@@user-kq7mx6xc1f it is just stillness really. A clear space from which to create beautiful things in your life. Like in the Dao The Ching the concept of Wu Wei is about doing from a place of non-doing. As in, being productive with no judging thoughts in the background, so that all your energy is now freed up to be put into whatever your craft is. In that sense it is liberating and revitalising to have all that energy back that previously the mind consumed by entertaining petty thoughts. That's the distinction that helped me to finally "get it" - it was realising that meditation and thinking and actually taking an active role in life are all one and the same. In that, using the mind to set a nice direction for the future and constructively thinking about what you can do to get there is like an active form of Meditation that results in clarity and congruence between who you want to be and the actions you take on a day to day basis. Through that congruence and certainty comes the contentment that enables more stillness. As for dealing with the past, it was once again using constructive thinking to realise that even though bad things may have happened, the pain I held onto was my attempt at making that situation better by trying to solve it in my mind. But we can't "fix" the past in our minds, so hence the more effective way to make it better is by becoming a better version of myself that isn't held down by the past anymore. This is simply done by replacing that pain with something better that you can do in the present moment such as being optimistic and sharing your gifts with the world. You can't feel 2 things at once, so the only way to make the past better is by replacing it with something new. So finding a resolution for the pain I felt was step 1 because it allowed the space to find stillness. Then, the real key was moving beyond the duality of thinking that meditation is me sitting down in peace, and then resuming my stressful life. Instead, true presence is the ability to feel that calmness that you feel during meditation as the background behind your thinking/doing - and most importantly to be able to retreat back into that stillness whenever the constructive thinking is done. When we stop looking at presence and meditation as a designated practice, and seek to have our whole life become the practice, that's the key to having it permeate every aspect of what we do. Hardest part for me was finding someone who could explain this in a way that made sense, so I just started writing about it on my own and sure enough it made sense eventually, but others may not vibe with this kind of description as these are the words that I found. Hope this helps a bit, this seems to be a subjective journey but the consciousness we find on the other side of that journey seems to be a common experience.

@@user-kq7mx6xc1f it's a kind of stillness and calmness from which we can create beautiful things in this world. The most helpful concept was learning about Wu Wei from the Tao Te Ching, where we "do nothing while leaving nothing undone". The way I understood this was by realising that meditation and thinking and being productive are not separate activities. It's not about meditating for 30 minutes and then resuming our stressful existence again. It's about experiencing that stillness while being productive and sharing your gifts with the world, which becomes a very liberating and revitalising kind of experience because all the energy that was previously consumed by petty thoughts is now freed up to be put back into our craft. This act of merging the dualities of action and non action was the key for me. But the journey there also involved using constructive thinking to set a nice direction for the future, and then aligning my day to day actions through self discipline with that future so that I feel congruence between what I'm going in the now, and the life aspire to have. In other words, ignoring important responsibilities wasn't the way into presence for me. It was by taking right action that I found the contentment to deepen that stillness and presence. And further, by merging the joy of what I thought the future would bring with the mundane day to day activities I ironically found joy in the present moment, and realised it was never about the future, but about enjoying what I'm doing now - while contributing to a nice life for myself and my family. As for the past, I had to realise that holding onto the pain was me trying to make it better in my mind. But the past can't be "fixed" by constantly thinking about it, in fact, ruminating does the opposite of fixing anything, it perpetuates it. The hurtful past can only be fixed by replacing that pain with something new. Simply because our brain can't experience two realities at the same time. So by becoming a better version of myself now, and by engaging in right action now to improve my life, the past simply fell away like yesterday's news. And so this really was a process of bridging the duality between day to day activities and the act of being present. As in, being able to think constructively, from that place of stillness. So that it's always in the background, and whenever you realise your mind is now done with thinking and starts to drift, that's when you find that stillness again and continue the next activity from that place. That's how you know you're "there" when you are free to go back "there" whenever you like, or to do whatever you need to do from "that" place. Hardest part was finding the right words that made me understand. I couldn't find them in books so I sat down and wrote about these things on my own until it started to make sense. Next thing i knew a new world opened up for me. Bad habits like alcohol, coffee, and social media started to fall away because they felt wrong in my body. All of a sudden I started to notice synchronicities all around me like the universe giving little signs of encouragement - which were always there but I didn't have the attention to notice. Then the every day activities transformed. For example I was operating an excavator at work, and in my mind was no-thing, but on the outside the work became effortless and a pure expression of creating something beautiful in the world. And once again, the journey of getting here seems to be subjective. But the experience of Being and connecting to the Source seems to be universal and very similar from individual to individual where similar beliefs and thought patterns appear. And the desire to engage in unhealthy habits falls away, because there's no longer that underlying discomfort to try and soothe with something tasty or intoxicating.

