn't take that cage that I was in cant even look a person instantly I believe they hate me . So I walked in street front of me was tons of peoples . I just choose to face it with seeing all situation as it is . So 1st step is : face with pain within with all that it is , for me that was . In moment when I did it intense fear or energy was going trough me but I focused on breath only and in moment I could hear all thoughts that was in my head as they are not me anymore . So 2nd step for me was : Focus on breath , being aware of breathing only after 1st step when choice is made . And 3rd step I didn't do cause my feeling was like I m dyeing and I could clearly hear voice in my head maybe last ego voice '' no don't go pls '' cause in my body energy was so intense and it was starting to leave , my body was so easy and if I went trough that probably I would be enlightenment . So 3rd step which I m not sure about yet is : Don't be afraid to die for it , or better say be ready for it , I guess only ego dies but I holded on for that thought and got drown back from that state of such easiness and clarity that I never had experienced before . So I have only one question is it needed for body to be well prepared so that can handle that energy of resistance held in , seams like huge energy . Or its that also illusion . If there is no-needed body preparation I can do it now with no any hesitation choice would be same . I still have huge resistance but after that experience I just know without thinking that is all illusion . But I don't wanna physically die cause I want to explore all world experiences . Most amazing realization that I had is understanding that whole this universe is same as I m , I just having human experience but I m universe itself . Plant was me , butterfly was me , river was me peoples was me and I saw how much suffering and masks they put in to protect themselves not even realizing that there is nothing to protect . We are all one , just in different forms and with different intentions of creation . But in basic we are and we always be one , this is shocking realization for Ego cause suddenly you are not that important , you are not such a person that all needs to know your name and your acomplishments its very delusional what we massively think about ourselves and what we do but seams to be very real . So only question is can my body hold on to it I have no more questions after it .
XXX Thought is Precious XXX Thinking in it’s most part is Behavioral Activity. Behavioral Activity can be programmed. Using language as a mind software we permanently are repeating our desired goals through spoken words, just like a mantra. This way we are establishing a specific pattern of information and literally downloading as well as programming the subconscious mind, which in response will trigger the programmed action. Our subconscious mind works like a computer. It turns commands..
A very interesting way of explaining "Enlightenment". But practically speaking he is explaining a realization of emptiness or "Mini Enlightenment", but not Buddhahood itself.
When enlightenment has been achieved then the desire for it will naturally stop. At the first day of life you were blinded by light Don't believe the sun You were young and the drugs made you feeling alive Don't believe the sun Shiny eyes of a girl who was not on your side Don't believe the sun You gotta job you woke up in the mid of the night Don't believe the sun Stop the sun Do it alive Do it alive Stop the sun Do it alive Do it alive I don't know why the sun is shining a bad way (You know I told you so) I don't know why the sun is shining a bad way (You know I need to go) Arrive before the great show Now you're gray and you're old so you feel arrived Don't believe the sun Summer day you're alive at the great of your wife Don't believe the sun So you die and you're dancing in the tunnel of light Don't believe the sun At the first day of life that it shines so bright and then You realize you're born again Stop the sun Do it alive Do it alive Stop the sun Do it alive Do it alive I don't know why the sun is shining a bad way (You know I told you so) I don't know why the sun is shining a bad way (You know I need to go) Arrive before the great show And after all, you better ask me why Do I decide to try to say goodbye Do it alive Do it alive Stop the sun Do it alive Do it alive Stop the sun Do it alive Do it alive I don't know why the sun is shining a bad way (You know I told you so) I don't know why the sun is shining a bad way (You know I need to go) Arrive before the great show! (I'm ready for the great show I'm ready for the great show) I'm ready for the great show! (I'm ready for the great show)
Vincent Awaree Correct, then he puts enlightenment into the future for those listening to him, turning it into a goal that is reached through the techniques he provides. He has factually turned enlightenment into a goal that has to be reached tomorrow.
Well, someone has to communicate in some way a technique to be in the present moment or else we would all just be looking at each other in silence... we're still human, we still need to share information in some way. Lets not make this into something ridiculous.
Vincent Awaree I don't know what you mean by "looking at eachother in silence". Why would I be looking at you or anyone at all? What would put us in a position where we would be simply looking at eachother in silence? The moment you start to do something in order to be yourself, you have entered the realm of ridiculousness. The technique is the noise. It ensures that the mind continues on by pursuing something that will be realized tomorrow, never right now.
