Break Free From Conceptual Reality | Eckhart Tolle

In this teaching Eckhart explores A Course in Miracles, a widely popular book of universal spiritual teachings. Don't lose your mind in the concepts of reality, it's time to become the moment. Subscribe to find greater fulfillment in life: bit.ly/EckhartYT
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Eckhart Tolle is widely recognized as one of the most original and inspiring spiritual teachers of our time. He travels and teaches throughout the world.
Eckhart is not aligned with any particular religion or tradition, but excludes none. His profound yet simple and practical teachings have helped thousands of people find inner peace, healing and greater fulfillment in their lives. At the core of his teachings lies the transformation of individual and collective human consciousness - a global spiritual awakening.
Eckhart Tolle is the author of The Power of Now, a #1 New York Times Bestseller, which has been translated into 32 languages and become one of the most influential spiritual books of our time.
In his most recent book, A New Earth, he shows how transcending our ego-based state of consciousness is not only essential to personal happiness, but also the key to ending conflict and suffering throughout the world.

[@mioumioutoolate]

How incredible is it, that in this era we have the privilege to have access to all of these teachings.

[@johna5484]

Miou Miou The Buddha and Jesus taught the same things.

[@Unfamous_Buddha]

@@johna5484 -- Buddha was better at it. He didn't (supposedly) get executed.

[@Unfamous_Buddha]

@Martin Jimenez I like how Alan Watts puts it. He thinks that Jesus (if he ever existed) gained cosmic consciousness, or "mokshe," or "satori" -- whatever you want to call it -- but because of the hierarchical society he was immersed in (gods, kings, rulers) he couldn't express it cogently. Like if he said, "I am the son of god," the people around him took it as a boast and therefore had to put him in his place, knock him down for his blasphemy or heresy. Of course, if he had said this in Hindu-India, they would have replied to him, "Duh, welcome aboard!" But Watts also said that in the original Greek version of the bible, the translation is that Jesus said, "I am *A* son of god," not *THE* son of god.. The inference being, that we are ALL the sons of god -- or we're ALL god.

[@Unfamous_Buddha]

@Martin Jimenez -- Yeah, I'd like to see these boys getting down and dirty.

[@Tankiann]

thats why we are changing the world

[@ChristaBello]

FRIENDS, THE TRUTH of who we are doesn't need to be DEFENDED. LET GO of the NEED to PROVE YOURSELF to anyone and everyone. JUST BE and everything else will BE. Sending you all, all the love in the world ❤️

[@fionagiles2495]

"Nothing real can be threatened, nothing unreal exists, knowing this lies the Peace of God" - the summary of course of miracles 💕💕💕

[@sweetlullaby5156]

peace or piece? I just thought of the word "piece" as in us humans.. we're a piece of God

[@dianespencer8057]

I cannot hear this reminder often enough. 💓

[@NamasteCC]

If you're reading this, I love you! Light and love xo

[@edie6949]

Thank you...I love your spirit

[@hswami74]

I love you too!

[@sandymack9345]

This much

[@mediacritic]

How nice. Thank you. Returning it to you. 🦋

[@user-mj3pp9mz1y]

Same to you!

[@soulfullyone1233]

We live in a world today which is obsessed over the ego, and promotes this false depiction of reality where people are distracted from their own light and become lost, depressed and mislead. However we are also living in a time where teachers like this can reach out to people and awaken them. Thank you 🙏 one love ❤️

[@mn9120]

I love you, Eckhart. Our time is so much richer because of living teachers like yourself.

[@NoGoZo]

@Pieter Maas hahaha

[@halohalo86]

It’s actually infinite Being loving infinite Being :) We are all one, and listening to him is on another level listening to the deepest part of ourselves

[@JenniferAlmaguer]

Marija N yes! He’s a light beacon.

[@shantrahara7201]

@Pieter Maas jajaja

[@libby-dasssherrill6948]

No, you love yourself. The way to express "love" is to say I appreciate you Eckhart and be in your heart. And you made up that last sentence to be in control. Instead, say. I judge you Eckhart to be right, and "I think" my time is much richer because of you. You cannot define whether he is creating a richer time for me although you said it. Egoic mind is what you're in.

[@payamnorouzi5194]

“Judgment is the elusion of knowing” This is deep

[@81179venky]

Isn't it illusion ?

[@payamnorouzi5194]

Kadri Venkatesh yes

[@unabolic8121]

@@81179venky Yes, it is illusion.

[@peterwilson1295]

One of my favorite Masters said, "Thinking (is) judgement" How do you really (think) you can escape it?

[@peterwilson1295]

@@Bobby.C-qw6fr Which?

[@trishtraynor]

I have Asperger's and am becoming good at just letting the isness prevail. I've had a lifetime of trying to work other people out. 😂 Thank you. 💖

[@acolourist1798]

Sending blessings to you, admire you and your journey to the now🌹💖

[@DaveE99]

I’m not diagnosed asp but rather adhd, But after stuff like him and a load of EQ growth and also pushing through any issues I had till I found one - one way or another(it wasn’t always pretty) - I’m at a point where I get what you mean. Here I thought I was the problem.

