Help Me With My Fear of Failure | Q&A Eckhart Tolle

In this video, Eckhart reveals the fruits of so-called “failure” and a new meaning of success.
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[@trubrewman]

Trying is success

[@andyboerger]

exactly! In one way or another, we are ALWAYS succeeding! Maybe failing too. Cells are being born (succeeding) other cells are dying ( 'failing') every second. I am succeeding now by writing these words out correctly, but 'failing' to fully express the intent behind the words. Success/failure is part of the continual flow of human existence.

[@Kate-zc1ow]

@@andyboerger mmm yes, interesting point that success and failure co-exist in the same act.

[@inhale.exhale.2527]

Success or failure are external evaluations. Accept your own. 🙏

[@UnlimitlesslyFunnyDude]

Repeatly Trying is dad of all success

[@inhale.exhale.2527]

Failure is how we learn. Home and school should be safe places to learn. When they aren't, we learn to fear failure instead. 🙏

[@jennbisnar9409]

well said friend ☀️

[@inhale.exhale.2527]

@@jennbisnar9409 Thank you. It really is a truth that needs to be better understood for the abuse it represents. There can be no 'failure' in learning. Who actually benefits from this 'system' and why (certainly not the innocent child). Aristotle first said 'Give me a child until he is 7 and I will show you the man'. The Jesuits adopted this but it really is not for others to do this to a child. That is shameful, shame based and self recriminatory. Indoctrination. Brain-washing even. Humanity needs to wake up from this deliberate abuse of our individual sovereignty and better support our individuality. A better, more enlightened model is long, long overdue. 🙏🌻 Ps. Google Elon Musk about 'education'. As Malcolm Gladwell says, amongst many other enlightened things, "If everybody has to think outside the 'box' then maybe it is the box that needs to be examined".

[@UnlimitlesslyFunnyDude]

how we learn from our failure ?

[@April-if6xo]

When people see my piano they say "I didn't know you play piano". I don't, I respond, but I enjoy trying. I got it when I was almost 60. Just like you say Meister, for the pleasure of trying not for the results. I love you. God Bless You 💖

[@ethicalcollective]

Heavenly Father I pray that you keep the person reading this alive, safe, healthy and financially blessed Amen☂️

[@elysunrise1087]

Same to you ❤️🙏🏻

[@lorrainew7529]

Thank you. Namaste 🙏

[@marykirn6336]

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[@ianthrillex7324]

Amen 🙏🏼❤️

[@inhale.exhale.2527]

🙏

[@JJK]

The only reason I discovered Tolle’s teachings and they resonated so deeply within me is because of failing horribly at something I thought was part of my identity. I am grateful for this deep failure and have learned so much from it.

[@jjcameron7977]

Your sharing this will certainly help others not to be afraid to fail! Glad for you! Me too!

[@CherryBerryFashion]

Thank you for sharing that thought. I will write it down for myself. It's a very helpful way to put it. Helps me understand some of the origins of suffering.

[@kristinajovanovic1219]

Thank you for sharing! I certainly failed at a test at school which meant a lot to me that time. So as if my ego knew that it had no chance to survive , I grabbed The Power of Now and started reading. The funny part is that my suffering was that intense that I couldn’t read properly because I was crying so much ! Then I put it back and it stayed there for over a year. After that I found it again and had not much to do so I kept being drawn to it. And after half a year it finally resonated and I experienced a major breakthrough! I am very delighted and very grateful for this beautiful experience! Failure is love !

[@melam4522]

My story is just like yours. I failed and that’s why I’m here. Just to be able to cope with the pain

[@mehraanaa]

Same , except I still can't get over it

[@garylennon5115]

The chime at the very start of the videos instantly puts me in the present and I feel better :)

[@mars1783]

I love that too, when having hectic thought world moments I imagine that sound n Eckharts wisdom

[@banushankar566]

It's my notification tone 💗

[@alexiabruce104]

Me to :)

[@Quinceps]

You guys are ready.