OMG, all that we learn: ego, goal oriented life, competition, accumulating of material things...all of it goes against enlightment. No wonder we walk the planet like zombies.
We spend too much time trying to figure out who we are instead of just being who we are!
This is Eckharts best video. This pushed me into Presence before, and its helping me get back there right now.
I find enlightenment in stillness, a space inside of me. Sometimes the ego will appear and then I come back to the present moment.
3 things need to happen... 1) being totally present and aware (this in itself can feel like enlightenment, but i believe there's more) 2) realizing who you truly are, is not the story.. the body... the ego.. the person you have identified with - instead, you see that you are the space in which existence occurs... 3) you no longer identify with your old self and identify as being the space, the awareness... the observer.. the witness... I have experienced glimpses of 1 + 2 and they have been powerful moments - lasting maybe 5-10 minutes in each event - with the lingering effects lasting a few days... unfortunately thoughts took over again... and i failed to achieve #3 - but, that's just how i've been interpreting all this - i can see the power of it now... when you are in the state of presence... I cried... and i didn't feel the need to read anymore.. or watch anymore videos... OR tell anyone about what I was feeling... i was just there.. and enjoying being there... it was only until after the experience i told a few people... and the power of #2 knowing who we truly are - as the space.. the awareness... is incredible... you feel untouchable... as if... you are playing a video game.. and thoughts and feelings are totally independent of who you really are... the combination of being present, and realizing who/what you truly are... must be an incredible way to exist... and Eckhart is right... it's a state that comes from surrendering... and completely letting go of wanting... and chasing... it's when you just decide to be 100% ok with everything that IS... even your pain.. your problems... and you realize.. they aren't your pain.. the suffering isn't Yours...
Nice post thank you for sharing such intimate experiences. I have experienced your 1,2,3 but not at all times. I have experienced awakening at the level of mind where you realize these things you speak of in 1,2,3 almost always. But I have learned that it is not all there is and I experienced my ego usurping the awakening so it could survive. After a year I learned from other teachers that I was in this "enlightened ego" state that is not real enlightenment. I then learned of awakening at the level of heart and awakening at the level of gut. Both include aspects of what you describe in 1,2,3 and they also include a deep processing and integration of past programming and trauma. Past trauma and programming neurologically changes the body's posture, hormone levels and chemical composition. This work of integration comes with having a body and living in the world of form. Even the greatest masters experienced this and many agree that there is almost no end to the process. Adyashanti describes it as not changing by adding to your knowledge, experience or self but by noticing what falls away. I have experienced an amazing transformation by moving into feelings I would normally have tried to avoid or change. I was taught and follow the non-practice of "allowing" what is. Eckhart talks of this a great deal. Adyashanti's guided meditations are of this nature as well. There are old schools of practice that advocate transcendence of the body into a fundamentalist non dual awareness. I believe we share this experience of form for a reason and it is not to get rid of it. After all we are only seeking from the perspective of form. The One source does not need to find itself.
It is wonderful and fun to share with others who are having this experience of being rather than doing. Thank you for sharing
seems legit
MOUTH OF THE APE: Your comment was extremely insightful. Thanks very much. Be Blessed.
MOUTH OF THE APE Thank you. I admire your answer. You explaned it so well I almost felt 1+2+3 altogether Without any efford. I am so impressed. Very well done. Lets all keep up the good job.
MOUTH OF THE APE -
Profound words my friend.
Thank You.
watching this with captions and whenever tolle says "ego-less state" the captions read "eagle estate" lmao.
I agree. His ability to present these concepts in a clear way is incredible.
He seems to be strongly influensed by Jiddu Krishnamurti and nothing wrong with that.
The Satori (a glimpse into ones true nature or Enlightenment) experience that many people have, occur spontaneously, perhaps by Grace? in my case it was when I was sitting still,being quiet in a classroom at school !, this was the first and strongest time at 8 years old, I became something else,not someone else, it was glorious, like stepping into another world, everything myself included was pure love and light,it lasted around 4 hours, I didn't do anything ,I wasn't trying to meditate I wasn't religious or on a Spiritual path,in fact I didn't know what had happened until many years later..so it seems a natural state that is always here,we just need to make the right conditions for it. "Be still and know I am God" Bible.
When a Satori becomes permanent that is Enlightenment or Self Realisation.
hope that helps.
It's all about letting go. Everything must go. And how many people really want to let go of everything? I'm talking about everything -- your personality, your thoughts, your relationships, your conditioning, your past and your future?