[@analezaa6306]

I don't have Asperger's, but know that so many of us are like that. But the more we let go - just wow - we can enjoy life. I know it may be harder for you because you don't notice social queues or the way people react. But just leave space and be patient with yourself by leaving the space. It's easy to get pulled in to something - or for me is anyway - but then I see the stepping back and making space. I am so thankful for Eckhart sharing this teaching in such a simplistic, clear and humorous way.

[@GenXer82]

Remember that you, yourself, are not your Aspergers or ADHD, and we are actually Soul/Spirit, so it doesn’t define you are. That should hopefully provide some peace.

[@starrix4712]

Trish if fine realising as she is. Do not feed your ego. Your comment was nice until that part.

[@rkhankhan5353]

I love you sir, i am from Afghanistan. I have read your books " the power of now and stillness specks and currently reading a new earth

[@subbannar7319]

I am a little surprised that people in Afghanistan are interested in this kind of books

[@janbalaban5268]

@@subbannar7319 Somewhere by the Afghanistan and Pakistan border, there was one of the most important spiritual and philosophical center in the world in 3th century and later. Even in 90's there was spiritual center of highly advanced Sufi mysticists, hundreds years tolerated by islam. Now they are all dead. Murdered by US army and US funded and sponsored Taliban.

[@subbannar7319]

@@janbalaban5268 What is your religion by birth ?

[@subbannar7319]

@CactusHeart79 I thought so . But happy that is not the case

[@janbalaban5268]

@CactusHeart79 Oh yes. Neoconservativism is terrible oppressive, totalitarian barbaric ideology. But events of last week shows, that in Iraq and later in Afghanistan they will have their own goverment, instead of recent puppet goverment. And then they will be free again, no U.S.amas, no Taliban. "Bombing to democracy" somehow does not work in Afghanistan. Soviets got this quickly. They were probably significantly smarter than neoconSServatives.

[@AuthenticSelfGrowth]

Ego is a self imposed prison which distracts you from recognizing your true infinite nature.

[@leliu5thelement448]

Truth

[@buddhaneosiddhananda8499]

For most people the ego is not something they want to get rid of...

[@ceckoslav]

@@buddhaneosiddhananda8499 Actually you cannot get rid of your ego completely. Nobody can. It has an essential function in our existence. You can understand and deactivate its negative influence but it's still part of you.

[@redfolgers2233]

ego is a tool. if ego runs the individual yes it is a prison...if we run the ego it makes us fully integrated beings....ego is incredibly useful in navigating the 3D world

[@Aylon5D]

The ego is like the shell of an egg(o). To reduce its worth, make it into an mere obstacle or demonise it is a huge misunderstanding. Crack the shell prematurly and underdeveloped and you'll end up with a fried egg. Be gentle with your inner child, accept, appreciate, understand it and take responsibility for it, teach it, hatch.

[@GaiaTrinity777Cgd]

A hero is not the one who conquers the nation, but the one who conquers himself... Thanks for being inspiration to many...

[@sarahjmount9221]

“And salvation is the escape from concepts.” Plus everything else he recited and explained, like always, is so incredible. He truly is a fabulous, dynamic teacher. Thank you so much Eckhart for kindly sharing your wisdom and presence so freely. ❤

[@yobrojoost9497]

"Judgement is the illusion of knowing" ...... whoa! Take that!

[@theb166-er3]

Happiness is a concept. Knowledge is a concept. Numbers and words are concepts. Truth is a concept. But I will never forget: "Judgement is the illusion of knowing"

[@venumames6921]

Exactly! I was like wow! btw you know which book is that he reads from?

[@yobrojoost9497]

@@beaulin5628 Of course we make judgements all the time. But there is a difference between judging whether, for instance, a situation is safe, and judging as in playing blame game. The latter is what he's talking about.

[@yobrojoost9497]

@@beaulin5628 Really?! What is the reality you experience then? Seems to me you're still very caught up in the dramas and stories that play out

[@yobrojoost9497]

@@beaulin5628 I mean what you called 'the reality we all experience'. Eckhart does not deny this reality, neither do I, but what makes the difference is how we engage with it. We can be swept away by it, (as Eckhart says, identify with it) or we can take the observer's point of view.

[@FrancisTrach]

Thank you Eckhart for starting my spiritual awakening journey a couple years ago. My entire life shifted, and every single area of my life is aligned with the present moment because of you, and the Power Of Now. You inspire me to post videos every single day and follow my Life Purpose. Thank you. :) Much Love. 🙏

[@andresdiaz7112]

Totally agree, the power of now (still) changes my life. The handles for the ego in it are masterful and "A New Earth" truly depicts the way of one capable of living and working in a heavenly state. Eternally thankful for Eckhart and his work.

[@slasaus1]

good on ya mate

[@Leelz247]

I need a recording of this that I can play every day anywhere I go.

[@naomimorley5806]

One of the most authentic teachers ✨🤍✨

[@jazzmystic23]

We must remember to not make ego the “bad guy”. Ego is very important for our survival in the everyday world. The problem comes when we let ego run amuck and try to control the show. We have to treat our ego like a precocious little child. Understand it, allow it to “play”, but not try to lead your actions and take over.

[@now591]

Jazz Mystic -Exactly and well said!

[@triggerwarningtruthjustfor5433]

Jazz Mystic precisely, and your points exemplify a fundamental difference between Buddhism (former point) and Kabbalah (your latter point). It is your necessary ‘desire’ (e.g. for change in the world) and your then your ego that drives you to act (to orchestrate the positive change).

