How to Quiet Negative Self-Talk? | Eckhart Tolle

Eckhart Tolle shares how to practice presence with playful awareness and ease. He explains how to allow presence to naturally arise during everyday activities and waiting times. Eckhart also cautions against believing the mind's negative self-talk that pulls you out of the now. Learn to perceive beyond limiting concepts and appreciate the aliveness all around you.
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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.

[@kellygreenii]

Negative self-talk is someone else’s verbal abuse that has been internalized. It’s not even your voice….

[@johns9543]

your right, it's taken me a few years to untangle it all, some are from a young child

[@words4dyslexicon]

sometimes it'll lie to me using my own voice..

[@jerrymuns]

100%

[@baileylaszlo]

!!!

[@tracywilliamsliterature]

So true 👍

[@sarahjmount9221]

Thank you, Eckhart. The negative self-talk is a combination of other people’s voices (especially if you’ve had a difficult background) and your own. Agreed that it is harsh and cruel. That was my experience with it my for over half my life, anyway; and it was subconscious most of the time. So, I didn’t even realize it was running my life. Until I discovered what complex trauma was and started recovering from it AND then found you and your teachings, I was destined to forever be miserable. I appreciate all that you do and share with us so freely. What I’ve learned from you has been a priceless gift that is all important and has changed my life for the better. 🙏

[@Speedmax123]

Right , we deserve our own love and compassion.

[@gloriapasewaldt5364]

All true indeed

[@En_theo]

How did you manage to silent these "voices" ? I have the exact some situation here, but it's impossible to not start that inner chat. Any tip you may have is welcome.

[@anthonywilliams5070]

​@@En_theome too

[@midnightblue2893]

Thanks Eckhart, for inspiring me to practice presence by not attaching myself to my thoughts by simply being the observer of my thoughts. It's a great reminder to not get stuck in mind activity and instead access the portals to presence. Have a great week everyone! 💜

[@skyriminspace]

100%.

[@stephenflood3463]

Being totally aware in the present moment is when one is just simply observing everything round them without labeling things or judging what's happening, and the same should apply to the voice in the head whenever it arises, so just silently observe it without identifying with it, and therefore, one should always be able to remain aware in the present moment without any kind of negative self talk. Thanks Eckhart.

[@Robbskunky]

Well said!

[@boomcity4942]

I think back to the time when I first read The Power of Now and A New Earth. I reached for the books as my life seemed to be in total chaos. As troubles mounted I would listen to the audio version of A New Earth every night while trying to fall asleep. That was 12 years ago. Back then I would continuously bring myself into the present moment and find peace. Now I am free of the past earthly burdens, but still need a reminder to focus on the moment as my mind wonders into the past and stresses over what was,but is no more. Thank you Eckhart for sharing your wisdom and providing the tools to enlighten our lives. You have shown me the doorway to peace of mind.

[@anthonyangelis1094]

We love you, Eckhart. Thank you thank you thank you so much for all your teachings, and helping to make this world a better place.

[@mattstone1603]

You are one of my greatest teachers. The state you achieved and then communicated to us has been a blessing. While we all still suffer terribly, you have helped deeply. Please continue to pray for the world.

[@kis4778]

Not only how he communicated but the vibration he shares even through the screen, there is no eckhart tolle, he is you and you are him❤️

[@AlanVots]

What does 'to pray' mean? Praying for the world? Yet, nothing happens. Do you have a bit of insight into reality?

[@robertburnett6348]

I.look at other people and judge immediately. I didn't realize this until I understood "projection". And self talking endlessly.

[@anandakumarsanthinathan4740]

Working for an NGO, I recently was collecting a few registration forms. Interestingly, for the column 'Occupation', someone had filled out 'self unemployed'. :) Listening to Eckhart, how peaceful it would be if the 'self' is not employed. 🙏

[@skyriminspace]

Haha awesome!

[@sevi4492]

My Ego has a name! Her name is Sevi & many times a day I tell her to shut up! She insists to talk to the manager but I reminder her that I am the manager!!!(I read it somewhere & since then I use it every single day)!!! 😜🥰 Love my presence 💓 Thank you Eckhart 🙏

[@QueenRobyn211]

I just named mine too this week ❤❤❤

[@DarkKnight-fx1ei]

This is a good technique. Thanks for sharing.

[@WelcomeToTheRealWorld007]

I will use this. Thanks

[@majarafaelo2534]

I think Sevi and the manager are both ego, or however you call it. The manager, the You, is that silent consciousness out of the conversation that can listen to the dialog or not ... The You doesn't interact in talk...

