Discovering Freedom Through Challenge

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Eckhart Tolle is a spiritual teacher and author, born in Germany and educated at the Universities of London and Cambridge. At the age of 29 a profound inner transformation radically changed the course of his life. He devoted the next several years to understanding, integrating, and deepening that transformation. With his international bestsellers, The Power of Now and A New Earth-translated into over 52 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 Watkins Review has 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 awakening consciousness, which transcends ego and discursive thinking, and can be seen as the next step in human evolution. In the awakened state of presence, we discover what Eckhart describes as our essential identity-who we are beneath the surface-and its power for transforming our selves and our world.

[@20NotTwothousand]

When I wake at 3 am I listen to Eckhart!

[@sanamafrashteh8]

„Life is not supposed to make you happy. It’s supposed to challenge you. So you can awaken.“ Thank you ❤️

[@TheBaldyheed]

We are all blessed to be alive in the era of Eckhart Tolle 🙏🏻

[@varshamuzik2149]

Whoever is reading this May all your dreams come true 🤗

[@liberty-voceainimii7889]

We are blessed to be in the era of modern day Budda . Eckhart Tolle .

[@Intuitief]

ET is freeing us all from attachment to the human desire… ❤

[@gthejaskumar1761]

Sir I am from India ...your videos have been helping me a lot ......I am blessed to have teacher like you sir ....

[@manthanvyas7961]

same broo following hik for 3 years and life changed for good

[@shubhamrajpara4816]

Y not sleeping

[@manthanvyas7961]

@@shubhamrajpara4816 life doesnt want me to sleep i am awake now😂😂😂

[@manthanvyas7961]

@Cyberpunk its just an acknowledgement that his teaching is reaching different parts of the world though india is a spiritualhub we wouldnot be able to understand what the knowledge conveys if echart had not explained in simple manner😌😌 in this video he is explaining turiya a sanskrit term which was introduced by awakened yogis but lost its meaning over time

[@elenaanchevska2400]

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[@RobMidlife]

My awakening came from losing a parent. Eckhart’s words here make a lot of sense to me

[@KimBieske]

I love when he gets so passionate about what he’s teaching that his whole upper body becomes animated. He lights up in every way - so endearing and childlike, but deeply profound.

[@LoveLove-ov7xv]

👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻

[@MARYANNE269]

Yes. This is his happy place.. (In them moments).

[@suzanneolson1628]

His lovey eyes were hysterical. He’s delightful.

[@lindakoch9524]

Brilliant observation 👌

[@hadimirzaei6528]

Simply thank you for being on this planet🙏

[@CitrusSimon]

Inner peace is not the absence of conflict, nor the absence of challenge, but rather the capacity to be with what is, in each moment, without prejudice or judgement.

[@Skyelement84K]

That inner dialogue is relentless. So quickly it appears.. especially if there are mood altering lifestyles and escapes involved. You can get caught off guard. We must be observing as a witness to see a window to reconstruct harmonious thoughts. Investigate why is the baby crying. Why is the adult so unhappy. Practice contentment.

[@luisterrust]

Love your words Simon!

[@janbalaban5268]

I don't like how is Mr.Tolle denying, completely ignoring existence of certain needs. When i will talk to myself that if i am hungry and dying of it, that this is only concept of ego, will this help me any way? Or i will get in the same situation in next incarnation because i didn't pass this exam? Is strong need of relationship with other human being only creation of conceptual mind? Or is this real given need? Why i feel terrible when missing these contacts only for month, if it is nothing but construction of ego and only "thoughts that are not real me" ? I think that his spiritual concepts are simplified ad absurdum.

[@janbalaban5268]

@Truth Really? So why we have free will, when we must completely surrender? Is meaning of having hands to get them cut off? Same logic.

[@Skyelement84K]

@Truth yes, making it second nature. Making it stick. Humans enjoy being aggravated.

[@cameronmiller6240]

“Ninety per cent of the unhappiness you encounter is actually produced by your own mind.”

[@jamessuriano396]

this is one of his best lectures.

[@christinestone3552]

This is my third time listening and commenting. I am learning this concept little by little. I have learned not to comment on negative commentary… I just sort of block by imagining Charlie Brown listening to his teacher talk, the voice was always muffled and the words were not enunciated. I am learning to rise above all the negative chatter that comes in from others as well as my own intrusive thoughts. Thank you so much Eckhart you have saved me from much unhappiness and have helped me to go around and over all the obstacles life can place in the way. 🙏💜🙏

[@shawnirani452]

Mr. Tolle, I want to say you are the most authentic and genuine person I have seen on the other side of a lense.