Personally I had experiences when I was in my early 20's which made me want to let go of everything. I wouldn't have called them enlightenment experiences at that time but they definitely fit all the descriptions which the Enlightened Industry claim as their bona fides -- out of body experiences, visits from enlightened beings from the past which at the time I had never even heard of, altered and expanded perceptions of the physical world, experiences of profound stillness and "seeing" vast space which is beyond space but that is the only word we have for it, being completely free of my self as such, being outside of time, merging with a source, flowing into it only to find it completely still and void and so forth, which left me with a longing to stay where I went because it was the fount from which all springs and all returns and desiring anything else seemed like really compromising and settling for less in a huge way. But I didn't follow my bliss, as they say, because human beings are by necessity, social animals, and once other people are involved it really doesn't matter if it's a Zen monastery or a Wall Street Brokerage or a life in a small village or a life in a big city: as soon as other people are there the game of life will ensue and one is bound to be enslaved by the bounds and conditions of the setting. Did I really want to spend my life in the hierarchy of an ashram or a monastery which are all just the "non-profit" versions of any other human social construct? Would it be any better or any different even from living my life as a union man or a housewife or a student. Where there are other people there is civilization and where there is civilization all the rest of it comes rushing in. Call it Scientology, call it Instagram or call it "nuclear family" or call it being American or black or white or whatever the hell. All paths that lead to the same conditioning and enslavement and loaded baggage to cart around.
And, no, I had no desire to "save the world" Bodhisattva style or to live among the people as a light shining on their own paths. I guess that makes me less-than but it didn't seem to me that it works like that. The finger pointing at the moon is only of value if one can already recognize it is a finger and a pointing and know what the moon is. In which circumstances I would extend the metaphor to say gouge out the eyes that see that and slice off the finger that points. And proceed from there.
So I stayed the course of my worldly destiny and now, at the end of my life, I still fantasize about what it might have been like had I actually followed my "bliss". The only real way to have done it would have been to sit there until my flesh and bones gave up the ghost and I didn't have the courage or the determination to overcome the innate human drive to survive.
However, I have dedicated my life to conditioning myself and hopefully pushing my karma in the direction of being able to overcome these worldly chains (called survival instinct) next time and return to my seat as soon after birth as possible and just sit there until I leave my body and do that over and over in rapid succession until that wheel of human life is spinning so fast I just fly off it.
How to find Nirvana? Drop everything. Empty your mind -- of everything, your conditioning, your preferences, your memory, your knowledge, everything!. Be still. Don't ask. Don't seek. When everything is lost only your awareness will remain and you will be aware of nothing but that essence of all things which is non-compounded, outside of space and time, eternal and completely silent. And you will see that "you are it" to quote the amazing spiritual prankster Alan Watts; or to be more conventional "That Thou Art" to quote the traditional Hindu collective genius.
there is one big flaw in this, no matter how much you try to explain it, you can only understand fully what he is saying if you are already enlightened, saying this helps people think about it but its not something you can listen to and do, you need to go and go through this yourself.
somethings ive learnt from Eckhart- Purpose of life: Keep your awareness on the source of all energy all day everyday, in everything you do, thus sharing it with the world too. That can only happen in the present moment and not while thoughts(past/future) go on. Unless ofcourse, the thoughts are watched very carefully while being in the present moment. The awareness needs to be on - every moment by moment or better, as he puts it, on everything that happens and keeps changing in this one moment. Ofcourse the disclaimer is that there is no, one answer to say that you have grasped it, as that would be the wrong answer (broad open mouthed smile like Eckhart's)
For a very long time, I felt inwardly that Eckhart Tolle held the answers to all the spiritual, deeper questions we all held about ourselves and our nature to this universe. But after reading Swami Vivekananda's books, I've come to the conclusion that life (in our present state) is simply too minuscule a time in the universal scale of consciousness, that the only thing worth doing is being as good as possible and living true to ourselves. Love humanity, live with fullness towards a noble purpose, and just help everyone be a better version of themselves. Our lives can be VERY spiritual if we just make a decision to do exactly that. Try and be vegetarian. Practice non-violence. Love thy neighbors. And live with PURPOSE. KNOW that you WILL DIE one day and nothing will stop the inevitable. The ONLY thing left to do then, is to make others realize that they are YOU in essence and EVERYONE is a child of cosmic consciousness (aka God).