[@sevi4492]

@@majarafaelo2534 exactly 💯

[@originalnormie]

Eckhart tolle thank you button ❤

[@ketiblum]

❤ my lovely teacher for all my life

[@aprilkitten]

My mind is saying, Thank you Eckhart💓

[@preciousdevere288]

Your marvellous Eckhart, thank you so very much for such valuable teachings ❤😊

[@mindlovesera]

감사합니다 고맙습니다 사랑합니다 🙏 🩵

[@ChildofGod98765]

Thank you. Again you have changed me and my children’s life with your words

[@utualan]

Love the neutrality of a mirror!

[@kevinjames4727]

Thank You Eckhart💕

[@michastasiak1800]

Mirror! 😮 Thank you for this.

[@stevej72]

Thank you Eckhart, so many times of my many years this has been my self fulfilling mantra and I chastised myself again for having so little self belief. My cousins sent me a gift of your book at a very low point in my life and whilst at the time I read the words I didn't absorb them fully, until about a year ago. After 4 years of my life just going by and me forgetting who I was. I had an awakening and I started to read and listen to you again and it has been a much more productive year and it's just the middle of a path I've been on for a while. Thank you 🧘‍♂️🙏

[@LetnouBarron]

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[@thewanderingfool4435]

The Ego is such a scoundrel!! Always getting up to mischief & being rambunctious! Oh Ego, what are we ever going to do with you?

[@paulinecolraine4726]

A fascinating talk, Mr Tolle is amazingly

[@EverydayMystic]

Love the synchronicity here. Recognizing the word machine in my head and how I confuse it with me and saying something significant about reality has been a big theme for me lately.

[@jennchavira]

Thank you Eckhart ! I’m know introducing my 18 year old son to you! He needs your testing to free himself. I’m so grateful for you! ❤❤❤❤❤ your teachings are life changing!

[@giselar.12]

Thank you very much 🫶

[@Jacob-uk4kl]

Thanks

[@louisgldmn5771]

Il est incroyable ce Eckhart … et en plus bon acteur … 👍💪😍🙏

[@johnmarchant8914]

Needed this so badly today. Thank you ❤

[@nicholasgoh3526]

Thanks Eckhart! My self talk leads to self sabotage and destruction but fortunately I did not listen to it and check out. There is nothing to forgive because it is just a false ego and not I. All these negative talks can come from past traumas as well and my hypnotherapist is helping me to realise all these past traumas and negative emotions.

[@Yellow-oc4sl]

Good video and informative

[@emmanuellewittmann7636]

Again present moment . The mirror .. the mind ( stop self talk .. observation / perception Thank u to be Eckhart T.

[@veraintuizione6497]

Nothing is truer.🙏✨ The biggest burden to leave is our unconsciousness and consequently our continuous talking at ourselves like bad actors do. When you glimpse✨✨ Universal CONSCIOUSNESS you begin to see the Reality that we ARE and everything fluidizes, everything magically opens up ✨and everything is worth it.❤✨ So grateful 💓🙏✨✨✨✨🌺

[@kevinjames4727]

At Peace~ In~ Love~ Now~ That's a Wonder-less Space too Be~ ☯️~☮~🕉🙏

[@keys639]

Thanks ET you helped me to wake up ❤

[@dannyho9973]

Thank you

[@petermcglone7172]

I am 50. Bipolar, ptsd, adhd. Always had tons of repetitive negative self talk. Bad parents since day one. Super sensitive pisces man too. I learned about negative self talk at age 22 ish. I still catch it everyday. My case is bad but Eckhart has helped more than anything, including cognitive behavior therapy and medication to see that ego thinking is tricky and useless torture. Why we have ego is the real question but not NOW. Pun intended.......there is no ego now.

[@martinscrapp7166]

But what of your soul? Nothing Mr Tolle says will bring you everlasting spiritual life. Matthew 7:15 - _"Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing, but inwardly they are ravenous wolves."_ - Jesus Jesus is the only answer to your life now, and your life after you return to the dust from whence we all came. He is alive. He did rise on the 3rd day. Around 500 people witnessed it: 1 Corinthians 15:6 - _After that He was seen by over five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain to the present, but some have fallen asleep._ I do not understand why people look everywhere else, to everyone else, for answers, except to Jesus. Seriously, if people were honest with themselves, they would invite Jesus in and see what He has to say: Revelation 3:20 - _"Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me."_ - Jesus Matthew 11:28-30 - _"Come to Me, all you who labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light"_ - Jesus John 12:35-36 - _"...Walk while you have the light, lest darkness overtake you; he who walks in darkness does not know where he is going. While you have the light, believe in the light, that you may become sons of light"_ - Jesus

[@Sandra-fc8pc]

@@martinscrapp7166 A lot of us love Jesus, but not the church. There is always powers around that want to manipulate us from the truth, even all the Christian churches. But Jesus is everyone’s brother, but the text is manipulated. For me and for Eckhart, we know that we are all one, one with God and one with Jesus and all the Archangels. ”We”might not behave like it, and we might choose a path that is dark. But it is God in us exploring the darkness, it is God in us finding back to light from the darkness in the world, when we meditate with Eckhart Tolle! Or trying any other spiritual path! 🙏❤️ This might not resonate with you. But I can’t do anything about that. That is God in you making that choise. You are exploring that path in this life. Blessings to you, my brother! ❤🙏

[@elizabethglass827]

Does it matter?

