Breaking Free from Thought Identification | Eckhart Tolle

Dive into Eckhart Tolle’s profound insights on disidentifying with thoughts and emotions to overcome stress and embrace presence. Discover the path to spiritual awakening by observing internal states and valuing the present moment. This video is a beacon for those seeking liberation from the egoic mind and a life of true mindfulness.
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About Eckhart:
Eckhart Tolle is widely recognized as one of the most inspiring and visionary spiritual teachers in the world today. With his international bestsellers, The Power of Now and A New Earth-translated into more than 50 languages-he has introduced millions to the joy and freedom of living life in the present moment. The New York Times has described him as “the most popular spiritual author in the United States,” and in 2011, Watkins Review (now Watkins Mind Body Spirit) named him “the most spiritually influential person in the world.”
Eckhart’s profound yet simple teachings have helped countless people around the globe experience a state of vibrantly alive inner peace in their daily lives. His teachings focus on the significance and power of Presence, the awakened state of consciousness, which transcends ego and discursive thinking. Eckhart sees this awakening as the essential next step in human evolution.

[@tammyrobison1355]

My zen master resides beside me at this very present moment ...my cat 🐈 Sophie she is a giver of peaceful silence. May we be more like her

[@Ianstewart-ev8mh]

til she goes in heat and grabs onto your leg with 20 claws firmly entrenched. Not so peaceful. Haha

[@cristole]

Right now my cat is the same!!

[@sandylunden5782]

Eckhart got a suntan, he looks good! He has helped me have a peaceful life, and for that i am truly grateful 🙏

[@Nirvana.Flowers]

Thought the same about the sun & how grateful I am for him!

[@baru612]

Since when are these people using this loud music for him

[@chrisd2372]

Very nice suntan. He deserves more Vitamin D.

[@heidiquast4667]

❤

[@paolagiunti2979]

Me, too.

[@Diana-jx1ju]

I had immediate healing of my back pain at the end of this video. Learning is release anger and my identification with it!

[@stephenflood3463]

Weldone!

[@ashleyannephd]

This small shift Eckhart is talking about is SO significant. Over-identification with what *is* always gets in the way of what is meant to do. Thanks for posting this!

[@CJRelationshipConsulting]

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[@veraintuizione6497]

Lost in doing, thinking, interpreting 😢in the anguish of not doing correctly.🥴 I was exhausted and it wasn't long before I would have to be admitted to the psychiatric ward.😢😂 This was before meeting E. Tolle. ✨✨✨ Now everything has changed even though everything has remained the same. That's the magic. ❤ I will never be grateful enough. 💓🙏✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨

[@c.cammilli8825]

I do not know how to thank our spiritual 🙏 teacher, Sir Eckhart 🙏 Tolle has taught me the virtue of mindfulness. Eternal gratitude 🙏.

[@postscript5549]

I always learn from your talks. You are a wonderful, generous teacher. I am a slow student, but learning! Thank you for sharing and caring. 💌

[@prettygirltingz9077]

Mooji has an exercise that remedies identification with thought feelings etc...these guys don't have a prescription or tools they just ramble when they're not self realize themselves

[@Edwardbanks1]

The pain body is triggered by an influx of negative thoughts. Staying present and watching this play out is the challenge.

[@kingdramemourideworld]

Eckhart is the one light in our Era

[@bertanelson8062]

Eckhart always explains it best. Thanks.

[@Nelisalara]

❤ Eckhart. We are travelling together and the progress is amazing.

[@gypsyfiresign1064]

I was just now saying this!! Mr. Tolle is a genius both in intellect AND Emotionally Almost Perfect, and the great thing about yourself, me or Mr. Tolle…are LIFELONG learners & seekers!! Keep shining soul siSTAR!!❤

[@Nelisalara]

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[@linw7320]

What the what? Seriously 🙏❤ would u please explain what these comments mean? Thank you sincerely

[@danlee5570]

Great.thank you so much 18:04 18:04 18:04

[@traceyomalley3797]

A counsellor can only go as far as he/ she goes themselves 💚🙏🏻thankyou any hints for someone with adhd to stay in present moment

[@mariatheuns550]

Great, great, great, Eckhart!

[@AlecVeravieff]

This reminds me of a saying from the Fourth Way teachings in one of Maurice Nicolls commentaries "You cannot lift the plank you are standing on, just like you cannot change yourself so long as you identify as your personality."