[@markobaraba3876]

Same haha i thought it was only me

[@zachbaker5259]

I love bicycles. I've been building, repairing, and riding them for almost twenty years. I have only once tried to turn my love for bicycles into my "job." I failed tremendously. I lost money on the endeavor and ultimately had to close the business, but I learned that the value of having that creative passion, and the ability to pursue it, is far greater than any sum of money. I often reflect back on that experiment, the lesson is applicable to many life situations. Failure is an excellent teacher.

[@TheBlackSheepDiaries]

Love your story friend. What you did took kahuna's. My 1st attempt was a used furniture store in Gainesville Florida, it lasted 1 year, learned what not to do for sure, but had so much fun doing it. Right next to me was a used bicycle shop called Recycled bicycles. When I went back to that town nearly 30 years later to show my only child where he was born, the store was still there. Maybe a different name possibly, but the folks running the place knew the old owner which I had been friends with. Was a thrill to see it was still there. One of us made it, the other didn't. Now my biz of over 20 yrs is slowing with the current world situation, it was my 3rd attempt, 3rd time was a charm. Stay strong friend.

[@garymoore5044]

I'm doing the same as you Zach, for the love of bicycles, you just found a way that didn't work. I got frustrated with it took a step out of it then came back to it 10 years later with a new attitude and a new plan, It took a learning curve into understanding business, marketing and knowing your worth

[@TheBlackSheepDiaries]

@@garymoore5044 Good luck to you Gary, you can do it!

[@mrstoner2udude799]

Thank you for your post. Maybe your path for your passion is not the typical path of a business? There is no such thing as "failure" in this respect.

[@howardhill3395]

No failure. Only learning. Thank you Eckhart.

[@rogerlin9602]

No failure. Only waking up.🐛🦋

[@lonniecoyne454]

I'm 63 and have been by myself finding myself for a few years now. At the present I'm working on being consistent with my health and educating myself on new beliefs that encourages me and letting go of alot of differences. What a process. Thank you Eckhart Tolle

[@maryannholmgren3076]

68 here me too.

[@suntzu2ya358]

I'm 68 as well. i think searching is a constant process just like learning. We are always evolving. I've been listening to Eckhart Tolle for at least one year and listen once a week to The Power of Now. The idea is to be at peace and help our fellow man.

[@britviking5960]

He is a great teacher

[@mars1783]

Yep, 42 n no longer feeling the Blues!!! Haha it's PROCESS that heals the traumas of my past n makes my heart smile. Thank you God for the inspiration E. Tolle blesses us with and the support group surrounding such teachers !!!

[@onreact]

Drop the beliefs altogether. Become mind-free. Experience reality directly.

[@LuanaKoch]

When the inner world awakes the outer world obeys.

[@muhammadfaizanali4914]

Nice comments

[@cyruscherry35]

Nice

[@UnlimitlesslyFunnyDude]

outer world obeys when inner world is in control but not against law of physics :D

[@claudiagalasso5530]

Failure is an event you can learn from, not a part of your identity 🌸

[@Kissin222]

“Success is secondary enjoyment of doing is primary.”

[@harribertschmalzkopf2799]

Morality is absolutely primary. If I enjoy torturing people. Or if I enjoy butchering animals, it is certainly still not a good thing to do, cause it inflicts pain and suffering on another living being.

[@onreact]

"When all else fails, you can always become a spiritual teacher." - Eckhart Tolle

[@muhammadfaizanali4914]

Plz tell me remedy of depression

[@srinitaaigaura]

😂🤣

[@JustNath2024]

😂🙌🌟

[@alexandreluizalves]

That is why we have so many fake gurus and fake enlightned people fake spiritual leaders around... Unfortunately. 👎😭 But i thing Eckhart is legit.

[@kemsolid]

I'm amazed at how life is really here to help us, even if it's through adversity, it's all meant to help in some way even if you don't see it now!

[@onreact]

Yeah, all adversity that "happens to you" is just meant to give you lessons and bring you nearer awakening.

[@VishVibezREACTS]

The WORLD is not here to make you happy but to CHALLENGE YOU💜 -ECKHART TOLLE 😊

[@UnlimitlesslyFunnyDude]

why world is not here to maek us happy? but to challenge us?

