Shattering the Chain of Thought | A Guided Meditation by Eckhart Tolle

Immerse yourself in a guided meditation with Eckhart Tolle, focused on embracing formlessness and transcending the boundaries of the self. This session offers practical tools to still your mind, stop rumination, dissolve the constructs of thought, and prepare you for future experiences of formlessness and boundless awareness.
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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.

[@nellymurkthewitch]

Can't help but think that the pauses are deliberate. While you wait for him to continue, your chain of thought quite literally breaks. Kinda genius if it is.

[@geschmolzeneis]

But that's obvious.

[@words4dyslexicon]

​@@geschmolzeneis settle down Beavis..

[@annabellacrewe8858]

Deliberate ? Yes, I think it is !❤

[@Tony_Ningam]

I LOVE YOU ALL❤️

[@darthbinks5987]

I've noticed that a lot of what was remembered from the early years of ones life is based in moments of stillness. I remember a summer night when I couldn't sleep, the night was unusually bright even for a full moon.. We had a lot of sunflowers in our backyard, they moved softly along with the wind while reflecting moonlight. In that moment there were no thoughts, I just kept sitting there, listening to the leaves whispering.

[@silvermoon3486]

That’s sooo beautiful 😍. It should be in a book 📖 😊❤❤❤👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@TerriblePerfection]

ET and Thich Nhat Hanh are the only teachers with whom I can do a guided meditation. I'm not sure why...but I'm grateful for their gifts. I say yes to them. 🥰

[@words4dyslexicon]

trust truth peace surrender 🙏💜🕯💧🌱🐾👣🌿🌎🕊 presence holy spirit..

[@living58]

Eckart you became a friend to me, your precious presence is so peaceful and powerful ❤️ I am awakening and in spite of the big difficulties I am experiencing in "life form" I feel an intense inner peace and I am noticing that my behaviors and reactions are changing. I see Beauty in everything I feel surrounded by the Universal DIVINE LOVE ☀️💕 THANK YOU for your precious blessed sharing with all of us. 🙏 Ciao dear Eckart from Italy ☀️🇮🇹

[@kathrynparker9790]

Eckhart you have been such a friend to me out here . Thank You. I am so grateful.

[@Alan-hk7eo]

♥️

[@eleanorvogt6537]

😢😢 your patience is incredible, explaining in many different ways for the mind to comprehend

[@angelinafreitag4231]

Seeking enlightenment means your in the mind. You can't seek what you already are. It comes organically the more present and still you become

[@AurelienCarnoy]

I can say exactly what you say and be in my head too. 😅 It's okay. If it's okay

[@jducrot]

I was 25 when I first read a new earth, and it made me realize it after just reading half a page or so.. I just turned 36 now and I'm still hypnotized most of the time unfortunately.. The first few years where very liberating, but live will always find new ways to pull you back just when you think you're there.. All I can do is keep reminding myself by watching videos like these and I remember right away ❤ thank you so much ❤

[@PaterEcstaticus888]

'Only the stillness in you can notice the same dimension in another.'

[@fahimiranpour9732]

I love the silence between your sentences❤❤❤

[@midnightblue2893]

Relates 💜

[@robinhood6954]

Even better.. Leave the sentences out altogether, lol!

[@martinj7346]

It's him being in the present, giving you information straight out from the 4th dimension without his mind interfering

[@robinhood6954]

@@martinj7346 It's him duping everyone more like it, lol! 😉

[@Hi98765]

Forces me to breath and focus on clearing my mind

[@judycassidy3786]

Thank God for you, Eckhart, on the black days, reminding me I am just having a nightmare. So patient and steady with us, thank you.

[@johngreen4683]

99% of our happiness and unhappiness is a direct result of the stories we tell ourselves, or more accurately the stories our minds tell us and we engage with and give energy to. None of us have a bad mind we just all sometimes have a bad relationship with our minds. The mind is designed to be fearful and irrationally emotional but the human isn't so we can be in constant conflict with our minds if we take the thoughts it produces too seriously. Anything and everything the mind produces is just a story that we free to enjoy or to let pass without interest or attention, the choice is always ours, once we accept and truly understand that we have a choice. We cannot choose our thoughts but we can choose our thinking or not thinking about thoughts 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@geisterglow4857]

amen brother

[@dmvrant]

Nothing is either good or bad But thinking makes it so ~ Shakespeare ~ Hamlet

[@markarula]

The worst lies are the ones you tell yourself.

