What Is Music And Why Is It So Important To Us?

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Many activities can serve as portals to presence, but we must be careful not to become dependent upon them.

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@firasospodeh 11 жыл бұрын

Eckhart.... watching you is a meditation itself.

@tornadocommander 12 жыл бұрын

Seriously, God is so happy that he created this human being.

@Kurt634 10 жыл бұрын

Eckhart Tolle listens to dubstep and is the master of the silent flute.

@Nexthendrix2112 5 жыл бұрын

I have been playing violin for about 22 years. When I got to music school I improved tremendously, but at the same time I hit huge mental barriers and crippling self doubt. Sometimes I couldn't even practice because my thoughts and memories would always get in the way. I started depending heavily on THC, Caffeine and Nicotine to help me block out the thoughts that hindered me. Sometimes the thoughts got so bad that I came close to attempting suicide. The ego has to be the biggest barrier of all for a musician. I hope that once I overcome the ego, my practice can be more meditative. In fact, according to the teachings of Tolle, I need to overcome the Ego NOW, and not just put it off to do some later day. Thank you Mr. Tolle inspiring me to keep going, and to be present as I practice and perform.

@jamiebracken5661 11 жыл бұрын

I think its best not to take anything he says too literally. He uses words, as he often states as "pointers" to the truth, and the truth that he points to which is beyond words is in the realm of no thought, no content, no thing. It is the space in which everything occurs, again only words. That is why he is advising people not to use anything external as a crutch for presence. He is not saying it is bad, just not to rely on it as ultimately there will be a point where you will have to let it go

@buva704 8 жыл бұрын

love it how he never answers the question directly but does not fail to give a gem of information in the answer

@ganeshjagdishan 10 жыл бұрын

The light in him shines and makes him look so wise and so ancient.He's so much like an enlightened zen master who has come out of his satori after a long long time.

@admirercp 9 жыл бұрын

when there is music enjoy it, when there is no music enjoy it. problem ends

@elleret 8 жыл бұрын

I mine these videos for the sound of Eckert's laughter. I think it is so great to hear.

@brianscott2166 4 жыл бұрын

The rhythm of music can put you in the present moment. Same with dancing. Same with any activity. Positive lyrics can put you in a positive spirit or state of consciousness. All is One unity of life force... Presence.

@zedwms 9 жыл бұрын

"The function of music is to release us from the tyranny of conscious thought." --Sir Thomas Beecham

@telldtruthnbreal1035 6 жыл бұрын

AND GUESS WHAT IT LEADS YOU TO????YOU HAVE NO IDEA JUST LIKE 99% OF BEINGS ON THIS PLANET/CAGE.... YOU ARE ALL BEING DESTROYED ONE BY ONE

@lspagl7667 5 жыл бұрын

TellDTruth NBReal please explain what you mean by this?

@martingrof1685 5 жыл бұрын

@@telldtruthnbreal1035 lol wtf

@kemchobhenchod 11 жыл бұрын

Imagining Eckhart Tolle sitting with an Ipad, listening to music, and being present always brings a smile to my face.

@CleverDjembe 12 жыл бұрын

Eckhart Tolle listens to pure silence.

@macaroon147 4 жыл бұрын

I'm so happy she asked this to be honest. As a musician who's looking to put work out I've often battled over the purpose of it.

@chrisk7434 7 жыл бұрын

You may use a boat to cross a river, but when you have crossed the river you don't carry the boat with you.

@angsterweltschmerz779 5 жыл бұрын

Chris K As well... Alan Watts said ‘You also may pick up a rock to knock on a door, but you don’t carry it inside.’ -Just sayin...- All blessings

@DeSwiss 12 жыл бұрын

''Music is the silence between the notes.'' ~Claude Debussy

@MW-cz5uw 3 жыл бұрын

I don't know I just feel a spiritual connection to music. It is present across all civilisations now and historically; it connects us all. I feel like there is something more to why music is so ingrained in our cultures.

