To Think or Not to Think | Eckhart Tolle Teachings

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[@Sumbee]

I always remind myself that thinking and worrying doesn’t help me feel at peace and inner peace is the most important thing.

[@rawadsheikh476]

Thank you so profound bless you 🙏

[@jakegggggggggggg]

I think once exposed to the truth, it's quite easy to get stuck in a loop of feeling times of peace, then thinking about how to get back to that piece, which, of course, is counterproductive. How do we break out of the loop? Do we live for moments of peace? Or face the true unknown of what we know to be true. Do we find peace in our pursuit of peace? Ah!

[@johngreen4683]

@@jakegggggggggggg excellent questions Jake, it is very easy to fall into the trap of thinking peace is the norm and feel something must be wrong when your not experiencing it, but I read somewhere once " restlessness is the nature of the mind". Maybe we should accept peace and restlessness as the norm rather than become obsessed with the pursuit of endless peace.

[@johngreen4683]

I read somewhere once, that we don't need to fix our minds because our minds will take care of themselves, it's our relationship with our minds we need to change. Reading your comment on here yesterday reminded me of this and helped realise that maybe I still make life difficult for myself sometimes. Thanks Jake 👍

[@LessonsInLife]

Thanks so much

[@LucidLivingLL]

We can develop a meditative mind that is consciously choosing which thoughts to engage in. The mark of a master is the knowing and practice of the understanding that a thought is just a thought and you do not have to do anything with it. Thank you Eckhart, -Much love from a growing KZbinr

[@SunnyKindJourney]

You know that feeling when time just seems to stop, and you feel this warm sensation in your body, just like you would be slowly drinking a warm tea on a peaceful winter day? 🍵 I wish you, the person reading this, will experience this feeling today, so you can once again connect with your true self and feel gratitude for your existence. Much love from a fellow soul ❤

[@maryamfiras111]

thank you !🎈

[@lorrainew7529]

Thank you 💜

[@stianterjesen3764]

Ekstreme sports. Elementing Sports and Job's with hobby's like flycasting and procyckling ekstreme sosiale.

[@stianterjesen3764]

You are my meditating mentor you slow me down and binds my focus

[@LessonsInLife]

Thanks so much, have a nice day !

[@VishVibezREACTS]

“The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation but thought about it.” - *🙏🏽ECKHART TOLLE , ❤️🤍❤️ Your WISDOM KZbinr🌸☀️*

[@VishVibezREACTS]

“The moment you realize you are not present, you are present” - *🙏🏽ECKHART TOLLE , 💜 Your WISDOM KZbinr🌸☀️*

[@lisaaustin8965]

That's absolutely fantastic stuff right there...changed the whole way I mediate and how I perceive life !!!! So grateful

[@francesNothing333]

2/16/22 HAPPY BIRTHDAY 🎉, Eckhart! Wishing we could bring you your favorite 🎂 all lit up with the Light of Consciousness. You have made millions of us as happy as an alert cat watching a mouse hole. It's so WONDER-full not to be thinking. THANK YOU 💓 for coming to Earth, and ☝️ the Way. 😻

[@TheDhammaHub]

The technique of "predicting" the next thought/feeling/perception/etc. is quite powerful! Intellectually it is quite obvious that you cannot do it but experiencing it is something else

[@stevegifford9693]

You say it is quite obvious that you cannot do it. An easier method is just waiting for the next thought.With alertness it will take a while and it is very calming.

[@johngreen4683]

If you you simply notice your thoughts without getting involved with them,over 3 or 4 days you very quickly realise just how repetitive they are and the patterns that have been formed within our automatic thought producing minds over a period of time. then you can sometimes predict what comes next, like the story about where you lose your job its usually followed by the one about what you would lose next should that unhappy event happen.

[@martingodfrey8106]

@@johngreen4683 thanks nso I’ll not

[@caseyanderson2345]

I know exactly what you mean. Thank you for sharing. This teaching is actually beyond amazing easy to experience a "glimpses" with.