[@taby1975]

These all are concepts

[@slasaus1]

yeah fair enough. good point. in Buddhism they talk abt looking in a state of ananda. Happy to say the ego is far more absent and im fully aware when it takes over... say fight instead of flight in a state of rest and digest.

[@hariprasadsimkhada5022]

I am from Nepal 🇳🇵🇳🇵🇳🇵 I have heard all the speeches of ekhart Tolle. I like all his speeches. His speech has changed my life . thank you so much. Namaste 🙏🙏🌹

[@NickDoucet]

I love the wisdom from Mr. Tolle, it helps me find peace, even if its momentary.

[@anonym2743]

If you want longer lasting peace, find other teachings that are more about strengthening your sense of self than weakening it.

[@themadgamer4571]

@@anonym2743 without a sense of self there is no need for strengthening and no space for weakening. Then there is everlasting peace. The obstacle is re-establishing a relationship with ego, where the ego no longer interprets oneself and it's figurative life based on past experiences and uncertainties.

[@cruxcibus9868]

@@themadgamer4571 let me tell you something, then let me tell you something else. what words you use matter, but meaning itself is not the words. the source of life is something else.

[@themadgamer4571]

@@cruxcibus9868 I agree, though I am unsure of your point. Did I say something wrong? What is the source and where is it?

[@cruxcibus9868]

@@themadgamer4571 the source is God. I guess I'd say I don't have an exact point.. only that understanding is listening to what is actually speaking. I just replied to you because you seemed to believe what you were saying, as is my custom.... :p

[@81179venky]

Nothin real can be threatened and nothing unreal exists, here in lies the peace of god..How amazing.

[@kamranrahmani1]

Seeing beings like you shows how deep our collective consciousness is going!

[@deepthi2981]

Woke up to this reflection. :). I am grateful we have beings like Eckhart to remind us to BE what IS.

[@pbeapbea5206]

Judgment is the illusion of knowing. That is so profound!

[@dianeyoung8068]

The energy around us is so bad right now, at the time this is posted. I think I will just binge watch Eckhart until it shifts.

[@andrewpeters9520]

Good, bad...that’s the ego! Thoughts,feelings, ideas, actions, good guy, bad guy....are just appearing on the movie screen. 🙏🏻

[@dianeyoung8068]

@@andrewpeters9520 Haha.

[@starrix4712]

Concepts not existing is a concept. Our comments are not helpful even if you think they are. We should be undertaking a spiritual journey alone.

[@starrix4712]

In reply to Andrew

[@JonasAnandaKristiansson]

That is a concept, just saying :) It is your mind, not you, who THINK this is so.Of course, that is not rejecting the "things happening" in "the world". Goes hand in hand.

[@nextup123]

My uncle Eckhart is a gift to us all from the eternity.

[@IntelligenceONE]

Nothing real can be threatened, nothing unreal exists, here in lies the peace of God. Must think about that one❤️

[@GMILES-hy5fg]

This phrase brings tears to my eyes.

[@faridapajnigar8087]

Thanku Eckhart! Beautiful!

[@moutonguerrier]

I'd like someone to explain... I read it like this: From presence you can't be threatened, your ego creations don't truly exist.

[@acimvideos2259]

This reality is literally an illusion and therefore doesn't exist. Only God exists, and you are an extension of God and can't be threatened by what does not exist.

[@TheGab1226]

I don’t think I fully understand the choice of the word « threatened »

[@Rg-es9kv]

amazing this man solidfies so much strength and lucidity,,,being the witness to the ego and not the avatar of it is the key i love this man

[@queenofthebutterflies5212]

Best philosopher of this day, imoho!

[@TheYossr]

thank you Eckahrt, yo made this experience on earth much better

[@fatmabahri1315]

Excellent! I am currently reading Oneness with All Life, and I feel so glad that I got immersed in your wisdom. Thank you, Eckart for sharing your Being.

[@carmenmedina9956]

I have autism and I figured out and understand that this is the best way to be at peace it helps me with whatever my physical body and my mind is experiencing, so thank you.

[@GMILES-hy5fg]

Eckhart , I am so grateful for your teachings. I see that your body is getting older. Still you are teaching about human liberation. Thank You ...

[@forestsoceansmusic]

A Course In Miracles was my first alternate spirituality when I came out of literalist "Christianity" back in 2003. It's nice to be reminded of it. I still remember the first lesson (one for each day of the year): "I have given whatever meaning to every object in this room." (Meaning I have loaded every object with various concepts and associations.)

[@almalucero3437]

Very true, the worst can happend to somebody that had made a lot of mistakes is to live in a small town.

[@florenceellis7126]

Eckhart's book Practicing the Power of Now, changed my life. Thank you💕

[@grigorissamaras6620]

Eckhart you are one of the most beautiful flowers on our planet.

