The Most Powerful Spiritual Practice for Daily Life | Eckhart Tolle

Eckhart Tolle addresses the most effective spiritual practice for daily life, emphasizing the power of observing one's breath. By shifting attention from the mind to the body through breath awareness, one can foster a deeper connection to their inner energy field. Eckhart Tolle explains how this practice can lead to a sense of aliveness and presence that transcends the physical body.
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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.

[@HarrisWay-kc7li]

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[@AndreaBickel]

There's wonder working power in following Kingdom principles on giving and tithing. Hallelujah!

[@MossJr-m2w]

But then, how do you get all that in that period of time? What is it you do please, mind sharing?

[@AngelaKennedy-zt9ic]

It is the digital market. That's been the secret to this wealth transfer. A lot of folks in the US and abroad are getting so much from it, God has been good to my household Thank you Jesus

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[@JoelSwanson-gx2xr]

How can I start this digital market, any guidelines and how can I reach out to her?

[@michaelbreeding1109]

All i know is that I don't believe everything i think, and I think less and less the more I listen to Eckhart! My days are much more enjoyable and stress free for the part! Breathing intentionally but without thought other than observation of the breath...its a beautiful thing! 💓🙏🏼❤️

[@peterlam2738]

Ahh a fresh breathe of EckHart in the morning !!

[@100Jim]

The breath is something you can always anchor to when you need to come back home.

[@C3POMG8]

Love that

[@user-tb7nk1yv6x]

I am a Woman from the Netherlands (Europe) and I follow Eckhart Tolle since 2003. Thank you Eckhart Toll. Thanks for your wisdom.

[@JonasAnandaKristiansson]

You are blessed

[@AmunifSIbrahim]

Iam 20 yars old from Iraq , Thanks .

[@stephenflood3463]

The breath of the Universe gives rise to the divine presence within us and to all other life forms. Thanks Eckhart.

[@midnightblue2893]

💜🌷💜

[@stephenflood3463]

@@midnightblue2893 💜🙏💜

[@khansherani]

Ppl having difficulty with emotions getting overwhelmed so easily...it is the easiest practice available any moment Any time anywhere and calm down ur emotions

[@veraintuizione6497]

What a beautiful coincidence!✨ I always come home in the evening feeling surreally tired🤣 even on holidays because in fact I never stop. Unfortunately I can't do anything about it, this my karma😰😁.Two evenings ago I didn't even have the strength to eat dinner I only did it because I had to. I didn't even have the strength to do my daily yoga session which I almost never skip. So I went to bed and thought "NOW I'll concentrate on my breathing" and so it was. I felt the rhythm of my heart and the rhythm of my breathing my body lighten little by little... Suddenly a thought/vision crossed me: ALL the creatures in the world from the smallest bacterium to the biggest man in the world breathe, we are all united by this silent rhythm that binds us to organic life. This must be the undulating rhythm of the Universe ❤and the Universal Consciusness must be a gigantic heart❤ Then I fell asleep...✨ I find wonderful that all of us are united by the rhythm of our hearts and our breathing. I don't know what happened❤✨ but the next morning I was so rested and felt as good as I had ever felt....❤️ So grateful 💓🙏✨✨✨✨✨🌺

[@bgrecoverycoaching2536]

I like your post. Thanks for sharing.

[@veraintuizione6497]

@@bgrecoverycoaching2536 THANKS to you ❤️🙏

[@randomelvis3359]

As someone that has suffered nasal polyps that prevent nasal breathing I can report nasal breathing is needed for calming your systems and also assists good digestion, BUT I can also report to NOT focus on breathing…. “Notice” breathing and return to calming breath through meditation but REMEMBER breathing is subconsciously actioned, to become TOO focused on breathing can ALSO create anxiety and worry…. “let it be” notice where you are in moments and just return to good breathing by relaxing shoulders and defocusing ✨ * ALWAYS breathe in through nose fill belly, diaphragm breathing gets forgotten in stress, it gets up in our shoulders…relax, fill belly, exhale through pursed lips… as said let it be, you’ll recover automatically 🙏🏻

[@HealthyAndInspired]

This. ❤

[@pamchesler242]

Ty for this advice. You know, I had a close friend who had nasal polyps and she had them easily removed by an ear nose and throat doctor, but I’m assuming that you have looked into this …anyway, ty ❤

[@randomelvis3359]

@@pamchesler242 Hey Pam, Yes, I am awaiting an operation (I am in the Uk NHS is a mess) … for some reason they aren’t taking it seriously although i have pushed them….it’s been a living nightmare as i am sure your friend has experienced… how is your friend now? Any issues?

