Chris Evans
Appearances
The Oprah Podcast
Eckhart Tolle: “A New Earth” | Oprah’s Book Club
Hello, hello. It's an honor to be here.
The Oprah Podcast
Eckhart Tolle: “A New Earth” | Oprah’s Book Club
Yes. I do have an Eckhart tattoo. It's actually from Stillness Speaks. And of the many lines in his books that have resonated, this one just felt like a real... North Star, it was a line that said, when you lose touch with inner stillness, you lose touch with yourself. When you lose touch with yourself, you lose yourself in the world.
The Oprah Podcast
Eckhart Tolle: “A New Earth” | Oprah’s Book Club
And, you know, I put enormous emphasis on the practice of stillness, which is basically the practice of being present. But you can't be present always. Unless you're accepting of the moment, accepting what is surrendering to it. You know, I think I think, well, as I'm sure you all know, most suffering comes from resisting in some capacity.
The Oprah Podcast
Eckhart Tolle: “A New Earth” | Oprah’s Book Club
What is you know, you're either you either resist and struggle or you surrender and accept. And one of those things will bring you closer to who you are. And one of those things, you know, you're on the risk of losing yourself completely.
The Oprah Podcast
Eckhart Tolle: “A New Earth” | Oprah’s Book Club
I think to some degree, the industry I'm in, you hear stories of people losing themselves. But I think... Through the practice of stillness, all those other downstream lessons and practices occur. The act of recognizing that you're not the voice in your head. You are just the awareness of it. That voice, that compulsive stream of labeling and comparing, that's not who you are.
The Oprah Podcast
Eckhart Tolle: “A New Earth” | Oprah’s Book Club
That voice wants to pull you out of the moment. That voice wants to... you know, analyze the past and worry about the future. If you follow that voice too long, you identify with it and your suffering will just spiral. So that initial quote that I have on me forever just felt like a real foundational building block to this work.
The Oprah Podcast
Eckhart Tolle: “A New Earth” | Oprah’s Book Club
Yeah, I do. I had, well, it was kind of a two, it was kind of a four-parter, but I'm going to spare you. I guess my question is, you know, you've been doing this for so long. Do you still have access to your former suffering? Can you recognize it? And do you still feel that suffering the way you did then? Or do you look at it through different eyes, through a different lens?
The Oprah Podcast
Eckhart Tolle: “A New Earth” | Oprah’s Book Club
Does it still resonate the same way? No.
The Oprah Podcast
Eckhart Tolle: “A New Earth” | Oprah’s Book Club
Thank you for having me. Thank you, Chris Evans!