[@africanbreathwork9925]

Important message: What do you really want to do? You may have to fail many times to arrive at the answer 🙏🏽

[@mars1783]

Hallelujah!! I'm living proof of trial and error towards my dreams.... and KNOWING it'll never be complete gives me solace!!!

[@audun82]

Another important message: If you haven't discovered what you really want to do yet, keep looking. Never give up. The answer lies not in the doing. It's in who you are being while doing what you love.

[@suniltshegaonkar7809]

@@audun82 you made it more complex..

[@audun82]

@@suniltshegaonkar7809 It's true, through. For instance people who love public speaking. It's not the public speaking in itself they love, it's in who they are being while performing the doing. The outer world is just a reflection. You are not here to wake other people. You are here to wake yourself. Ask the universe: Show me who I am as the infinite feeling that moves this body. The answer that show up will guide you in the right direction. 🙏

[@mackiceicukice]

Not many people know what they want to do.

[@zoilo87]

His book the power of now helps me to save me from myself(My destructive thoughts) Thank you very much Eckhart. I love you from Philippines

[@muhammadfaizanali4914]

Dear plz tell me remedy for depression

[@fry5544]

Be in the present moment. Detach from your depressive thoughts/Ego for a couple of minutes, or even seconds. - I have depression but Eckhart reminding me of the endless peace of Spirit always helps to help it melt away.

[@YogiMystics]

" Failure lies concealed in every success and success in every failure" Eckhart Tolle

[@seetherrr03]

“Don’t be afraid of failure. Ultimately there is no failure.” ☺️ 🙏🏼

[@UnlimitlesslyFunnyDude]

why not to afraid of failure's ?

[@francescopaolociminale5258]

This man comes always at the right time whenever I click his videos . Unbelievable. Thank you 🙏🏻

[@daniellaprelle4661]

It occurred to me that Mr. Elkhart Tolle: you are a brain surgeon extraordinaire! Thank you

[@onreact]

He does not even need to cut you up.

[@muhammadfaizanali4914]

Plz tell the remedy for depression

[@elinannestad5320]

@@muhammadfaizanali4914 Hello Muhammed. Be well, have courage. You are not alone! There are good answers for you on youtube here, from people who have truly lived the experience you seek. Tolle is one, for myself I also find it in Buddhism, from Thich Nhat Hahn and Theravada monks and nuns. I hope you find a teacher who suits you - I know you can. Best warm wishes from New Zealand.

[@muhammadfaizanali4914]

@@elinannestad5320 thanks dear

[@ziphomokoena3551]

I wish I realized this at a much younger age. But I can definitely share this for others benefit. Thank you so much for this.

[@nabeelhakeem3593]

Such a soothing voice this guy has!

[@tiuticcarefreelife974]

"Successes are nice for the ego, but the spiritual breakthroughs come when you fail at something." "Whatever you attempt to do, the vital factor is that you enjoy the DOING, not just have a mental projection of where you want to get to, which is often an egoic image of yourself over there." "You are succeeding all the time if you are enjoying the DOING of it. That is success, not some final outcome." "Ultimately there is no failure. It is an essential part of your learning process. It is only the ego that is afraid of failure." Thanks.

[@UnlimitlesslyFunnyDude]

why ego is afraid of failure ?

[@iwutlaoha]

This guy is a wizard. Love him. Could listen to him talk all day.

[@britviking5960]

God bless you Eckhart,you changed my life.Subtley and irrevocably.

[@VishVibezREACTS]

The more you live in the PRESENT, the more the FEAR of death dissipates:) -ECKHART TOLLE 💜

[@mars1783]

True, I have OVERCOME most of my paranoid schizophrenia 22years worth, n become a celebrity of sorts lately because I've recently learned ways to control Francesca the LOUD.... Thank you God for my "movie"

[@karinround8531]

I see every failure as a teacher and I enquire what it’s teaching me 🙏

[@mortuviu3999]

this man made me stronger

[@mortuviu3999]

there is no fail or succes, its just happen

[@shokthemonkey]

Eckhard has arrived with what he is doing and I love his way of teaching as he is often funny even in serious matters.

