Awareness of Sounds and Silence | A Doorways into Presence miniseries, Part 2

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What do you hear at the moment?
Eckhart Tolle tells us that attending fully to the sounds around us is a surprisingly powerful and always-available practice to shift from thinking into stillness.
And the fainter the sound, the more we need to be still to be aware of it.
In "Awareness of Sounds and Silence"-the second of a four-part selection from his new online course, Doorways into Presence-Eckhart leads a bell meditation that invites you to experience:
🔔 How alertness increases through attention to sound
🔔 The nameless purity that remains in the absence of sound
🔔 Becoming aware of awareness

[@angeloiodice9304]

This guy is a genius and a “mensch.” He endlessly devises ways to awaken us. So much gratitude for his generosity.

[@robinhood6954]

Generosity..??!! That guy's raking it in, lol! 🤣

[@angeloiodice9304]

@@robinhood6954 Hey, “so wutt?” Some people are rich and some are poor. Maybe it is merely a choice. He probably didn’t make his money off of the blood and sweat of suffering humanity. If you got something from him, “free of charge” on KZbin, what is there to squawk about. For myself, it is very generous. I never had to leave my home to receive a valuable insight from a man who knows more than myself. Prior, I had to seek in the Himalayas, loss of income, travel, airline, arduous dangerous journeys, steep slopes, freezing, sweating, sickness, and all that. So, I turn my computer on and get a free practice. THAT IS GENEROSITY!!!

[@angeloiodice9304]

Well, at least we should all try our best to have menschkite. @@mordekaishekelbergiv.4211

[@mantykarhu]

The guy has given more to me than I’ve ever given to him. 🙏🏻

[@khalidh3091]

This guy has changed my life literally, I had no idea what the present moment was before I met him, and how it can be such a marvelous protection for me.

[@Monica-kf6dt]

What a privilege to be able to listen to Eckhart and his teachings and live in the same fraction of what we call time as him.

[@zovalentine7305]

SILENT is anagram for LISTEN 🙏😇

[@anandakumarsanthinathan4740]

Just beautiful, Eckhart. As a drummer, I must have played the cymbals a zillion times. Not once have I followed the fading sound through to Silence. 🙏

[@dekogjorgjiev4893]

Thanks, love this guy

[@juergenbloh45]

🙏

[@peaceful_universe]

To the person reading this message, The Universe is saying to you today: "I am going to opennew doors for you. Miracles will happen in your life. Healing and restoration are being released. Your greatest days of productivity and prosperity are on the horizon. Keep moving forward." I love you❤️

[@Shelly_Renee825]

Thank you for a good night 😴 0:28

[@johnnychaos3295]

!!!!Complexity made simple!!!! ❤

[@haleyhelphinstine]

Thank you Eckhart always

[@stephenflood3463]

Eckharts technique here of creating sound and then letting it fade back in to silence to produce an acute awareness of presence is astonishing. His continuous teachings never cease to amaze me. The guy is a true master.

[@midnightblue2893]

Agrees 💜

[@stephenflood3463]

​​@@midnightblue2893Hey, what are you doing up at this hour of the night, shouldn't you be😴lol.💜

[@midnightblue2893]

Hi it is 9:05 p.m. here and I have insomnia so it's quite early to me lol. I forgot our time differences. What time is it in Ireland?

[@stephenflood3463]

​​​​​​​​@@midnightblue2893It's only 9:05pm where you are?..it's 5:15am here!..I can't sleep the last couple of weeks. My mind and body is full of energy and my sleep pattern is all over the place. I think it's Ascension Symptoms. I've got tingling sensations in my hands and feet for weeks now. Don't get me wrong, I feel great, but I just can't sleep. It's weird.