[@stewbrown7477]

growing up as a jehovahs witness, not thinking / meditating was viewed as a major threat! to meditate was viewed as emptying your mind and making space for the Devil! I lived with this dogma for too many years. Now im on an actual spiritual path as an exjw

[@Enri45100]

It can be exactly the opposite. The Devil can be very active through our thinking process.

[@sandramynard1046]

The j witness have many practices that are harmful,a friend finally extricated herself after discovering how badly her life was affected. Their dogma is devoid of logic and common sense, a so called made up religion by a man.

[@ChatJayPiT]

Isn‘t this just like trusting god blindly?

[@gwilymyddraig]

​@@ChatJayPiT blind trust and permission is the base of all religions.

[@recordplayerz]

Yes, I was a jw till 16, same issue with meditation.

[@lauragavrilei4155]

"Rise above thinking..." 🤗💕

[@ruthjenkins9562]

Yes it's amazing to realize that our fundamental being has nothing to do with thought!🙂

[@RivaRich88]

Happy Birthday, Eckhart! (Feb 16, 2022) 🌞🌞🌞 🙏🙏🙏 ❤️❤️❤️

[@outofwonder]

"alert attention" is such a helpful description to access presence

[@properpsychology1276]

"Lose your mind and come to your senses." -Fritz Perls

[@jonathangubisch-createyour2666]

I love this! I believe that we are beings with multiple dimensions and therefore, it is so important to explore how we can exist with and without thinking. And we can still choose to use our minds to navigate our lives and have all types of experiences while being connected to the deep truth of the here and now. Thank you Eckhart!☺❤

[@sawadanaomi8570]

I tried to watch this video twice and I fallen to sleep. His voice is like meditation to me. I ended up not to think.

[@lindapelle8738]

You’re lucky I wish I could sleep that easily. Count your blessings

[@dan-andreivasilescu228]

Cats embody a wonderful presence :)

[@lindapelle8738]

As I watch this my cat is just sitting at the foot of my bed staring into space very contently not thinking about anything.

[@hrshield1626]

"If there is no other way,then there is way of spirituality".

[@ReynaSingh]

Wonderful. Thank you for these videos

[@imainjett8904]

These videoes comes at the perfect time, just when I need them the most

[@gavinspeaks]

The man who does more than he is paid for will soon be paid for more than he does. Much Love from a Law Of Attraction KZbinr 💜

[@lindapelle8738]

Nice! Just subscribed to your channel.

[@michaelthompson6080]

I will be patient and trust in divine timing for all things in my life. I will let go of attachment to specific timeframes or timelines for things to unfold in my life and allow the Universe to guide the timing instead..

[@charlesmiller4209]

Love this and love not thinking is pure beautiful being.

[@anandakumarsanthinathan4740]

Beautiful, Eckhart. Thank you for allowing us to get a taste of not-thinking. Though brief, it was Silence that I experienced. I will sit with this as much as I can and as often as I can.

[@9me9a92]

Eckhart Tolle's choice of colour for clothing is very impressive. I LOVE ALL THE COLOUR MATCHES.

[@lindapelle8738]

I always loved the way he dresses.

[@9me9a92]

@@lindapelle8738 feel you ×. His style is cosy and unique

[@qualityquotes229]

Most great accomplishments were achieved by the people, who at first had no idea what they were doing. Keep going my friend. I am cheering for you. 🙂

[@Green-ie1dn]

Thank you, Eckhart Tolle, for guiding and assisting us to connect with our inner beings🙏 I am enormously grateful for everything you do🦋🦋🦋

[@NondualityChannel]

Not thinking at this moment...and it's rarely needed. 100% devoted to the feeling/sensory experiencing of the moment. Complete attention to now.