[@yasmelfl5146]

Or your mind is telling you.

[@afshinseraj2000]

Wishfull thinking

[@Spiritual_77]

You're a gift to us from the universe

[@ziggypi4813]

that was loud and clear...i listened to it a second time...just for the spaces....isnt it strange..Eckhart seemed to go perfectly still, frozen for a second....bwonnngg

[@javb115]

“bwonngg” 😂😂 awesome! I heard it in my head

[@calikokat100]

​@@nobodysout?

[@CitrusSimon]

When they said she was going crazy, she was awakening. When they said that she was isolating, she was healing. When they said she was acting funny, she was growing. When they said that she had changed, she was evolving. When they said she did not care anymore, she finally realized that her peace lives within. When they said he was becoming distant, he was learning to trust himself. When they said he was losing touch, he was finding his inner voice. When they said he was being stubborn, he was asserting his boundaries. When they said he was aloof, he was finding solitude and serenity. When they said he was being unrealistic, he was dreaming bigger.

[@natureisallpowerful]

Love it

[@eleonoracaputo845]

Per me così 🌷

[@breannelove7442]

Hi CitrusSimon I would like to share your above verse with a friend is it from a book? Really is special and thank you I'd love to know the author please? 🥰

[@loveliberation]

I love this - thank you very much for this - I can relate to these sentences. What would you say when there are still negative thoughts, voices arising? To me its not so easy to have just positive thoughts. Most worse if a negative, sometimes compulsive thought arises I feel endlessly guilty for it. Do you have a little insight on how to look at it? Thank you so much :)!

[@CitrusSimon]

@@loveliberation What you describe is a normal experience that a lot of humans have when they start to awaken. Congratulations on getting to this stage where you are starting to perceive deeper aspects of yourself. All that is needed, is to keep practicing. Try to see that getting to the present moment, and then staying there, is going to take a lot of practice. It is similar to learning a musical instrument, a person has to practice, and if they desire to play the instrument very well, then they have to practice further. It is the same with our present moment awareness, it is deeper than we think it is, and can offer us a life that is far more beautiful and profound than what our thoughts and beliefs can offer. The key is to keep working on yourself, you are on a journey. Travel well dear friend, travel well.

[@breannelove7442]

Thank you I am new to your channel and still digesting all. 🌱🐦😅

[@jornfox3545]

Wonderful guided meditation, thank you.

[@drm54321]

Beautiful and Transformative! Thank you Eckhart. So much love for you.

[@soorajks1774]

🙏 When Eckhart Sir is there to compassionately hold our hands and guide us.. it feels much comfortable and easy to move into our own inner dimensions of Spaciousness. Really grateful to You. Thankyou Sir.

[@veraintuizione6497]

True,true, very TRUE!🙏 Abandoning yourself to this granitic certainty, that even death cannot affect because in that dimension death does not exist, it IS the only salvation and richness we have and which consoles us from everything. There is no need for anything else since what you need is already HERE anyway. Even desperation is a deception. IMMENSELY grateful 💓🙏✨✨🌺✨💫✨

[@breeze45]

Excellent pointers made here. Especially the mini meditations between your words. Thanks Eckhart.

[@TaylorsTarot]

You are the meditation 🧘‍♂️ ❤

[@jacquesboutelet8643]

Eckhart great to experience you as I am you ❤!

[@vincechopard6481]

Thank you for this meditation, thank you for giving your time for this ❤🙏

[@hoppechr]

Nice demonstration that spirituality, like reiigion, is either trivial or false. But the world needs more friendly guys like ET.

[@daniellaacosta6384]

Helpful . Soothing . Connected. Gracias 🙏🏻

[@dmvrant]

Nothing is either good or bad But thinking makes it so ~ Shakespeare ~ Hamlet

[@shevawnprather7162]

I don’t know how not to constantly think. It has been engrained in me like a kind of boot camp in the ego of the mind since birth and repeated every day for many, many years. It’s like telling me not to sleep, shower or eat. I just don’t know how to do it. ❤️

[@Omnipresence101]

" Where ever there are people to think, there are people to accept the result of thought." Joel S Goldsmith The Heart of Mysticism The Infinite Way Letters 1958 Chapter 10 October

[@bgrecoverycoaching2536]

You are such a giving person Eckhart. Sending love your way.