He has no answers except, we should know the thing by which all things are known
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So basically you are saying that you have given up on searching your true self and fell into the trap of mind, "who" tells you that this all is taking too long and that you should rather just try to be who you really are. Who you really are does not come to conclusions. Conclusions are dead ends, in which you live according to your own imagened truth. You can play this game until death, but you know it all amounts to nothing. Believe me, i've fallen for the same trap more than once, but once the seed is planted, you will be searching the rest of your life. You say practice non-violence. Do you see what you're doing? Practicing non-violence means having the ideal of being without violence/violent thought, while BEING violent and/or having violent thought. You cannot get away from it. You will cause suffering for yourself and others, as long as you see the world in duality. You say love your neighbour, but do you know what actual love is? I don't know what actual love is, but i know that the 'i can't be without you' "love" or the 'make effort to be kind to others' "love" have nothing to do with true unconditional love. Don't give up this easy, please. This is not even about yourself, but the whole of existence.
David Mahar
Which does not exist outside of the mind that projects it
You can't show anyone they are you until you know that oneness, which the ego cannot know, for it created the ego and is beyond all form.
Jackson Scully The ego is the only thing that can know it. Knowing and experience belong to the ego and only the ego.
There can be no experiencing or knolwedge of "oneness" on ANY LEVEL unless there is a division between the experience and the experiencer, the knowledge and the knower.
You are already it. You just need to realize it NOW... beautiful. Thank you Eckhart!
What he says is the pure truth - exceptionally beautiful to experience it 😊
my alarm clock was responsible for my awakening. Thank you alarm clock.
It all begins with mindfulness
The first level of Enlightenment is reached when you are one with everything and everyone. The second level is when you understand that you are not perfect, and when you give all of your burdens to the peacemaker. The 3 level is when you walk, talk and think with the great spirit. To be enlightened means to humble yourself and to be led by the universal force.
The Force is God the Father, the Great spirit is the holy spirit, the peacemaker is Jesus Christ. I had to do my Guru presentation. 🙏
Eckhart is the one who fully awakened me and now I feel so alive :) Much Thanks Eckhart. You are a wonderfoul soul.
When I finally came to the realization of my subconscious thoughts, It led to an awful discovery filled with rage, doubt, and fear.. Using meditation practices rid me of such unfortunate baggage, it was scary at first, but very liberating in the end. Now I realize who and what I am.
When I became a born again Christian at 19 it was like the scales came off and I could see the reasons why people acted out the way they did. My friends were so surprised at this sudden insight and wisdom I had attained.
I put it down to Jesus giving me the Holy Spirit. I thought it was some outside source. Now I realise that this wisdom and insight was Inherent within me and that what had happened was that I had in a small way renounced ego and pride.
But the problem with fundamentalist Christianity is the dogma you are forced to believe under threat of eternal damnation. You end up suffering under a different delusion and a different form of pride and are just as blind, albeit under a different guise.
I like the idea of now, I've been attempting to live in the moment for several years and am still struggling. I feel though that enlightenment is more, not a spiritual thing, but an awareness of who you truly are, not the person you wished you were or hope to be, but an acceptance of who you are and the ability to limit your actions to those which are not hurtful to others. No more justification for our actions, two wrongs never make a right, and an imagined wrong can never be justified.
There is no enlightenment, only awareness. Cheers.
There's no difference.
Humans are like leaves on a tree unaware we are all connected. The brain is an antenna which greatly limits perception and gives us the illusion of seperate and lonley state of being. Truth is observation=creation we are powerful creator beings co creating this reality. All knowledge and wisdome lies within. Learn to make your conscious awareness your primary state of being and your thoughts and ego your secondary state of being. That is enlightenment x
Stuart Mac:THat my friend,is what my awareness believes as Truth..the TRUE.THIS ''LIFE'' is a seies of one long NOW moment.If you are in Enlightenment.What is Enlightenment?SILENCE.STILLENESS,WHERE NO THOUGHT ARISES. AT ALL.
love , flows and fills the empty space of all the letting go of things out of your control , pain , shame blame guilt , negative emotions , replaced by , love, compassion , unconditional , life is peace of mind , love in heart , compassion for others , divine.