[@sarcasm-83]

I think I understand what he means... I've felt "trapped" in such a concept-riddled world before and it's just so hard to even attempt to discuss to another person, who never thinks about it. Often life, to me, seems like a play.. you know, like a theatre play. Where we all have our "roles" and we go through the "act" with the unspoken learned rules. In a play where... our trivialized concepts are the priority. But sometimes when that conceptual world just breaks down in my mind, there's so much that feels so pointless; like.. all shallow thinking... or paperwork... or.. employment, doing something for someone (you often don't even know) that you have absolutely NO personal stake in. Just for cash, so you can... then go to a store where you can get stuff that you're again completely detached from. The animals that once lived are no longer in any way identifiable as animals, they're products. Meatballs is a product. I never had to see the thing die that "gave" the meat for them... and I (/we) take that for granted. "Store has what we need" and the thought never seems to go further than that for many. Oh and how petty the daily trivial "problems" feel in contrast when you think about the big picture and what actually seems to matter. People are so concerned with social concept driven "problems", like their looks and often petty relationship drama, while there's just so much more to life. A lot bigger things at play that could use focusing on and improved upon. Idk.. it's still really hard to explain what it feels like when the structure of "what (my) life is" just falls down for a while and how many absolutely asinine seeming concepts drive our daily lives... Most of the time it gives me tons of anxiety tbh... especially how absolutely at the societys mercy we are. How little I am self-sufficient if this warmth, light and water I take for granted didn't flow into my house or if all those stores and all their shelves _weren't_ suddenly packed with all flavors of all foods I've grown to like or all items I need... Not to mention how it has often left me feeling VERY lonely when it feels I'm alone in thinking past the conceptual... almost-auto-pilot-like "daily life" of ours. Though sure, even these "thoughts that come after looking past the daily concepts" have grown concepts of their own, but... there's just this discrepancy between what I've learned to act like and the actual me behind it... and it frustrates me to no end that the rest of the world insists on interacting with eachother with these... egos put forth instead of our sincere selves. Oh how many times have I been looked weirdly if I actually say what I think. It would be so liberating for me if everyone were sincere. I think in a world of blunt truths, my anxiety would have so much less "fuel" from "what if's"

[@REDPUMPERNICKEL]

It seems to me that you have a very good grasp of "reality". I only came to know what you know via an LSD trip. In the midst of the psychedelic wonderment there was a break of an hour or so during which I could see with crystal clarity the many profound absurdities abounding in my culture. The insights struck me as a sequence of sudden epiphanies in which the shock of recognition made me laugh out load. I laughed and laughed until every muscle in my head ached. I'm sure any sober observer would have concluded that I had gone completely insane, just as depicted in the famous anti marijuana propaganda posters so prevalent in the sixties. You are not wrong. Use your insight as a guide to behavior.

[@pranukvs]

Oh my God this is exactlyyyy how I feel many a times ! Couldn't have put it into better words !

[@lexlxel]

everything evolves as it evolves, even the shallowness and superstition. However, I think in every person there is a key, it is inside. What we can do, so simple it sounds is to be kind to each other. Then, I believe after a while that feeling of “me” vs. others just does not make any sense anymore. Everyone feels lonely sometimes, or disconnected, etc etc . It is part of the human condition. If we start to really understand, that we are in this together, true connections start to emerge.

[@MrSkatersOnly]

Thank you for everything eckhart.

[@Neosunville]

Thank you, Eckhart!

[@agnieszkag.5170]

I am glad, that I am safe within myself. No wonder I was so unhappy around people. Looking for safety and fairness in them is like looking for truth in false. My only support in life was consciousness. Never people. Even Eckhart with his concepts took me to deeper uncosciousness, few times. Even enlightened people have unconsciousness within them. I think all support and goodness is within ourselves and to not look for anything outside, even if people look enlightened and loving. You will be disappointed sooner or later. They are not here to support any of our weakness. If we are weak, we have a choice, or to commit suicide, or to get stronger within. Happines is never outside.

[@dmz140]

9:41 thank you, Elkhart, for helping me to quiet my mind and find “space”. thus I feel closer to God.

[@tehpaweu]

Thank you Eckhart and thanks to all of you lovely people. God bless

[@adventureexpedition4693]

Peace Love and harmony to all of you

[@ajitbhat3980]

Absolutely incredible. My Guru Shri Upasani Maharaj used almost the exact same words . His Statue installed over his grave in Sakori is set in a Cage to illustrate exactly the same point. His key msg too was the same , Accept things as they are in at THIS moment. The eternal is here and now. Unchanging n blissful. Do grace us with your visit Sir so we can bask in your presence.

[@jacquelineliddle4593]

Thankyou so much for helping everyone find peace within, very humble and in admiration to your commitment and dedication x

[@nyg6863]

ok

[@femmecorbeau]

Always the same... Blessings, Eckhart, thank you for all your truth and beauty.

[@treeseer1573]

That moment when you do this practice and you finally become aware of your ego and you- that is the beginning of personal freedom 💠

[@Ann-bl1do]

Is there anything more peaceful and lovely than Eckhart Tolle reading The Course in Miracles? Thank you for these beautiful few moments🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@Unfamous_Buddha]

Sometimes I'm you, sometimes I'm me. Sometimes I'm self, sometimes I'm other. Sometimes we remember, sometimes we forget. Does my skin separate me from all or join me to it? Meaningless are words. If you forget words you'll remember. As an infant seeing reality for the first time, you had no words: All was One. Try to remember.

[@accountdata4343]

Thank you

[@chrisknorr1326]

...and yet you still won't step off a 2nd story balcony.

[@Unfamous_Buddha]

@@chrisknorr1326 You're probably a theist who would push someone off just to prove that cause and effect -- duality -- is the real deal.