[@malabuha]

It's only after 15 years of understanding motions of thoughts that i finally begun to recognise those that are heavily invested with the sence of identity, the sence of I, basically all related to my work environment, that i thankfully recognise those are the thoughts, just thoughts, that bring on strong feelings, negative feelings, and all i need to do is be aware of that and breathe. I don't need to do anything. And the world is a better place for it ❤ but I just want to say, it took 15 freaking years to come to this point... Who knows what awaits in another 15 😅

[@suehall574]

Can so so feel that stillness in you Eckhart. So it must also be in me. It’s such a rest. Thank you 🙏❤️😊

[@Brancaalice]

You are not alone, we read, read, watch, watch until in some point you get it. We are not past, past steal our being. When you realize it, you never lose in past anymore. ( I wrote a lyric that's said: "the past stole my being, letting me living in chaos, but the waves always return, bringing my being to the now) So, i say yes to now.That was my journey.

[@mokuho]

🙏♥️thank you Eckhart

[@chaniawillow]

So calming. Thank you for all you do.

[@lynnmcquillan2338]

Thankyou Eckhardt 🙏🙇‍♀️🙏🥰✌️

[@midnightblue2893]

Thanks for another great meditation Eckhart! 💜

[@stephenflood3463]

Hi Nicole! Sending you love and light as always my dear!💜✨xo

[@midnightblue2893]

@@stephenflood3463 Thanks you too! ♥️xo💜

[@andreasrylander]

Amazing. Thanks. ❤

[@TheLUCIANA63]

Gratitude 🙏

[@Seforis-er2oc]

If you are everything for your thoughts, then they should be everything for you. But beware, they themselves are what makes it difficult not to give more importance to everything else.

[@Pug1948]

I Love You Eckhart. ♥️🙏☮️

[@anneberard7030]

Many Many thanks!!! 🌸🧘‍♀️🌸

[@lauracorbeth2888]

Thank you Eckhart for referencing Joel Goldsmith.

[@Sandra-fc8pc]

Thank you Eckhart! So peaceful to listen and meditate to your words and voice. I just have to keep remembering the present moment, that when firmly installed, is/must be the other shore away from the programing/hypnosis of everyday life. I use positive hypnosis also, too try to escape all the negative ones that has been instaled since my 1 day on earth. Thank you! 🙏😅❤️

[@arnostadelberger5392]

Wow, es ist wirklich wieder wunderbar 😊. Die Stille, die Ruhe, die Pausen. Da lernt man immer mehr dazu.

[@agokoovit5250]

Thank You!🕊

[@j001-yu9jx]

Thanks Eckhart 💕 So soothing and gentle. I always feel better listening to you :)

[@rozswartzett180]

Namaste

[@szecsicarmen6519]

Bună seara vă rog ffff frumos traduceți și în română îl ascult cu mare drag si interes pe domnul Ekart vă rog ❤❤❤❤mulțumesc ❤

[@amin_abdollahi_369]

Thanks💚🌸😊

[@2481023]

Thank you!

[@ashrafalboudi5341]

Thank you from the bottom of my heart, and thank you for providing the translation into Arabic ❤

[@Buddha_Girl1]

Love Eckhart and hope he is well

[@unionyvivencia5696]

Thank you dear master eckhart . ❤

[@zeph9751]

Thank you Eckhart ❤ can we see more meditation videos please? They are really helpful…

[@EckhartTolle]

Glad you found this helpful. There will be a new meditation posted every Saturday.

[@zeph9751]

@@EckhartTolle thank you very much for it ❤️❤️

[@yukio_saito]

@@EckhartTolle Looking forward to a new one 😊

[@LUPITA-_]

Gracias querido ECKHART, hoy Sabado recibiendo su video su importante orientación profunda, también gracias por traducción al Español y otros idiomas, saludos y bendiciones. !!

[@Feensang]

Der leere freie Tisch im Hintergrund birgt eine meditierende Orchidee stiller Schönheit

[@AwarenessItself-vv3zy]

Thank you very much, Eckhart. What a wonderful support. The best for you❤❤❤.

[@isthisrideoveryet]

Best one yet

[@lindamarshall-ur9tk]

Thank you.