That's why at times u feel you are close to enlightenment and at times you feel you are far. It makes sense, it's in between. Opposites coexist in this concept
too :) you are there, already enlightened. You just don't know it yet. Or how :)
+Laura Duncea damn thats crazy, I was just thinking today of posting something on reddit almost exactly along those lines why is it at times we feel so interconnected things seem to make near perfect sense and other times we feel like we don't know shit. I guess that's what "the most important realization is realizing how little we know
Happiness (sokhya- v.61) cannot be
achieved within traditional society because
social relationships involve physical (v.35)
and emotional (vv. 36-8) constraints. Affection
(sneha - v. 36; pema - v. 41), resentment
(v.49) and sensuality (kamagu~a - vv.
50-1) come from social interaction (salhsaggav.36)
and result ultimately in states of fear
(bhaya- v.37,49,51)
I still havent worked out if my enlightenment quest is some kind of escapism.. or if its a good thing. Ultimatelly it comes from heavy suffering and wanting to be happy.
When they've learned that subatomic particles is pure energy and light so it's virtual reality so therefore pure reality is 1 point of light... And all these different layers of existence is virtual reality
Such a lovely chuckle 😁 don’t bother about the words , listen to the chuckle ❤️
Let me simplify Enlightenment, all it is, is realizing the functions of the mind, such as ego, desire, attachment, impulse thoughts, and everything that consists of the conditioned mind. Therefore, the goal is, is to achieve a state of unconditioned thinking, to achieve a thinking process that is above our current one, so that we may end suffering. Reaching a point of complete awareness of the now, allows us to access the subconscious and super conscious parts of the brain, giving us control.
This is so beautiful, once you really understand it.
Eckhart, du bist der Beste!!!!!!! ♥♥♥ Dankeeeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Enlightenment is to thinking as letting a stick go is to grasping a stick.
Enlightenment is when the mind recognises/experiences the existence of the Self or Soul. Although the Soul is always perfect and timeless and constant, it is not enlightened in that sense, although it is illumined. Each person is not enlightened, enlightenment is an realisation that has to happen in time before a person can be enlightened. Part of that realisation is that there is no such thing as here and now, as all concepts derive their meaning/existence from their opposites, no now without then and no here without there. The domain of the soul or Atman is of course outside of time and space. With all respect to Mr Tolle, it seems he is either confused or I have not understood him.
The mind cannot experience the self... the self is experiencing the mind...
the idea is to get rid of stress in your mind and your body that you already have, and to prevent future stress from arising. when the stress disappears and skillful qualities arise, this leads to joy to rapture to serenity to pleasure to concentration to knowledge and insight to dispassion to cessation. concentration is a prerequisite to enlightenment. right view. this is stress. this is the cause of stress. this is the path leading to the end of stress. this is the end of stress. @ zielin
concentration with directed thought and evaluation, then when you remove and keep removed the stress, assurance and composure remains. look up jhana. directed thought and evaluation is there for a reason. ...sounds like eckhart toll has developed a degree of concentration which is great. :)
Always had reservations about this gentleman but this is really well put.
Born again! When all the hoopla is stripped away enlightenment comes down to that. A return to the state of wonder and awe. To take what enlightened beings pontificate on is not a good idea. Many like to attribute powers to these beings. Generally they are very intelligent, but if they had no knowledge of a subject prior to awakening what qualifies them to preach. Tolle was a brilliant scholar and had knowledge of contemporary subjects. Buddha's only knowledge was of Hindu stuff so that's what he went on about. Maharshi was a high school dropout that just kept his mouth shut which led people to believe he knew something. He also went on with the Hindu stuff. Birth is a traumatic experience and these people went thru hell to be reborn. A Nietzsche like character is needed to clean up the field. Closest we had was Krishnamurti who took no prisoners and spared no one.
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+David Mahar Which Krishnamurti? Jiddu or U.G?
Real Enlightenment - first horror, then Bliss. When the stream of thoughts quicker than realization - the horror, when the flow of thoughts stops -bliss. The order is inevitable. I say that because I have lived it.
Thank you Eckhart... for sharing your insights. Very helpful... Thanks to you, I became aware of the incessant stream of thoughts...my mental chatter. Once aware of that, I was able to sense my true self. Peace like never before. Thank you!
When the ego dies, I becomes aware that it is itself. Realize consciousness creates the ego, and that it can destroy the ego. You are that undercurrent of consciousness. But words are too limited... To truly end the ego, consciousness must be willing to kill its false self, and one must be very desperate to do that.
wohah, when i listing to this my heart is beating faster and faster and i feeled more and more room, becomes bigger and bigger in me and than i think - yeah i am near this point and - ...nothing more, always this thougth brings me down to the ground. ;-) ...So it will never happend with the thought, yeah i become this, even if you are near to the enlightment of a high consciousness. So i have no idea what could help. The ego have to go before this, but only THROUGH this the ego will go.
that's the deal. At first you seek to avoid pain, then once you get a taste you seek because of the sweetness of it. Better to seek because of the sweetness of it but the important thing is your looking in the right direction now. Keep looking.