[@REDPUMPERNICKEL]

Concepts lie entirely in the realm of language. Obviously. Can you see the irony blossoming in your mind? How can "reality" manifest in mind when every input is coded by the senses?

[@yolidigiulio2114]

Beautifully prosed

[@MuslimahWarrior]

This is gold content. "Nothing real can be threatened. Nothing unreal exists. Herein lies the peace of God" 👌💫

[@MuslimahWarrior]

@@beaulin5628 Reality is subjective.

[@MuslimahWarrior]

@@beaulin5628 can you explain the reality of death even though you haven't experience it yet? according to your perception?

[@sandeepvarma2489]

Just listening to u makes me get into the knowledge of thousands books by just seeking your true teachings!! U just decreased our work and u kept it soo easy and understanding so thankful for your work for humanity

[@Eloysacanta]

Gratitude!!! 🙌🏻🌸🌟💓

[@Sxd212]

Thank you for shifting my perspective. Making my day.

[@tabemsins]

ASMR Eckhart Tolle . Very peaceful!

[@Protector0ne]

Eckhart isn't a fan of ASMR. There is a video where he mocks it! 😂

[@deepthir503]

Thank you so much for your presence 🙏 Thank you so much for your teaching 🙏 Thank you so much for sharing this 🙏

[@blancacharun4398]

All I can say is THANK YOU. YOURE HELPING ME UNDERSTAND AND JUST BE! Blessings

[@aliajohnson470]

Thank you, very deep. I need to grow in this area. Happy New Year.

[@Itsajourneything]

last year on new years eve. (2018-2019) i was alone watching one of your vids and I had the best (peacful and comforting) time in my life. and also the impact of that message rippled further into my actions, so grateful for that. thanks bro

[@keen2461]

Can you share which one? Thanks in advance.

[@Itsajourneything]

@@keen2461 It has been removed from youtube if I can find it I will put it on my playlist again!

[@Wilaone]

your video is giving me the chills... thank you for enlightening us

[@kyotosal]

And this great statement on page 448: "I am responsible for what I see. I choose the feelings I experience, and I decide upon the goal I would achieve. And everything that seems to happen to me I ask for, and receive as I have asked".....both the positive and the negative.......Thank you Eckhart!!!.......Sal : )

[@gurudra]

We have to cut the roots of sadness, the best way is to accept whatever happens in that moment is reality, and not lie to ourselves

[@kolarz2128]

Buddha said that the root of the sorrow is attachment. And to get rid off sorrow we need to drop attachments.

[@manum6046]

Is it possible ? Want to see Eckhart Tolle and Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev together in a conversation... Both are working enormously in improvising the Human Consciousness.If they both come together it will be incrediblebfor Humans. Love from India.

[@Christrulesall2]

@@kolarz2128 Attachments is some life threatening stuff, especially to toxic people. They will literally drain you of your life force until your insane or dead.

[@kolarz2128]

@@Christrulesall2 and they make us miserable, so we need to drop them by seeing that we dont need them to be happy.

[@Christrulesall2]

@@kolarz2128 I agree. If you stay around them to long you will develop a soul tie and breaking that is like trying to get off drugs or something. I hate to use that analogy but i was a addict for ten years so to me, that what it feels like. Only spiritual in nature.

[@legendar3842]

I am laughing out loud when he says you are already safe. I felt safe when he said that but not before. Even with the time to sit down and listen I was worrying but I was still safe underneath the noise of my mind. We are safe

[@oversoul4576]

What a marvelous man

[@loriechase4101]

Eckhart Tolle, I love that I can hear you.

[@rachelrrb1111]

"Be open to everything and attached to nothing" (Wayne Dyer) - including A Course In Miracles.

[@eryery9652]

I can't catch the present, always runaway from me.

[@renaudlevasseur8327]

It's your sens of self who runaway from it. You can't catch it, you can only witness it. Personnaly I focus on only one thing and I bring my attention back to it everytime I catch myself running away from what I decided to focus on.

[@eryery9652]

@MarsHolst20 I have some bitter past experince which always pull me down, whenever I try to bring my focus on the present as u said to feel the sensation of my mobile it's just for a short moment again I am back to the point of past experince.

[@tamiclose]

I totally get this. What helps me, and it's a practice is each moment, I direct my thoughts to the present like my own tutorial like I was speaking to a child who was just learning about being a human. "I put my left shoe on like this. I tie my shoelaces." I break it down in manageable steps so my mind gets used to this training.

[@sharongrove9712]

how about being i am.

[@canttouchthis5735]

Try looking for magic in each moment.

[@joyousjr3866]

Thank you, Eckhart Tolle. I love you. Bless you. Happy New Year

[@Kaynos]

-"Judgement is the blind concept" So deep.

[@marknewsome-guru7054]

I’m free from the matrix this is my year!!! 🌟💛♾

[@forlovers2952]

Thanks. Bushra. From yemen😊

[@sunnygirl4017]

Thank you for this teaching Eckhart💕. Your my favorite Spiritual Teacher I've never met. Hope to see one of your talks one day🌞

[@ingeschoggers4634]

Thank you, Eckhart Tolle, for reminding me and recognising the truth again for my moments. This always helps.

[@SlippinJimmy4Life]

“Nothing real can be threatened, nothing unreal exists. Herein lies the peace of God” - Helen Schucman

[@PaulVRo]

it is from this book: A Course in Miracles, that he is commenting on

[@SlippinJimmy4Life]

Lol thank you for that correction!