[@luisterrust]

Challenges helps us grow. Something we can all relate to. Lots of love to everyone who reads this! ❤️❤️❤️

[@saraifascinetto5437]

Same to you.

[@luisterrust]

Saraí Fascinetto 😊

[@francescacox9656]

🙏😁

[@luisterrust]

Francesca Cox 💪🏼🌟

[@claudianoriega9702]

Wouter #yourpurpose likewise, may you be blessed with love and health always!

[@mrstoner2udude799]

I will never forget the day I came home from work "sick" yet again, turned on Oprah and the most fascinating book was being discussed, "A New Earth" by ET. Got it, read it and weaned myself off prescriptions and started letting go of thoughts. Because thoughts are not me.

[@famnfren]

Wow, are u talking about withdrawing from psychiatric drugs?:) Congrats!

[@zoemilinkovic]

So happy for you. That's huge !

[@jamescadzow9545]

I love how Eckhart has such a simplistic way of teaching the awakening process that a child could understand. Thank you for helping all of humanity.. You're truly a blessing....

[@richardl772]

Agreed. He knows what he’s talking about and thankfully he’s.......lucid.

[@luisterrust]

He inspires the many. Amazing man! 🌟

[@MyWittsend3]

Homelessness Awakened him. He comes from the heart ♥️

[@jennynina1642]

watch this. it really works. REAL AFFIRMATION !!! search youtube "Why Affirmation Does NOT Work for You / Just relax motivation " copy n paste it!

[@belladonna1083]

Hhhhhhhhhhhhhbhhhhhhhhhhbhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh....fell asleep and woke up to this I guess my spirit guides typed it 💚

[@meberoth]

"Do not expect this world to make you happy" Truth!

[@satan4hire]

His presence even through a video helps me be present

[@MSelizaw]

Without Eckhart Tolle, I will be in a mental hospital but I am not living my life freedom thanks to Eckhart Tolle I love him to give me myself to know not to comparing with others lives.🤣😘👍💐💐💐

[@AlwaysManifesting]

He is so unassuming and yet has the greatest voice. Binge watching his videos.

[@billielafollette7308]

I love you Mr. Tolle! You have changed my life!!

[@khairahot22]

Billie Lafollette we all are lucky that we had this opportunity to recover from our wounds (or traumas) through Eckhart. May God bless him with good health. Last couple of years been really tough for a lot of people in this world and perhaps it was due to Saturn Return. But whatever, I am not who I used to be two years ago. I am so happy to be on this path and I am so thankful to Eckhart for guiding us through.

[@denicepeterson626]

He refreshes my mind god bless him and you two

[@jasonkim810]

Me too! ❤

[@jlpsinde]

The same for me!

[@ZeekandSexyB]

Billie Tolle, I llove the effort made to match wardrobes. You guys are a cute couplle. Allll the best - Fromthe3021

[@cindypaige2888]

I've arrived, this is it...I love Eckhart and he has made me happy for 6 years🤣🤣🤣 A great Spiritual teacher 💖

[@hannaherlwein2901]

I am struggling with some aspects of life momentarily but I find much wisdom in what you teach and so I am striving to achieve this "change of perspective". Thank you.

[@peachwhite7404]

I am so thankful that I have found him, Eckhart Tolle has been really different than other healers

[@dianagajic7650]

I can listen to you for hours and never get bored. You are a very special gift of the universe to the earth. I love your sense of humour. Thank you, Eckart. 🙏🏼

[@jazjasmine9496]

I do believe we can choose happiness every day. It's not somewhere we arrive. But we can be happy in this life (moments) and appreciate the challenges for the clarity and empowerment. My quiet time in nature allows so much happiness to show up. ☺ 💞🙏

[@firstnamelastnam3]

a moment of stillness is a good start to anything Thank you

[@carpenterfamily6198]

10:32 - The unobserved mind is the ego. 15:07 - Do not expect this world to make you happy. 17:35 - All your expectations are delusory which creates an incredible amount of suffering. 18:46 - The function of this world is to challenge you; . . . to provide the necessary change to awaken you. 21:36 - Understanding the source of unhappiness.

[@HDBerlin]

Thanks!

