Breaking Free from Thought Identification | Eckhart Tolle

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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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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  • @tammyrobison1355
    @tammyrobison13557 күн 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

    @Ianstewart-ev8mh

    6 күн бұрын

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

  • @cristole

    @cristole

    3 күн бұрын

    Right now my cat is the same!!

  • @sandylunden5782
    @sandylunden578229 күн 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

    @Nirvana.Flowers

    28 күн бұрын

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

  • @baru612

    @baru612

    28 күн бұрын

    Since when are these people using this loud music for him

  • @chrisd2372

    @chrisd2372

    28 күн бұрын

    Very nice suntan. He deserves more Vitamin D.

  • @heidiquast4667

    @heidiquast4667

    21 күн бұрын

  • @paolagiunti2979

    @paolagiunti2979

    17 күн бұрын

    Me, too.

  • @Diana-jx1ju
    @Diana-jx1ju29 күн 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

    @stephenflood3463

    29 күн бұрын

    Weldone!

  • @ashleyannephd
    @ashleyannephdАй 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

    @CJRelationshipConsulting

    29 күн бұрын

    ☝️

  • @veraintuizione6497
    @veraintuizione649728 күн 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. 💓🙏✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨✨

  • @c.cammilli8825
    @c.cammilli8825Ай бұрын

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

  • @Edwardbanks1
    @Edwardbanks114 күн бұрын

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

  • @postscript5549
    @postscript554928 күн 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

    @prettygirltingz9077

    27 күн 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

  • @kingdramemourideworld
    @kingdramemourideworld20 күн бұрын

    Eckhart is the one light in our Era

  • @bertanelson8062
    @bertanelson806228 күн бұрын

    Eckhart always explains it best. Thanks.

  • @AlecVeravieff
    @AlecVeravieff28 күн 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."

  • @Nelisalara
    @NelisalaraАй бұрын

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

  • @gypsyfiresign1064

    @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

    @Nelisalara

    Ай бұрын

    @@gypsyfiresign1064🤍

  • @linw7320

    @linw7320

    28 күн бұрын

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

  • @danlee5570

    @danlee5570

    26 күн бұрын

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

  • @traceyomalley3797
    @traceyomalley379728 күн 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

  • @mariatheuns550
    @mariatheuns550Ай бұрын

    Great, great, great, Eckhart!

  • @lucreziamorganti9115
    @lucreziamorganti911528 күн бұрын

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

  • @christineweathers1965
    @christineweathers196529 күн 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

    @mrs8768

    29 күн 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

    @johngreen4683

    29 күн 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 🙏🙏🙏🙏

  • @MelissaBozinovski
    @MelissaBozinovski11 күн бұрын

    So grateful for this man 🙏

  • @rogerlin9602
    @rogerlin9602Ай 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. 🔔🚗🐿⚓️🦆🏃🦜🍕🌸🍕🎅🏻🚀🌺🌺

  • @firstnamelastnam3
    @firstnamelastnam329 күн бұрын

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

  • @streamingeagle1

    @streamingeagle1

    29 күн бұрын

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

  • @lolon6605

    @lolon6605

    3 күн бұрын

    Accept and love the anger as it is

  • @Conscious_Rap
    @Conscious_Rap29 күн бұрын

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

  • @fuddyduddyhorsemanship

    @fuddyduddyhorsemanship

    28 күн 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.

  • @bgrecoverycoaching2536
    @bgrecoverycoaching253625 күн 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.

  • @ruthdaneman2369
    @ruthdaneman2369Ай бұрын

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

  • @onafunjourney

    @onafunjourney

    29 күн бұрын

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

  • @Mike8981

    @Mike8981

    24 күн бұрын

    Let that be your practice.

  • @16thJune2006
    @16thJune200625 күн бұрын

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

  • @Ianstewart-ev8mh
    @Ianstewart-ev8mh6 күн 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!

  • @user-uh2ns7bh9d
    @user-uh2ns7bh9d16 күн бұрын

    How can you not love this man 👍

  • @atmannityananda-autognosia
    @atmannityananda-autognosiaАй 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

    @Mantras-and-Mystics

    29 күн бұрын

    Thank you! ❤

  • @TwinkleToes_2001

    @TwinkleToes_2001

    28 күн бұрын

    You said it. You said it well.