[@pamchesler242]

@@randomelvis3359 she feels like a new person. It’s not a major surgery and everything is a mess here in the United States with healthcare as well. Just be patient and look forward to being able to breathe….❤️ I know that feeling because I have sleep apnea so that generally originates in your tissues of your throat where they close up and you’re literally not able to get enough oxygen so that you can breathe and sleep properly so that’s why treated with a CPAP machine, but I know that nasal polyps are quite common but very Very uncomfortable. It is difficult to do deep breathing techniques if you’re not able to breathe through your nose, but I would think that trying to do deep breathe through your lungs and then exhaling through your nose. You’re still label to get just a little bit of oxygen moving through your nasal passages , until you get the surgery, try breathing first through your diaphragm and stomach and breathing out whenever and however, you can through your nose. It’s actually the exact opposite breathing properly, but I would think it’s still helpful regardless I understand your frustration because she had a difficult time with it, but felt like a new person afterwards….best to you 🙏🙏

[@randomelvis3359]

@@pamchesler242 Thank you Pam, yes patience is much needed…they started in 2018 then i was about to have an operation and we were locked down in 2020… since then it’s all gone a bit crazy… I appreciate your kind messages of confidence, nice to chat so easily Wishing you very good health ! ✨🙏🏻

[@sarahjmount9221]

That’s how I’ve always been able to invite in, and find the presence! It was through my breath and feeling the aliveness in my body. It’s exactly what Eckhart is talking about here! Also, most recently I have had experiences where I can feel the presence outside of my body surrounding the area I’m sitting in like he discusses here! It’s very recent, like I said but amazing, and that presence is still the same I’m feeling inside my body. Thank you, Eckhart for your precious teachings! This just validates to me that we are all one with everyone and everything. 🙏 ❤

[@mellifergold]

" Closer is God than breathing and nearer than hands and feet "

[@C3POMG8]

Ty for the reminder 🩵

[@mellifergold]

@@C3POMG8 🌸

[@user-yt4qi6in9o]

watch your breath is a birth of a spiritual awakening

[@michaelpace773]

I am feeling this truth all the time,that God is in my breath

[@user-yt4qi6in9o]

@@michaelpace773 me too, but I feel the truth

[@ahmadmofrad2702]

From now on I will not comment 10 dollars For each comment😂😅

[@ahmadmofrad2702]

Just my last comment Do you believe that neonates And infants And Children Are as much as obsessed By breathing!? My friend Review yourself I have read more than 6000 books In any field since 12 years of age Good bye And good luck No new thing for me My unseen friend

[@johngreen4683]

I'm a big fan of breathing, I'd go as far to say it's one of those things I genuinely couldn't live without 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@arieldye544]

😂

[@stevekille6239]

thank you for these videos on youtube ❤

[@satorigrowempathy]

Mindful breathing has a lot of benefits.

[@johngreen4683]

I highly recommend it 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@stargazer8225]

“You are awareness. Awareness is another name for you. Since you are awareness there is no need to attain or cultivate it.” - Ramana Maharshi

[@Ultramowing]

i would posit we are energy information. interaction of energy creates awareness.

[@mansuralimirani4186]

Thank you thank you thank you so much sir

[@SahraYousefi]

Dear Eckhart, I love to share a spiritual moment with you and everyone who reads this. It's been a long time, this observer pays attention to that entity which is called "air" in human language, this observer pays attention to all of its movements, dynamics and way of existing in the form of wind or soft air flow. Different trees, speaks with different movements of leaves to this entity. Since I have a close relationship with trees, they showed me and oriented my attention to it, "air". I know why you find watching the breath the most influential spiritual practice. Nobody knows who or what this entity is, just like light. But I feel it, I feel it's consciousness that comes and absorbs my individual consciousness. With lots of love Sahra

[@sunsioux444]

wonderful 🙏🏻

[@user-yt4qi6in9o]

@@SahraYousefi pay attention also for the space

[@user-yt4qi6in9o]

@@SahraYousefi and all the rest

[@pamchesler242]

Deep breathing automatically calms the center in your brain, that dominates emotions and especially anxiety. But it’s also another way to get closer to the divine or whatever you wish to label it a higher source God, and so on I think deep breathing is the most simplest way to experience peace besides silence

[@2000Elisita]

Thank you Eckhart, thank you so much!❤

[@toribellum]

I look through my eyes like as though they’re windows as William Blake said. The environment becomes very still and clear, then I’ll release it. It’s fun, the world starts looking like one giant movie.

[@janilacool]

Thank you for reminding us to be always in presence ❤I love you

[@midnightblue2893]

Thankyou Eckhart I appreciate this message! 💜

[@bgrecoverycoaching2536]

Hi Eckhart. Thank you so much.

[@karenjewitt6639]

Breathe in God’s breath and exhale God’s breath 💫💛 for the whole planet . Our breath and our heartbeat is Divine

[@michiibelle777]

I'm doing my best!❤

[@magical8842]

So grateful for your teaching Eckart 💚🍀💚

[@satorigrowempathy]

Breath awareness connects you with your inner being. You become more alive, more present, here and now, we start to live in the lap of vast intelligence, you can call it as inner intelligence. The result is consciousness and spaciousness.

[@dorotatyrka-gomukiewicz7366]

Thank You Eckhart for these saint words!

[@simban00]

Life begins with a breath and ends with a breath.

[@irisblokland]

A baby in the belly does not breathe... is alive?

[@James-ys3um]

The amount of out and in breaths are exactly the same. When in, also out.

[@diegodao]

​@irisblokland experience in the material world Begins and ends with the breath. The baby in the belly is alive off course. But still not experiencing sense consciousness.

[@antivaccineproimmunity1043]

irisblokland I think we all get what the person meant. When we enter the world and when we leave the world, so i stead of trying to look clever, just think instead of trying to score points by showing disrespect.

[@sunsioux444]

@@antivaccineproimmunity1043i like your comment, and most of all I like your user name. bravo. I am part of your tribe

[@pavamanigladys9275]

Awesome!! We are engulfed in Holiness!!!! really great!!!

[@msuniverse1663]

Quite enlightening as usual ❤ Thank you E.T❤❤❤

[@jessicapatton2688]

I never actually noticed his initials are E.T. But he’s out of this world (in a good way lol)

[@mindlovesera]

감사합니다 선생님 호흡명상이 많은 도움이 됩니다. 감사합니다 ❤

[@user-ny4ho4ku1h]

Thank you very much Eckhart for bringing the awareness to me.

[@Hey-MrSwampy]

This is not just about breath, it starts from breath, but it is much much more profound.

[@JonasAnandaKristiansson]

Yes

[@sveneriksson7428]

My Ascension started in summer of 1996. I am actually able to feel the vibrations of the process of ascension in my physical body and I have tried many times to breathe deeply when sitting on my balcony in a comfortable sun chair, and I clearly feel that I increase in frequency then. It’s like pressing down the accelerator in your car. I feel the same sensation when I use the mantra “I am a being of Violet fire, I am the purity God desires”. This mantra comes from Summit Lighthouse approximately 40 years ago. Still works fine. Anyone with the same experience? Greetings from Sweden. 😊

[@tripleschezwanfriedrice]

thank you I love you eckhart and team❤

[@rogerlin9602]

4:01 Breath awareness can take you to inner body awareness. That is powerful meditation, take you out of turmoil situation. That is the presence within entire body. You feel you are surrounded by presence. The space around you is presence. 🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷 There is alive presence around you, within and without. We live in the lap of immense intelligence. - Emerson. Thanks Eckhart. 3 July 2024.💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖

[@lynnmcquillan2338]

Bless you Eckhardt 🙏

[@sheltiesrthebest8557]

Gosh I am so grateful to you eckhart ❤

[@ramadevi2017]

Thank you 🙏🙏 Eckhart

[@saleembahadury]

Beautiful , this is meditation in every moment.

[@amin_abdollahi_369]

Thanks😊💚🙏

[@GG-fu4dh]

Absolute Gold! Im here and now

[@chasefancy3092]

Excellent Video Professor Eckhart! "Epistemology" is the indoctrination of particle complexity resonating through different "forms" , "shapes", and "ideas." Empirical notions blessed with cellular translucency must initiate a congruent set of "variables" identifying depth & structure. The very first step in meditation is mastering "Breathing." Do you breathe from your mouth or your nose? Neither! Just like high prices are the result of inflation, a breath from the mouth or nose is the "result" of meditation. Where is the source? The source of all breathing is located 10 below strings in the stomach. This is where the "breath" must come from. The spiritual essence of "being" must be defined through a re distribution sequence which alleviates "friction." Nature must transcend the dialectical process of "interaction" by encompassing what it is not. What it will be can exist but it is not said to exist until existence is a reflection of the "ontological" state of "consciousness."

[@rocioguevaraobando9075]

Maestro Eckhart: Muchísimas gracias. 😊🌱🌸

[@laurafahey542]

Talk about it live this mystical talk Elkhart we love hearing the space around us n it’s love I felt it outside it was live I felt I overwhelming live i believe it was gods love my sister passed I shld if ask then but I was amazed ❤

[@fredphipps9452]

Breathing is real our minds are surreal

[@nikitasinha8181]

Thank you so much 🙏🙏🙏

[@JLZR1]

Thank you Master 🙏🏼

[@Henrijetukas]

💜🙏💐 Thank you Eckhart 🙏 💜 🙏 💐

[@strollingthroughparadise353]

This video really expanded my awareness! Thank you so very much!

[@mamathaguntupalli3124]

This is what Subhash patri founder of pyramid spiritual societies has worked his life for,he was constantly saying watch your breath, that's the best form of Meditation.He has been my teacher and he was the one who introduced Eckhart tolle to me, after reading his books my life changed

[@mdm1210]

So beautifully profound, thank you

[@carmenr.r.8112]

Gracias siempre 🙏 💜 🙇🏼‍♀️ 🌈

[@andrestorresjr]

LOVE this guy ❤

[@C_gar]

graciass!!🙏

[@atmannityananda-autognosia]

❤MOST IMPORTANT PRACTICE The most important practice is constant repetition of a mantra of God's names (like Om Nama Shivay) in resonance with the breathing.

[@michaelbassolino]

Thank you.

[@astroarunshah]

❤❤❤ Love u Eckhart

[@evelynberkowitz8134]

Energy......I can see my aura increasing with the breathing thanku 😊❤

[@mobiustrip1400]

Some great pointers here🎉

[@C3POMG8]

The awareness of the breath of life

[@NancyBeaulieu]

I love your impressions. You are always comical ❤

[@Omnipresence101]

Love Is All Around The Troggs

[@traceler]

" We lie in the lap of immense intelligence, which makes us receivers of its truth and organs of its activity. When we discern justice, when we discern truth, we do nothing of ourselves, but allow a passage to its beams." Self Reliance" Ralph W. Emmerson. "Ne te quaesiveris extra."

[@rosajucglaserra4506]

moltes gràcies|

[@jessicapatton2688]

Was already feeling along with ya before you said it 😊❤

[@sp-gw7zl]

I have a family member that was a drug addict and he was addicted until the day he died He always said life was torture for him ! I could never really understand that 😢 and that's not to say he didn't have happiness. He told me that his mind was broken . Maybe he couldn't quiet his mind ??? 🤔

[@James-ys3um]

I'm sorry to hear that. I had a psychotic slip and addicted in my life and felt like him, not wanting life. I got better, thank God. 🙏

[@smittywerben824]

Just watching ones breath without changing it is actually quite difficult.

[@C3POMG8]

Fact

[@NikolaSekuloski]

It's complicated but as God said in the scriptures, Adam was made from the earth as god chose and put breath in him to make him alive, then took one rib to create a woman so he is not alone anymore and put all sorts of trees in the garden of Eden!

[@mclarsen61]

in my language (Danish) the word breath and spirit are the same 🫡

[@nickiboy33]

Vipassana

[@rehameltohami4526]

يا ريت تترجم للعربي لا افضل ترجمت البرنامج ❤❤❤❤❤

[@royeckert4650]

Breathing is the key for generating thoughts, ideas, and connecting to an inner energy or inner spirit. The word inspiration (known for being inspired or having that Ah Ha! Lightbulb moment) also means to in-spire (to inhale or breathe in) and comes from the word Spiritos which means The Divine Breath. Pretty cool don’t you think?

[@Infinite88882]

Whats good about him is he is sweet and simple. He resemble j krishnamurti and ramana maharshi.

[@rosierooster3739]

You and me knew life itself is Breathing. Kate Bush.

[@Lightmane]

Wim Hof breathing is the best

[@sebastianfritzsche8763]

❤

[@MgMg-ky5rr]

❤❤❤

[@nalakirkwood4425]

🙏

[@wilcoats2705]

Remember you are not home yet “Man is a rope stretched between the animal and the Superman-a rope over an abyss.” - Nietzsche

[@anuragthakur5774]

❤❤

[@viktorprochazka9656]

Are the outer and the inner space really different though?