[@midnightblue2893]

@@stephenflood3463 okay got it we are 8 hours apart thanks. Sorry you can't sleep but glad you are feeling great. For some reason I get more energy at night and overnight as well. Have always been that way though so I know the feeling all to well. You're definitely not alone and it's probably nice that you can sleep in if needed(hopefully). Anyway, I'm here if you need to chat I hope you will be able to get some rest. xo 🌌💜🌌💜🌌💜🌌

[@TheLUCIANA63]

Gratitude 🙏🏽

[@elistarseed7033]

❤❤❤

[@midnightblue2893]

Thanks Eckhart, that was a pretty cool exercise! I was able to be aware of the sound fading longer the second and third times. After the third ring, I experienced a brief cessation of thinking and briefly became aware of awareness. 💜

[@stephenflood3463]

I agree it was a cool exercise. You should buy a set of those bells and do it at home. They'd be great to get you into a meditative state. I wonder where I could buy them coz I'd get myself a set if I knew where?✨🌷💜

[@markfuller]

@@stephenflood3463 _"I wonder where I could buy them coz I'd get a set myself if I knew where?"_ Search for "meditation cymbals." There's lots of them (tingsha bells. There's a wikipedia page about it. There may be a difference in tonal quality between antique and modern mass-produced. The wiki page says new cymbals are made to the same frequency, but pairing cymbals with slight differences in frequency can produce the harmonics (which you hear in the video. A "beat frequency" as the mismatched waves overlap and cancel each other out.). The online mass-produced cymbals aren't that expensive to sample. I think there's a phone app too (or a ringtone you can add to your phone's sounds, then use the alarm app). I've seen that used to end silent meditation. You want to do 15 minutes? Set the alarm, and be interrupted by that sound.

[@midnightblue2893]

@@stephenflood3463 it would be cool to have but not sure where you get them either. I Wouldn't mind having a sound bowl 🥣 either lol

[@midnightblue2893]

I can ask my late boyfriend's mom where she got hers tomorrow when I see her. I personally find it therapeutic to use. 💜

[@stephenflood3463]

@@midnightblue2893 Yes, the bowls are easy to purchase but the bells that Eckhart was using were either Chinese or Tibetan I would imagine.💜

[@simonjacob3949]

Thanks Eckhart!

[@lindamutch191]

Yes. Silence remains…. Thank you…

[@dr.papadopolis7171]

This is the world's most spiritual person on the planet..

[@robinhood6954]

This is the planet's most spiritual person in the world! 🤣

[@AcceleratorUlz]

Thank you eckhart team for your tireless efforts in providing such quality content❤. I love this new trend of videos where eckhart does things.. Bell, tea etc. I wish to see more and more of him in his daily life and such practical exercises.

[@stancatalina8163]

And the birds start chirping ❤

[@TalksWithMichaelYoung]

✨ 🙏

[@Eekyellie]

A lovely, simple way to direct us towards awareness. I shall use this. Thank you.

[@Della0923]

You are incredible Eckhart. You have helped me soooo much. Sending goodness to you ✨

[@melindaboldizsar204]

So grateful for all you do, thank you 🙏 ❤️

[@iketyke7324]

Look at him. Sat in his little chair with his little bells. I love him.

[@arbitratemedia]

Hello Eckhart

[@Oneironaut9]

I love when there's a "part 2" without being able to find a "part 1" because then my ego asks the question in deep curiosity and I can catch it in the act.

[@daryljohnson3945]

Thanks you.

[@msuniverse1663]

Thank you very much E. T for uploading this video on your KZbin channel. I have just downloaded it and now I can listen to it anytime even when I am offline. ❤❤❤

[@DanielAlvarezFernandez45]

Thank you ...🙏🙌

[@REDROX9]

reading this comment you are recognizing its you... you is me and all is one and everything will be fine! Thank you Eckart❤

[@NaliniSingh-d9e]

Pure Bliss ❤

[@aiyappachottera727]

To become aware of your awareness. Wonderful.

[@michellelawhorn5707]

Thank you 🙏

[@shantalsheldon2340]

Love love love to you, my beautiful teacher ❤️ 🙏

[@mahvash2811]

Love to see Eckart ❤for doing the sound meditation is really powerful

[@LightRaysFromPaul]

Thank you ☀️🙂

[@khloeisheer]

Thank you so much. I am very grateful for you. You are such a giver to this planet and you guide us, lead us through darkness, enlightened us with your knowledge. I am very grateful and thankful to you. For everything ❤

[@StephanieJeanne]

Thanks so much!💜☺️

[@dipalibanerjee897]

🙏🙏

[@LisaLywulf]

MATCH YOUR FREQUENCY TO THE SOUND.

