The Transformative Power of Gratitude and Non-Interference | Eckhart Tolle

In this video, Eckhart Tolle uncovers how ego-driven desires for superiority, rooted in childhood experiences and adulthood attachments, lead to suffering. Discover how complaining reinforces the ego's grip and learn practical steps to break free through gratitude and non-interference with reality. Join Eckhart on the path to aligning with the present moment for greater inner peace and self-discovery.
Did you find this video helpful? Do you want more peace of mind? Or to bring more Presence into your days, your work, and other areas of your life? Join Eckhart Tolle Now, Eckhart’s online community, and get access to his new in-depth teachings every month, practical Q&A sessions with Eckhart, and member-only discounts on Eckhart’s online programs.
Enjoy a FREE 10-DAY TRIAL to Eckhart Tolle Now: members.eckharttolle.com/10-d...
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.

[@anjanipathak3458]

Eckhart roasting the entire human race in 44 minutes 😂 Love him, always feel grateful to be in his presence.

[@byronbrown8941]

🙏🏾 🙏🏾

[@gloriapasewaldt5364]

Hahaha😅

[@sandrai.9380]

😆😘

[@1Jason]

He doesn't say it directly, but you can tell how unimpressed he is with the victimhood identity stuff going on in society now.

[@everlast4719]

😂😂😂😂😂❤🧡💛💚💙💜💟

[@Sirius263]

"The wound is the place where the light enters." RUMI

[@laurenfasano6049]

Thanks for emphasizing that again. Easy visual to remember tat way❤

[@Sirius263]

@@laurenfasano6049 Thank you, for acknowledging. RUMI is so powerful in such a gentle way. As you say, the visual remains with you. 💖✨🕊️

[@madhavi108]

Yes

[@stephenflood3463]

Eckhart was on a roll here and it's got to be the best video I've seen of him so far. What an amazing human and spiritual teacher.🙏

[@midnightblue2893]

💜

[@raydaug]

Yes!

[@stephenflood3463]

@@midnightblue2893 💜🐰💜

[@addinitrkl]

yeah i felt that too..

[@annasunart9043]

Yeah, his energy here and goofiness 😂

[@ivan_k_art]

Jokes aside, Eckhart is one of the best stand-up(or sit-down, in his case) comedians out there!😊

[@vicki452]

Agreed!! I was rollin last evening. He raises the spirit for sure!!

[@user-ij8sj7dq9b]

He will cause you to meet peace if you have only known suffering. And even make you laugh when you thought you are sad! False identity. Deeply grateful 🙏

[@Corrans]

Lol, 😂 that's exactly what I was just saying!

[@floatfree1190]

Yes,I can see the humor as well when I look at the insanity and ignorance that characterizes many people's behavior, but I am going through much physical, mental and emotional pain as I make my way towards the way of being that Eckhart Tolle so clearly describes

[@vicki452]

@@floatfree1190 Stay strong!! Believe and you will conquer!!! Much love and peace to you 🤗💯♥️

[@postscript5549]

Tolle is on fire in this talk: full of energy and quickness and humor and WISDOM! Thank you sincerely for this practical, spiritual message. And one that is needed by this ego. Eckhart, you are a great teacher. Thanks for everything. I have no complaint whatsoever. I will practice. 🌺

[@JoLoughrey]

His wonderful humour makes this so easy to watch.

[@johngreen4683]

Spiritual sit down comedy as someone on this channel once put it 😊😊😊😊🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@gshaenan6712]

Eckhart - must be German for “gift to the Universe “ ❤❤❤❤

[@shambhavikumar5920]

As well as "Gift from the Universe" 🎉❤

[@alenahawke475]

Thanks for everything, I have no complaints whatsoever. The ancient stoics practiced "amor fati", which is accept your fate. They also said to never complain outloud or to yourself. Peace and love to everyone from the Olympic Peninsula in Washington State ♥️🙏🇺🇲

[@gaurav3290]

Wow. Thank you for sharing wisdom 🙏

[@Marci92xyz]

The behavioral stuff can be a trap, if it isn't considered in awareness, which means:don't suppress that kind of behavior or condemn it, but observe it and don't give it more emotional power than you already gave it/it has already. And it will subside.