[@lucreziamorganti9115]

Thank you for everything you do for humanity ❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏

[@christineweathers1965]

Time stamp 10 min to 14 min is the key for me at this moment. “How to break the thought loop”. Trusting the universe/God of which our essence is made of is the ultimate goal. How crafty the ego is in its desire to reign supreme!

[@mrs8768]

I wouldnt say our essence is God, rather that if we get to know ourselves(our essence), we get to know God. Our essence and God are very closely intertwined but they are separate things. We are beings in absolute poverty, and our very existence, our greatness, our power is all given by God. God created and maintains our existence. We are not God, but we are essentially in spiritual unity with God.

[@johngreen4683]

What are thoughts and thinking about thoughts? Basically it's us having a conversation with ourselves. It's not easy by any means but it is simple, simply don't have unwanted conversations with ourselves or more accurately our minds, once we realise we engaging in an unwanted internal conversation with ourselves (our minds) we can simply choose to stop and change the subject. In reality it's us not our minds who have all the power and get to choose and decide what we do and don't do, there are absolutely no thoughts that need to be thought about for everything to be OK 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@MelissaBozinovski]

So grateful for this man 🙏

[@Conscious_Rap]

Eckhart Tolle's teachings from this video and like 5more from behind, it's just a perfect image of my mental struggle.

[@fuddyduddyhorsemanship]

I struggle mentally to listen to and comprehend what he is talking about. I think I spend too much time with animals who mostly live in the now and for the now. Dogs, horses and my parrot. Fabulous company for me and anger and anxiety are not productive feelings around them. Love and kindness and a good mood are the feelings of the moment.

[@rogerlin9602]

8:33 Observe yourself internally for any lingering emotion. Any anxiety or heavy mood? I am angry is identification with emotion. There is anger in me. Thanks Eckhart. 29 March 2024. 🔔🚗🐿⚓️🦆🏃🦜🍕🌸🍕🎅🏻🚀🌺🌺

[@bgrecoverycoaching2536]

I understand Eckhart. Your ability to explain is outstanding. I witnessed a woman on the bus lose her temper. I watched her be lost in anger over a trivial matter. I felt sad she was not able to find the space to get of it. Thank you for this talk.

[@firstnamelastnam3]

I am not this thought, this feeling. There is anger. . . in me right now but I am not this anger, this thought.

[@streamingeagle1]

but anger is also part of who you are. you just have to smile to and accept all of who you are

[@lolon6605]

Accept and love the anger as it is

[@ruthdaneman2369]

Yes anger when commercial comes on when you're speaking 😅❤

[@onafunjourney]

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[@Mike8981]

Let that be your practice.

[@16thJune2006]

Great talk by Eckhardt, for me the best I’ve heard from him.

[@Ianstewart-ev8mh]

i had a remarkable experience recently, one of several lately, i was on a meditative walk on the waterfront. I was lost in some emotional irritation i could'nt shake off. Then, at the end of the hour long walk i noticed the ocean looking different somehow. I was extremely present all of a sudden. My emotional strain was still there but seemed unimportant. I spent the rest of the day and night in peace. It was beautiful. Since then, i meditate and find normal peace. Love it all!

[@user-uh2ns7bh9d]

How can you not love this man 👍

[@atmannityananda-autognosia]

❤ THINKING PRECEDES ACTION & DESIRE precedes THINKING So the root cause of almost constant, thinking, agitation, identification, extroversion and distraction is desire. And as you said, impatience is wanting (desiring ) to be in the next moment while one is here. It all arises from desire which is insatiable and is rarely content with what is and what is happening here and now. That is why in all the great spiritual traditions the absence of desire (through its elimination by practice ) is considered the state of Liberation and Self-Realization. And finally, I clarify that desire is the essential nature of the Ego or egoic Self. Therefore, by dissolving desire we dissolve the Ego. 😮

[@Mantras-and-Mystics]

Thank you! ❤

[@TwinkleToes_2001]

You said it. You said it well.

[@postscript5549]

At this moment I have three amaryllis stocks each with four dark red stunning blooms sitting/standing near me. 🌺

[@jackiek4159]

Thank you Eckhart! 🙏💕✨

[@stephenflood3463]

To live in the present moment everyday one must empty one's mind of pre-thoughts and fore-thoughts, because otherwise they'll get lost in identification with form again and that is falling back into one's egoic mind. So there should be no identification with the self in the present moment of being. Thank you Eckhart for always speaking divine truth and wisdom.