  • @postscript5549
    @postscript554928 күн бұрын

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

  • @stephenflood3463
    @stephenflood3463Ай 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.

  • @jackiek4159
    @jackiek415929 күн бұрын

    Thank you Eckhart! 🙏💕✨

  • @MS-gj5cp
    @MS-gj5cpАй бұрын

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

  • @joerocket1977
    @joerocket197726 күн бұрын

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

  • @lolon6605
    @lolon66053 күн бұрын

    I needed this today. Thank you ❤

  • @user-ds5jm4tw6u
    @user-ds5jm4tw6u29 күн бұрын

    Amazing wisdom! Thank you!

  • @mihaiyasy73
    @mihaiyasy7329 күн бұрын

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

  • @Therabithole
    @Therabithole29 күн бұрын

    God bless you Eckhart

  • @ROHITKUMAR-rn6tz
    @ROHITKUMAR-rn6tzАй бұрын

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

  • @TheHeavymetalthunder
    @TheHeavymetalthunder23 күн бұрын

    Absolutely perfectly amazing Thank you 🙏🏻

  • @paulam7177
    @paulam717729 күн бұрын

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

  • @carolinecaroline6567
    @carolinecaroline6567Ай бұрын

    Thank you for your teaching 🙏 ❤️ 😘

  • @jazjasmine9496
    @jazjasmine949628 күн бұрын

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

  • @traveller7879
    @traveller7879Ай бұрын

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

  • @stephenflood3463

    @stephenflood3463

    29 күн бұрын

    What a profound statement.

  • @linw7320

    @linw7320

    28 күн бұрын

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

  • @jbaltaji5723
    @jbaltaji572316 күн бұрын

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

  • @CharlesGeorge-hj8wn

    @CharlesGeorge-hj8wn

    Күн бұрын

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

  • @agokoovit5250
    @agokoovit5250Ай бұрын

    Thank You!🕊🙏

  • @Tori_4
    @Tori_429 күн бұрын

    Amazing! Thank you 🙏🏽

  • @JPMorgan-ye5pc
    @JPMorgan-ye5pc5 күн 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 ....

  • @user-xe4kv2ce4d
    @user-xe4kv2ce4d28 күн бұрын

    Jar of Joy

  • @MohammadHosseinVazifehdoost
    @MohammadHosseinVazifehdoostАй бұрын

    thank you

  • @debbie4329
    @debbie4329Ай бұрын

    Thank you so much for your directions.

  • @amin_abdollahi_369
    @amin_abdollahi_369Ай бұрын

    Thankyou❤❤😊

  • @pawprintsjersey5787
    @pawprintsjersey578716 күн бұрын

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

  • @chongqingdiscovery4222
    @chongqingdiscovery422229 күн бұрын

    Consciousness is beautiful.

  • @Odinsraven88
    @Odinsraven8827 күн бұрын

    Thank you Eckhart ☀️

  • @joyslove3858
    @joyslove3858Ай бұрын

    This is extremely helpful to me.

  • @Accidental_Nihilist
    @Accidental_Nihilist21 күн бұрын

    That’s gold, Eckhart! GOLD!

  • @darbiemayberry2902
    @darbiemayberry290228 күн бұрын

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

  • @fathergoldaddy4446
    @fathergoldaddy444621 күн бұрын

    Everything's for a tomorrow that never arrives.

  • @aprilkitten
    @aprilkitten27 күн 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.

  • @lindsay5305
    @lindsay530529 күн бұрын

    Thank you, relevant, helpful

  • @irenevarouti1966
    @irenevarouti196628 күн бұрын

    Thank you sir

  • @veroniqueverstichelen7371
    @veroniqueverstichelen737121 күн бұрын

    Thank you 🙏🌌💚

  • @user-rc2xs5ti2w
    @user-rc2xs5ti2wАй бұрын

    The whole deal is to migrate our awareness to the Soul and beyond. Get out of the mind, or use it as a tool for life’s maintenance in the 3D.

  • @mikemaurer3320
    @mikemaurer332028 күн бұрын

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

  • @powerofyou1111
    @powerofyou111122 күн бұрын

    Thank you ❤

  • @eytschmaen
    @eytschmaen26 күн бұрын

    Losing yourself in doing is called "hustle culture".