[@Marci92xyz]

That's Basically how everything needs to be done. But it's a gradual process for most people so there's a spiritual behavioral rule for everything :-D they make sense and they don't

[@mandimcdonald461]

I used to live in Kitsap, how I miss the beautiful Pac NW! Thanks for sharing your light from the Olympics!

[@alenahawke475]

@@mandimcdonald461 Thanks❤️

[@gloriapasewaldt5364]

Good old Eckhart. Hands down "G-O-A-T"comedian of all time !😂 Greatest of all time!

[@Buddhishgirl]

But it feels so good when to do what would satisfy the ego doesn't feel satisfying anymore. It's such a relief!

[@freespirit9806]

I got into a relationship with a Narcissist. That was painful. But I got out of it and today I’m grateful. Bc I experienced what a false self is and I had a spiritual awakening

[@iliasamar2837]

Good.

[@clarelowe3718]

I'm still trying to get out of a relationship now it's so hard ,he won't stop and stay away .he won't leave me alone wen I tell him to stop coming to my home.hes horrible.i just want to be free from him.i feel so depressed and I know it's cos of him.

[@dawnchristine]

Yes, but the narcissist will give up and move on if you’re not somehow supplying the fuel he needs.

[@rkj0786]

​@clarelowe3718 Please listen again to Eckharts words 🙏 It is all mind game, Pain body makes you feel you are suffering

[@freespirit9806]

@@clarelowe3718 get a court order

[@writeronthestormkyushu565]

Love you Eckharte as you so beautifully and humorously show us how ego and identity cause unneccessary suffering. My heart and spirit soar on this dark, cold winter morning. Your message is light and warmth and truth.

[@mfaisal562]

He is not an ordinary human being. He is the modern world, Saint by all means. Listen carefully.

[@staffanjohansson4248]

Here Eckhart is truly in his element, truly liberating and so hopeful for all of us neurotics

[@sunset33533]

When you're in a perpetual state of unhappiness, it's hard to break away. Mindfulness has been a huge help. The mindfulness book 30 Days to Reduce Depression by Harper Daniels helped me. It's important to remember that we are not our conditioning.

[@oolala53]

It barely made a dent for me.

[@Zephyrdoll]

It reads like an AI book, without the freeing consciousness of a real evolved human

[@mggroot]

'When you recognize the ego you can choose to be present rather than to be trapped.'

[@Initwithlove]

Yes!🎉❤

[@bgrecoverycoaching2536]

Classic Eckhart at his best!!! What a sense of humor 😂. Hitting the ball way out of the park Eckhart!! 👏

[@AmeliaConway]

see so many people finding their identity through victimhood the last few years, seems like its an increasing way of people being. i hope they find another way - they are putting themselves in so much suffering. i am so grateful not to be burdened by complex religious or cultural doctrines, love being a woman growing up in Australia - free to live in the moment exactly as I am - incredibly graetful for the luck i had being born here and to the beautiful family i have that never forced or pressured me to follow or believe any particular rituals or ancestral things - just free to explore life as who i am

[@johngreen4683]

Those people have always been there, it's just that you and many others are now more consciously aware of them. Religion relied on being unquestioned but once the enlightenment happened people began to question more and more and unsubstantiated claims can not flourish once the light of conscious awareness is shinned on them 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@stef40nikolov74]

Very good! Priceless video! 45 minutes of hammering down truths, without a break. Appreciated 👍🏻

[@wheniamhome]

Dear Mr. Tolle, Thanks for everything...I have no complaints. ♥♥♥

[@natasham1137]

Wow amazing talk- everything was so on point! My favourite was “Thank you for everything- I have no complaint”

[@veraintuizione6497]

Pure gold. 🌟✨ The only way to live is this... So grateful 💓🙏✨✨✨✨

[@mmka5434]

Such a lovely human being you are, Eckahrt Tolle! Thanks for your brilliant words!❤🙏

[@cdavham]

I so agree.