[@joanslate3432]

Ahhhh a Spiritual Teacher ... OM 🙏🏼

[@rogerlin9602]

If you love and enjoy the doing, failure won't divert you. Joy defines success, not your ego. Thanks Eckhart. 13 October 2022. 🦆🐛🦋🐦🌷🌴🕊😇

[@molyvan3]

" Help Me With My Fear of Failure" 🙏🙏🙏 God Bless you 🙏🙏 Stay Safe and Stay Healthy Everyone

[@inhale.exhale.2527]

A fear of failure is not yours. Success or failure are external evaluations. Accept your own. 🙏

[@dr.keshavamurthy2785]

Thank you Eckhart Tolle sir. Humility and lots of love, light, respect and Gratitude🙏🌹💜

[@muhammadfaizanali4914]

Dear dr. Plz tell the remedy for depression..depression ka ilaj bta dein.shukria

[@inhale.exhale.2527]

@@muhammadfaizanali4914 Conflicting thoughts. Identify the conflicts and remove those you cannot find reason with. 🙏

[@muhammadfaizanali4914]

@@inhale.exhale.2527 thanks dear

[@bryanvincent4927]

There's no guarantee that it will ever pay off. The reward has to be the experience. -Dave Grohl

[@adamradziwanowski8693]

Yeah I have to remind myself the joy and life is Now

[@coachkevinyoung]

@Eckhart Tolle 😄😄😄💰

[@dianeyoung8068]

Fear of failure, fear of judgement, fear of rejection, fear of abandonment...all painful

[@inhale.exhale.2527]

All external. Accept yourself and all fear of failure or abandonment will dissolve. 🙏

[@inhale.exhale.2527]

@@dianeyoung8068 The hardest part is not knowing what can often only be a feeling is caused by. Mine is a disquiet, an anxiety. It has taken me my lifetime to unfathom and although I cannot remember precisely what caused those feelings, they resonate with my subsequent observations. I tried to comprehend this because of how terribly it affected me. Has it helped? No, I cannot say it has, the best part of my life now being behind me, but at least I now know why I have had this feeling and can see how utterly destructive it has been. I always felt that feeling was not my own. It was instilled, wrongly, deliberately or otherwise, but certainly ignorantly. At least I now know that. I also now know why but that is small compensation for my otherwise unrepeatable and precious life. I hope only to be able to help others with this generationally repeated abusive cycle. 🙏

[@elinannestad5320]

I feel that 'fear', unease, angst, is part of us, we are made that way. There is no point trying to find out 'why' we feel fear. The feeling sticks to things, creates stories with grievances, none of them leading to release. It is better to simply transcend that fearfulness by tuning in to a greater awareness, which is uplifting and benign. Then the fear is still there but loses its power and the imagined forms. It is like a small fish. Nothing more.

[@dianeyoung8068]

We have fear as humans, it comes and goes. We can be aware that we are feeling it and accept it. We may need to act on it or not.

[@inhale.exhale.2527]

@@elinannestad5320 We do not come into this world fearful. We do have a response system to try and support our survival however. It is primitive, primal, and located in our 'lizard brain', the amygdala. It triggers autonomic responses such as fight, flight, freeze, fawn and flop (this last one is my addition). When any of these are over-activated such as by trauma, we feel the effects even when there is no threat (c/PTSD). Turning this response off again can therefore be extremely difficult, but our natural state is and should be relaxed and in the now. Mindful presence, not terrified by the past, nor anxious about the future. Just here, now. As you say, 'Nothing more'. 🙏

[@TheDhammaHub]

Not just from an ego perspective, but also from an evolutionary perspective it makes sense. Failure could mean disaster and it is natural to have a mind that obsesses a bit about it. Only more reasons to practice and be aware! =)

[@shivanipandey8208]

Such a brilliant motivational video in sheer simplicity. Wow, only an enlightened man can talk about motivation so effortlessly. Love you Eckhart.