[@MS-gj5cp]

He explains in such an easy way that every person should understand

[@joerocket1977]

The part at the end about thought forms and identity was very profound. I had never seen this until now.

[@lolon6605]

I needed this today. Thank you ❤

[@mihaiyasy73]

Doamne, câtă dreptate are acest Profet al timpurilor noastre !!! Cât de bine explică deșertăciunea !

[@user-ds5jm4tw6u]

Amazing wisdom! Thank you!

[@jbaltaji5723]

Yes, emotions linger. I am angry about the ads cutting in while I'm tryin' to be all serene and accepting 🙄🤨😉

[@CharlesGeorge-hj8wn]

You can use commercial breaks as a spiritual practice by first noticing your reaction to ads.

[@Therabithole]

God bless you Eckhart

[@ROHITKUMAR-rn6tz]

Thank you master..these days I am practicing the power of now.

[@TheHeavymetalthunder]

Absolutely perfectly amazing Thank you 🙏🏻

[@paulam7177]

This is the most complete segment 👌. It touches upon so many important points. Absolutely amazing 👏

[@carolinecaroline6567]

Thank you for your teaching 🙏 ❤️ 😘

[@jazjasmine9496]

The rising of awareness is spiritual awakening. Observing is allowing the conscious to be present and frees me from thought identification.

[@traveller7879]

Looking forward to the final peace that can only come from Resting In Peace.

[@stephenflood3463]

What a profound statement.

[@linw7320]

Please clarify ❤ I think I missed your point. Unless you are eluding to death of the body?

[@Tori_4]

Amazing! Thank you 🙏🏽

[@agokoovit5250]

Thank You!🕊🙏

[@MohammadHosseinVazifehdoost]

thank you

[@user-xe4kv2ce4d]

Jar of Joy

[@JPMorgan-ye5pc]

I've saved and bookmarked this vid to start @ 15:37 because he's so adeptly summing up the cure for what ails me i.e. hitting the nail on the head. What he said got thru to me. I know I'll soon forget the wisdom and start fretting again but I do get some peace for a short while ....

[@debbie4329]

Thank you so much for your directions.

[@amin_abdollahi_369]

Thankyou❤❤😊

[@chongqingdiscovery4222]

Consciousness is beautiful.

[@pawprintsjersey5787]

Excellent message. All humanity kids teens need to hear this. ❤

[@Odinsraven88]

Thank you Eckhart ☀️

[@joyslove3858]

This is extremely helpful to me.

[@Accidental_Nihilist]

That’s gold, Eckhart! GOLD!

[@darbiemayberry2902]

Only time I say I am. Is when I say I am me 💜

[@fathergoldaddy4446]

Everything's for a tomorrow that never arrives.

[@lindsay5305]

Thank you, relevant, helpful

[@aprilkitten]

The moment that awarenes becomes aware of itself, you can never be completely trapped in thought identification again, as once you develop this skill you can never lose it, even though you may not always choose not to use it.

[@irenevarouti1966]

Thank you sir

[@veroniqueverstichelen7371]

Thank you 🙏🌌💚

[@user-rc2xs5ti2w]

The whole deal is to migrate our awareness to the Soul and beyond. Get out of the mind, or use it as a tool for life’s maintenance in the 3D.

[@mikemaurer3320]

Even after the awakening from the identification with form. My mind still try’s to get me to identify with it.

[@powerofyou1111]

Thank you ❤

[@eytschmaen]

Losing yourself in doing is called "hustle culture".

[@Zenlife1132]

Thank you!

[@MrsBeasleys1111]

Thank you❤

[@JLZR1]

Thank you master 🙏

[@pierrefiliatrault6167]

Thank you so much again and again

[@michelemilaras1417]

Brilliant ❤

[@mariatheuns550]

Regarding the present moment as a means to an end is adultery. To think that the present moment is a bottomless pit of joy! All the time nice things are suggested to me, I don't even have a split second to get bored! Oh, yes, what was that other pleasant thing that I can do right now? All the time! It is infinity. Challenges keep occurring, like you said, but when I get out of them, I realise that they have taught me to enjoy life even more than I already did. There is no end to this. It IS the end.

[@CJRelationshipConsulting]

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[@dvgs5375]

Very clearly explains Thanks a lot Eckhart. This is the big problem to come out when struggling with situations job lost, Financial growth and others. I understand your spiritual teaching but in practical not able to implement.