@@user-kq7mx6xc1f it's a kind of stillness and calmness from which we can create beautiful things in this world. The most helpful concept was learning about Wu Wei from the Tao Te Ching, where we "do nothing while leaving nothing undone". The way I understood this was by realising that meditation and thinking and being productive are not separate activities. It's not about meditating for 30 minutes and then resuming our stressful existence again. It's about experiencing that stillness while being productive and sharing your gifts with the world, which becomes a very liberating and revitalising kind of experience because all the energy that was previously consumed by petty thoughts is now freed up to be put back into our craft. This act of merging the dualities of action and non action was the key for me. But the journey there also involved using constructive thinking to set a nice direction for the future, and then aligning my day to day actions through self discipline with that future so that I feel congruence between what I'm going in the now, and the life aspire to have. In other words, ignoring important responsibilities wasn't the way into presence for me. It was by taking right action that I found the contentment to deepen that stillness and presence. And further, by merging the joy of what I thought the future would bring with the mundane day to day activities I ironically found joy in the present moment, and realised it was never about the future, but about enjoying what I'm doing now - while contributing to a nice life for myself and my family. As for the past, I had to realise that holding onto the pain was me trying to make it better in my mind. But the past can't be "fixed" by constantly thinking about it, in fact, ruminating does the opposite of fixing anything, it perpetuates it. The hurtful past can only be fixed by replacing that pain with something new. Simply because our brain can't experience two realities at the same time. So by becoming a better version of myself now, and by engaging in right action now to improve my life, the past simply fell away like yesterday's news. And so this really was a process of bridging the duality between day to day activities and the act of being present. As in, being able to think constructively, from that place of stillness. So that it's always in the background, and whenever you realise your mind is now done with thinking and starts to drift, that's when you find that stillness again and continue the next activity from that place. Hardest part was finding the right words that made me understand. I couldn't find them in books so I sat down and wrote about these things on my own until it started to make sense. Next thing i knew a new world opened up for me. Bad habits like alcohol, coffee, and social media started to fall away because they felt wrong in my body. All of a sudden I started to notice synchronicities all around me like the universe giving little signs of encouragement - which were always there but I didn't have the attention to notice. Then the every day activities transformed. For example I was operating an excavator at work, and in my mind was no-thing, but on the outside the work became effortless and a pure expression of creating something beautiful in the world. And once again, the journey of getting here seems to be subjective. But the experience of Being and connecting to the Source seems to be universal and very similar from individual to individual where similar beliefs and thought patterns appear. And the desire to engage in unhealthy habits falls away, because there's no longer that underlying discomfort to try and soothe with something tasty or intoxicating.

@@user-kq7mx6xc1f it's a kind of stillness and calmness from which we can create beautiful things in this world. The most helpful concept was learning about Wu Wei from the Tao Te Ching, where we "do nothing while leaving nothing undone". The way I understood this was by realising that meditation and thinking and being productive are not separate activities. It's not about meditating for 30 minutes and then resuming our stressful existence again. It's about experiencing that stillness while being productive and sharing your gifts with the world, which becomes a very liberating and revitalising kind of experience because all the energy that was previously consumed by petty thoughts is now freed up to be put back into our craft. This act of merging the dualities of action and non action was the key for me. But the journey there also involved using constructive thinking to set a nice direction for the future, and then aligning my day to day actions through self discipline with that future so that I feel congruence between what I'm going in the now, and the life aspire to have. In other words, ignoring important responsibilities wasn't the way into presence for me. It was by taking right action that I found the contentment to deepen that stillness and presence. And further, by merging the joy of what I thought the future would bring with the mundane day to day activities I ironically found joy in the present moment, and realised it was never about the future, but about enjoying what I'm doing now - while contributing to a nice life for myself and my family. As for the past, I had to realise that holding onto the pain was me trying to make it better in my mind. But the past can't be "fixed" by constantly thinking about it, in fact, ruminating does the opposite of fixing anything, it perpetuates it. The hurtful past can only be fixed by replacing that pain with something new. Simply because our brain can't experience two realities at the same time. So by becoming a better version of myself now, and by engaging in right action now to improve my life, the past simply fell away like yesterday's news. And so this really was a process of bridging the duality between day to day activities and the act of being present. As in, being able to think constructively, from that place of stillness. So that it's always in the background, and whenever you realise your mind is now done with thinking and starts to drift, that's when you find that stillness again and continue the next activity from that place. Hardest part was finding the right words that made me understand. I couldn't find them in books so I sat down and wrote about these things on my own until it started to make sense. Next thing i knew a new world opened up for me. Bad habits like alcohol, coffee, and social media started to fall away because they felt wrong in my body. All of a sudden I started to notice synchronicities all around me like the universe giving little signs of encouragement - which were always there but I didn't have the attention to notice. Then the every day activities transformed. For example I was operating an excavator at work, and in my mind was no-thing, but on the outside the work became effortless and a pure expression of creating something beautiful in the world. And once again, the journey of getting here seems to be subjective. But the experience of Being and connecting to the Source seems to be universal and very similar from individual to individual where similar beliefs and thought patterns appear. And the desire to engage in unhealthy habits falls away, because there's no longer that underlying discomfort to try and soothe with something tasty or intoxicating.