" the intensity with which you embrace the Now. "
Wonderful talk by wonderful master... :)
one of his best fluid moments of explaining! fun the see this clip :)
I agree completely. :)
There is so much truth in all spiritual teachings and philosophies, there is absolutely no need to confine yourself to one in particular. That does'nt make anyone more or less of what he already is.
ECKHART TOLLE TELLS SO SIMPLY AND STRAIGHT TO THE HEART AND ECHOES IN EVERY CELL OF BODY.
TALKING IN SENSES NOT WRITING WHILE IN A OPERA HOUSE OR IN A CONTEST OF WIN FOR OR GAIN FREE LOSE.
Love napping....im a natural
Eckhart; Man..."I love your vibes"
I've experienced a conscious state 3 times and it was a wonderful feeling but the ego always returns to control me
Nothing is hidden.. nothing is elsewhere
I would argue that literally seeing God's face everywhere as a result obeying Jesus Christ is true enlightenment. I highlight his face (eyes, nose, mouth and beard).
I feel like I'm missing out on too much of presentness due to being too present. There's times I enjoy reminiscing but past friends can't spiral from that as much. Whereas more enlightened ones can be buzzed off .The thing is...this is not by choice. I can't control how I act in front of different people anymore. It's OK one on one. We can get in tune. But when more than one person is present for a conversation my head starts spinning or slowing down or some blockage that I can't put my finger on. But the outcome is ****. I end up not being able to connect with that one person until we renew our spiritual ties. But the other person may not have access to their own controls. The puppet master lies elsewhere. The puppet master can be persuaded though. By means of love and spiritual friendship. This is what teaches us to accept each other for who we truly are. There are many lessons. There are many steps. Load the guns, ride the volcanoes, write up your laws, we'll continue to break them. Enjoy yo motherfunkin' life :) The thing I can't put my finger on becomes clearer with every breath. With creativity comes magic. Why live a life of squares and circles. Drop all those shapes man. If you gonna do sommit. Do that **** right and too the fullest of yo abilitay. Hot dannnnggggggg. Higgildy piggily heyyy. Howya now not too bad and yourself ah sure grand. In deed you are my good sir. Merci bouquet of daffodils I do believe there nurrr. Howya Juliepops. Sure not too bad. Don't think too much, it might hurt. Our thoughts are not our thoughts. Our emotions are not ours either. So who the **** do they belong to. The anger subsides. But it takes times to heal. We learn that these negative emotions can be controlled. This can lead to the dark side and some choose to stay there. Not I. I wish to be a man of the people and a people for the man. So here we all are in this present moment. We may feel like we're test subjects at times but why bother with the red pill bull**** thrown at us. Fu k that ****. Join us in Never Never Land. We were never supposed to grow up.
Hi diddle hey diddle hoo diddle doo. I ain't doing no paragraphs tonight
This is very important. You CANNOT work towards Enlightenment. Liberation is now. Enlightenment is now or never. This goes against most spiritual philosophies.
Not necessarily. By setting a goal for the "egoless" state at a future date, you're only "delaying" reaching enlightenment to a future date, instead of now. People put a future date for this simply becuase of hearing all enlightenment stories happening after years and years of meditation, etc. So they dont believe they could reach that state "now". You are not missing the "entry point" for this state simply becuase in the future (that you set your goal), you will be living the "now" and therefore not miss the entry point for this egoless state ;) By setting a future date, you're simply delaying your goal believing it cannot happen now, where it actually could.
The way he talks on this video is so much different from the most recent ones
7:45-8:02 was very powerful to me
But it IS a goal, because whatever else you can say about enlightenment, you don't have it now...so it has to be worked towards.