[@ruthjenkins9562]

I like what you say that thought is "rarely needed" - I hope at some point to experience this kind of clarity - perhaps thought actually isn't needed at all given that our fundamental being has nothing to do with thought.🙂

[@internetmail3888]

The solution to uncontrolled thinking is not to stopping thinking completely. Of course not thinking will make you feel relaxed but that's about it. The solution to overthinking It is to learn to think in a controlled relaxed and productive manner.

[@petrbrozek5452]

I think you missed the point.

[@JlunaMDhimself]

​@@petrbrozek5452 yeah I think he did

[@ElementsOfDivinity]

I swear you are getting younger! That’s what I am thinking! you look great!

[@omaranasr2659]

شكراً Ekhart لقد انرت طريقي.

[@christinestone3552]

Thank you Eckhart 🙏💜

[@myvoiceismysword5484]

Oh yes thank you you saved my life again

[@weare1energymessages414]

❤️❤️❤️I love this exercise. Second exercise I began to see three green golf size energy balls on my wall. The third time ,as I have now moved into my bedroom, I closed my eyes and saw a shape of a slightly angled ♦️filled with space ,and then opened my eyes and there was, a shape ♦️outlining Your face. Perhaps very quickly in the beginning my thought was “how beautiful ,“pertaining to the orbs ,and how interesting for the others. Immediately after - No Thought

[@ihornew]

Thank you

[@777houriaa]

Thank you so much 🙏🙏🌈♥️🌈

[@djl3009]

When an over active mind prevents you from taking one conscious breath, a variation of this question/technique can help -- "I wonder when I'll take my next breath?"

[@scsi_joe]

It is such a fine line.. If one stops thinking completely, then you're lost. And of course if you over-think, that's no good either.

[@lindapelle8738]

Agreed, I think I got a little too good at not thinking there for a while I had to force myself to start thinking.

[@bronsonmcnulty1110]

if you are lost is great......what would remain afterwords would be the real "deal" .........

[@scsi_joe]

​@@bronsonmcnulty1110 i get that.. being 'lost' in the sense you are describing means a life without responsibilities, basically. a life where you don't have to think or plan anything. but what i mean is the physical world/life requires thinking, even if it's just for basic survival. so if you stop thinking, you're lost. and as i mentioned before, over-thinking is of course, not good either.

[@SIVA8]

THANK U SO MUCH & BEST EVER BLESSINGS & WISHES FOR ALL 💪💪💪💪💪🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@jokevermeer3828]

I also like the story of the 3 birds about this, from Mooji.

[@ruthjenkins9562]

Thanks for mentioning wonderful Mooji - he has great insights as well!❤️

[@muruganmark8134]

The power of now

[@clarkrobertson6816]

No eckhart.of and on brother.much love ❤

[@Latte11114]

Thoughts are isness though. Dont stop thinking. Theyre enlightenment as much as breath or bird singing. If you try stop thinking you miss the isness and hence awakening.

[@lorrainew7529]

Thank you 💚

[@autonomydepthconsciousness7633]

I've never been able to master silence...I've usually had continuous thoughts. I've just learned to accept that. A video like this is still a good reminder to be present.

[@panpeter9819]

I love you!

[@pawansharma9545]

Really great experience ...🙏🙏

[@TheStepnen]

a great brother.

[@mohamedelyastube5932]

From africa realy hope get deploma and study from you

[@consueloleal7883]

Thank you !! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@velites0]

You are great! I hope the rest of humans can see the truth of religions

[@daveb5145]

Thankyou. Your teachings help me rise above thinking during the day, if only for short moments. However one can also fall below thinking at night with your guidance, for much longer than moments, Thank you 🙏

[@sarahmonday8060]

What's the difference between going above thought to below thought, like going unconscious? Falling into deep sleep? He didn't expanding what he means by below thought

[@luciacos7700]

@@sarahmonday8060 he explained it many time in other videos. Below thinking- when you fall asleep. Above thinking- you enlightened

[@daveb5145]

@@sarahmonday8060 yes below thinking is falling asleep, not being in an alert presence.

