Breaking Free from Thought Identification

Breaking Free from Thought Identification | Eckhart Tolle

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Ай бұрын

Dive into Eckhart Tolle’s profound insights on disidentifying with thoughts and emotions to overcome stress and embrace presence. Discover the path to spiritual awakening by observing internal states and valuing the present moment. This video is a beacon for those seeking liberation from the egoic mind and a life of true mindfulness.
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About Eckhart:
Eckhart Tolle is widely recognized as one of the most inspiring and visionary spiritual teachers in the world today. With his international bestsellers, The Power of Now and A New Earth-translated into more than 50 languages-he has introduced millions to the joy and freedom of living life in the present moment. The New York Times has described him as “the most popular spiritual author in the United States,” and in 2011, Watkins Review (now Watkins Mind Body Spirit) named him “the most spiritually influential person in the world.”
Eckhart’s profound yet simple teachings have helped countless people around the globe experience a state of vibrantly alive inner peace in their daily lives. His teachings focus on the significance and power of Presence, the awakened state of consciousness, which transcends ego and discursive thinking. Eckhart sees this awakening as the essential next step in human evolution.

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@veraintuizione6497 Ай бұрын

Lost in doing, thinking, interpreting 😢in the anguish of not doing correctly.🥴 I was exhausted and it wasn't long before I would have to be admitted to the psychiatric ward.😢😂 This was before meeting E. Tolle. ✨✨✨ Now everything has changed even though everything has remained the same. That's the magic. ❤ I will never be grateful enough. 💓🙏✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨

@sandylunden5782 Ай бұрын

Eckhart got a suntan, he looks good! He has helped me have a peaceful life, and for that i am truly grateful 🙏

@Nirvana.Flowers Ай бұрын

Thought the same about the sun & how grateful I am for him!

@baru612 Ай бұрын

Since when are these people using this loud music for him

@chrisd2372 Ай бұрын

Very nice suntan. He deserves more Vitamin D.

@heidiquast4667 Ай бұрын

❤

@paolagiunti2979 Ай бұрын

Me, too.

@c.cammilli8825 Ай бұрын

I do not know how to thank our spiritual 🙏 teacher, Sir Eckhart 🙏 Tolle has taught me the virtue of mindfulness. Eternal gratitude 🙏.

@Diana-jx1ju Ай бұрын

I had immediate healing of my back pain at the end of this video. Learning is release anger and my identification with it!

@stephenflood3463 Ай бұрын

Weldone!

@gravitypointinstitute Ай бұрын

This small shift Eckhart is talking about is SO significant. Over-identification with what *is* always gets in the way of what is meant to do. Thanks for posting this!

@CJRelationshipConsulting Ай бұрын

☝️

@tammyrobison1355 Ай бұрын

My zen master resides beside me at this very present moment ...my cat 🐈 Sophie she is a giver of peaceful silence. May we be more like her

@Ianstewart-ev8mh Ай бұрын

til she goes in heat and grabs onto your leg with 20 claws firmly entrenched. Not so peaceful. Haha

@cristole 28 күн бұрын

Right now my cat is the same!!

@victoriabernhard1036 10 күн бұрын

I had a 'Sophie ' cat. I miss her. She lived to be 20. Sooo precious ❤🐈‍⬛

@shankarbalakrishnan2360 6 күн бұрын

The depth of life is frighteningly deep and doesnt occur in stages but in one lumpsum❤❤🎉🎉 my few words

@margaretholleran3710 16 күн бұрын

This video is just a brilliant gift to anyone struggling with identity and trying to live a fruitful life..I am so so grateful to Eckhart what a blessing he is to humankind...

@user-uh2ns7bh9d Ай бұрын

How can you not love this man 👍

@kingdramemourideworld Ай бұрын

Eckhart is the one light in our Era

@postscript5549 Ай бұрын

I always learn from your talks. You are a wonderful, generous teacher. I am a slow student, but learning! Thank you for sharing and caring. 💌

@prettygirltingz9077 Ай бұрын

Mooji has an exercise that remedies identification with thought feelings etc...these guys don't have a prescription or tools they just ramble when they're not self realize themselves

@eytschmaen Ай бұрын

Losing yourself in doing is called "hustle culture".