[@emmapintozzi2861]

Gratitude and no complaints Will be my mantra while facing a very hard situation in my Life thank you from my heart❤

[@Abhisheksharma-ev7kf]

Great man has an amazing sense of humour❤

[@LZelda]

Eckhart - thank you for such clarity. I mean, words are not enough to thank you. With tremendous gratitude in my heart I thank you for your presence 🙏

[@naekyua3298]

Thank you too for being 🌹

[@fredphipps9452]

The ego is very good at disguising itself, emotions such as jealousy indicates it's still there

[@stephenflood3463]

I agree, jealousy is a horrid emotion to feel but once you conquer your ego and rise above it jealousy is no longer a burden.

[@andrereloaded1425]

Hard to see the dark side is.

[@ParabnormalExperience]

i saw video where Tolle asked ,"how can u tell when it's your ego that is acting & reacting?" "..if u are upset, that's the ego.."

[@UFC16]

This man is a legend, I watched this with eyes wide open. That rarely happens, but this hit close to home.

[@UFC16]

As he was talking about complaining about rain in Vancouver. It started pouring rain outside and I’m in Vancouver 🌧️. I take that as a sign. Everything is. good, I have no complaints whatsoever.

[@Joel-yi8gb]

A good long belly laugh to tears is the most spiritual thing I can think of. Eckart is funniest when he isn't even trying to be

[@johngreen4683]

Through Eckhart and a very small handful of others I have learned the amazing value and honesty of knowing and truly accepting what I don't actually know. My new year resolution is to get to know and practice intellectual humility and factfulness much more in 2024 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@thomass715]

Who are the handful of others?

[@johngreen4683]

@@thomass715 a man called Richard Patterson who runs a website called Think less and grow rich has been and a huge help to me personally, Richards very short articles on his blog are usually extremely well explained and easy to understand. Richard himself attributes much of his own recovery from suffering to Eckhart himself and the power of now in particular as it was through PON that he finally came to realise and genuinely accept he wasn't his thoughts 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@user-pz8tm7nt9j]

The best of all time 😢

[@DiyaGoddess]

This was one of Eckhart's most humourous videos...couldn't stop laughing at so many parts!!!...just love this guy and his spiritual teachings😍❤️👏👏

[@Laura-gg5if]

..become aligned with the isness of things … I’m going to adopt that saying.

[@mrindependentbg]

Thanks for everything! I have no complaints whatsoever.

[@sashobogoev2048]

Beautifully painted with words, .. such a convincing, logical, and consistent picture of the causes of our suffering.

[@ParabnormalExperience]

I notice some commenters address him as maestro, I didn't get it at first but now i understand, he's like a symphony conductor leading g an orchestra, timing, volume, quiet spaces, playing off the resonance of the room, maestro indeed..👑

[@rberliner6680]

Can’t live with it, can’t live without it.

[@whitneyprosperity]

Everything Eckhart talks about being enlightened, I experienced in my childhood. I remember those days very clearly. And I miss that time and that state of conscious very much.

[@Syl-Vee]

"It's not just a toy -- that was only the beginning." 6:05 ... I thoroughly enjoyed your talk and reading A New Earth many years ago was life changing. Thank you!

[@wwill9539]

WOW! This just blew my story to shreds. Powerful! Deeply grateful for all his work has shown me through the years.

[@DihelsonMendonca]

❤ This is perhaps the most entertaining Eckhart speech ever. He roasts everything, and he's not even a humorist. He's so amazing.😅😅😅

[@KrinaKingsman]

♥Thank you, that talk is just splendid! ♥

[@josefinetorresolesen]

This made me realise how nothing can be mine, everything is borrowed from the earth.

[@DihelsonMendonca]

Yes. We came here bringing nothing, and we'll get out from here with empty hands. Só, enjoy your stay ! ❤❤❤

[@user-bq7cm6fm1l]

I love it when he makes fun of my ego 😂

[@Steve197201]

12:00 - 15:00 Eckhart could do stand up. 😂 An Evening with Eckhart Tolle!