*The Truth* The feeling of a immediate experience thats rapped around your views and "ego" (which is you portraying how you want to be seen by others which is wrapped around the the menu aspects of other people's personality on what you were trying to adopt to be seen) and letting that go in realizing two potential in even the negative on what is possible within your actions and choosing not to do it knowing that others can snap and make a crazy reaction.. you become in tune with your emotions through meditation and knowing how to control your emotions to where you know in spectrums and the fact it doesn't make sense not to exist to the fact that Consciousness is you thinking about thinking about thinking to the essence of that we are all the same thing in the only difference is is the fact we are just different people growing up in different bodies and different cultures in different environments this and that what have you... Enlightenment is the feeling of immediate experience it's not a destination it's a path of living to create the fact that one day is the same thing as an entire lifetime so that you close the loops of actions so you don't think about them day by day even the large loop of actions that you close so you don't think about them for your entire lifetime so when you fall asleep at night you have infinite in front of you same as infinite in front of you before you die from morally having intelligence and how to act in the moment on positive and negative energies and sing the whole of that..
Wow, so beautiful
Break the habit of excess / deep truth / egoless-state / present moment / do not try to seek enlightment / intensity embrace the "now"
far as i understood is that you can only let go and be ready or fully aware
Beautiful
This is one of his best,
Amazing teacher.
wow, beautifully explained
this is the only decent comment
I'm scared. Every time I get a glimpse of something that confuses me, because it isn't something that I know of, it isn't something at all, it's just nothing, nothing else than what is around me, I'm starting to feel something inside me, something that I think may be life changing - but I'm scared and I let it go, don't focus on it. I just, can't let go of my ego and follow the mystery... I don't have the guts to do it... I feel so sad I think that I need help, but I know only I can help myself.
Thank you Sir 😊
There is no enlightenment
only enlightened activity
Everything is Buddha nature
Shunryu Suzuki
Its like instead of saying or thinking 'I will or I will be or it will'(etc)-say&think 'I am..., it is...'-speak of & think of in the now & you will, excuse me-you have gained result!
Not liked at all.
I attained enlightenment by not seeking it ...
Yes, but we can never grasp the now until fully liberated. Until then its only a referring to the past. (and a creating of the future as a replica of the attention to the past. So, give up the search.
The wanting
is the belief
that you need something.
But you dont. You are complete.
i know exactly what you mean. there are many ways that lead to realization and intergration. for some people it's one big catastrophy. for me it seems like an endless series of small steps.
the thing with ego is that it's not what it appears to be, eg pain. ego only means 'Me', that's all. but deep inside you know that you will never be able to define 'Me', yourself. when you can live peacefully with the realization you are this void, you start to notice immediate attention arising from Me, now.
It says here 'share your thoughts'.
THANK YOU: I am so glad. I love thatv YOU ARE
Discovery is seeing what everyone else is seeing BUT thinking something different
enlightenment is when we realise our body and ego are an empty tower
and we are the etherial intelligence housing there,,so switch perspective.
then the tower of babel that kept us confused with all beings can fall
auf deutsch alles loslassen und achtsam sein , beides in Kombination könnte dann den weg frei machen für eine derartige Realisierung ( denn es ist ja zeitlos immer schon da gewesen und wird sein nur unser felektor ist verschmutzt ( die 5 Koshas ) oder sehe ich das falsch ?
Te adoro, Eckarth :)
Is that leather jacket ?
My experience was so strange (for my ''real'' identity state that I m almost constantly in ) I had anxiety so high needed peoples to love me and then project my perception that nobody loves me until I m ''like that guy (add qualities) '' so root was identification with I m or I exist better say if others love who I m , my expressions and so on , on that root tons of beliefs are built to protect it .
However because of intense fear of not being loved until I be in certain way I couldn't take that cage that I was in cant even look a person instantly I believe they hate me . So I walked in street front of me was tons of peoples . I just choose to face it with seeing all situation as it is . So 1st step is : face with pain within with all that it is , for me that was . In moment when I did it intense fear or energy was going trough me but I focused on breath only and in moment I could hear all thoughts that was in my head as they are not me anymore . So 2nd step for me was : Focus on breath , being aware of breathing only after 1st step when choice is made . And 3rd step I didn't do cause my feeling was like I m dyeing and I could clearly hear voice in my head maybe last ego voice '' no don't go pls '' cause in my body energy was so intense and it was starting to leave , my body was so easy and if I went trough that probably I would be enlightenment . So 3rd step which I m not sure about yet is : Don't be afraid to die for it , or better say be ready for it , I guess only ego dies but I holded on for that thought and got drown back from that state of such easiness and clarity that I never had experienced before .