@rogerlin9602 Ай бұрын

8:33 Observe yourself internally for any lingering emotion. Any anxiety or heavy mood? I am angry is identification with emotion. There is anger in me. Thanks Eckhart. 29 March 2024. 🔔🚗🐿⚓️🦆🏃🦜🍕🌸🍕🎅🏻🚀🌺🌺

@MelissaBozinovski Ай бұрын

So grateful for this man 🙏

@AlecVeravieff Ай бұрын

This reminds me of a saying from the Fourth Way teachings in one of Maurice Nicolls commentaries "You cannot lift the plank you are standing on, just like you cannot change yourself so long as you identify as your personality."

@lucreziamorganti9115 Ай бұрын

Thank you for everything you do for humanity ❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏

@Ianstewart-ev8mh Ай бұрын

i had a remarkable experience recently, one of several lately, i was on a meditative walk on the waterfront. I was lost in some emotional irritation i could'nt shake off. Then, at the end of the hour long walk i noticed the ocean looking different somehow. I was extremely present all of a sudden. My emotional strain was still there but seemed unimportant. I spent the rest of the day and night in peace. It was beautiful. Since then, i meditate and find normal peace. Love it all!

@bertanelson8062 Ай бұрын

Eckhart always explains it best. Thanks.

@mariatheuns550 Ай бұрын

Great, great, great, Eckhart!

@christineweathers1965 Ай бұрын

Time stamp 10 min to 14 min is the key for me at this moment. “How to break the thought loop”. Trusting the universe/God of which our essence is made of is the ultimate goal. How crafty the ego is in its desire to reign supreme!

@mrs8768 Ай бұрын

I wouldnt say our essence is God, rather that if we get to know ourselves(our essence), we get to know God. Our essence and God are very closely intertwined but they are separate things. We are beings in absolute poverty, and our very existence, our greatness, our power is all given by God. God created and maintains our existence. We are not God, but we are essentially in spiritual unity with God.

@johngreen4683 Ай бұрын

What are thoughts and thinking about thoughts? Basically it's us having a conversation with ourselves. It's not easy by any means but it is simple, simply don't have unwanted conversations with ourselves or more accurately our minds, once we realise we engaging in an unwanted internal conversation with ourselves (our minds) we can simply choose to stop and change the subject. In reality it's us not our minds who have all the power and get to choose and decide what we do and don't do, there are absolutely no thoughts that need to be thought about for everything to be OK 🙏🙏🙏🙏

@bgrecoverycoaching2536 Ай бұрын

I understand Eckhart. Your ability to explain is outstanding. I witnessed a woman on the bus lose her temper. I watched her be lost in anger over a trivial matter. I felt sad she was not able to find the space to get of it. Thank you for this talk.

@Edwardbanks1 Ай бұрын

The pain body is triggered by an influx of negative thoughts. Staying present and watching this play out is the challenge.

@Nelisalara Ай бұрын

❤ Eckhart. We are travelling together and the progress is amazing.

@gypsyfiresign1064 Ай бұрын

I was just now saying this!! Mr. Tolle is a genius both in intellect AND Emotionally Almost Perfect, and the great thing about yourself, me or Mr. Tolle…are LIFELONG learners & seekers!! Keep shining soul siSTAR!!❤

@Nelisalara Ай бұрын

@@gypsyfiresign1064🤍

@linw7320 Ай бұрын

What the what? Seriously 🙏❤ would u please explain what these comments mean? Thank you sincerely

@danlee5570 Ай бұрын

Great.thank you so much 18:04 18:04 18:04

@victoriabernhard1036 10 күн бұрын

@@linw7320Living in the moment . The power of now. Gratefulness in the moment to heal your mind.

@traceyomalley3797 Ай бұрын

A counsellor can only go as far as he/ she goes themselves 💚🙏🏻thankyou any hints for someone with adhd to stay in present moment

@atmannityananda-autognosia Ай бұрын

❤ THINKING PRECEDES ACTION & DESIRE precedes THINKING So the root cause of almost constant, thinking, agitation, identification, extroversion and distraction is desire. And as you said, impatience is wanting (desiring ) to be in the next moment while one is here. It all arises from desire which is insatiable and is rarely content with what is and what is happening here and now. That is why in all the great spiritual traditions the absence of desire (through its elimination by practice ) is considered the state of Liberation and Self-Realization. And finally, I clarify that desire is the essential nature of the Ego or egoic Self. Therefore, by dissolving desire we dissolve the Ego. 😮

@Mantras-and-Mystics Ай бұрын

Thank you! ❤

@TwinkleToes_2001 Ай бұрын

You said it. You said it well.