[@yakoubyakoub9315]

Beautiful.

[@AgnetaHallgren]

This is so beautiful

[@QueenRobyn211]

Yes!!! I am going through this now ❤

[@Gaurav.P0]

Beautiful video ❤

[@wheezyouttahere2555]

Eckhart is so funny 😂, yet so wise 🦉

[@jmayed]

Love the mirror analogy.. beautiful and neutral. Thank you Eckhart

[@samanthafrost6370]

This crossed my path at the perfect time. I needed to hear this today 💜

[@emveeay]

Thank you.

[@ctasse3744]

Tellement vrai! Eckhart tu es génial! 👏🌝🧚‍♀️😍🐒

[@JLZR1]

Thank you Master 🙏🏼

[@shobha1414]

❤ Thank you 🌸🙏

[@peglou8]

Thank you 🙏

[@michaelconnolly7681]

Such an excellent video.

[@AlanVots]

Finally, Eckhart Tolle speaks in the right manner, he has totally entered into direct perception like Krishnamurti and doesn't mention any methods, but aims at the center, the essence. But unfortunately, most of you don't even know who Jiddu Krishnamurti is.

[@donnagreen7689]

Thanks!

[@TiffanyLewis1987]

Impeccable articulation if you comprehend. 😊Per usual… 🤭

[@allanandrews5021]

നന്ദി❤🙏

[@vertraeumtemoewe]

Really hard one.. humans tend to be more negative than happy. It is weird why it is like that.. wondering. Can't escape this, but the videos are still nice!

[@Mahadevi1111.]

Thank you 🙏🏻

[@fireandthebrain]

The power that comes from watching your thoughts instead of completely identifying with them is really cool but the more tired / worn out you feel, the harder it can be to separate them and your thoughts can tire you out, it's a bit of a vicious cycle. When well rested it seems easier to separate them.

[@vangestelwijnen]

6:06 Simular yawn- alert! I was present!

[@harshitbhandari5587]

Aabhar Gurudev ❤ Thanku thanku thanku ❤❤

[@harshitbhandari5587]

@EckkhartTolIe 🥰

[@Bloomingflower26]

8:53 ✨️👏👏 .."Bird is more than a bird..."

[@amin_abdollahi_369]

Thankyou❤

[@Mentalhealth12813]

After spirituality is attained up to some extent, self talk assumes some other importance......

[@foodbareillywala720]

Who is watching or listening to the thought? Is that also a thought or just alertness?

[@user-bq7ec9qf6i]

Thank you so much

[@richieroberts1588]

Reflecting on Eckhart;: Yesterdays score: Self talk 10 Me 2 Be more aware again and zip my mouth! 🤪

[@user-ku5cv1je9q]

I'm aware that I have created suffering for myself in a situation in my life due to negative self talk but I like what Eckhart mentions in Stillness speaks.. "True freedom and the end of suffering is living in such a way as if you had completely chosen whatever you feel or experience at this moment . This inner alignment with the Now is the end of suffering "

[@user-uq9ml4kq4y]

The word is not it, it is beyond words

[@user-un3yr9bh1r]

MIND OVER MATTER..IF YOU DO NOT MIND THEN IT DOES NOT MATTER…THE INVENTORY IS THE MIND….

[@Omer-Abdullah]

I love you 🙏💚💐

[@JogendraKalra-uj1bh]

Most of the self talk is based on guilt or hurt feelings, causing suffering.

[@adamcarey5321]

❤

[@WEAREALLONELIZ]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@DJSTOEK]

❤❤

[@rogerlin9602]

9:34 Don’t believe any words from your mind that take you out of presence. Many are tortured by self talks. Hold up the mirror of awareness to your self talks. You empower self talks with self identification. Thanks Eckhart. 10 July 2024. 🍻🍪🍄🍹👍🏻🌈🍒🪷🐠🐣😇💗🍦🍑💖

[@Yellow-oc4sl]

Sometimes i tell those thoughts shut up and no, its just a thought

[@lesha_larin]

Это чудесно 🙏

[@lesha_larin]

@EckhartTolIe I don't really understand what kind of discussion you mean?