[@raff6261]

Thanks Eckhart. Is your health ok? You look like dealing with something in your last videos.. I love you

[@raff6261]

@Giga Motskobili I know, he's 71 and looks much younger and much better than other people of his age. But still, he doesn't look as fine as always.

[@renaudlevasseur8327]

@@raff6261 Why comparing him to others ?

[@manum6046]

Is it possible ? Want to see Eckhart Tolle and Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev together in a conversation... Both are working enormously in improvising the Human Consciousness.If they both come together it will be incrediblebfor Humans. Love from India.

[@mca3430]

Manu M , Eckhart seems to be at a very different (higher) level than sadguru when he explains things ,

[@brookendale3611]

@@mca3430 Yes, because sadhguru loves to conceptualize things, and I don't think he realizes it sometimes.

[@eduardamarques5614]

The Truth is Peace

[@ramiz6307]

Every time I listen to you i learn something new. Thank you for everything

[@tonyheng9167]

OMG! I'm the first! Thank you Eckhart!

[@marystephen80]

I hope there was no ego in your comment. 🙂

[@PeterPan-jr7ui]

Well done Tony 💪

[@The-Ancestral-Cucina]

IS THIS TEACHING COMING TO US TODAY DUE TO CURRENT WORLD EVENTS? Peace to all.

[@jimlakey8366]

Don't focus on what isn't in your immediate environment.You'll torture yourself otherwise...

[@The-Ancestral-Cucina]

Jim Lakey thank you

[@manum6046]

Is it possible ? Want to see Eckhart Tolle and Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev together in a conversation... Both are working enormously in improvising the Human Consciousness.If they both come together it will be incrediblebfor Humans. Love from India.

[@nikolasku]

Please please please, I implore you to be reconciled with God through Jesus Christ and not buy into these doctrines of demons. There is only one true light which gives light to all men (everyone) coming into the world, and that light is Jesus Christ!

[@brunocrisalli6761]

Thank you Eckhart!!❤️⚡️

[@ponleepiano_meditationandc8547]

Thanks to you, I have found my way to life and I'm trying. Thank you all the time.🙏

[@user-pe1vx8nx5z]

What if one knows all this, and understands it, but one is so trapped in the "prison" that knowing and understanding isn't enough to be free? How to actually embody and live this truth?

[@deepthi2981]

Invite it. Ask for it in raw honesty and BE ready to utterly surrender and die to your conceptual identities. Then see what remains. Its not a doing. What helped me was this quote from ramana maharshi " Do nothing, Be nothing, seek nothing, relinquish nothing, just be as you ARE". See what remains when you dont want to be something or try to be something, when you dont chase a thought or reject a thought and when you 'do to get' or 'do to get away' , see what remains when you stop the effort to recreate your self in each moment. When you don't entangle and don't disentangle with anything, what remains? Who are you?

[@AuthenticSelfGrowth]

Ego is still too strong. Need to soften it more.

[@mjparent222]

It's already a big step toward being aware and into consciousness, go, go, go. You know that you are not completely being so you already have a sense of it opposite. Look at what make the world shine, you. We all have a great way to go still, but there is a lot of awakening going on. May you be well.

[@daniel4647]

Meditation. Truth is, you can't really live like this, living requires ego, if you really think about ego it's a survival mechanism that make this biological animal function. Without it you wouldn't even bother to breath, let alone do anything else. The thing most people never realize is that the ego is not us any more than our bodies are us, once we realize that then we can shape the ego how we chose. What we can't do is live without it, getting rid of our ego is just as impossible as getting rid of our bodies, it's an essential part of physical life, and if you want to live life you have to accept ego as part of it. One day you'll die, and then you'll be free of both your body and ego, but until that day comes you should just enjoy it. That's what knowledge and understanding gives you, the ability to create the ego that you want, you stop being a slave to it and instead make it a tool that works for you. Passion, drive, desires, these are things that come from the ego that can accomplish amazing things and give you and others a great deal. What we usually don't like about it is that it tries to motivate us by inducing pain when we're not following these things. But that's just how it works, and when we ourselves can decide what our passions, drives and desires are then maybe we can appreciate it trying to motivate us even if it can be painful. The ego gets a very bad rep, but it's partly undeserved, without it we'd never have survived this long. I think that once you're at a place when you feel you understand all of these teaching, your job becomes to let them go, trust yourself to be the person you want to be and go out and enjoy life. You'll be free when you die, until then have some ice cream, go for a swim, fall in love, break your ankle while going a place that clearly says "stay out", paint something, watch some Netflix, learn to dance, whatever, just loosen up and have some fun, life really isn't that serious.

[@dianeyoung8068]

Practice.

[@lovingmydog6196]

Hello there :-) I’m confused about how to deal with grief. I lost my beloved dog this passed November. I am still grieving my lost. How do I go about staying in the Now. If I do so is it that considered repressing my feelings? We are suppose to deal with the pain aren’t we? I feel staying in the present Now, is like compartmentalizing my emotions.