@GeertMeertens 3 күн бұрын

No. The root cause of thinking is identification with the person. Roughly 95% of our thoughts are about ego: you and the ones close to you. Once you leave the personal perspective and realize you are consciousness, the number of thoughts will drop dramatically.

@stephenflood3463 Ай бұрын

To live in the present moment everyday one must empty one's mind of pre-thoughts and fore-thoughts, because otherwise they'll get lost in identification with form again and that is falling back into one's egoic mind. So there should be no identification with the self in the present moment of being. Thank you Eckhart for always speaking divine truth and wisdom.

@Conscious_Rap Ай бұрын

Eckhart Tolle's teachings from this video and like 5more from behind, it's just a perfect image of my mental struggle.

@fuddyduddyhorsemanship Ай бұрын

I struggle mentally to listen to and comprehend what he is talking about. I think I spend too much time with animals who mostly live in the now and for the now. Dogs, horses and my parrot. Fabulous company for me and anger and anxiety are not productive feelings around them. Love and kindness and a good mood are the feelings of the moment.

@jackiek4159 Ай бұрын

Thank you Eckhart! 🙏💕✨

@atmannityananda-autognosia 6 күн бұрын

BEHIND ANGER Where there is anger, there is desire and attachment. Pain also comes from obstructed desires.

@firstnamelastnam3 Ай бұрын

I am not this thought, this feeling. There is anger. . . in me right now but I am not this anger, this thought.

@streamingeagle1 Ай бұрын

but anger is also part of who you are. you just have to smile to and accept all of who you are

@lolon6605 29 күн бұрын

Accept and love the anger as it is

@16thJune2006 Ай бұрын

Great talk by Eckhardt, for me the best I’ve heard from him.

@MS-gj5cp Ай бұрын

He explains in such an easy way that every person should understand

@joerocket1977 Ай бұрын

The part at the end about thought forms and identity was very profound. I had never seen this until now.

@aprilkitten Ай бұрын

The moment that awarenes becomes aware of itself, you can never be completely trapped in thought identification again, as once you develop this skill you can never lose it, even though you may not always choose not to use it.

@ruthdaneman2369 Ай бұрын

Yes anger when commercial comes on when you're speaking 😅❤

@onafunjourney Ай бұрын

Get KZfaq Premium. Unless you value your time at zero, it is well worth not having commercials!

@Mike8981 Ай бұрын

Let that be your practice.

@jazjasmine9496 Ай бұрын

The rising of awareness is spiritual awakening. Observing is allowing the conscious to be present and frees me from thought identification.

@Therabithole Ай бұрын

God bless you Eckhart

@anandakumarsanthinathan4740 Ай бұрын

I was free of any 'doing' during the 18 minutes and 3 seconds I listened to Eckhart's words. In fact, even the doing of listening wasn't there.

@ROHITKUMAR-rn6tz Ай бұрын

Thank you master..these days I am practicing the power of now.

@robertcronin6603 Ай бұрын

Utterly profound and yet so simple....fabulous stuff ❤

@mihaiyasy73 Ай бұрын

Doamne, câtă dreptate are acest Profet al timpurilor noastre !!! Cât de bine explică deșertăciunea !

@user-ds5jm4tw6u Ай бұрын

Amazing wisdom! Thank you!

@lolon6605 29 күн бұрын

I needed this today. Thank you ❤

@JJNow-gg9so Ай бұрын

I used to lose myself in performing advanced cardiac life support and teaching CPR. I would love to hear your comments on that. At those moments I was entirely lost in the present... 🙏

@AtortAerials Ай бұрын

I’m totally lost in my mind felt suicidal today hence here. Having a hard time in life. 😞

@zebbserrano5240 Ай бұрын

One step away from spiritual awakening or death, this is an illusion

@powerofyou1111 Ай бұрын

Hey are you ok

@AtortAerials Ай бұрын

@@powerofyou1111 another day thankfully working on it. Thank you for asking.