[@aryanalfa2444]

Thanks for everything, i have no complaint whatsoever

[@saralawlor780]

Eckhart you are such a comfort to listen to.

[@raphaelfritzler8228]

Wow, I didn't realize how many enemies I have 😅. That useless ongoing complaining in the head. Sitting in silence at times has been proven difficult, but I carry on. Thank you for sharing this with us. Peace. 🙏

[@johnomowale7569]

What a great teacher echkart is!

[@Satchidanandarui]

Thanks for everything, I have no complains whatsoever

[@tactac1572]

Thank you for posting longer videos theses days.

[@Super09]

Love you Eckhart.

[@gaurav3290]

Thanks for everything, I have no complaints whatsoever ❤

[@lynnmcquillan2338]

Eckhardt’s wisdom is phenomenal & he gives it so freely (I’m watching this on free KZbin) .. God please bless one of our most beautiful, Living, Angels (perhaps our best one!!! ) Thankyou Eckhardt !!!!!!! ❤️❤️❤️🥰🥰🥰🥰❤️❤️❤️❤️👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@misismoonshine]

Thank You! 🤍

[@cdavham]

Becoming enlightened has never been more fun…😊

[@Joel-yi8gb]

Edibles and Eckart work well for me

[@Initwithlove]

Agreed ❤🎉

[@JohnPaul-ve4pg]

I heralded myself as a critical thinker all my life and wasn’t aware that I was making enemies anywhere my mind went.

[@tallyz9106]

I think I understand what you're saying but also I'm interested in how you can elaborate on this. Please do

[@suzannejensen8218]

This is a good one. Thank you Eckhart!

[@marciawhite8380]

How wonderful. Thank you Eckhart. 🙏💜🥰

[@giselar.12]

Thank you very much, for this interesting teaching.✨🙏✨

[@misino8927]

Thank you Eckhart, I needed this.👍🙏

[@DanielAusMV-op9mi]

Hello Eggy thank you for the captions ❤❤❤ They add a ton of value and with the youtube auto translate feature (which uses these captions) it becomes even greater ❤❤❤ The captions are really important for me ❤❤❤ (The conventions are a lot here) Thank you, World citizen ❤

[@joeykathlean9875]

Eckhart Tolle is so wonderful 🎉❤ He’s such a great teacher and he makes me laugh too😁😂 love him

[@debra7241]

Excellent, and hilarious!❤

[@Leaving_Orbit]

I thought myself to be waging a just war against my ego, with mixed results. I completely failed to see that my near constant complaining in times of stress has been literally undoing all of my efforts, keeping me trapped in endless cycles of nonsense and self-defeating mental dialog. I have wasted so much time BUT not anymore. I know where I really need to work now.

[@Initwithlove]

Great!🎉❤

[@alfreddifeo9642]

Thanks for everything have no complaints about anything, 🎯♥😶 🙏☮ wishing love, grace, courage and understanding for all

[@swateerath3004]

Thanks Eckhart for this ego blowing video...

[@MLove-777]

Thank you...✨✨🙏✨✨

[@Paul_Palma]

"Suffering is Grace", Neem Karoli Baba, Guru to Ram Dass. ❤

[@patriciamurphy6559]

Love your energy Eckhart. Great video! Thank you and love and light to all. ❤😊❤

[@auroravioletlight]

Thank you so much Eckhart for tonight's pointing. 🙏🏻❤❤❤❤ A miracle of timing which resonates so much. Needed to hear this exactly as it arrived🙏🏻 I can't thank you enough. 🌹🌹🌹🌹❤ A miracle of synchronicity🙏🏻

[@teresamcalister7096]

Me too

[@renatebohm6985]

Eckhart in Hochform 😀👌

[@icascone]

It was long and hard video but in the end very worth it... I had/have a complaining problems due to my life but it is important to have compassion with "myself" too and also understand that it led me "here" to also hopefully find peace/contentness and and also help others through their journey...