[@carpenterfamily6198]

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[@carpenterfamily6198]

Ty for the kind words. I do this mainly for my own note taking & review. I’m glad others found it helpful too. 🙏

[@melissamejia5196]

The course in miracles teacher, Kenneth Wapnick ,says “the unobserved mind is the ego’s bread and butter”, I love how all these teachings lead to the same truth ❤️🥰

[@monplixcd6733]

Gracias!

[@pamela2709]

Once everyone is awake we will have to build a world that focuses on caring.

[@PleasureAddict]

Eckhart Tolle, You (your videos) are saving my Soul (mental/consciousness). Thank You 🙂🙏💫

[@jeanetteforister9295]

"By challenging you, the world provides the necessary incentive to AWAKEN you""......PRICELESS!!

[@yoginiontouriijulialapina9243]

This video is the perfect timing 🎯

[@deepthir503]

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

[@krissymcmahon3106]

I never get tired of listening to you. 🧡

[@amlesatchit3987]

Never bored with listening to ET , thank you !

[@monplixcd6733]

This world is not designed to make you happy, is it designed to challenge you 90% of unhappiness in this world is produced by your mind

[@akhilkumar5292]

To have discovered Eckhart is to have made it!

[@999energy]

nailed it ,he understands human condition so well

[@jessicapattison4734]

Thank you Eckhart Tolle. I have read your books so many times and listened to all your KZbin videos and you have demonstrated to me that Suffering comes from your thoughts and the ego. Observe your thoughts which are not really you and then put your attention and awareness on them, observe them and know they are not you and then they dissipate. Don't resist them. Welcome them and then they go. And then you become consciously aware and then this results in becoming present and in your true self. Thank you.🙏🤗

[@laurenjames515]

"The ego is the sense of self that arises when the mind is completely unobserved" [10:39] It is so much fun to catch the thoughts and then dismiss them :-)

[@shakilahmad2152]

One need not to dismiss them only observation is enough.

[@MTBnorcal88]

Wow I want to get to that level where it becomes fun 👍😜

[@angelandrews5105]

Lol eckhart makes total sense especially the last part its true i get very unhappy because of the talk in the head its only by recognizing this that you can finally overcome the challenges by seeing them for what they are challenges. Made me laugh i have been one of those thinking well it will be all over soon its nearly done but what is it im waiting for that happy ending lol oh its so simply there is always darkness then light ying and yang up and down one can not exist without the other so while iv had short bursts of happiness i know now that get ready because all thats on its way it the opposite of the challenge lol fab video thank you 3 years still watching you and still learning

[@MTBnorcal88]

Darren White the level where it’s fun to dismiss the thoughts when they arise. I’m at the level where it’s kinda annoying sometimes how often I find myself identifying with them.

[@skt1731]

This was originally preached and practiced by Sri Ramana Maharishi, an ascetic Hindu saint who lived in South India until 1950s. Eckhart Tolle sometimes quotes the Indian Maharishi in his lectures. Ekhart is genuine, knowledgeable and a masterful communicator. However, his philosophy is not originally his. He is a self-realized Guru and bases what he preaches primarily upon the teachings and practices of the Buddha and early saints and sages of the spiritual Dharma_Yoga traditions of India. Search for inner quietness and equanimity is at the heart of Bhakti Yoga scriptures and meditation goals of Buddhism to achieve the mental state free of ego, or Moksha and Nirvana. He has studied, discovered and acknowledged similar philosophical underpinnings in the Chinese Taoism and even Islamic Sufism. Ekhart is an exceptional translator and proponent of eastern philosophies and traditions for the western audience.

[@Voodooviolet]

So much love for this man 🙏✨🧡

[@marialuisamiguel5253]

Thank You for been here. It is great to have your teachings. Thank You! Thank You! Thank You! You Are!

[@OriginalGangster841]

He’s the sweetest!!!!!!! What a sweet man ❤️

[@quietcanadian5132]

I suffered a heart attack Dec 2020. Engineer by trade. High stress, rough diet, (Response to our greed driven, win, win society). The heart attack changed myself and forced a “hard stop” in my life. I have been following Eckhart since, with hopes to change the lifelong programming...

[@erinmcmurtry5640]

I love you Eckhart.

[@Breathwithnature.]

Always liked Eckhart, great teachings!

[@markr641]

I really appreciate your policy to not interrupt such import teachings with advertising greed. It helps the learning/growth/healing process immensely.