[@renakmans3521]

What if your thinking is about something that’s true?

[@elenacasado984]

❤🙏🏻🌏

[@maneviyat8570]

*Please add English subtitles to the videos so that viewers from other countries, like me, can translate them accurately into their own language. There are no translations in the last videos.*

[@ann-mariahannukainen8618]

😊🌞💕

[@robertopuccianti8498]

💥🧡🌻

[@mardonovatwins6209]

How do you hold up the mirror of awareness to your self talk ? Sorry English is not that good , tq

[@ebotbeatup5741]

Just notice it without judgement

[@mardonovatwins6209]

@@ebotbeatup5741 thank you

[@ebotbeatup5741]

@@mardonovatwins6209 ❤️

[@freespirit9806]

The ego based mind is fear based bc it believes only in form. And form is temporary. So this fear and the false Self’s disconnection from Source create the most disturbing nonsense.

[@shantalsheldon2340]

❤💋🙏

[@djsazon2200]

❤I have ❤ 😊once i removed tigers 🐅 😅 😪 😔 🙃

[@birsenbaydemir3676]

Why are there no Turkish subtitles? Please also have Turkish subtitles

[@shwillymacmilly]

gobble gobble, gobble. gobble!

[@Frenchie_007]

Hi Sarper!

[@epicbrowndragon]

Always gets cut off… What is the name of complete session?

[@jimkovacs7]

The dark side of the mind is called the EGO ! Check out the Course in Miracles.... saved my life. Eckhard loves this book too.

[@MarceloF475]

I'm on antidepressant it's not the first time. My thoughts are only negative. I have social anxiety and I can't concentrate very well. I don't know what to do. If I stay on meds I feel emotionally pretty bad

[@ebotbeatup5741]

I can't relate to your situation but my heart goes out to you. May God bless your journey ❤

[@MarceloF475]

@@ebotbeatup5741 thank you

[@MarceloF475]

@@ebotbeatup5741 thanks for your kindness, God bless you too!

[@fleuveyushan]

🪞

[@bgrecoverycoaching2536]

Ahhh...

[@AlanVots]

Those of you reading this are making a big mistake by striving to improve yourselves. Where there is effort, there is conflict, duality, wasted energy, disappointment, misery, agony, and suffering. When you realize that change doesn't come through effort, you will be fine.

[@AlanVots]

The proof that I'm right is that nobody has liked what I wrote, because you don't understand. You listen to Eckhart Tolle like a bunch of calves, but very few of you actually understand what he's saying. Therefore, your efforts are in vain. Until you realize that change is spontaneous. Unattached desire for change? That's okay. But effort for change? Not okay.

[@abumutaka1373]

Hold up a mirror to your self talk.

[@user-iq5fl2et1d]

you gotta pay attention to the shadow for it to feel safe and secure enough to be happy in your glitter fantasies. It will let you know it's still there by telling you all the things that are really going wrong with your fantastic ideas..... go away.

[@sears4394]

I wish i could understand why my mind is producing this negative talking it dont make sense to me why i have a mind/ego that plays against me...why does the universe did this with mankind...can somebody help me ? I am tortured by my mind...and i say my mind

[@user-cs8tl4pe7z]

How you know? Did someone said you? .or surveillance. Self talk it's kind a actress..😂there not limits to what we think ..

[@gavinallan7897]

Fk it😂

[@chiptowers1]

let me break this down as I see it , logically. It's not one's choice to be in the present moment or not. You are in a present moment whether you are awake or asleep according to your global and Universal coordinate positioning system within and irrespective of the surrounds you are in currently that have changed from a previous event recall being in the same place. So what is prompting the mind to be aware of it's surrounds from where it is currently present a for what purpose. Something from within is talking to you because it would be impossible for your physical brain to be talking to itself, why?, because the physical brain cannot ask a question and answer the question, why?, because the answer to the question would have already been known. Unfortunately so called teachers and Guru's do not have a clue how one's lineage inception was initially Formed. One can deduce from this statement what or who is asking the question and resolving by using your EGO send and receive tool, ie " you your lineage inception was initially FORMED ( the source) not BORN ( the biological). Your Form Source has been conditioning your physical Being of it's presence within whether you have been enlightened by it's presence or not, after all, how do think your lineage has come thus far since it's inception. Definitely not by narratives from so called teachers nor Guru's.

[@markusgrylla8654]

Xartes E lfs No Room Nürnberg On. You Xartes Emerica nows Nürnberg ? You Xartes Canadian nows "Nürnberg on" ? - Off cause not !

[@user-hw4rr6vh5l]

이 영상을 보고도 우울해서 술을 마셨다면 구제불능인가요?