[@JPMorgan-ye5pc]

"..... long and hard video ....." I found the same and have been watching it in small increments of about 5 minutes. There's a lot in this video and watching it all in one go would give me indigestion; I'd feel like I was being punished. I seem to like watching this for a short while, then turning away and letting it sink in. Namaste ... 🙏

[@Oneness.infinity]

Thank you Eckhart Tolle for the guided dynamic meditation for life’s situation

[@louisecastle5965]

I love the humour in this video 🙂❤

[@dorotatyrka-gomukiewicz7366]

Thank you, Eckhart, it is nice to see, that you are doing your work still better and better...

[@emmapintozzi2861]

Your words arrived at the right Moment I know the beauty of loving in the present Moment but because a very painful family situation my daughter Who Is a dru addicts came home After 3 years not with positive intention i was trapped again in sufferig and complaints Thank tò you I Will face the situation with neutrality but acting tò protect my Life without. looking at. Her as enemy tò fight 44:23

[@shevawnprather7162]

It seems that we are raised from birth in a kind of boot camp for the ego and continues to develop throughout our lifetime in this matrix. We want to become smarter, better looking, more popular, wealthier, gain more possessions and the list goes on and on. But nothing about it is real, it’s only our unique perception of it in the ego of our mind. It will never enough and always searching for more. Awakening to our soul within, who we truly are that is eternal, is when we find real peace and happiness. There is nothing to be achieved, it just is. ❤️

[@AD-hs2bq]

Eckhart, you are a hoot!

[@_missreverie_]

Thank you Eckhart 🙏🏾🪷

[@michellehamilton5088]

I heard this talk ages ago but I really needed to hear it again at this time. Thank you.

[@altafajaz-uj5xv]

love you Eckhart. I have gone through your books. Thank you so much for giving such wonderful thoughts.

[@michaelbreeding1109]

Another tool i use daily is The Serenity Prayer which embodies what Eckhart says about presence and awareness of what is, rather than how I think it should be: God, Grant me the Serenity to accept the things I cannot change, The Courage to change the things i can, And the Wisdom to know the difference. The Joy that I have now in the moments that I am able to stop thinking(Power of Now) is a gift for which I am grateful and it allows me to stay out of other people's way(non-interference) without any judgement!!! This talk thoroughly encapsulates the whole shebang of Spiritual Awakening! Thank you Eckhart!🙏🏼💞

[@newpilgrim]

Remarkable teaching. Many, many thanks! 🙏📿💚

[@wonderousearth8225]

Thoroughly Enjoyable Thank You Beloved Eckhart ❤

[@evonsoulos4218]

Luv u forever Eckhart Tolle❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@janray3287]

You help all these people Eckharte ! So wonderful a role you have! Thankyou 🙏

[@susanworden6459]

Thank you for the additional clarity. Very, very helpful.

[@db8799]

Your every thought is a trance...a spell...brought upon Awareness...which is peace Itself. In Pure Awareness there is no diversity whatsoever...

[@Somanyblessings]

Thank you Eckhart! This msg was brilliantly shared.

[@robturner7024]

I just love this man ❤ I just love him

[@midnightblue2893]

Thanks Eckhart and great topic and video! Happy new year! 💜

[@trimughat9980]

Thank you so much ❤

[@tinabrittandresen6507]

Thanks for uploading, Eckhardt Tolle, so that we can see how the mind works. 🙏☀️

[@drm54321]

Perfection... Thank you Eckhart.

[@thinktwice-me7ie]

Wonderful! Thank you Eckhart

[@misino8927]

Eckhart, tonight in my dream state .....I just realised that: Thanks for everything I have no complaint whatsoever ❤..God bless you.😊👍

[@tonybits369]

Thank You Eckhart. Stay blessed , Health $ Happiness Always!!❤🖖🙏

[@ithinkso4430]

Love you, master

[@daveginos]

Love you Eckhart ❤

[@lindsay5305]

Helpful, relevant, thank you