[@muhammadfaizanali4914]

Dear shivani plz depression ka koi ilaj bta dein.shukria

[@shivanipandey8208]

@@muhammadfaizanali4914 Osho ko sunn lein. Shukriya

[@muhammadfaizanali4914]

@@shivanipandey8208 thanks shivani ji...

[@tomkahusi7914]

Thank you.

[@jjcameron7977]

Actually I've come to realize what is called failure is actually a form of direction

[@inhale.exhale.2527]

Or redirection. 🙏

[@UnlimitlesslyFunnyDude]

what kind of direction ?

[@KevinStock12]

This doesn't address the many (most...) things that are not enjoyable in the beginning, but by working, persevering, and fighting through, it becomes enjoyable. For example, I didn't love working out when I started. It hurt. But by sticking with it, pushing through when I didn't want to, it ultimately became what is now, one of my favorite hours of the day.

[@auroraborealis5015]

The in between pauses he takes makes me feel more at present. I felt so peaceful while watching and learning from this video. Thank you, sir!!!

[@muhammadfaizanali4914]

Dear plz tell the remedy for depression

[@muhammadfaizanali4914]

Thanks dear

[@aditi5027]

What a way to find out what one wants to do ! Spiritual answers are the best kinds ☺️

[@perpetualbystander4516]

The long pause at the end before he said "thank you" was great. 👍☺️👍

[@adamradziwanowski8693]

That was different He has nothing else to said in this topic.Done !

[@mn9120]

This is my the most favourite video of Tolle's. :)) It resonates with me hugely. :)

[@BB-yr4md]

A wonderful, simple explanation that takes the sting out of the fear of failure 🌟 Thank you for sharing ✨

[@devasenascookbook6308]

I am grateful for your teachings Mr. Eckhart Tolle.

[@muhammadfaizanali4914]

Dear plz tell the remedy for depression

[@johnathanholman3600]

"Your true home is the unmanifested "

[@bridgetgilbert2164]

I enjoy listening to you Eckhart.

[@caroleborsu]

Enjoy the doing. Such words of wisdom. It took me a long time to understand that and then live it. My ego had grandeur ideas 😊

[@joelosteen1549]

W

[@mrstoner2udude799]

His advice on the spiritual and practical level is so good. So common sense.

[@julienathalie7768]

Thank you sooo much Thank You

[@melbadee8301]

Thank you for the enlightenment 🙏🏼

[@brendawarren4113]

Isn't he just the sweetest thing.

[@creativeperspectives2712]

The spiritual thing apart I really love his sense of humor. A nice gentleman

[@syedainsia2619]

Really lovely teacher he is, so wise ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@positiveandhealthy2728]

This made me feel more motivated, getting up and working out. ❤

[@wwp00h]

Excellent question & replied with excellent answer & example. Most of the time it's kinda hard to enjoy the process when nowadays people/business focus more on results then process in order to survive the growing & more fierce competition. The "never failure because never try" kinda hit me tho.

[@AdventureWalk4K]

Thank you for the important message, and many great comments here 🙏🏽💙

[@dawnjackson7207]

Thank you for gentle guidance☺

[@psychospeakempire]

you are helping so many people Eckhart.. thank you and bless you sir.. Paul

[@eyobeyoze108]

This is the an authentic Sound of the Universe. Thank you Eckhart.

[@lindenpanfalone3481]

I just wanted to thank you I absolutely love what you have to say and it helps me in ways that are so valuable I just can only say thank you

[@parkergilles1007]

Thanks, it's so refreshing to listen to someone who explains, simply, my journey at the moment.

[@WolfikCZ]

beautiful speech thank you :)

[@debrajohnson18]

Yes to the dream frequency.

[@belindanunez7850]

A question I've always had without thinking about , until now that I've heard it....