@basiagajewska4637 Ай бұрын

Don't give up, all will be good, the mood will change, different thoughts will come, that how it is with all of us, just understand that that's not all, there is so much more ,lots of love to you ❤we are all in this together 🤗

@lindafrazier8092 Ай бұрын

❤

@mikemaurer3320 Ай бұрын

Even after the awakening from the identification with form. My mind still try’s to get me to identify with it.

@kayumari486 Ай бұрын

My form and mind are repeatedly challenged by the question... Why does consciousness have the need to create forms, thoughts, emotions, ego, egoic sense of self, sense of identity, unconsciousness, etc., that long to liberate and "awaken" to awareness, spiritual awakening from identification with form, and transcendent self-awareness? 🤷🏻‍♀️🙃

@simonsjoquist6862 Ай бұрын

Perhaps it just needs a project, the same way we humans do. Maybe we need to strive for something, maybe we need goals to achieve. And maybe the consciousness have the same need. Why? Because life would be empty otherwise. Maybe stillness cant exist without movement the same way day can't exist without the night.

@andreasrylander Ай бұрын

It's a play or game. Exploration. The overflow of creative power.

@jbaltaji5723 Ай бұрын

Yes, emotions linger. I am angry about the ads cutting in while I'm tryin' to be all serene and accepting 🙄🤨😉

@CharlesGeorge-hj8wn 26 күн бұрын

You can use commercial breaks as a spiritual practice by first noticing your reaction to ads.

@jbaltaji5723 24 күн бұрын

@@CharlesGeorge-hj8wn 1st reaction, frustration. 2nd reaction, impatience. 3rd reaction, skip ad and laugh at self 🤣 😂

@movepauserestore 19 күн бұрын

They’re designed to be annoying ❤

@francescopaolociminale5258 9 күн бұрын

Well, drink less beers and spend 13$ a month instead complain.

@mungret01 7 күн бұрын

Just purchase KZfaq premium £11/month ..it's worth it adds are toxic

@carolinecaroline6567 Ай бұрын

Thank you for your teaching 🙏 ❤️ 😘

@traveller7879 Ай бұрын

Looking forward to the final peace that can only come from Resting In Peace.

@stephenflood3463 Ай бұрын

What a profound statement.

@linw7320 Ай бұрын

Please clarify ❤ I think I missed your point. Unless you are eluding to death of the body?

@agokoovit5250 Ай бұрын

Thank You!🕊🙏

@paulam7177 Ай бұрын

This is the most complete segment 👌. It touches upon so many important points. Absolutely amazing 👏

@thomashermanns351 18 күн бұрын

Very helpful description of what happens in my mind. Again and again I find myself trapped in this....

@darbiemayberry2902 Ай бұрын

Only time I say I am. Is when I say I am me 💜

@JPMorgan-ye5pc Ай бұрын

I've saved and bookmarked this vid to start @ 15:37 because he's so adeptly summing up the cure for what ails me i.e. hitting the nail on the head. What he said got thru to me. I know I'll soon forget the wisdom and start fretting again but I do get some peace for a short while ....

@amin_abdollahi_369 Ай бұрын

Thankyou❤❤😊

@debbie4329 Ай бұрын

Thank you so much for your directions.

@Tori_4 Ай бұрын

Amazing! Thank you 🙏🏽

@MohammadHossein19 Ай бұрын

thank you

@joyslove3858 Ай бұрын

This is extremely helpful to me.

@lindsay5305 Ай бұрын

Thank you, relevant, helpful

@fathergoldaddy4446 Ай бұрын

Everything's for a tomorrow that never arrives.

@celesteburley4035 5 күн бұрын

Goals for tomorrow do sometimes arrive.

@fathergoldaddy4446 3 күн бұрын

@@celesteburley4035 Not the point. When tomorrow arrives, it arrives as today. If we think feel and do mostly for tomorrow, we're not living in the present, and we also won't be present in the today of the future, because we're always in "tomorrow." Most of life is missed in this manner.

@user-xe4kv2ce4d Ай бұрын

Jar of Joy

@Zenlife1132 Ай бұрын

Thank you!