[@leliu5thelement448]

grief is love with no place to go, acceptance is first, embracing why you are grieving and understand this is part of the process of human nature. Pray, meditate, think of the happiest memories, cry, scream, sleep. This is all part of healing and we all know it takes time, it does not mean you will not feel the pain, it means you have accepted this in your heart. It does not mean you will forget, it means you will remember and you will be stronger for the next chapter in your life. I say this from life experience.

[@onreact]

Emotions arise from thoughts. Once you look closely at what happens you will realize that most likely grief and sadness come up when you think about your dog and what you did in the past with her or him. Accept you grief consciously and wholeheartedly but don't prolong your pain by thinking about the past all the time.

[@japtasticify]

Grieve as long as you need to.I know I will when my dog passes

[@renaudlevasseur8327]

Watch the movie "The Art of Racing in the Rain" I thnk It could help you or you can also read the book if you're not into movies. You were lucky to have a dog with whom you shared so many memories. I dont beleive we are suppose to do anything, just accept your emotions without pushing them away or indulge in them, sit with them.

[@lunkerjunkie]

I'm with you on repression. I find facing into the feeling directly and allowing it to express itself, no matter how disturbing, provides relief afterward.

[@Stahlgrimmig]

This is by far the best video of Eckhart I ve ever seen. Much deeper than what I usually know form him.

[@Eduaro2U]

Thank you so much Eckhart. Thanks for making the world a better place by doing so much to make me/us a better place.

[@AhhVeeDaa]

@1:54 Eckhart's is hungry

[@kennethstewart1243]

AhhVeeDaa 😂😂

[@philosophicalmonkachu7711]

No his body is!!

[@philosophicalmonkachu7711]

#AhhVeeDaa that was really funny,I laughed for 2 minutes...... thanks for commenting the time stamp,I really appreciate your effort!!..

[@lenas5613]

@@philosophicalmonkachu7711 very good! 🙂😉👍

[@magmilla]

:D when I watched first the video I thought it was my belly :)

[@heleen313]

What if you not defend yourself but someone else.. what if you defend the ones that cannot defend themselves? Like animals 😔 How else can we help them? I know my view on animal suffering is a concept but it's "real" as well. It seems somewhat circumstantial to rely on "just be present", radiate presence and positive intentions only. Should we not stand up for them? Any thoughts anyone, on how to apply what Eckhart says in this video?

[@rachaellouise2666]

Interesting. I guess he might say that practising presence may eventually empower humans to stop exploiting animals. It seems like a long road though.

[@dianeyoung8068]

As far as action goes...in other videos, Eckhart teaches that people do and be in the world. Some individuals tend more toward doing and some more toward being. But an individuals balance between doing and being in the world is important.

[@zaringonda6068]

I have heard Eckhart say in a video that he rarely gets angry but once he saw someone inflict cruelty on an animal and he felt anger arising within as he proceeded to intervene. So he is very much for lending a helping hand but not out of reaction or negative energy.

[@davidgonzalezcaminosdeconc9143]

The way I understand Eckhart's teachings is this: The best way to help the world is to awaken ourselves. When we are completely at peace, we can then have access to wisdom, and the best actions arise naturally, "best" meaning what is most beneficial to everyone, including those who are suffering. Then we will be guided by a higher intelligence. It is possible that in that state of consciousness we will undertake specific actions in the external plane to help others. However, the main help we can render is to sustain our state of consciousness. If we try to help other out of our ego, we are likely to make things worse, even if we are full of good intentions. For example, if we try to change the world based on our judgements, we are likely to create enemies, to label people as good or bad, to create more separation. We then don't see inconscious actions for what thet are: inconscious actions coming from people disconnected from their true beings; we may see those actions as those people as if they are the problem, becase then we feel we are separated from them. When we are completely connected with our beings, we start to realize that rhose unconciouss people are not separated fron ourselves, that we are expressions of the same consciousness, the same source, and therefore we realize that they are just a reflection of our state of consciousness as a species. That understanding changes how we relate to them and how we try to solve the problems. If we try to solve the problems externally because we cannot be at peace with the situation as it is, we are looking for our salvation externally, and that is an endeavor doomed to failure, because the only place we can find completion and true peace and joy is within ourselves. If we just change the external, the reflection of our unhealed parts will soon reappear in another form. When we heal first, then we proceed to change the external from a place of detachment and absence of mental labelling. We are already at peace, and we are just sharing that peace, we are not trying to change things externally to attain it. We can then love the world exactly as it is in this moment, and give the best of ourselves to heal it with profound compassion and undestanding. Is like when we assist a sick child; we already love her, even before she heals. Our love is inconditional. And then we can serve others more wisely; specially those who are deeply unconciouss, who are the one that need more love and compassion. That, of course, does not mean allowing them to keep doing unconciouss actions. It means, however, engaging with them in a loving way. Is like if you encounter a mad dog. You don't need to judge it or hate it or blame it to take the sebsible actions to protect yourself, and you can do so being loving and compassionate of the dog, understanding it is sick and needs help. Most of the problems we are facing as a species arise because of our unconciousness. If everyone were connected with their deeper beings, the mayority of those problems will easily dissappear. Therefore, if we try to help the world at the deepest level, we can do so by helping it increase its level of conciousness. And the best way we can do so is by raising our own consciousness, which will then touch others and inspires other, as for examples Eckhart's consciousness inspires and helps millions to awaken themselves. Those are millions who will make consciouss and loving choices, who in turn will inspire others, and that will then start a chain of healing for the whole world.