[@maryammosavi468]

You are the prophet,thanks

[@UnlimitlesslyFunnyDude]

they are greater than any prophets, teachers, professors/relative/parents .... we will very thankful/grateful of having them so easily

[@Lone_Star86]

Finally someone who sees sense 🙏😭 I've done thousands of jobs and failed miserably also in relationships. One think I love though is singing lol I'll try that next

[@vanessapetrea2490]

Thank you so very much, Eckhart! You calmly are guiding me💗🙏🏽

[@NishitazBlog]

Practicing presence from years and his words are motivation ...thanks a lot🙏

[@guhlobtrekker]

The practicality of this one is what most of us need ... the emphasis on "how to" stop the streaming on thoughts. Eckhart, I love you man. What a champion for humanity. Such an instrumental role you have and continue to play in my life for over 15 years

[@ajtaylor6505]

In his question I felt he was asking more about how to get over his freezing in the face of moving on and less about the reality of failure. He is stuck, like in cement and needed to know how to overcome this psychology state.

[@karennoble1076]

Yes, i think so too and feel similar like him.

[@bayarlalaaamidrald4719]

Thank you always Eckhart.

[@lareinax1087]

I didn‘t know I needed this a lot - This is such a beatiful way to look at life. Thank you eckhart.

[@arthurblack479]

Such an important message. Thank you.

[@vitoriaadriabiffi1585]

one of the first videos that really changed my mind.

[@evelynbohm4469]

Find this video only now- at the absolutely right time. Helps me in my decision to start something new I wasn't sure I can do it. But "YES". You gotta try. And don't limit yourself by the fear of failing! 💛

[@oldchannel3717]

Thank you Eckhart. You always clear my mind ❤️

[@francisquinn7904]

Thank you Eckhart 🙏❤️.

[@greenthumb1523]

This helped me on my job hunt. I'm afraid to take just any job but failure is apart of the journey. That's for your wisdom

[@kasia4919]

Thank You Eckhart ♥️

[@tracyheaslip8754]

Thank you!

[@peaceofmind2032]

If you love what you do you are deeply connected with it. If you strive for success you loose this pure connection and you are no longer free.

[@muhammadfaizanali4914]

Dear plz tell me remedy for depression

[@inhale.exhale.2527]

@@muhammadfaizanali4914 🙏

[@naaghili2211]

Thanks a lot for clear explanation about what seems appropriate for us as egoic image and what leads to a good choice in practice.thank you!

[@angiewill702]

Thank you very much, Eckharte

[@lorraineannie3893]

I must be doing really well then 🤣

[@onreact]

Yes you are. No irony needed.

[@shadifr7245]

You’re extraordinary 👏🏼👏🏼

[@sofiagoudaropoulou2392]

When we start doing something new,we are present only in the doing and then we give our best self only in the action!!Ego distracts our attention to "doing" and leads us wherever the Ego wants!!if we give our best self on everything,failure does not exist!!!

[@inhale.exhale.2527]

Failure does not exist. It is an expression only. 🙏

[@mihacurt]

Thank you. Just on target! Grateful!

[@Omnipresence10]

Thank you🙏

[@xirkira]

Aaaah so many interesting words to important topics. It helps me finding clearness in many ways. ✌️

[@krish5960]

No words Eckhart ❤️

[@tlomt]

This is so good!

[@charlottehewson9522]

Profound. Thank you so much for your careful wise words.

[@andreaschmerler8763]

Eccelent explanation. Thank you so much❤

[@davidgonzalezcaminosdeconc9143]

What a wonderful video. Afraid of failure? Focus on doing something you love

[@inhale.exhale.2527]

Focus only on what you are doing. You will then learn to love it. 🙏

[@karennoble1076]

@@inhale.exhale.2527 what a wise comment! Thank you!

[@inhale.exhale.2527]

@@karennoble1076 🙏

[@positiveandhealthy2728]

Thank you so much I really needed this ❤ 🙏

[@user-ot1hl2vx7f]

I greet you dear, from Greece ...The ancient philosophy through me meet you again , oh you !....old soul!

[@rogerlin9602]

Success is nice for the ego, but spiritual breakthrough comes from failure. Failure takes you beyond the ego. Thanks Eckhart. 13 October 2022.🎁🤠👍🐧🌹🌿🐘