So I have only one question is it needed for body to be well prepared so that can handle that energy of resistance held in , seams like huge energy . Or its that also illusion . If there is no-needed body preparation I can do it now with no any hesitation choice would be same . I still have huge resistance but after that experience I just know without thinking that is all illusion . But I don't wanna physically die cause I want to explore all world experiences . Most amazing realization that I had is understanding that whole this universe is same as I m , I just having human experience but I m universe itself . Plant was me , butterfly was me , river was me peoples was me and I saw how much suffering and masks they put in to protect themselves not even realizing that there is nothing to protect . We are all one , just in different forms and with different intentions of creation . But in basic we are and we always be one , this is shocking realization for Ego cause suddenly you are not that important , you are not such a person that all needs to know your name and your acomplishments its very delusional what we massively think about ourselves and what we do but seams to be very real . So only question is can my body hold on to it I have no more questions after it .
XXX Thought is Precious XXX
Thinking in it’s most part is Behavioral Activity. Behavioral Activity can be programmed. Using language as a mind software we permanently are repeating our desired goals through spoken words, just like a mantra. This way we are establishing a specific pattern of information and literally downloading as well as programming the subconscious mind, which in response will trigger the programmed action. Our subconscious mind works like a computer. It turns commands..
if i m already it, then there is no need for me to search for it.
Best audience ever, on the left corner🤔
Echkart practices yoga?? Or does meditation ?
A very interesting way of explaining "Enlightenment". But practically speaking he is explaining a realization of emptiness or "Mini Enlightenment", but not Buddhahood itself.
Eckhart, could you be more precise please?
Note 2023: time and things. The scholar's world of what cannot be translated first heard of concerning Diamond Sutra translated into English.
Understanding human nature!
the problem is we think we have an idea of what time is and it is not
So he was already 60 at the time of this video!!¿???
Eckhart Tolle is tops. If you like him, you might also enjoy Alan Watts.
Videos by Adshanti could be helpful?
When enlightenment has been achieved then the desire for it will naturally stop. At the first day of life you were blinded by light
Don't believe the sun
You were young and the drugs made you feeling alive
Don't believe the sun
Shiny eyes of a girl who was not on your side
Don't believe the sun
You gotta job you woke up in the mid of the night
Don't believe the sun
Stop the sun
Do it alive
Do it alive
Stop the sun
Do it alive
Do it alive
I don't know why the sun is shining a bad way (You know I told you so)
I don't know why the sun is shining a bad way (You know I need to go)
Arrive before the great show
Now you're gray and you're old so you feel arrived
Don't believe the sun
Summer day you're alive at the great of your wife
Don't believe the sun
So you die and you're dancing in the tunnel of light
Don't believe the sun
At the first day of life that it shines so bright and then
You realize you're born again
Stop the sun
Do it alive
Do it alive
Stop the sun
Do it alive
Do it alive
I don't know why the sun is shining a bad way (You know I told you so)
I don't know why the sun is shining a bad way (You know I need to go)
Arrive before the great show
And after all, you better ask me why
Do I decide to try to say goodbye
Do it alive
Do it alive
Stop the sun
Do it alive
Do it alive
Stop the sun
Do it alive
Do it alive
I don't know why the sun is shining a bad way (You know I told you so)
I don't know why the sun is shining a bad way (You know I need to go)
Arrive before the great show!
(I'm ready for the great show
I'm ready for the great show)
I'm ready for the great show!
(I'm ready for the great show)
GREAT!!! let change ourselfs!
I'll use intensity to enter the Now tomorrow.
That which says it needs to learn more is what is creating the problem.
man i love him! he always reminds me where i can be! :) yay! love!!!
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just try to be 'blank' or have no thoughts for 5 minutes and u will get a slight taste of enlightenment!
"You cannot make enlightenment into a goal"
He then proceeds to tell you how to attain that goal though various techniques
He was trying to say that goal implies future.
Vincent Awaree
Correct, then he puts enlightenment into the future for those listening to him, turning it into a goal that is reached through the techniques he provides.
He has factually turned enlightenment into a goal that has to be reached tomorrow.
Well, someone has to communicate in some way a technique to be in the present moment or else we would all just be looking at each other in silence... we're still human, we still need to share information in some way. Lets not make this into something ridiculous.
Vincent Awaree I don't know what you mean by "looking at eachother in silence". Why would I be looking at you or anyone at all? What would put us in a position where we would be simply looking at eachother in silence?
The moment you start to do something in order to be yourself, you have entered the realm of ridiculousness. The technique is the noise. It ensures that the mind continues on by pursuing something that will be realized tomorrow, never right now.
Right now is all you need to know.
amazing