@anonymousatman8938 4 жыл бұрын

Eckhart Tolle himself is a soothing music! 💓💓

@NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEK 7 жыл бұрын

Tolle definitely bumps to some Wu-Tang, NWA, & Juicy-J on the reg

@ryanquaresma9006 8 жыл бұрын

I find it so interesting when he talks about listening without having an object to listen to. Listen to nothing, to whatever is which is awareness. so basic that we over think it!

@TheInditribe 12 жыл бұрын

Music was one of the only things that helped me feel love and peace for many years. Now I try to give what so many musicians gave to me, joy, if only temporary. It's much better to make music from happiness because it doesn't work to make it for happiness.

@joluijten8935 4 жыл бұрын

For many people Music is a kind of pain killer .

@PierreVeniot 4 жыл бұрын

Music makes the world a better place, practicing music makes you more present to yourself. Eventually your music makes the world a better place when people appreciate it.

@genuwineU2 9 жыл бұрын

Dancing, music and creative expression takes you to a wonderful presence. Most creative people just seem to enter a presence with very little effort.

@palania.subramaniam4271 7 жыл бұрын

Such an attractive man, its being present hence the charisma.

@gwenmolfetas8908 7 жыл бұрын

Music is everything!!! Soothes the Soul & helps me Meditate & Sleep & I Enjoy songs from my Old Self too! Emotion of a Beautiful Love song is an Amazing feeling! Silence is Beautiful too!

@marcusgorvin175 7 жыл бұрын

Straight up yo!

@EffortlesslyAbundantLife1 5 жыл бұрын

I couldn’t agree more! Singing is a way to connect to your highest self and remove thinking. Funny enough when you get to that state your vocal technique is on point as well... that’s how I teach and perform... thank you Eckhart! 🤗💙

@richardmeredith8292 5 жыл бұрын

My take on this is that music contains meaning which precedes or predates language. We understand or take in the meaning contained in music without having to translate it into words first. Before we could speak we knew the basic meanings of natural sounds - e.g. the anger or threat contained in the roar of a tiger and the beauty contained in birdsong. When we listen to music we bypass the language circuits in the thinking mind and this can be a great help in becoming present. Then we can turn the music off and remain present as Eckhart says. Love these videos - they are a great help.

@Cluless02 7 жыл бұрын

Being a musician I find music to be a resource of deep emotion - sort of a state of being present yet coming from a faint, ancient place - so long forgotten.

@shany8341 7 жыл бұрын

the silent flute.. the aquivalent of one hand clapping. Thank you Eckhart!

@paulstreehousepublishing 9 жыл бұрын

So lovely and so true. I also find myself falling into the listening of music and for brief times in my life rising above the need for it. It's worst when I listen to so much of it that it gets stuck in my head and at that point becomes even as a crutch, making it far more difficult to return to silence, stillness and presence.

@eyeeye7356 8 жыл бұрын

+PS couldn't agree more, music is a huge stimulus and too much of it creates a mind overload and mental echo that can be quite a 'crutch' as you nicely put it. A little music can be okay from time to time but every day and listening to hours and hours of it every day rather leaves us in a hypnotic state of consciousness.

@paulg.2141 4 жыл бұрын

When I listen to music I like to set my attention on one of the instruments, single it out, and follow it without thought. Then catch another instrument and follow it...……...then listen to them all at once...beautiful practice.

@morten1 5 жыл бұрын

Music can be good for so many things. Emotions, anger/stress relief, energy, uplifting, entertainment, healing, meditation. And when playing music: connecting with others on a deep level where words have no power or place.

@chubbatheBOSS 7 жыл бұрын

I LOVE Calm radio!!!!!! Especially the Feng Shui, Zen, healing, and spa channels

@MisterBlueSky1000 6 жыл бұрын

If you seek enlightenment you can access it through music and art. If you are enlightened - you can share it with others through making music and art. And rejoice in discovering the beauty of how forms interact.

@oscar1987zp 10 жыл бұрын

I can't fathom life without music, music is something I can't live without,

@supriyababbar7708 4 жыл бұрын

"When you remove the object of awareness what remains is awareness itself"

@TravelWithMusic 12 жыл бұрын

I love listen to all kinds of music...it depends in which mood I am or in which mood I want to be... Music helps me to find out what I want for my life...books do the same. Love your books! Wish you a nice day...Kind regards from Germany

@michaelskress 7 жыл бұрын

Wha?? Eckhart's not into metal?

@anthonycook8703 7 жыл бұрын

Talkback maybe. Lawsie? Absent moment living.

@iosswifttutorials5780 6 жыл бұрын

Indeed

@caropastor4328 6 жыл бұрын

lol

@guytitanic 7 жыл бұрын

The harmony is what I seek out in music and in life.

@Pfaffenfresser1 5 жыл бұрын

Many many many thanks, MASTER Eckhart (Tolle)!!! ;-) Thanks to you, since november last year, i don't need any medicaments to be able to sleep (and I had to take them for about 20 (!!!) years)!!!

@MusicWizardry 6 жыл бұрын

Just realized that I mostly feel present when watching these videos. Will practice it more in my daily life other than in front of the computer.

@michis9966 8 жыл бұрын

This very much makes me think ima start using psychedelics once in a while again

@notanotherjamesmurphy5574 4 жыл бұрын

0:53 Just his face warms my heart, haha.

@miracleofsoul 12 жыл бұрын

Master Eckhart is a music-hybrid - he is the listener and the musician in one person. :-)

@mukthinair4326 4 жыл бұрын

Pure music can be a gateway to the Unmanifested. The enlightened have no need of it as they are anchored in the Grand Silence of Presence.

@bellebeauty67 6 жыл бұрын

Master teacher!! So much love and respect...thank you, thank you, thank you~~~

@redheylin 11 жыл бұрын

It's difficult to imagine a less musical human being than E.T. looks here! And as for dance, I shall not even imagine it - I shall save it for some day when I really want to cheer myself up.

@karentysver7599 4 жыл бұрын

I was sitting with some friends watching an Eckhart video years ago. My grandson walked in complaining of a terrible headache. He was 11 years old. I said, "Just sit here for a few minutes." After I few minutes he got up and left the room. The next day I was watching another Eckhart video when my gandson walked in and said, "Oh, that's the man who got rid of my headache."

@mikefire3998 4 жыл бұрын

1:02 It would have been funny if she had said Heavy Metal instead of Classical

@foxy2348 3 жыл бұрын

You remove the Object of awareness and what remains is awareness. MINDBLOWN!!!

@themillwrightufo 12 жыл бұрын

This is truly a great man....

@pinco2012 10 жыл бұрын

great master!

@camilledibenedetto6896 3 жыл бұрын

I love you ET..🤟😎🎶❤

@ThePiscesHero 9 жыл бұрын

After watching this video everyone... remain consciously conscious ;-)

@gabealnajjar941 9 жыл бұрын

Pleroma Barbelo Not possible =)

@lago4 12 жыл бұрын

I could never imagine not listening to music for a whole 15 years!

@joeandrewslmt8878 10 жыл бұрын

I agree. Plus different teachers basically say the same thing. Tolle might resonate with me today but tomorrow it might be Louise Hay. And you are so right. Words fall short often and often it's not what someone is saying verbally but how we respond to the person energetically based on how we are creating them in our mind..uh..and stuff ...lol.:)

@AuthenticSelfGrowth 11 жыл бұрын

I love music. I really feel it resonates with me especially house/electro and consious hip hop. Can't imagine Eckart would listen to this type of music though

@ginettemelody1035 6 жыл бұрын

Hips of music on uTube too! Much love to you,Blessings, Melody 🤗

@jamiebracken5661 11 жыл бұрын

The cream is the fullness and the semi skimmed milk is the watered down version, its just a comparison to give you some sort of understanding as to the beauty and fullness of what he experiences within himself. You have to remember in what context he was referring to movies, there are movies that energise and reinforce the pain body like violent films. There are also films as well as music that take you into presence. He is just saying don't rely on them as ultimately presence comes from within.

@godfreyfrancesco5419 7 жыл бұрын

The composer John Cage was a great reference for understanding how to attain presence through "musical moments" in daily life.

@SCDJMU 7 жыл бұрын

yes

@sonald987 4 жыл бұрын

Things he say might seem philosophical sometimes..but has deeper meaning.

@andyowen7636 9 жыл бұрын

Music is life for me..saved my sanity tbh whether it be Jazz, Blues,Rock and all their sub genres..

@vigneshekambaram8503 7 жыл бұрын

Music has saved a lot of ppl like u and me too. But I feel it takes u to a certain state of consciousness as u go deeper and deeper into the music . But there is a certain space at which music can only do so much . It throws u back into where u where once u stop listening to or playing music . That's why eckhart says don't be dependent on anything to get into ur inner dimension

@augenbutter 6 жыл бұрын

Gentle, funny, consciousness = love = Love. open our eye, we're there, stay

@TenelliVoiceGuru 12 жыл бұрын

I think Master Eckhart can listen to any musc without beeing diturbed or carried away. As Plato once said, music of all music is a music of the UNIVERSE. I'm a pro musician and I agree with Master Tolle, that playing music can bring you to Presence, especially Meditatice Improvisations.

@Captain-Electro 5 жыл бұрын

I can personally speak on this one. I've been into gangster rap for years, I've also listened to classical, country and techno for years all at different times. Bad music with negative lyrics feeds the ego and negativity. Like gangster rap will certainly influence anger. Sad country music will certainly influence sadness. You are putting something in your mind when you listen to music. Just like choosing vegetables over junk food, you would be wise to choose positive music over negative music.

@eliabarakat4381 6 жыл бұрын

ما أجملك ! ما أصفاك !

@crussher2 12 жыл бұрын

A much more holistic approach I have found in meditation is not to be so concerned with 'stopping my mind'. I am interested in what my mind has to say and in caring for it. I used to be a big fan of Eckhart but found the approach rather tunnel-visioned in the end.

@louissimmonds5509 6 жыл бұрын

He puts it so well when he says what's inside is the cream and everything else is the skimmed milk. That's it exactly. Most people's daily practice is the opposite. Great question and answer

@ELBAWHERE 11 жыл бұрын

LOVE!!!

@user-vz1hi9zr6x 7 жыл бұрын

so peaceful.

@Drontenpeel 11 жыл бұрын

This is quite a challenging episode. To me art brings connection with reality. Art shares and conveys Gnosis, it is a way of celebrating. I sense art as something more than a portal. But I can agree that it is not something to become identified with.

@ApexaKShah 12 жыл бұрын

WONDERFUL PRACTICE!

@provanost 10 жыл бұрын

He is aware of maya, the Sanskrit term for the layers of illusion before the real. His connection with the real needed his immersion before he engaged in enjoyment from alot of art or music. Now he can groove without attachment or dependance on this vehicle as he knows he will never be without the Original.

@provanost 10 жыл бұрын

***** Poor fellow. Being ignorant of what others are discussing should lead a reasonable and intelligent adult towards educating themselves concerning it. Perhaps you should research Vedic philosophy to improve your basic understanding of the comment that confused you.

@provanost 10 жыл бұрын

Rob Knaapen "You are the friend of all because of your merits. A good person embellished with good thoughts becomes the friend or benefactor of all. Such a person influences others, because of his positive personality traits and attracts them and as a result, he befriends all." - Rig Veda Brother, why be so eager to hurl judgement on Tolle? He denied nothing, he simply spoke of his own method of reflection and gradual re-immersion. Such negative accusations are unfitting of one familiar with satchidānanda.

@provanost 9 жыл бұрын

It's amazing how you have projected your need to impress and attempt to enlighten others towards a total stranger such as myself! It's equally impressive that you apparently have the ability to see the degree of another persons enlightenment via a KZfaq comment. Obviously you do not, and you also do not see that referring to the vein of this discussion, inspired by a video by a man steeped in Buddhist and Vedic philosophy - Tolle, as "gobbledegook", is just plain sad. I am a person of Vedic heritage and I feel that it is relevant to quote and reference Vedic texts and philosophy when dealing with spiritual subjects derived from those roots. No one is forcing you to watch and comment on videos pertaining to an eastern philosophical subject matter, especially if you see it, as you said, as "gobbledegook".