[@robinhood6954]

You've gotta be kidding! I might turn into a bell! Lol! 🔔

[@mahvash2811]

Thank you Eckart very much ❤

[@richardneller6340]

Definitely a calm serene spiritual teacher

[@michaelfoto2590]

Thanks Julia I love you 💕 hello from Greek land good evening

[@jessicapatton2688]

You are such an excellent teacher. Thank you, Eckert.! I love you!

[@romais52]

Thank you 🌹 to make it clear

[@kareemmohammed5270]

resonate

[@stuartv-e8161]

Pure wonderful teaching at an infinity deep way. Bloody marvelous. Thank you😊

[@aadtie5633]

Wow.. Such a genius! How do you come up with such incredible ways to convey such deep subjects!

[@mansuralimirani4186]

Thank you thank you thank you so much sir

[@giselar.12]

🌼Thank you very much 🙏🌼

[@VASABOY]

This was so calming and relaxing to watch and listen 🫶🏽 thank you Teacher 🪽

[@fealrms]

This is the best 🔥✨️💜

[@veraintuizione6497]

🙏 These five minutes beautifully explain immortality. Not easy at all. E. Tolle succeeded. SO grateful 💓🙏✨✨✨✨✨✨

[@albertomonteiro5810]

I've heard it in the videos but I didn't know that it was to follow until the end and notice the absence of sound or nothing

[@fusantamaria]

Muchas gracias Eckhart por el esfuerzo y creatividad para facilitar sus maravillosas enseñanzas... 👍👍🙏🙏

[@Seven-Planets-Sci-Fi-Tuber]

Thank You

[@recordgirly2567]

Thank you dear Eckhart ❤! Would love you to talk about the critical mass theory sometime! "The critical mass of enlightenment can be defined as the smallest number of awakened human beings whose collective influence can initiate a significant shift in global consciousness. The process of creating enough enlightened ones to achieve this critical mass can be likened to the transformation of coal into diamonds. The pressure of surrounding human unconsciousness creates an urgency in the potential enlightened one to awaken from illusion. The total weight of so much unconscious 'carbon' exerts a tremendous pressure, through which a few coal stones reach the appropriate mass to become 'diamonds.' These awakened beings embody the crystal clarity of enlightened consciousness which can transform the level of consciousness of the entire planet."

[@GV0806]

🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@seldagulec4548]

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[@dekogjorgjiev4893]

Love this man

[@urszulahcal937]

Incredible excercise! Love it! Thank You ❤

[@pilargarcia6724]

Muchísimas gracias!!!!🩵🙏😊

[@rocioguevaraobando9075]

Muchísimas gracias. 😊🙏💚

[@lynnmcquillan2338]

🙏❤️🙏

[@gretanavarauskaite2904]

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[@LUPITA-_]

Gracias querido ECKHART, me gusta lo bien que explica para entender y que se le quede a uno grabado en la mente, saludos y bendiciones. !!

[@calikokat100]

I have tinnitus....so ...silence only comes thru acceptance 😊

[@chenyastar13]

🦋🩵💙thank you🦋🩵💙

[@adaoz6334]

💜🌿💜🌿💜🌿🙏🙏🙏

[@amin_abdollahi_369]

😊🙏❤

[@aadtie5633]

When i listened to the sound it created a sensation in me that exactly resembled an infinity ♾️ sign. What was the sound?! Why did it happen?

[@valeev81]

I realized that the video was over and only I was left

[@HumbleNewMusic]

🩵

[@RN-wh5bk]

What does remain when the form die?! .... Thanks a lot!

[@RealScotticus]

I was indeed following the sound that 3rd time...then a macho advert for a super-masculine adventure jacket started blaring. Seemed an odd choice of targeted advert! I mean, you can't let interruptions ruin meditation or stillness. You have to be able to remain focused and aware because The World does not bend to your will or take a time-out simply because you've 'scheduled' some spiritual time. But it was a bit like having an advert for, I dunno, Call of Duty or the latest John Wick movie to cap ofd the session!

[@bahauddin0438]

Sandeep maheshwari also talk about this sound of silence

[@fastneataverage]

Love this example. Where do I find the rest of this?

[@markfuller]

It's in the description.

[@Rocio-wy2eg]

If we're all the same awareness, why I can only feel my body? Even if I'm in a deep meditative state, if someone touched me I would feel it, in this body, even if my mental sense of I or ego would have gone away temporarily; so there's this sense of "I" but everyone else is also feeling that sense of "I" , what's so special about "this" body?