[@therealyou999]

The most inspiring speech! Full of love and wisdom🙏

[@Skyelement84K]

Definetely cuts to the point. I hear it immediately. Now to hold it and enjoy it's benefits. Beware the voice, why do I have to be the one to keep all this together...

[@witchyjuls777]

Thank you, Eckhart Tolle; my dear Guru.🙏🌈☀️😇🌎💜

[@hira7886]

Love you, Eckhart!

[@sarvgrover]

Expectations of the world are enormous.World is here to challenge you, not make you happy.You find happiness in yourself

[@prabhabagepalli3129]

Thank you for teaching on how to ease with Challenges.

[@MyCollins4]

Thanks for sharing Eckhart. I am finding more peace in everyday life.

[@shakilahmad2152]

Unobserved mind brings about the ego. Simply true. Thank you Eckhart 💞

[@monicahman9588]

Oh my ! Finally what I needed to hear. You are not in this world to find happiness in it, it's to awaken from it. 😇

[@cosmiccreator]

*Thank you so much! Love/Light.* ♥

[@LiamOMoloney]

Loving the purple hair Squire... thanks for your wisdom

[@alicegobelin4287]

What a clear and deep teaching, full of love, thank you very much for sharing your precious wisdom.🙏

[@paztururututu4864]

Thank you dear Ekhart! Very clearly explained... :) 🙏🏼

[@nalinisingh2684]

One love thank you Mr Eckhart

[@julieeagles4899]

Thank you Eckhart

[@BeachBum44]

I love being reminded that our minds think all on its own, like our heart beating all on its own. We don't have to tell it to beat like we don't have tell our minds to think, or believe it even.

[@watercolourheart]

Gratitude and Love

[@mananacts]

When humour excels wisdom! Sublte art of making people aware.🙏

[@c-vanyihye1649]

This world is not designed to make you happy it is designed to challenge you ❤️

[@gerdyvandergraaf]

Lovely and clear Eckhart. Thanks!!!

[@chandnisingh8707]

What would we do without your presence eckhart! Loads of love! Thank you 🙏🌈♥️

[@marisaande]

W4ere all, Blessed with you!🥰🌷🙏❤

[@rogerlin9602]

Ego is always in the state of insufficiency. This world isn't designed to make you happy. It's designed to challenge and awaken you. Thanks Eckhart. 🌷🌴💖🕊🐌🌱🌛🥁😇

[@divinechannelingsfortwinflames]

One of the greatest gurus of present times ! Thanks , love and respect!

[@markus_g31]

eckhart your words always wake me up😃👋🙏

[@rogerlin9602]

Thoughts are energy formation. Unobserved mind is the ego. Egoic state exists in dissatisfaction and discontent. Thanks Eckhart. 💯🐞🦆🐛🦋🍁🌷🌴💖🐌

[@wheresthesunnn9187]

Ending with the smail 😂

[@lourdesangulo413]

Shinning soul. THANK YOU. 🌟💙💙🌏🌎🌍

[@mariatheuns550]

When he speaks, he takes away pain you didn't even know you felt.

[@olgagullotti3963]

Your deliverance comes from a truly Pure spirit . We are consciousness having a human experience. Thank you for the wonderful experience . I understand all that your saying and appreciate your dedication and your soft peaceful deliverance, with a sweet hint of humour . Love and Peace🌼💙💙🌼🌸🌹🍃❄️

[@laisa.]

I agree :) I would also suggest Sydney Banks, a lovely man who sadly is passed, but his teachings are on KZbin. He and Tolle would be soulmates I believe 🌻💕

[@atmospheric_spirit4236]

this man has several lifetimes worth of wisdom...peace is stillness.

[@MyCollins4]

Eckhart thank you for teaching all of us. You and Kim are amazing.

[@lindakoch9524]

Why is Kim amazing?

[@davidgraham-parker]

This is so correct! I'm Australian, in 1991 I was on holiday in Austria, looking out a hotel window thinking "I've really made it" then I saw myself in the mirror - I realised, I could run to the other side of the world, but I couldn't run away from myself. Since then, after many years, I am now comfortable.

[@Robin.Woods.]

The journey of personal development and spiritual growth isn't always easy. But your commitment will make all the difference and bring you to amazing places 🙏

[@beingsupermanonamazon1786]

Eckhart is the Best heart.