[@heleen313]

@@davidgonzalezcaminosdeconc9143 you explained very well, thank you for taking the time and effort to do so. I am happy that my understanding of Eckhart's teaching is growing every time I listen to him and now that I am reading his books. What you explained I indeed consider as the central part. But in practical situations I'm still not sure what to do. I guess my presence is not yet "presence" enough to assess the deep wisdom. But hopefully that will grow. Another "issue" is that I am looking for an answer to why the animals have to suffer and how to deal with the deep sadness about that. Eckhart explained the use of suffering by humanity for the universe to become awake .. conscious and that it is caused by their being disconnected from life itself, but that does not apply to animals. It seems so unfair that they should suffer because of unconscious humans. And that is what makes the sadness so much worse, the not understanding why and they being so innocent. I hope Eckhart will talk about that sometime. As far as the sadness is concerned..I guess there is no "solution" or "easy way out" but just to accept the sadness and feel it as it is. To me it is part of my pain body and knowing that hopefully will help me not adding to it.

[@Heal_the_World81]

Thanks Eckhart. I Love You and im thankful for your teachings and books. The time you've taken is much appreciated. Youre changing lives for the better. Im Giving the love back that you gave us. Enjoy the Now my friend, its all we have as i think u said. Embrace the Now ❤👍🏻

[@TeraMangala]

In each of us are places where we have never gone. Only by pressing the limits do we ever find them.

[@neoseyes]

ACIM: consciousness is the domain of the ego

[@renaudlevasseur8327]

Ok, In this video he litteraly said that if you awaken "everything about you is in a high frequency" and you become a teacher naturally, or teach group, gives talk, wright books basicaly the "goal" is to do exactly what he does. But how is the world suppose to function if everyone become a teacher and does the same job ? So in order to do what he do, he needs people who are unconscious. Become the saviors, but if anyone knows the Karpmann triangle, the "savior" is like the basic trap of ego games. In order to be a savior you need victims, and persecuter. I think that all of this is kind of a scam, making money with all of that, he use all the marketing techniques. And according to the course if you're awakening you're becoming a teacher of god ? So he says that according to the concepts in the book you are a "teacher of god". Is it just me that find it nonsens because it is a concept and he tells us how to break free from conceptual reality ?

[@keithklassen5320]

Yeah I'm not sure if he's deceiving himself or just others, but for sure he is constantly using conceptual frameworks himself. Human relationships are conceptual frameworks. He doesn't want to be truly free of all concepts. It can be very useful to become more aware of our concepts and assumptions, so that we may choose them more wisely, but there is no human life without concepts. It's just silly talk.

[@renaudlevasseur8327]

@@sarc951 Well you just did ! HAHA

[@FM-uk8rs]

a living example of the way

[@viviansmith2155]

Your talk always hits home. I feel this on a deep level. Thank you

[@SCHEY101]

I wish he wouldn't identify with the word God, it has such a negative history. Why not the source or universe instead.

[@nikolasku]

I urge you as an ambassador for Christ to be reconciled to God who gave you life and knows you and loves you. You will never discover your true meaning or purpose until you meet God. Praise Him for who He is and worship him in truth and spirit!

[@rachelrrb1111]

KONT He usually doesn‘t use the word God just because of the misinterpretations. He uses it here because he is discussing the book ‚A course in Miracles‘, which obviously uses it.

[@SCHEY101]

@@nikolasku I'll worship Christ if you become a Muslim and worship Allah 🤟

[@SCHEY101]

@@rachelrrb1111 He also refers to Jesus and what he supposedly said but there is no proof this man ever existed. So although his words ring true I can't accept referencing fairytales.

[@judydunlop1964]

@@SCHEY101 Just accept what resonates with you. Your truth is what matters.

[@patriciaarora3201]

Thank you Eckhart for providing this space that allows us experiential knowledge ( non conceptual) 🙏

[@pradippsm1983]

I was in present throughout this video. It's magic of consciousness comes through Eckhart.🙏

[@someabstractsnack8151]

1:54 gut feeling right there.

[@justinevanoorschot147]

I heard that too!! 😁

[@hitchhicker92]

Thank you for the peace you bring, you truly are a teacher of God

[@reflectionsofself4027]

Thank you for being Mahalo for the guidelines for self Continue being this beautiful entity that stretches one self across the frequency of this so called Universe.

[@lindaschoormans6881]

Thank you so much for everything. I read two books now and watch your channel. You are so inspiring.

[@annemurphy8074]

My career has been as a falconer and I have had many birds of prey trained to work various jobs at airports and landfills managing nuisance bird issues. I have had a bald eagle for 22 years that works with me and I had a very vivid dream once. In the first part of the dream, some people asked me to get up on a stage and tell some stories. I got up and told some stories about my bald eagle. People were laughing and enjoying it and I felt great, with an inflated sense of self. In the next instance people were booing and yelling at me that I was horrible and they started throwing things at me and then I felt deflated. I wondered what this was all about. In the next instant, everything was gone and a voice, neither male nor female that came neither from within or externally said "Have no opinion, hold no judgement. Therein lies freedom" and I felt total peace as if I remembered something I had forgotten. The flash of clarity I had in the dream, if I were to use words was that whether I was "loved and approved of" or "hated and reviled" was the same thing and it mattered not at all to "I AM" awareness.