Eckhart Tolle

But that's a good sign because to discover the ego in the moment it arises requires a fairly high degree of presence. Many people would only discover the ego... Hours later or the next day and then think back about, oh, that was the ego. If you notice the ego in the moment it arises, it means you're really quite present. And to notice the ego in oneself the moment it arises is...

Gain in consciousness, it doesn't mean that you failed. It's not a defeat. It doesn't mean, oh, there's the ego gain. Why am I still stuck in the ego? No, because presence is there at the same time.

Gain in consciousness, it doesn't mean that you failed. It's not a defeat. It doesn't mean, oh, there's the ego gain. Why am I still stuck in the ego? No, because presence is there at the same time.

Gain in consciousness, it doesn't mean that you failed. It's not a defeat. It doesn't mean, oh, there's the ego gain. Why am I still stuck in the ego? No, because presence is there at the same time.

Yes, the awareness frees you from ego. The first thing that awareness does, it breaks the identification with the ego. So people who are ego-possessed, they don't know they have an ego because they are so identified with the ego, it becomes them, it is the person. And so to know your own ego is already an awakening. So what is it that awakens? The awareness.

Yes, the awareness frees you from ego. The first thing that awareness does, it breaks the identification with the ego. So people who are ego-possessed, they don't know they have an ego because they are so identified with the ego, it becomes them, it is the person. And so to know your own ego is already an awakening. So what is it that awakens? The awareness.

Yes, the awareness frees you from ego. The first thing that awareness does, it breaks the identification with the ego. So people who are ego-possessed, they don't know they have an ego because they are so identified with the ego, it becomes them, it is the person. And so to know your own ego is already an awakening. So what is it that awakens? The awareness.

So awareness is consciousness and normally Consciousness is always absorbed by the mind and that becomes the ego.

So awareness is consciousness and normally Consciousness is always absorbed by the mind and that becomes the ego.

So awareness is consciousness and normally Consciousness is always absorbed by the mind and that becomes the ego.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes.

Yes. Also, you don't need to wait for the challenge to come into your life. Also, discover that at any moment, even at this moment as you're sitting here, there is your experience of this moment, sensory experience, visual, auditory, that's part of the present moment.

Yes. Also, you don't need to wait for the challenge to come into your life. Also, discover that at any moment, even at this moment as you're sitting here, there is your experience of this moment, sensory experience, visual, auditory, that's part of the present moment.

Yes. Also, you don't need to wait for the challenge to come into your life. Also, discover that at any moment, even at this moment as you're sitting here, there is your experience of this moment, sensory experience, visual, auditory, that's part of the present moment.

And if you want to go deeper into the present moment, that's already a wonderful thing to become aware of your surroundings rather than being totally absorbed into the stream of mostly useless thinking. Right. So you become more acutely aware of your surroundings. And often you find there's an aliveness around there no matter where you are in this room.

And if you want to go deeper into the present moment, that's already a wonderful thing to become aware of your surroundings rather than being totally absorbed into the stream of mostly useless thinking. Right. So you become more acutely aware of your surroundings. And often you find there's an aliveness around there no matter where you are in this room.

And if you want to go deeper into the present moment, that's already a wonderful thing to become aware of your surroundings rather than being totally absorbed into the stream of mostly useless thinking. Right. So you become more acutely aware of your surroundings. And often you find there's an aliveness around there no matter where you are in this room.

So I call it sometimes the beginning of present moment awareness is to be aware of your sensory perceptions. Oh. And for some people that's like waking up out of some kind of dream, because they were always immersed in thinking about past and future, only peripherally aware of the present moment.