[@silvermoon3486]

Needed to hear that this morning ❤❤❤👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

[@VartanGarabedian-b2t]

Thank you Eckhart

[@AliviaKarmakar]

I am lost for words. Thanks ET.

[@Joy.1111]

So good.

[@celsaflores7529]

Finally answered my question on these videos being meditation and enlightenment 🙏

[@furstfemme]

This is really good

[@realtorchancegassman8662]

The whole video is the meditation 🙂

[@hannahrowen1573]

Thanks for that ❤

[@AshPragasam]

The first minute of this is what I say whenever I'm late

[@selliahlawrencebanchanatha4482]

God bless tk you somuch sir

[@CanalAdvaita]

Muchas gracias amado maestro por una meditación tan profunda, me ha dado mucha paz 🙏🏻✨

[@vittelino]

I startet my day sleepwalking. Watching your video woke me up - at least for a moment. Thank you ever so much for reminding!

[@EckhartTolle]

You're welcome. Thank you for watching.

[@rogerlin9602]

9:20 Your life consists of sense perception, thoughts and emotions. Their mixture is life situation. They cast universal hypnotic spell. The most hypnotic is thought. But ultimately, they are forms that arise in your consciousness. Notice the underneath stillness. You don't have to wait for someday for self realization. That's just another idea in your mind. That becomes an obstacle. 🌹⚘👍⛳🦆🦋💖🌱🎯🦆 Realize the immediacy of realization. Start here and now to notice continually the conscious, still, spacious and formless dimension underneath life situations of sensory perceptions, thoughts and emotions. 16:18 Gone to the other shore. Thanks Eckhart. 23 October 2023.🌹👍🤩👍🚣‍♂️🚀🤩🌛🌱

[@rogerlin9602]

5:03 Space of stillness between and underneath the words. This is where your age and life situations don't matter anymore. Notice what you don't hear and see. 🌱🍮🕰🦅✔🌛🕰🚀 Thanks Eckhart. 21 October 2023.😂🦅💖🏘🤠🌛🌛

[@dekogjorgjiev4893]

Love you Eckhart

[@madalynmoth4263]

Unhappy, uncomfortable & scared most days 🦋😭

[@EnriGalzi]

Detach your sense of self from thoughts, emotions and sense perception. Experience the inner spaciousness.

[@jeannettebalk2525]

❤ love you

[@TomasFalk]

❤i love this❤

[@julieeagles4899]

Grateful here and now

[@garypedigogaeu5787]

Thank ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….you

[@nasunorahl]

Literally

[@madelynn-delarosa]

🙏🙏🙏

[@yakoubyakoub9315]

Beautiful.

[@juergenbloh45]

Yes

[@originalnormie]

Wow

[@helixreggae]

Regards, thank you.

[@cynraver]

Hii Eckhart, can I visit you in Canada please✖️

[@Kaatkaty]

❤❤❤

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

Gate Gate Paragate Parasam Gate Bodhi Svaha is known as the Heart-Calming Mantra. From Yogapedia (for real!): "This mantra can be translated as “Gone, gone, gone to the other shore beyond. O what an awakening, all hail!”. A shorter, more concise translation is: “gone beyond the beyond to enlightenment”. Another perspective on this mantra is, “Gone, gone, gone all the way over, everyone gone to the other shore, enlightenment, hail!" ( NB: The sound of the waterfall at the end has been removed due to copyright issues 😉)

[@firstnamelastnam3]

O make in me those civil wars to cease! Sir Philip Sidney

[@vaclavbozdech8245]

What is the difference between "notice" and "awareness"?

[@Hayabusa2005]

I am still not 100% sure if Eckhart and I are referring to the same thing when he talks about stillness and awareness. I like to think of it as a place where there's no psychological time. Is that the same dimension he is referring to?

[@marciaceciliabadkebadke2293]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@adaoz6334]

💜🌿💜🌿💜🌿🙏🙏🙏

[@pilarlluchmarti4494]

🙏💛🌹

[@eliseblankvoort4642]

❤

[@sohocraft]

❤🙏🏻

[@AllahHuAkbar-r8r]

🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@Showing_You_Reality]

What does it mean if I always feel Sleepy?

[@aparnadhawal2908]

But how to come out of hypnotic spell of thoughts?

[@elisabethk7103]

💗🙏💗