@irenevarouti1966 Ай бұрын

Thank you sir

@dvgs5375 Ай бұрын

Very clearly explains Thanks a lot Eckhart. This is the big problem to come out when struggling with situations job lost, Financial growth and others. I understand your spiritual teaching but in practical not able to implement.

@mariatheuns550 Ай бұрын

Regarding the present moment as a means to an end is adultery. To think that the present moment is a bottomless pit of joy! All the time nice things are suggested to me, I don't even have a split second to get bored! Oh, yes, what was that other pleasant thing that I can do right now? All the time! It is infinity. Challenges keep occurring, like you said, but when I get out of them, I realise that they have taught me to enjoy life even more than I already did. There is no end to this. It IS the end.

@CJRelationshipConsulting Ай бұрын

☝️

@JLZR1 Ай бұрын

Thank you master 🙏

@pawprintsjersey5787 Ай бұрын

Excellent message. All humanity kids teens need to hear this. ❤

@reginalddoddu6793 Ай бұрын

The difficulty of engaging the present moment should be no more difficult than walking and chewing bubble gum at the same time. The diversions we use to avoid engaging the present moment are astounding.

@johngreen4683 Ай бұрын

The biggest obstacle to living in the present moment is very very thankfully nothing of any huge dramatic importance is actually taking place in the reality of the present moment 99.9999% of the time, all the drama chaos and excitement is only taking place in our minds via our imagination and memories. Drama chaos and excitement are addictive things for the human mind which why Hollywood does make endless movies full of drama, chaos and excitement but absolutely none about the present moment. 🙏🙏🙏🙏

@reginalddoddu6793 Ай бұрын

@@johngreen4683 You are right. The drama is always ours.

@Odinsraven88 Ай бұрын

Thank you Eckhart ☀️

@postscript5549 Ай бұрын

At this moment I have three amaryllis stocks each with four dark red stunning blooms sitting/standing near me. 🌺

@willemv3114 Ай бұрын

I am here 🙂

@pierrefiliatrault6167 Ай бұрын

Thank you so much again and again

@Accidental_Nihilist Ай бұрын

That’s gold, Eckhart! GOLD!

@optimistindevenire3442 Ай бұрын

Love this , so true 😅❤

@chongqingdiscovery4222 Ай бұрын

Consciousness is beautiful.

@GeertMeertens 3 күн бұрын

And all there is. And a complete mystery. Only consciousness does not change during your entire life.

@michelemilaras1417 Ай бұрын

Brilliant ❤

@midnightblue2893 Ай бұрын

Great video thanks Eckhart! 💜

@andreimatveenkov5753 Ай бұрын

Thanks!

@veroniqueverstichelen7371 Ай бұрын

Thank you 🙏🌌💚

@MrsBeasleys1111 Ай бұрын

Thank you❤

@kathybudd7040 Ай бұрын

Thank you

@larawalker7352 23 күн бұрын

Thank you 💕

@powerofyou1111 Ай бұрын

Thank you ❤

@lourenesomers8424 Ай бұрын

Thank you great one ❤

@pps1223 Ай бұрын

Beautiful!

@rocioguevaraobando9075 Ай бұрын

Maestro Eckhart: Muchísimas gracias. 😊🙏🌸

@astroarunshah Ай бұрын

❤❤❤

@susanneshaw850 Ай бұрын

Thank you 🙏🏻 ❤xxx

@harmonyofbeing Ай бұрын

Thank you, Yoda-Tolle!!!🙏

@crystalfolse3208 Ай бұрын

Thanks ❤

@ohmtimrod5927 Ай бұрын

he explained exactly what really happened in my head....wow thank you for this video.

@C_gar Ай бұрын

gracias 🙏

@pinkifloyd7867 Ай бұрын

Eckhart please don't keep that thing near your heart ... PLEASE !!!

@user-pg7em7pu7t Ай бұрын

Thank you for everything 😘

@philwyatt2176 Ай бұрын

Thanks 🙏

@philwyatt2176 Ай бұрын

You are most welcome Meister Tolle. ✌ I have just read Chapter 5 of the Tao Te Ching - recommended reading which ever translation you choose. Blessings 🙏