@@user-kq7mx6xc1f it's a kind of stillness and calmness from which we can create beautiful things in this world. The most helpful concept was learning about Wu Wei from the Tao Te Ching, where we "do nothing while leaving nothing undone". The way I understood this was by realising that meditation and thinking and being productive are not separate activities. It's not about meditating for 30 minutes and then resuming our stressful existence again. It's about experiencing that stillness while being productive and sharing your gifts with the world, which becomes a very liberating and revitalising kind of experience because all the energy that was previously consumed by petty thoughts is now freed up to be put back into our craft. This act of merging the dualities of action and non action was the key for me. But the journey there also involved using constructive thinking to set a nice direction for the future, and then aligning my day to day actions through self discipline with that future so that I feel congruence between what I'm going in the now, and the life aspire to have. In other words, ignoring important responsibilities wasn't the way into presence for me. It was by taking right action that I found the contentment to deepen that stillness and presence.

How beautiful and supportive. I hope your blessing comes true. Blessings to you.💝🙏🏽💝

Amen

you too, thank you

Yes!

Yes! Freedom from worry. His message is so profound. I find the same sort of liberation listening to Ram Dass and Alan Watts.

​​@@victorree7676 Different bodies one pure conscious awareness of the eternal truth which never changes ❤

Because he reminds you of your own wisdom within.....you could also listen to your-self

@@victorree7676Yes, and also Tara Brach, Sharon Salzberg, Pema Chodron, Sara Blondin, and Esther Hicks. ⭐️💝

I know....verrrrrry long pauses. So I keep waking up

Me too, many times 😊 more used to it now...I think "he is getting centred" 😊❤

Guyyy me and u both😅

😂😂 me too

Sometimes when I experience this, I wonder if Consciousness just wants me to be OK with just being still.

I haven't picked up my guitar for almost 20 years, although I used to play so much that both my children were inspired to be musicians. Your comment has inspired me!

@@slister45 I hope you enjoy it to the depth of your bones

That's a "want" right there 👉😜😂

I can 🌱☀

you could also just like look at the sky it's as now as it can get

@@valerianseethaler9947 true

I agree, he is funny.

No other teacher has that intensity of consciousness in them like eckhart so you are getting far more than words, its very meditative to listen

Thank you Ekart for the joy you give me just listening to your wisdom. Sai Ram❤❤❤❤❤❤

After trying several teachers like Krishnamurti, Sadhguru, I feel that Eckhart Tolle is the one who makes me discover what I am, and what's it all about. Krishnamurti is very dry and materialistic. Osho can't make me wake up. There are other good Oriental indian teachers, "Who am I ?" The only question, really. Thank you. 🎉❤❤❤

I agree Tolle feels best of them all, just no ego and very intense presence that its not just words but they have spiritual energy that goes into you so i usually meditate to his talks@@DihelsonMendonca

Everything is evolving. Have Peace🙏🍀🌻

Yes! But “when the student is ready, the teacher appears,” perhaps. Same for me. 😊

Ditto….its been a great journey to get here.

Same, simply the same. That way is so. 😊

@@BeeDee-qs9so the fun part is that the other half of this saying is that "when the student is truly ready, the teacher disappears" (from the Tao Te Ching) 🙃

Wow love that!

keeping you in my prayers, valiant daughter of God

I keep seeing this exact comment on multiple Eckhart videos, but with different users saying it. Interesting...

​@@OpenheartOneMindThese scam artists are on all social media. It's easy to spot them after awhile.

​@@OpenheartOneMindinteresting indeed, i saw it on the last Eckhart's video but it was the same person though, and not exactly the same words. But what do you think would be the goal? I don't see what someone can gain by doing this...?

​@@BuddhishgirlReally? It's perfectly clear what the benefit would be. "Spiritual" people can be so gullible which precisely why they commented here.

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Well said. 👍🏽💯

You're clearly not very bright if you thought spiritual awakening was for the ignorant. Odd thing to thing. But surprise 😀. Turns out it was u who was ignorant all a long

Very meaningful talk, it really makes a link to the Source. Thank you. ❤

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@@cantbarsed1000 May the energy of positivity and spiritual abundance surround you throughout the year 2024 😄from Forever Mind Story

@@ForeverMindStory ..... thank you!

