Eckhart Tolle
👤 PersonAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
What are you reading? Okay, good. Yes. So the discovery that... Same thing with sitting in traffic.
Yes. How would I experience this moment if I didn't add any thought to it? They're just presence. You're present with what is. And that's also, that is how the ego shrinks and shrinks and shrinks as you practice that.
Yes. How would I experience this moment if I didn't add any thought to it? They're just presence. You're present with what is. And that's also, that is how the ego shrinks and shrinks and shrinks as you practice that.
Yes. How would I experience this moment if I didn't add any thought to it? They're just presence. You're present with what is. And that's also, that is how the ego shrinks and shrinks and shrinks as you practice that.
Oh, yes, definitely. Yay! Thank you. Pretty good idea.
Oh, yes, definitely. Yay! Thank you. Pretty good idea.
Oh, yes, definitely. Yay! Thank you. Pretty good idea.
It's fantastic. One of the most important teachings from ancient Greece is the dictum, know thyself, from ancient Greece. That was inscribed in the temple of Apollo at Delphi, the famous place carved into the walls of the temple. know thyself. And it doesn't mean at the deepest level, it's not knowing about yourself, the stories of your life, the story of your life. There's a place for that too.
It's fantastic. One of the most important teachings from ancient Greece is the dictum, know thyself, from ancient Greece. That was inscribed in the temple of Apollo at Delphi, the famous place carved into the walls of the temple. know thyself. And it doesn't mean at the deepest level, it's not knowing about yourself, the stories of your life, the story of your life. There's a place for that too.
It's fantastic. One of the most important teachings from ancient Greece is the dictum, know thyself, from ancient Greece. That was inscribed in the temple of Apollo at Delphi, the famous place carved into the walls of the temple. know thyself. And it doesn't mean at the deepest level, it's not knowing about yourself, the stories of your life, the story of your life. There's a place for that too.
If you go to a psychoanalyst, psychoanalyst will bring up all kinds of hidden memories and so that might have limited usefulness, but eventually you have to go beyond that and go to deeper. Yourself is the awareness. Your true self is not whatever arises in the awareness. Your true self is the awareness itself. And the recognition of that in yourself is also stillness.
If you go to a psychoanalyst, psychoanalyst will bring up all kinds of hidden memories and so that might have limited usefulness, but eventually you have to go beyond that and go to deeper. Yourself is the awareness. Your true self is not whatever arises in the awareness. Your true self is the awareness itself. And the recognition of that in yourself is also stillness.
If you go to a psychoanalyst, psychoanalyst will bring up all kinds of hidden memories and so that might have limited usefulness, but eventually you have to go beyond that and go to deeper. Yourself is the awareness. Your true self is not whatever arises in the awareness. Your true self is the awareness itself. And the recognition of that in yourself is also stillness.
The recognition of the awareness in yourself is also stillness. And whenever you accept this moment as it is, that portal opens up because that acceptance of what it is brings you to the state of inner peace. That's how it works. So the practice then should be this continuous endeavoring to work with the present moment. Sometimes I say yes to the present moment.
The recognition of the awareness in yourself is also stillness. And whenever you accept this moment as it is, that portal opens up because that acceptance of what it is brings you to the state of inner peace. That's how it works. So the practice then should be this continuous endeavoring to work with the present moment. Sometimes I say yes to the present moment.
The recognition of the awareness in yourself is also stillness. And whenever you accept this moment as it is, that portal opens up because that acceptance of what it is brings you to the state of inner peace. That's how it works. So the practice then should be this continuous endeavoring to work with the present moment. Sometimes I say yes to the present moment.
say yes to your experience of this moment, whatever it is you're experiencing this moment, accept it because it already is. If action is called for, that's fine. Then the acceptance becomes the basis for action. So that is to find yourself, you need to let go of the that continuous resistance that is inseparable from the ego. When you let go of resistance, the ego begins to shrink.
say yes to your experience of this moment, whatever it is you're experiencing this moment, accept it because it already is. If action is called for, that's fine. Then the acceptance becomes the basis for action. So that is to find yourself, you need to let go of the that continuous resistance that is inseparable from the ego. When you let go of resistance, the ego begins to shrink.
say yes to your experience of this moment, whatever it is you're experiencing this moment, accept it because it already is. If action is called for, that's fine. Then the acceptance becomes the basis for action. So that is to find yourself, you need to let go of the that continuous resistance that is inseparable from the ego. When you let go of resistance, the ego begins to shrink.
The ego needs fighting. The ego needs enemies. Enemies not necessarily, but also in the form of other people. Enemies in the form of other groups of people, political groups or whatever it may be. But it also leads enemies in the form of even situations in which you can find yourself and you don't like the situation. So you make the situation into an enemy or something that you have to do.