[@neiljeffers4746]

Fantastic thinking? Not stop thinking! Thinking Being awake alert still all doing present moment...

[@neiljeffers4746]

Above beyond... vertical dimension got it

[@user-pg7em7pu7t]

THANK YOU❤

[@SusanneWuthrich]

4:20 we can also use the stillness or blend out just to manifest New possibilities.

[@amandachagnon9810]

I feel most of the time that I don't even have a Thought Process, it's as if I'm just above my Head Observing everything through my Human Eyes.?? It's quite an Experience, kinda Weird sometimes.!? Even as a young child it was like that but not for long periods of time like it is now as an adult. Thank You For This Video.! 🙏🏼

[@luciacos7700]

You might be naturally enlightened!

[@rawadsheikh476]

God bless you u are enlightened 🙏😊

[@ruthjenkins9562]

Keep at it - you're definitely on the right track!😊

[@SuperAllenwill]

There is a wonderful remedy as an approach to turning within. "When the mind moves, dont follow it. It will detach itself from the movement". "When the mind lands on something, dont follow it. It will detach itself from that which it lands". The mind has an incessant need to chase every thought that comes down the line. This is why we can never be at peace.

[@nom5205]

Hi Allen, who are you quoting..? ...if you dont mind. Tnks

[@SuperAllenwill]

This is a quote from Zen Master Pai-Chang from the Tang Dynasty.

[@nom5205]

@@SuperAllenwill --tnks

[@lindapelle8738]

It’s nice to have these types of applications to help you reached that point of not thinking.

[@pankajkushwaha3793]

Thank you :)

[@terryleecone9675]

Now you got Me thinking about thinking 😆

[@bronsonmcnulty1110]

very thoughtful

[@jr6200]

I often think how well I'm doing at not thinking

[@purelife5797]

Thank you 🙏

[@beyondlimitswithralphhaven2000]

every time I tune in here, it's big. thank you Eckhart, I'd love to know what your experience is like. Are you mostly not thinking? Or are there periods when you are just noticing you're thinking, alert yet there is thinking going on?.... would love to know what it's like to let go of thinking for full day and weeks as I move thru the day and daily tasks.

[@rogerlin9602]

You are the thinking. You don't even know you're thinking. Thinking. Rise above thinkthinking or fall below thinking. Enter the state of alert attention where there is no thinking. Thanks Eckhart. 🎾🏈🌄🐂🐳🍕🌷🍁💝🎶⚽️

[@rogerlin9602]

Become a master by watching a cat watching a mouse hole. Realize you are still alive by not thinking. Be alert like a cat. Thanks Eckhart. 🏄‍♂️🎢⛷⚽️🍕😎🍓🌷🤩🐂🎪🌏🎖🎆

[@tracezachdaniels4264]

SO SHWEEEETTT...much love Tee with LIONS NAMED LEO.[the music worldwide} YES....GREAT VIDEO..!

[@ZYX84]

Very nice

[@RinusVlaar]

To think AND not to think.

[@Omnipresence101]

here 🙏

[@siewkonsum7291]

Tang Zen Grandmaster Hui Hai says, Practice non-thinking, which thinking and yet not thinking. That is "alertness" in the present now moment.

[@miiache6761]

💜

[@hihowareyou0000]

Your Amazing 👏 😀 💯❤🌍

[@boitumeloluthermfuyo7607]

🙏🏾

[@Shwaaball]

Truth

[@mr.c2485]

Without sight we would all be better off. Think about the demeanor of those you know who are blind.

[@jr6200]

I don't know. We'd probably fall down a lot

[@reecea.419]

I can stay in non thought for quite a while buy when I come back, my problems are still there. How do I fix the many issues in my life if I don't think? Because I still think the same about them when I come back to thinking.