[@hereandnow213]

Sometimes I believe life forms like us are energy in synaps, earth is a part of a brain called Univers.

[@user-qq5fy4nh8v]

Great video, My relationship of 5 years ended a month ago. The love of my life decided to leave me, I really love her so much I can’t stop thinking about her, I’ve tried my very best to get her back in my life, but to no avail, I’m frustrated, I don’t see my life with anyone else. I’ve done my best to get rid of the thoughts of her, but I can’t, I don’t know why I’m saying this here, I really miss her and just can’t stop thinking about her

[@EugenioJ.Ballenger]

i have been in such a situation. i love my woman and unfortunately we separated about two years ago, but i could not let her go, so i had to do all i could to get her back, i had to seek the help of a spiritual adviser who helped me bring her back, now we are back together, and i must say i am enjoying every moment.

[@user-qq5fy4nh8v]

wow, please how did you get a spiritual adviser, and how do i reach him?

[@EugenioJ.Ballenger]

Dr Ben Spell Castle is the advisor I use. Just research the name. You’d find necessary details to work with to set up an appointment

[@EugenioJ.Ballenger]

you can look his name up online and you will find all you need.

[@user-qq5fy4nh8v]

Thanks for sharing. I curiously searched for his full name and his website popped up after scrolling a bit.

[@goodzindagi]

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[@dasusmedia288]

Paradim shifter

[@MLove-777]

✨🙏✨

[@MukeshSharma-eu7qz]

I suffered the pain of being misunderstood for committing a misdeed that I did not commit..why did the universe/the higher power do this to me??

[@FrederickF.Clifford]

Cool video, My relationship of 5 years ended a month ago. The love of my life decided to leave me, I really love her so much I can’t stop thinking about her, I’ve tried my very best to get her back in my life, but to no avail, I’m frustrated, I don’t see my life with anyone else. I’ve done my best to get rid of the thoughts of her, but I can’t, I know why I’m saying this here, I really miss her and just can’t stop thinking about her.

[@ThomasA.Acosta]

it's difficult to let go of someone you love, I was in a similar situation, my relationship of 12 years ended, but I couldn't just let her go I did all I could to get her back, I had to seek the help of a spiritual counselor who helped me bring her back

[@FrederickF.Clifford]

Amazing, how did you get a spiritual counselor, and how do I reach her?

[@ThomasA.Acosta]

Her name is " monica Erlene mora " and she is a great spiritual counselor who can bring back your ex...

[@FrederickF.Clifford]

Thank you for this valuable information, I just looked her up online. impressive.

[@robertopuccianti8498]

🙏💥🧡🔥

[@DylanKing-tq1tb]

Hallelujah!!! I’m favored and blessed with $60,000 every week! Now I can afford anything and also support the work of God and the church.

[@KilborneYenz]

Oh really? Tell me more!

[@DylanKing-tq1tb]

This is what Ana Graciela Blackwelder does, she has changed my life.

[@DylanKing-tq1tb]

After raising up to 60k trading with her, I bought a new house and car here in the US and also paid for my son’s (Oscar) surgery. Glory to God.shalom.

[@KupetzHardin]

I know Ana Graciela Blackwelder, and I have also had success...

[@KupetzHardin]

Absolutely! I have heard stories of people who started with little or no knowledge but managed to emerge victorious thanks to Ana Graciela Blackwelder.

[@Omer-Abdullah]

🙏💚💐

[@alfreddifeo9642]

❤🙏☮♾

[@HobbesNJoe]

Shoulda ended the video after he answered the question: The number one spiritual practice is simply being aware of the breath. The rest of the video just complicate things.

[@geistzeit7885]

Very important message - here in germany we have much more drugdeaths since last year and fentanyl is a coming dangerous drug. These kids don't think there is any future for them. I have an autoimmun dissease and for me me mental health maters like my physical health - I had to learn that in a hard way. So I feel good to here from Eckhart, it's very sad that we have all the power taken from us because of old narcisstic people.

[@adamarcher7847]

you are an oasis in the wasteland sir!

[@georgeduncan8946]

🙏🏿💫💫🕉cyclic breathing...&Astral activity ⚡️⚡️⚡️👁

[@user-xo9vo5fq9n]

فقدنا الاتصال بالمصدر الذي هو الله ❤