It’s so encouraging to know that people are waking up to who and what we truly are and that they believe in unity and love. I’m excited for the future. There is darkness on this earth but the light always overcomes and humanity’s light is growing brighter!❤️

@@stephanieturner9479 Absolutely 😀 It's heartening to see more people embracing their true selves and spreading the light💥 The awakening is a beautiful journey🧡

Eckhart. looks the same as he did in the 70’s. Teaching in action.

Yes

b/c there probably aren't too many teachers in schools who know this stuff...Rupert Spira often laments the fact that much of modern science and medicine is still based on materialism

Maybe coz it would disrupt the economy and many aspects of capitalism and patriarchy if too many kids/people were made aware...

I hope and pray this changes within this generation

They don't want them to know

2 things, government and religion are both fear based. I had just written S. teachings. Ok, I backed up to erase text. Lol. I needed this reminder. Again I feel humbled listening to Eckhart.

dear jovan happy New year ❤

Your English is 👌

Bless you and know that you are loved. The more we all realize the essence of life is love, hopefully we can heal ourselves and our planet.

Same feelings here. : ) Namaste 🪬✌🏾

Is he though, it's all riddles and we buy his books and he gets richer.

Who is this “ I” ?

@@bernardofitzpatrick5403 who is this that asks who is this I? 😊 🙏🙏🙏🙏

@@REL602 if you lost all your opinions, beliefs and stories created for you by other people or your own minds imagination , I guarantee you too would feel differently. If you can let go of all the stories created for you by other people and your own mind without replacing them with simply different stories then you will only be left the truth and reality of your very own lived experience and factual knowledge 🙏🙏🙏🙏. It's not about being selfish or in denial of reality it's about not listening to or creating stories and an invented reality for your self to be unhappy about 🙏🙏🙏🙏.

@@johngreen4683 the spiritual way of wanting to one up the other person :D

@@Jac0bIAm absolutely Jacob 😊👍, I've often wounded if really spiritual people refuse to pay bills, taxes and for public transport by insisting " there is no I to pay or who needs to pay" 😊😊😊😊🙏🙏🙏🙏

crazy right? was my first time listening to him he's so real

It really does.. it’s nice.

yes, this video is one of the best of the hundreds of teachings I've watched/listened to on UKposts....he answers so much here 🙏

one is using sprritual knowledgde to fulfill egos desires, the other is about detaching from desire for outside things. Real spirituality is always about becomming unconditionally peacefull, loving, joyfull and that means not even wanting to strive for those feelings but becomming unconditionally here and now. so any teaching aiming for better feelings or even just very base human desires is not spiritual

can you compare them? doesn’t abraham just say to be happy and e-cigarettes say to be present. cant you do both?

The only thing I find helpful from Esther is the advice not to think about things that bother you

I love how eckhart has stopped mentioning pain body altogether

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Yes love is in the air. The cosmos is filled with light. Much of it beyond our 5 senses. And yes the words are HEELING. Like when a dog is commanded to HEEL. Thanks to MASTER Eckhard.

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Yes! Well said. Z👍🏽✨

Happy new year!🎉🥳🪅🎈💜

Happy new year😊

She came in to your orbit for a reason.

The two age groups that have most in common are the under 5s and over 75s, apparently, both groups are less concerned with self image and other people's opinions of them and are much more inclined to let themselves go and simply enjoy and get the most out of what they have at that moment in time 🙏🙏🙏🙏

Thank you!! I love the idea of the butterfly leaving it’s chrysalis… it’s exactly what I need to do. I truly want to be wholly awake and live life through my consciousness … my essence.

​just when the caterpillar thought it's life was over, it became a butterfly ❤

To everyone who says this is being so naive or ridiculous because there will always be wars and people will always fight, etc. I say : "Yes but does it help if I do the same as them?" 🙏

It is an old recording I think. He looks more like the video posted before this one hehe but still looks great 😊

Ha! Thought maybe once you become ‘aware’ you gain the fountain of youth 😉 love him! Happy new year to you 🫶🏻❤️

@@thewickgroup that would be nice ☺️ thank you happy new year!

Just looked at the previous video, he still looks so youthful, no wrinkles, perfect skin, must be awareness 😂👏🏼🙌🏼

I personally struggle to engage with Eckharts written words but enjoy his verbal explanations and interpretations, again personally I find some other people's written explanations of Eckharts interpretations much easier to understand than those of Eckhart himself but I yet to see or hear anyone present his interpretations better than Eckhart himself 🙏🙏🙏🙏

I think that it's free to become a member. There are a lot of long videos on there going back years. And they add new ones once a month. They don't make it clear that it's free.

@@annette4660when I clicked “join” it says 6.99/month

I just now found Eckhart Tolle and look forward to this journey of finding out who I truly am.