[@MDOY79]

You are a wonderful teacher

[@edithmeza1000]

Jesus thus man is SO VALUABLE. ECKHART YOU ATE A BLESSING TO US 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏💕💕💕💕💓💖❤️🥰🤗🤗🤗

[@lw7379]

Your voice is sooo soothing to me.💕

[@justicewillprevail1106]

This world needs a teacher like Mr. Eckhart. The world is better with you in it.

[@6ettomendes]

"Many humans in this world who are made extremely uncomfortable by stillness, they can't *stand* it" Your pun have not gone unnoticed sir, well done! :D

[@roxanan832]

Priceless facts and guidelines 🙏🏻

[@SS-md8uj]

"You are not your mind. You are not your intellect. Who you are is not your thoughts. You are not your beliefs. You are not your memories. You are not your conflicts. You are not those things that you identify with. The mystery of who you are exists beyond the reach and the realm of the intellect and beyond the reality of the body. But you are inhabiting this body now. And the intellect is there to help you to navigate this world and to participate here. It is a marvelous vehicle of communication. It is exquisite, profound and capable of doing marvelous things if it is cultivated correctly. But for all students of Knowledge in all traditions, it is necessary to realize the difference between your real nature, your deeper nature, and the makeup of your mind and your system of beliefs, however organized or disorganized they might be. That you live at the surface of the mind and do not know of its depths, its mystery and its true power and abilities-this must be a recognition, or you will think that spirituality is a belief or a system of beliefs. You will think that spiritual practice is about reinforcing ideas, reinforcing beliefs, and, of course, this is tremendously manipulated by government and religious institutions-the manipulation of belief because most people are not yet aware that who they are is not their minds, and so they think that what they think is what they are, and it represents their reality. Your are not your thoughts.Once you are able to break this assumption and this fixation, a whole door begins to open to your inner life, where you will soon experience that you have a greater nature, a deeper nature beyond your thoughts and ideas. Sit still for twenty or thirty minutes, and this will become very apparent to you. It is like the noise on the street-your surface mind-it is crashing and banging and moving and colliding. It is judging, it is comparing, it is fantasizing, it is remembering, it is projecting blame, it is projecting its will. It is doing all this. But if you were to step back from it, to close the doors, to close the windows and go into the inner sanctuary of your home, the sounds of the street would recede and eventually disappear completely. It is like this in your mind. Once you sink below the surface of your mind, you will find there is a greater reality there that you know nothing about, a reality with many levels, and that you have deeper associations here and deeper relationships." quote from the www newmessge org > The Message > Volume 1. The Power of Knowledge > Who you are is not Your Mind

[@winnienkongo9120]

Thanks for the wisdom.

[@infinitenothingness]

Presence Stillness Peace 💚

[@davegoodo3603]

I would just like to experience that before too long. Thanks for the wisdom!

[@marijkevandermeer2772]

Yes, so true...! ❤

[@sandimilicevic4310]

just say where the quote comes from next time

[@mokuho]

The world is not designed to make you happy it is designed to challenge you.

[@neliaandrade3712]

I am so grateful for your videos 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@mariatheuns550]

You very rarely see such a loving person as Eckhart Tolle. I am so grateful for his presence. He is a bohisattva.

[@neliaandrade3712]

🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 I am so grateful for your videos 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@martinnhantran]

SUFFERING COMES FROM THE THOUGHT NOT THE SITUATION ITSELF.

[@DulceVO]

Physically this is not so

[@martinnhantran]

@@DulceVO yes that is true but if we accept what is then the pain will alleviate.

[@talitaribeiro9977]

Every time I listen to you, it takes me back to the present moment. Amazing!

[@christinestone3552]

Thank you again 🙏

[@loveis1878]

Vielen lieben Dank Eckhart für deinen Dienst hier auf Erden! Es tut so gut dir zuzuhören! Danke🙏🦋💫🙏💜

[@lorrainew7529]

💛👃💛This man is brilliant!.Thank you Eckhart

[@victornilsson2816]

May all beings everywhere be happy, may all beings everywhere be peaceful, may all beings everywhere be free. May all beings everywhere awaken to the light of their inherent divinity, consciousness, oness, truth.

[@sleepydank8330]

Mr tolle,perfectly intertwines consoling, energising words of boundless wisdom that evokes the body’s innate inner healing response with light hearted humour that further strengthens his guidance.