[@swirlingchi]

At the heart of your question lies the dance between the universal and the personal, the infinite and the finite. Remember, awareness is the vast, boundless field of consciousness in which all experiences arise and subside. This awareness is indeed universal. However, each body-mind complex functions as a unique instrument or lens through which this singular awareness experiences itself in the world of form. Think of the ocean with countless waves. Each wave is unique, with its own form and trajectory. But fundamentally, each wave is still the ocean. The wave has a sense of individuality, yet its essence is the same water that makes up the entire ocean. Similarly, our body-mind complex is like a wave, providing a unique perspective, while our true nature, the awareness, is the ocean itself. Your body is an exquisite tool for the consciousness to navigate and experience the world of form. Sensations, emotions, and thoughts that arise within this particular body-mind are specific to it, just as the experiences of another body-mind are specific to it. But the fundamental awareness behind all these experiences remains undivided and one. So, while in a deep meditative state, if someone were to touch your body, the sensation would be felt in that particular body because the body-mind complex is designed to process sensory experiences in its localized environment. The dissolving of the ego or the mental sense of 'I' in meditation reveals the deeper truth: the 'I' that you feel, and the 'I' that everyone else feels, arises from the same source of awareness. Yet the uniqueness of each body-mind allows for a multitude of experiences. Celebrate the mystery and paradox of this existence. Embrace both the uniqueness of your experience and the unity of your essence. In this dance between the individual and the universal, there's a beauty and depth that makes life truly magical.

[@Rocio-wy2eg]

​@@swirlingchithank you for your answer! I guess my comment was concerned with the idea of solipsism (being the only conscious human or the only 'real' one) since I seem to have a very specific location/experience in this particular body, and I only have access to my thoughts. You can say that everyone else also experiences seeing the world through their eyes, but we can't prove that, we can only assume that they're conscious too. In a dream, there's only one dreamer, and the other ones are just figures (the concept of philosophical zombies) with no consciousness. I understand that is very likely that all the phenomena that i perceive is generated by Consciousness, yet the "universe" is being observed through my eyes, it's like there's a zoom in my experience, like there's something special about this experience. Yes I can say everyone else feels that but to me, there's just this one experience: mine. I'm the one that seems to be 'in the focus' so to speak. And it kinda seems impossible to have all the experiences at once (as in, we're all the same person, literally) because to me there's just this one experience and that's all.

[@Conbek68]

What happens if you have tinnitus?

[@chiptowers1]

Let me break this down as I see. But what prompted awareness in the mind to become aware. In this case Sound was produced by a form of matter so sound is not a state of matter. Sound is energy. So sound is only a form of energy, not a form itself. So what prompted pure awareness to become aware. Awareness cannot and did not form the brain and the body and the body did not form the brain nor did the brain form the body. Awareness is an inert faculty of the mind and the mind is the mental faculties that are non physical. For what purpose would you want to become aware of nothing when your very physical source that formed the intelligent species body and brain has been evolving you since creation or at an epoch. A/the physical source within the intelligent species that the spiritual teacher is not AWARE of.

[@Alex722]

The source you’re referring to, is not physical. If it was actually physical, scientists would have discovered it and work all around it, many years ago.

[@chiptowers1]

@@Alex722 Awareness cannot exist without a physical source. Awareness formed nothing physical. Whether you or the scientists know or not know how the physical source derived, the point is, the physical source that formed the body and the brain exists and the proof of that is the intelligent species being. That, no one can deny. Scientists know the iteration function within the intelligent species is a physical source formed by the fusing of elements and having a symbiotic relationship with biology. Proof of that is the human molecule. There is nothing spiritual or magical about that.

[@Ron-rk6iz]

Eckhart needs to exercise a bit......running, weight lifting, biking........instead of sitting all the time.

[@ggrey5990]

I do wish he would consider his physical being more too, though. He looks so stiff, so white, so unhealthy. Mind is only one side of true health

[@aidandraper4096]

that man is 76 years old.. he looks 50

[@ghanem.sbaih87]

WoW WoW ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ thank you so much

[@lindamarshall-ur9tk]

Thank you.

[@mokuho]

Thank you Eckhart 🙏🏼

[@theresegrech1685]

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[@jozefzakopcan9000]

🙏