@Nick1921945 9 жыл бұрын

***** There is nothing to complain about in what provanost said, except that maybe its not 100% comprehensible, but you could have just asked to restate the comment if it really mattered soo much to you. Judging from what you're saying, you're straight up attacking provanost. Its uncalled for.

@rosset4music 6 жыл бұрын

Eckhart Tolle may not connect with music. We all connect with something different so, this is okay.

@sova55 12 жыл бұрын

Thank you Eckhart!

@MrDrew252 12 жыл бұрын

brilliant, frequency is everything! (in my opinion)

@zaheerheendricks5982 6 жыл бұрын

Giggles ao cute. Love his vibe.

@fayyazmehmood4015 4 жыл бұрын

Music is being inside inner The Best way of hearing Self minde..eother heart is beated some If we..have ears

@damian2001111111 11 жыл бұрын

Peace with you Eckhart.

@jazzz1587 3 жыл бұрын

I have music on basically 24/7 😕 definitely something I need to work on lessening!

@aahhhyess 12 жыл бұрын

The more i hear him the more his info stays with me! :-)

@TheRng88 6 жыл бұрын

It seems to me Eckhart is saying .... We ourself is the ultimate source....

@arcticbliss2330 4 жыл бұрын

The key is not to have dependence on external forms of sound or visuals in order to become conscious. To master self control requires no external form, no externall stimuli as your body, your senses and awareness if yourself is all important, without the distraction you can be area of your body, feel your own breadthand listen to it too breathing,

@JudieBoBoodie 6 жыл бұрын

i watch your videos to become present!

@yashmn 12 жыл бұрын

A lot of Jazz musicians listen to Eckhart!

@2010BLUEHILLS Жыл бұрын

Some one said music is metaphysics that got into me ..music is divine it's the universe playing we are tools ....

@andyowen7636 9 жыл бұрын

This is interesting because as a guitarist who's played the circuits for years I find my best, purist playing has been when I'm almost not conscious, when no technical/outside/internal problems interfere between me and the sound..in explanation, I seem as a musician more present when I'm not present lol..weird

@adamtaylor5761 9 жыл бұрын

andy owen Playing guitar has givin me this feeling many times over, leaving myself and just playing.... :)

@Rustyhound-Cartoons 7 жыл бұрын

andy owen I think that implies that you experience the most intense presence, when your not aware of being present itself. In short, as soon as you go "ahhh I'm present now" you slipp out of presence. Not sure that's easy to understand, but I can relate to what you mean.

@CPSFC 6 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a flow state

@krystlechampagne 10 жыл бұрын

I just started back listening to music after about 4 years but yeah its mostly spiritual or love songs but i'm not that into it. I may listen it 1 song every few days x LOL he is so true listening to nothing! xxAnd i have lots of pictures of Eckhart in my phone x

@CallMeNumber8 8 жыл бұрын

My favourite radio ☺ Eckhart please get yourself an HTC one m8 or m10 to truly enjoy the good quality sound on a mobile device. I'm at Hampstead Heath Park. Closing my eyes now.

@dannyvalastro2638 7 жыл бұрын

Love music provides the greatest transformation it can be life changing too better your life and feel your emotions the rose song by bette midler i love the best

@alainmaitre2069 4 жыл бұрын

Calm , not fast , melodious music is the best .

@Cluless02 8 жыл бұрын

Tolle may not have musical talent and does no have the capacity to really appreciate music. I am a musician and experience music on a deep level. I would describe it as being in the distance past yet immediately before me. Also, there are special moments - usually after practicing for several hours, the music suddenly being played through me rather than by me. At the point, I feel connected. As ACIM indicates, relatedness, or connected to other living thing at some level, is our function.

@davehshs651 7 жыл бұрын

+Erich B. Perhaps, as Eckhart said, when you are connected to the Oneness that embraces but is beyond physical creation, then anything else, including music, is a pale imitation of that state of consciousness.