  • @Zenlife1132
    @Zenlife1132Ай бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @JLZR1
    @JLZR1Ай бұрын

    Thank you master 🙏

  • @MrsBeasleys1111
    @MrsBeasleys111125 күн бұрын

    Thank you❤

  • @pierrefiliatrault6167
    @pierrefiliatrault616728 күн бұрын

    Thank you so much again and again

  • @michelemilaras1417
    @michelemilaras141728 күн бұрын

    Brilliant ❤

  • @AtortAerials
    @AtortAerials28 күн бұрын

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

  • @zebbserrano5240

    @zebbserrano5240

    24 күн бұрын

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

  • @powerofyou1111

    @powerofyou1111

    22 күн бұрын

    Hey are you ok

  • @AtortAerials

    @AtortAerials

    22 күн бұрын

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

  • @basiagajewska4637

    @basiagajewska4637

    17 күн 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

    @lindafrazier8092

    16 күн бұрын

  • @kayumari486
    @kayumari48629 күн 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

    @simonsjoquist6862

    28 күн 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

    @andreasrylander

    13 күн бұрын

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

  • @mariatheuns550
    @mariatheuns550Ай 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

    @CJRelationshipConsulting

    29 күн бұрын

    ☝️

  • @dvgs5375
    @dvgs537529 күн 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.

  • @anandakumarsanthinathan4740
    @anandakumarsanthinathan474029 күн 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.

  • @robertcronin6603
    @robertcronin660327 күн бұрын

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

  • @optimistindevenire3442
    @optimistindevenire344229 күн бұрын

    Love this , so true 😅❤

  • @lourenesomers8424
    @lourenesomers842427 күн бұрын

    Thank you great one ❤

  • @JJNow-gg9so
    @JJNow-gg9so13 күн 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... 🙏

  • @rocioguevaraobando9075
    @rocioguevaraobando907526 күн бұрын

    Maestro Eckhart: Muchísimas gracias. 😊🙏🌸

  • @kathybudd7040
    @kathybudd704028 күн бұрын

    Thank you

  • @pps1223
    @pps122327 күн бұрын

    Beautiful!

  • @andreimatveenkov5753
    @andreimatveenkov575328 күн бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @susanneshaw850
    @susanneshaw85029 күн бұрын

    Thank you 🙏🏻 ❤xxx

  • @willemv3114
    @willemv3114Ай бұрын

    I am here 🙂

  • @harmonyofbeing
    @harmonyofbeing29 күн бұрын

    Thank you, Yoda-Tolle!!!🙏

  • @reginalddoddu6793
    @reginalddoddu6793Ай 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

    @johngreen4683

    29 күн 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

    @reginalddoddu6793

    29 күн бұрын

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

  • @crystalfolse3208
    @crystalfolse320829 күн бұрын

    Thanks ❤

  • @user-pg7em7pu7t
    @user-pg7em7pu7t26 күн бұрын

    Thank you for everything 😘

  • @fuddyduddyhorsemanship
    @fuddyduddyhorsemanship28 күн 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.

  • @ohmtimrod5927
    @ohmtimrod592726 күн бұрын

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

  • @midnightblue2893
    @midnightblue289329 күн бұрын

    Great video thanks Eckhart! 💜

  • @davidalanbinder4238
    @davidalanbinder423828 күн бұрын

    I highly recommend the book MIND GAMES The Dual Facets of Manipulation and Dark Psychology

  • @philwyatt2176
    @philwyatt217629 күн бұрын

    Thanks 🙏

  • @philwyatt2176

    @philwyatt2176

    25 күн 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 🙏

  • @moonorosone9623
    @moonorosone962326 күн бұрын

    Thank you. Very helpful!

  • @C_gar
    @C_garАй бұрын

    gracias 🙏

  • @astroarunshah
    @astroarunshah29 күн бұрын

    ❤❤❤

  • @brooke3724
    @brooke372429 күн бұрын

    Here there now or yesterday ❤where is it ❤😂

  • @pinkifloyd7867
    @pinkifloyd786729 күн бұрын

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

  • @user-yq4zy7tk5s
    @user-yq4zy7tk5s18 күн бұрын

    ❤️

  • @akwhataday2216
    @akwhataday221628 күн бұрын

    Not gonna lie, I smoked some weed before listening to this and was too caught up in my own thoughts and emotions to listen. Everything word of his that got through was true of my present experience...