[@AtortAerials]

I’m totally lost in my mind felt suicidal today hence here. Having a hard time in life. 😞

[@zebbserrano5240]

One step away from spiritual awakening or death, this is an illusion

[@powerofyou1111]

Hey are you ok

[@AtortAerials]

@@powerofyou1111 another day thankfully working on it. Thank you for asking.

[@basiagajewska4637]

Don't give up, all will be good, the mood will change, different thoughts will come, that how it is with all of us, just understand that that's not all, there is so much more ,lots of love to you ❤we are all in this together 🤗

[@lindafrazier8092]

❤

[@kayumari486]

My form and mind are repeatedly challenged by the question... Why does consciousness have the need to create forms, thoughts, emotions, ego, egoic sense of self, sense of identity, unconsciousness, etc., that long to liberate and "awaken" to awareness, spiritual awakening from identification with form, and transcendent self-awareness? 🤷🏻‍♀️🙃

[@simonsjoquist6862]

Perhaps it just needs a project, the same way we humans do. Maybe we need to strive for something, maybe we need goals to achieve. And maybe the consciousness have the same need. Why? Because life would be empty otherwise. Maybe stillness cant exist without movement the same way day can't exist without the night.

[@andreasrylander]

It's a play or game. Exploration. The overflow of creative power.

[@anandakumarsanthinathan4740]

I was free of any 'doing' during the 18 minutes and 3 seconds I listened to Eckhart's words. In fact, even the doing of listening wasn't there.

[@robertcronin6603]

Utterly profound and yet so simple....fabulous stuff ❤

[@optimistindevenire3442]

Love this , so true 😅❤

[@lourenesomers8424]

Thank you great one ❤

[@JJNow-gg9so]

I used to lose myself in performing advanced cardiac life support and teaching CPR. I would love to hear your comments on that. At those moments I was entirely lost in the present... 🙏

[@rocioguevaraobando9075]

Maestro Eckhart: Muchísimas gracias. 😊🙏🌸

[@kathybudd7040]

Thank you

[@pps1223]

Beautiful!

[@andreimatveenkov5753]

Thanks!

[@susanneshaw850]

Thank you 🙏🏻 ❤xxx

[@willemv3114]

I am here 🙂

[@harmonyofbeing]

Thank you, Yoda-Tolle!!!🙏

[@reginalddoddu6793]

The difficulty of engaging the present moment should be no more difficult than walking and chewing bubble gum at the same time. The diversions we use to avoid engaging the present moment are astounding.

[@johngreen4683]

The biggest obstacle to living in the present moment is very very thankfully nothing of any huge dramatic importance is actually taking place in the reality of the present moment 99.9999% of the time, all the drama chaos and excitement is only taking place in our minds via our imagination and memories. Drama chaos and excitement are addictive things for the human mind which why Hollywood does make endless movies full of drama, chaos and excitement but absolutely none about the present moment. 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@reginalddoddu6793]

@@johngreen4683 You are right. The drama is always ours.

[@crystalfolse3208]

Thanks ❤

[@user-pg7em7pu7t]

Thank you for everything 😘

[@fuddyduddyhorsemanship]

I struggle mentally to listen to and comprehend what he is talking about. I think I spend too much time with animals who mostly live in the now and for the now. Dogs, horses and my parrot. Fabulous company for me and anger and anxiety are not productive feelings around them. Love and kindness and a good mood are the feelings of the moment.

[@ohmtimrod5927]

he explained exactly what really happened in my head....wow thank you for this video.

[@midnightblue2893]

Great video thanks Eckhart! 💜

[@davidalanbinder4238]

I highly recommend the book MIND GAMES The Dual Facets of Manipulation and Dark Psychology

[@philwyatt2176]

Thanks 🙏

[@philwyatt2176]

You are most welcome Meister Tolle. ✌ I have just read Chapter 5 of the Tao Te Ching - recommended reading which ever translation you choose. Blessings 🙏

[@moonorosone9623]

Thank you. Very helpful!

[@C_gar]

gracias 🙏

[@astroarunshah]

❤❤❤

[@Ozow1234]

Lovin the haircut 👍🏼

[@CJRelationshipConsulting]

☝️

[@brooke3724]

Here there now or yesterday ❤where is it ❤😂

[@pinkifloyd7867]

Eckhart please don't keep that thing near your heart ... PLEASE !!!

[@user-yq4zy7tk5s]

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