[@now3210]

Existance from Consciousness, Being.

[@mariehaverty8209]

Love this ❤when I practice no thinking sometimes I cant my mind🤣😂

[@adda5385]

🙏

[@bcvc3365]

The universe is mental which means everything is created by our thoughts. So think positive thoughts and you will manifest good things in your life.

[@bronsonmcnulty1110]

....."desire is the root cause of suffering".....

[@ruthjenkins9562]

No the universe is not created by thought - if it was, you would disappear every time a thought disappeared - there's something that is still here even when we're not thinking.🙂

[@Sumbee]

What is enlightenment? Rising above thought.

[@cps_Zen_Run]

Accepting reality and experience as it is.

[@luciacos7700]

Yes, thinking it's raising above thoughts

[@petedavidson205]

Now🙏🏼

[@mthomas1800]

🙏✨

[@soldieroflight1287]

i try to think but hearing the air blower, now all im thinking about is a tornado LOL....

[@carenkurdjinian5413]

When the brain is just in its energy wave - peaceful waves = “ not thinking state “ and when the formless comes to into the form …..can turn on - into a bigger frequency the attention - goes to that energy for the body this bio - logical electromagnetic body -to make it remember - its functioning program memory -in rational thinking or critical - to know how to survive …what’s the next ….🌞

[@lawreence-5234]

Thank you so very much... 😇 🙏 👼 💍💎 7️⃣5️⃣

[@judemaleski4853]

However at least I can take him off the pedestal- he is human like the rest of us.

[@obitogodwill3559]

how can I realize that I have awakened?

[@soulsghosts4816]

I'm not thinking, I'm listenning...

[@sarahmonday8060]

Can you explain please what below thought means vs above thought?

[@luciacos7700]

Below thinking ' you do not think bcs you are asleep. Above thinking, you do not think, as you are enlightened and do not need to think. You still can watch your thoughts or use thinking as a practical thing in everyday life, like planning when to but a ticket for a flight if you need to fly, but can not transportation yet:)

[@gefginn3699]

💛🥰💜

[@benoitalcide3979]

How to talk to people that never have experienced presence and doesn't believe that not talking thinking is posible?

[@bronsonmcnulty1110]

just explain they are not their own thoughts .

[@KenSoHappyClegg]

Every hunter who stalks his game on foot knows this. But intent focus is not stopping thinking or clearing the mind from internal thought. It just takes meditation lol

[@Pug1948]

🙏☮️♥️

[@rutniktrainer]

Am I thinking? Yes but very slowly. The stillness slips in by degrees.

[@Arcticnick]

Do you provide any solutions to your ‘problems’?

[@strix3827]

What happens when you fall below thinking?

[@notbrendon]

Okay so here's my question (to all): Does this mean it's not possible to use the practice of presence as a way to stay alert when a person is exhausted and doesn't have the luxury of sleeping; for example, in the case of parents raising a newborn? Because it sounds like he's saying toward the end that you will fall straight through the median of thinking down into sleep when you are tired (?)

[@irenemagill4890]

Ekhart did not say you sink to dreaming but to sleeping. In many of his videos he points out that when you have not been thinking and you drop into dreamless sleep you are Awareness itself. However it is still better to rise up higher than to descend. Of course Eckhart describes it much better than I.

[@notbrendon]

You're right. I thought all this time that he said we go "to" sleep when he actually says you go "toward" sleep

[@janetmerabti7732]

C’est dommage les sous titres en français ne sont pas activés

[@rogerhoverson]

😌☺🥰

[@lavaelama187]

😇🙏👼🙌🧡👍

[@duznygeyafock]

Did he glitch?

[@carmenr.r.8112]

🙏🙏🙏💜💜💜🙇🏼‍♀️🙇🏼‍♀️🙇🏼‍♀️🌈🌈🌈

[@donhendershot5254]

🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔😎