I've been suffering from Long Covid for over two years now. It had stripped away all that I thought I was. I can not exist how I used to and my ego is definitely dying. I lost my job, wife, house, ability to exercise, mental sharpness and balance. Months ago I was tetering on existence. I am still in the grips of the Dark Night of the Soul but somehow everyday, I manage to put one foot in front of the other. This must be my true self carrying forward. I try and remain hopeful that better days are to come but sometimes, it really is lot to handle. I have deepened my empathy to a level I never knew existed so I guess that's as good a place as any to start from. I truly wish everyone reading this a good life and a positive outcome from our current state of the world. Thank you.

@Dzanarika1

Жыл бұрын

We are all in this together. Let's live one day at a time, and remember to be kind to yourself.

@rezanshekerzade7955

Жыл бұрын

stem cell therapy may fix all the damage done. costs about 5 -12 k. transfused into your blood and fixes the damage in the system

@KyraSimoneofficial

Жыл бұрын

❤ Sending love to you too ❤

@Glitteryglows

Жыл бұрын

Want to show you support. Going through the same thing right now. ❤

@susanwale8887

Жыл бұрын

All the best to you, don’t loose hope. ❤

When they said she was going crazy, she was awakening. When they said that she was isolating, she was healing. When they said she was acting funny, she was growing. When they said that she had changed, she was evolving. When they said she did not care anymore, she finally realized that her peace lives within.

@nadinegander2782

Жыл бұрын

Exactly ♥️

@kathleenkilpatrickdunn5574

Жыл бұрын

Well said. I’m going to send your quote to a friend this am, just lost her mom. Thanks

@GT-pl1wx

Жыл бұрын

Beautiful!

@BraveCat9927

Жыл бұрын

Thats pretty powerful. Often times those around us judge our behavior when it is something else entirely happening.

@blackzetsu466

Жыл бұрын

@@BraveCat9927 facts

" Their Is no coming to consciousness without pain" Carl Jung

@regisbritto2607

5 ай бұрын

❤❤❤ thus we escape PAIN..there is no escaping pain!! Right ON!!😊😊😊

@Mandaxx25

Ай бұрын

The separation of body and soul at death is the most spiritually painful thing we can experience. We must all experience it.

@theawakeningheard410

28 күн бұрын

Amen!

Sending hugs to anyone healing emotionally right now. You are not alone. You are loved. 💙

@siobhanraggatt8566

Жыл бұрын

Bullshite

@tuphdc8779

Жыл бұрын

Thank you. I miss her so much

@MrEmotional33

Жыл бұрын

No one loves me..i live alone and i will die alone!

@johngarrity6687

Жыл бұрын

@@MrEmotional33 Yikes, man. I am sorry you feel this way. It must be hard being so isolated. Can you get out of the house and volunteer or interact? How is your health? I hope you can find a way to change your situation. Sometimes loneliness and isolation move us toward change. Also, if depression is a factor, a counselor, physician, or chaplain may help. Wishing you better times.

@guliyafayzullina3366

Жыл бұрын

Thank you

Often have dark nights of the soul as a mother who lost two sons recently One to suicide , my son was intelligent and a father to my only grandchild 😢 The other son had been extremely successful in business , he didn’t lack anything However , his life to a turn for the worst , he became homeless , a drug addict And eventually on life support in hospital , a decision was made to release him From Life support , he died 20mins later , and before he died he was able to expel A teardrop from his left eye , letting me know he was so sorry to be leaving us . Heartbreaking 💔 leading to my own Dark Night of the Soul Yet have survived due to greater happiness in the knowledge his was not the reality of all of our lives , my sons had also lived very positive lives amen 🙏 Mary Canada 🇨🇦

@semolinasemolina8327

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing your stories and perspectives x I appreciate them today x

@sharonelaina3065

Жыл бұрын

God and Goddess Bless you! I recently went through a very trauma filled time and lost a family member while dealing with severe pain. Nothing made sense but now my well of empathy is deeper....I'm sending you love and hugs.

@strssnaruto20

Жыл бұрын

my deepest condolences to you

@OG_zennedout

Жыл бұрын

My deepest condolences 😢

@margylees3489

Жыл бұрын

Your journey is inspirational. Much love to you Mary 💛

- I just want to let anyone who’s reading this, and going through a tough time know that it’s going to be okay. You’ll get through it! ✨

@paulking9479

Жыл бұрын

Like there's any choice in it 😂

@oneirishpoet

Жыл бұрын

Ummm that's not true at all, my wife has stage 4 cancer and is NOT going to be okay... she will die from the cancer and there's no "getting through it" no matter how much positive thinking or new age BS you want to believe in 🙄

@clarkkent3730

Жыл бұрын

@@paulking9479 exactly

@youpoop92

Жыл бұрын

Same message under every video .. loosing it's meaning

@bjenkin100

Жыл бұрын

@@paulking9479 there are choices and thats what makes it so hard. if was no choice- no problem. but when you need to do certain things, that are extremely difficult or involve serious suffering... its really tough.

I'm in a dark night of the soul right now. I've completely lost my identity and my old life has collapsed beneath me. Terrifying, but I'm trying to find my way. Nothing seems to matter anymore. I am so grateful for this message by Eckhart Tolle. It has been like a breadcrumb on the path and has helped to explain the predicament I find myself in at this point on my journey. To anyone else out there going through this, Hang in there and know you are not alone.

@carly582

9 ай бұрын

How are you now??

@nadadenadax4903

8 ай бұрын

I know, what you mean. I have been through it. And what comes afterwards is the most beautiful thing you now cannot imagine!! Just keep looking for the one who is aware of all that Much love ❤❤❤

@riittalaiho4426

8 ай бұрын

Hang in there and know u r not alone❤.

@misscritique8863

8 ай бұрын

It does get better. Know that, believe that.

@debbiesday8270

8 ай бұрын

@@misscritique8863 Thank you. 🙏🤞

The profound emptiness will become filled with light and joy after. Best of wishes for anyone going through the dark night period

@manjunatha9707

Жыл бұрын

Is it so? Have you experienced that? I am going through that in this moment. I have nothing to hold on. Just a thread of hope on almighty.

@heIsNoMore

Жыл бұрын

@@manjunatha9707 wow,, go go go.. u get enlightened afterwards.. good luck

@mindfulnesswithmatt

Жыл бұрын

@@manjunatha9707 yes absolutely, it's a "phase" if you will. you're not alone in experiencing it

@nyimagyaltsen7715

Жыл бұрын

dont conclude things in that way..you are stopping the possibilities ahead..too lazy to deal with fact..and then fantasizing things...one must always be ready for anything..the flexibity is emptiness..not something like you mention..the happy mode..grow up brother

@heIsNoMore

Жыл бұрын

@@nyimagyaltsen7715 oh come on ...wish him good luck! if not enlightenment then better luck next time! hooray!

Sometimes it's hard to believe that this "dark night of the soul" is for a higher purpose; it seems like it's just pain, with no purpose, no meaning, that we are forgotten in this life. But it's comforting to think that there's a greater purpose to it.

@shellyscott4822

Жыл бұрын

Yes and it lasted more than one night for me and it's been many years of ups and downs more Downs for me

@ChangeYourLife1122

Жыл бұрын

yes you right there, its for a greater reason, behind the scenes something big is about to emerge

@SimonHaestoe

Жыл бұрын

It hardens the Philosopher's stone or sheds another layer of the onion.

@Protector0ne

Жыл бұрын

All suffering has the same purpose

@zo741

Жыл бұрын

Još teže je poverovati da Kreator voli da nam pravi ovu zemaljsku igru sa ovoliko patnje...bez razloga🙏💥❤️

"The more you surrender, the more quickly you go through it. Surrender means don't judge it anymore. You accept whatever it is that you experience at this moment." "Not everybody has to go through that. For many people, the awakening process starts and begins without that." "Allow life to do what it does." Thank you Eckhart.

@lindakoch9524

Жыл бұрын

How to do that???

@mothernature88888

Жыл бұрын

@@lindakoch9524 I use the words "everything is here to help me" - Matt Khan. Be patient because you need to use to your new paradigm-change your subconscious mind.

@thebutterflymetamorphosis

Жыл бұрын

@@lindakoch9524 surrender means that you stop resisting the negative emotions that you are feeling, allow yourself to feel those emotions, eventually they will disappear, I'm doing it right now it works

@skybird5845

Жыл бұрын

@@thebutterflymetamorphosis I really appreciate that

@thebutterflymetamorphosis

Жыл бұрын

@@Lorraine777 I've been going through it for a year and a half, I highly recommend the book "Letting go" by David Hawkins, it teaches you how to surrender negative emotions and find inner happiness, it takes time but it really works

I’ve had a few dark nights of the soul, firstly after narcissistic abuse and then again when repressed childhood trauma surfaced. It came in stages and I experienced a lot of pain, but when i I faced it, it dissolved and transmuted into deep bliss and love ❤❤❤

@crystalH30

5 ай бұрын

This is exactly what is happening to me …🤔

@sarahwalton2297

5 ай бұрын

@@crystalH30 amazing!! It’s horrendously painful but so worth it 🥰

@xgsnapx

5 ай бұрын

@@crystalH30me too ❤

@AislingMelodies

3 ай бұрын

This is exactly what's happening to me too!

@sarahwalton2297

2 ай бұрын

@@te-aramcinman8851 haha 😂 yes not a fan either but always well worth it out the other side 😅 the alchemy part can be sooo painful but remembering it’s just a process to be observed and moved through helps, as well as connecting with other people who are going through this so I don’t feel so alone 🤗💝

I picked up my 4yr old from school and was watching a video of yours. She asked, "Mommy, what are you doing?" I said, watching my favorite spiritual mentor speak, his name is Eckhart Tolle. She repeated your name in question form, w/her lil child like voice. I said Yes... Eckhart, the one who wrote a book that changed my life forever! She seemed very curious so I paused the video and showed her your picture. She looked at you w/this surprised face, like she knew you, then pointed at you, and said OOOOHHH Yeah!! I LIKE HIM MOMMY! I replied, I like him too honey... mommy loves him! Thank You for ALL YOU ARE Eckhart! 🙏❤️🙏🙇‍♀️

@thetruthseeker3198

Жыл бұрын

Lovely 💙 your daughter is lucky to have a parent that is receiving guidance from this great mind.

@WaltherSuk

Жыл бұрын

Don't know why this touched me.....

@maxstewart6183

Жыл бұрын

That's cool

@richardcarter9107

Жыл бұрын

That's a sweet story.

@markrudis305

Жыл бұрын

Where does 4 year olds go to school?

It happened to me when I FINALLY retired and bought a house in the country. Something I thought for so long would give me true peace and happiness. It didn't at all. It felt so empty. I went into a deep depression. I've slowly been peeling away layers of my ego since then. Thank you Ekhart for helping me on this "journey "

@heIsNoMore

Жыл бұрын

do you eat apples?

@paulking9479

Жыл бұрын

You thought you could buy your way to peace and happiness, sure your not a teenager 😜?

@yo_stephen

Жыл бұрын

We all need a purpose and goals and you felt like you lost yours, because you did. You need something new to work towards

@mariannebancroft3437

Жыл бұрын

@@heIsNoMore thanks for your kindness?

@wildrosecece

Жыл бұрын

We have to place our perceived fear and anxiety into God’s hands, then let all questioning go. In fact, every moment lived in his presence and guidance will give you daily peace and joy. Surrender to God’s love.. And question nothing, just accept, then everything changes, it does not stay in one way. Then, your life magically takes on a different form. It could look completely opposite. That what you thought was futile, by the Holy Spirit is changed.

A collapse of a perceived meaning in life. That’s the best way to describe the dark night of the soul experience. It’s dreadful. But it will be beautiful in time. Thank you 🙏🏻 ✨

@nmendez14

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely agree 🌬🧘🏽‍♀️💚 going through it now.

@MonkeyKing3333

Жыл бұрын

Don't burst my bubble! 😫

@Funkywallot

Жыл бұрын

@Rewired Jesus would say the same thing as Eckhart though in different choice of words.

@OpenheartOneMind

4 ай бұрын

​@@nmendez14How are you now? Sending lots of love and light ❤️✨️

My advice for depression is dont judge yourself, and recognize that unhealthy coping mechanisms can extend your depression. Try to make small steps everyday to take care of yourself and meet people, no matter how small. Celebrate the small victories. Also take time to break tasks down into smaller more manageable pieces so you dont get overwelmed

@aml8760

Жыл бұрын

🙏

@robertjsmith

Жыл бұрын

yeah the feeling is real,the thought stories about feeling's are fantasy

@GEMINIBEAUTIE08

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this!

@jakeinbed8133

Жыл бұрын

My depression started to go away when i realized how the horribly negative energy was also going into my family and everyone around me

@normalisoverrated

8 ай бұрын

@@GEMINIBEAUTIE08 Hey. Just read your comment & thought I'd check in to just say Hi, & see how you are going. So... How are you going? I think I've been going through my "Dark Night of the Soul", for honestly, the past 25yrs, almost to the day, lol. I have been surviving, until the past couple of yrs I really went down hill. I seem to be back on the mend now, & just stumbled across this. This is something I think will help snap me out of this "Dark Night". lol Longest night everrr. haha. Anyway, I hope you are also able to gain some positive momentum from the original post too. God Bless You! xo

I have been feeling this for months now and its a very, strange place to be, it's like being completely lost and looking for straws to grab hold of, which disintegrate when you reach out for them. It's like being on an inescapable island , it's just very scary, very lonely and a neverending feeling of dread and discomfort. It just feels bad to be in your skin and experience the thoughts constantly running through your mind. I don't know what triggered it, but it's not a good place to be. I will watch this video several times as it may help the fear and depths of despair I'm in. Thank you for making this.

@ashleyriosrizo

Жыл бұрын

I understand. It started for me about 8 months ago now. My whole sense of self slowly being broken down. It's quite scary.

@shahnejad313

Жыл бұрын

Wow, I am 65 an experience the same thing. I am not alone. It affects me more to realize I am mortal after surviving a heart attack and my wife surviving cancer patient. My brother is in another country and we doesn't want to have any relationship after passing of our parents. It feels I lost him and the grief is hitting me. I can swim with the life current. It is hard and lonely and scary. Thanks for sharing!

I lost my son in 2021. I went through the dark night of the soul, completely empty, I at some stage didn't know who I was anymore, life stopped. I realized one day that I had stopped thinking and the first reaction was, you can't live if you can't think, but I was breathing, I was very confused. My life as I knew and understood it, was gone, just gone. I eventually ask Google if it's possible to not think but still be and that's how I found Ekhart. The problem I find now, is I am still in the same environment, amongst the same people, I have changed but they haven't, they no longer understand me. Thank you.

@IrishBengalCat

Жыл бұрын

I have a device that is able to stop thought

@johngarrity6687

Жыл бұрын

Are you content? Are you at peace?

@kaplyn6580

Жыл бұрын

@@johngarrity6687 I accept my son's passing am at peace with this, content, I am finding that difficult, nothing is what it was and my now just is, now, almost meaningless but not. Difficult to explain.

@johngarrity6687

Жыл бұрын

@@kaplyn6580 Thanks for replying. I read that cultivating compassion and doing intentional good works for others (alleviating suffering) is v meaningful. I do think it possible to find a supreme presence and to rest in that space. Is that too far out for you? Best to you on your journey.

@kaplyn6580

Жыл бұрын

@@johngarrity6687 thanks, actually its not too far out.

I lost my mind, not in an delusional way-in a purposeful way. I lost my persona. I was always a goal oriented person with courage. I suddenly couldn’t even choose items at the store. My hands started to shake, I became homeless. I could only sit at the coffee shop and stare out the window. I just kept going without a purpose. It was the change of life circumstances that slowly but gradually started to show me that I was to believe in the universe over myself because I was no longer in control. I realize now how blessed I was and how I am GRATEFUL to have made it through!

@naurinsaba979

10 ай бұрын

How you came out of situation

@kumulsfan8090

18 күн бұрын

I'm coming to that same situation now, it's amazing how life just organises itself when you're not thinking or planning it, almost like everything is scripted

My dark night of the soul was my sons suicide. I have realised since that he left this earthly realm because his body was not working for him anymore. He was the brightest light that now shines in the universe… I can’t wait until we meet again 🙏❤️

@natlions

Жыл бұрын

So very sorry for your loss. Sending you lots of love and prayers. ♥️

@Splintered-

Жыл бұрын

I’m sorry 🌹

@kani9284

Жыл бұрын

sorry to hear that :(

@debbielee8728

Жыл бұрын

❤️🙏🥰

@Banksia-Blue000

Жыл бұрын

🙏🏻❤️

I recently lost my 3 brothers - there were 4 of us. I had no other siblings. I am the only one left. My divorced parents are estranged and abusive; so I steer clear as much as possible. My adult son lost his mind when his uncles died and now I have seemingly lost him to dozens of hospitalizations in the last couple of years since my brothers died to substance abuse and suicide. I will continue to pray for my son. It seems hopeless on the outside but I won’t give up hope!

@MaSterKaoudMatiC

13 күн бұрын

💗💗💗

For the last 9 months I have been experiencing the dark night of the soul. through my son's unexpected departure. I found him on March 1st.2022. He was my only child. He is a beautiful, successful, funny, witty, handsome and 35 years old at the peak of his life. This feels like a heavy blanket of sadness that sometimes overtakes me. Thank you

@WaltherSuk

Жыл бұрын

My dear that's so sad 😔😪 I pray for the angels to comfort you 💦

@Grrrrrrr123

Жыл бұрын

I feel your pain having found my son hanging last year. It truly is the worst pain in human life but I know the universe is full of their beautiful souls it was just their bodies that let them down god bless you 🙏❤️

@zo741

Жыл бұрын

🙏💔 nemam Vaše iskustvo ali znam da je vaše dete na boljem "mestu" i da ćete opet komunicirati🙏❤️

@Splintered-

Жыл бұрын

Love you 🌹. I’m sorry ..

@scarl11

Жыл бұрын

So sorry for your loss ✨💜

I have complex PTSD. I live in the dark night every day. Yet, I still have hope to heal. Listening to Eckart gives me a sense of peace.

@leslieholland6477

2 ай бұрын

@@historywithbpsychology yes, I am. Thank you for taking the time to ask😀

@CoachGosia

22 күн бұрын

Having a hope means that you don't believe, you just hope. Just believe and imagine yourself being healthy. Then you subconscious mind will reprogramm.

It went through when I lost everything including my home, money, everything and was homeless and impacted by Covid twice. My only son died from a drug overdose and his life ended tragically. It started in 2021 and two years later I’m starting to see the light. It was a spiritual crisis and I questioned if God was real. I questioned my faith and was disillusioned about everything and I thought everything was fake and no point. I was stripped of everything that I thought was my identity. It was and is the hardest season of my life and I thought I would die and was even suicidal and depressed and the light of my indigenous, ancestral medicine carried me through.

I've had many dark nights of the soul. They've all made me a better person in the end.

@dorasnop7771

Жыл бұрын

you master your life

@chrismccaffrey8256

Жыл бұрын

Become "no-person"

@meeraraj0

Жыл бұрын

8:10 the Liberation masters of nath tradition create dark night of soul to shake you to awakening. Read Mast, by Mohanji. These are powerful Liberation masters who are not interested in our terrestrial needs. It's a powerful path. Mohanji says it's path of total dissolution. Not just self realization. When you on this path it's not experiences & sensations anymore, it's hard-core dissolution. 🙏🏽

@sidekickmusic5936

6 ай бұрын

Doesn't work for everyone sadly. Many get broken without repair.

My son died at 17 and my husband at 37. I already had serious depression issues before they died. I’m ready to come back out of the dark night. I’ve been deep in it for over 20 years now. Enough is enough. I know the emptiness all too well.

At 77 every night is dark with only my soul, feeling the withering, the dark is settling in. In a life so remembered, so vivid, now so slowed, cautious, tentative, when I was once all energy, all doing ..of course the empty comes in. Never thought there was, HAD TO BE, purpose, meaning...but it didn't matter, now it seems like... It should have. No trauma, no event, just the slow unravelling to ...nothingness. my mind had given a meaning it seemed, but when it slowly evaporates...evaporated 😮

@nl212ep

2 ай бұрын

Well that sure made an impression on me. 😮 I’m not sure how I feel about it, but it made me think 😢

Thank you universe for bringing Eckhart to this planet and giving us the pleasure to encounter his wisdom 🌟

@zo741

Жыл бұрын

Eckhart si ti🙏❤️

@moony77

Жыл бұрын

Amen

@majbrittlunaleth3600

9 ай бұрын

This is not his wisdom. Read Jung. And John the cross.

@laurentsauvagnac

9 ай бұрын

@@majbrittlunaleth3600this wisdom is universal. In that sense, you are right. It is not his wisdom. It is wisdom that is actually expressing to the world through him. I haven’t read the authors you are mentioning but I’m sure they are expressing the same Wisdom. ❤

@christianpeter7165

5 ай бұрын

It’s thank you God and not thank you Universe.

I have suffered dark night of the soul 5 years back and overcame through complete surrender.. The journey is amazing, the path to be my best version❤

@annalopez6938

Жыл бұрын

Care to explain?

It's been over a month for me now... I'm amazed this clip came in my thread. I told my mum and my house mate I feel like I've lost my identity, the person I was last year in that amazing job. Not knowing what I'm good for now . I've put so much meaning to my old self... Tried desperately to get back into it and applied for jobs the past weeks because I wanted my old self / life back. 3 days ago I've dropped the thought and the 'want'. I have put my 'me' from last year ' finally to rest'. Including tears, anger, feeling of guilt and shame of all the mistakes I made... I stayed in my room a lot, didn't want to go outside at all and turned into a hermit. Today was the first day in a total of 6 weeks where I felt content and at peace and I actually smiled. So whoever is going through it I send you the strength not to go stubbornly against the death of ego and made up ideals, like I have. 🙏🌻🙏

@vigneshkg5370

Жыл бұрын

That was beautiful because of the last few sentences... Hopefully others who reads your comment also experiences this 🙏❤️

@tanjee2698

Жыл бұрын

@@vigneshkg5370 ❤️🌻

@olinafan4459

Жыл бұрын

I'm on year 4. Second year was so intense I barely made it out.

@vigneshkg5370

Жыл бұрын

@@olinafan4459 if you are ok to try a few things there is free Isha kriya meditation in KZread or Sadhguru app millions of people do it maybe give it a go(try to complete mandala) it will definitely help in the healing process something is better than nothing And also as someone who was depressed for few years physical exercise and getting in touch with nature fresh air made huge difference it's your decision I know you can decide what's best for you ❤️❤️❤️ You got this

@robertjsmith

Жыл бұрын

@@vigneshkg5370 no one has ever meditated

i recently went through this myself, Eckhart explained it perfectly. Nothing made me happy anymore, nothing made me feel better anymore, i had lost complete touch with reality, as soon as i woke up i just couldn't wait until i could go to sleep again.., it's painful. But whoever is going through it rn, reality wants you to become the person you were meant to be, but to do that you're old self must be destroyed. It might seem scary, but it wouldn't happen to you if you wouldn't be able to handle it. We are never in control anyways, that's just what the ego believes, we can't change what happens only how we react to it. Surrender to the experience and just accept whatever you're dealing with. This too shall pass

@rayshoesmith

4 ай бұрын

Very well put 👏

It was the most painful experience in my life. Now here I am. 🙏

@HighSpeedNoDrag

Жыл бұрын

You made it thus far, Learn, Ride on and Hard.

@zd3101

Жыл бұрын

looking for someone to talk to about this who can share some insights, honestly just someone to talk to is more than good.

@mysoulgrowth

Жыл бұрын

@@zd3101 I’m here if you need someone

@zd3101

Жыл бұрын

thank you both of you, i really appreciate it, if you have any free time, please try to reach out to me at my e-mail, it's in my description, thanks again.

@anadigregorio9206

Жыл бұрын

And what did you do? more than 20 years I am in this painful experience. tell me please if you want.

We lost our 22-year-old boy last year. He was the joy he was our star bright of our lives our only son. Everything apparent would want UCLA graduate surfer Marathon runner friends loved ones everybody loved our son. I'm just like that we got the phone call. Are so-called world was gone absolutely in abyss. Total loss total confusion. It's been a year but slowly surely that we are evolving. Thanks eckart for your shares. Piece everyone. Surrender. 🙏

My husbands suicide, followed by the suicide of my son, who I buried on his 25th birthday, was the beginning of my dark night of the soul. It will finally end when I meet them again 💔

@ZFern9390

7 ай бұрын

❤❤❤

It’s so hard to keep on going when the reality that you’ve known for a while and felt safe in suddenly changes and you awaken but in a way where you feel so lost and it feels so lonely

@klanderkal

29 күн бұрын

Well said.! That is me. I'm unable to accept the change and the loss. I'm just suffering. Looking for away to accept and be happy again. 🙏hope you found peace and happiness. 🙏

I have been going through this dark night of the soul for a decade and feel as though I have lost those 1o years (so far) of my life. I'm 70 now and sometimes I think the awakening that this dark night is leading to is my death.

@terrijones1167

5 ай бұрын

I don't know your personal circumstances.....I feel for you.....I hope things are getting brighter for you. ❤

@OpenheartOneMind

4 ай бұрын

Sending lots of love and light ❤✨️. I hope things are much better for you now, no matter how empty you feel.

🖤🙏🏾 death of old self, birth of true self

@lanachild7731

Жыл бұрын

I recently quit drinking after 20 years of somewhat continuous alcoholism. It feels like i have died. I'm scared.

@Funkywallot

Жыл бұрын

@@lanachild7731 It will pass.

10 f***ing years of this, almost 10 years in the dark night of the soul! I'm so exhausted, I just don't know, I hope, I'll live to tell the tale eventually. And if not I'm so looking forward to see my grandma again. I love you,grandma!!! ❤❤❤

@olinafan4459

Жыл бұрын

U got this

@allengalloway7422

Жыл бұрын

I completely understand.. you can make it through

@edriley2703

Жыл бұрын

Learn to breathe and live in Silence until the Dawn comes. Stay true and steadfast.

@EinfachNurTyp

Жыл бұрын

What are the thoughts you are having and how are they violent towards yourself?

The amount of times he blinks here tells me he is recalling his dark night and staying grounded to reduce his flashbacks.

To all the people who are passing through this phase of self growth, I want to assure that it will soon be over and on the other side you would find yourself much more peaceful, more in control of your life, more loving and devoted towards the God. I also went through such phases where everything seemed negative and hurtful. I used to be anxious and lived every moment in anxiety and fear. Couldn't even sleep. But it passed away and now I feel much more stronger and powerful than I was back then. You will come out of it stronger and better. Your fears will go away gradually. It is period of special growth and it is a gift of Grace from the Lord because he loves you.

I went through this too, about 8 years after losing my daughter. I can describe it as being completely gutted ( not grief) and devoid of any sense of ambition, drive or purpose. There is nothing that can be done to alleviate it apart from sleep. You feel completely abandoned but i instinctively knew that i just had to wait it out.

@tammylewis9324

Жыл бұрын

As I am making my journey for the upteenth time Spirit said to me “nothing to live for, nothing to die for”. That is exactly what it feels like.

@xxgamerxxilean8738

Жыл бұрын

May God rest her soul in peace!🙏💐🙏 Amin!🙋‍♀️😇🙏

@OLLYCHAUCER

Жыл бұрын

@@xxgamerxxilean8738 Thank you. I'm sure of that.

@dragonfly9209

Жыл бұрын

@@OLLYCHAUCER I am sure that your daughter is in total bliss, and happiness. We--the ones left behind---are the ones suffering. BUT...the DAY is coming ♥

@OLLYCHAUCER

Жыл бұрын

@@dragonfly9209 Thank you

As soon as I fully accepted that going through this dark night of the soul was part of my life, and the universe wanted me to experience this, it was over. It's been almost 3 years from my dark knight of the soul that lasted a little over a year, where nothing made sense anymore, I felt a void I couldn't fill with anything, didn't enjoy things I used to, and felt very misunderstood. Basically the worst time of my life. Where I'm going with all this is, if you are going through this, have faith and know that this is serving your higher self in ways you will later know. This will not last forever. My dark night of the soul redirected me to my REAL path in life, my real purpose to be alive and now I'm very thankful. The strugle isn't over yet but, now I feel that I'm fulfilling my personal legend, and you'll get to that place too just hang in there.

@olinafan4459

Жыл бұрын

The next one will be much easier.

@RoxxieMoon

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! 🙏🏽

@sholonator92

Жыл бұрын

@@olinafan4459 yes

@NobleWolf33

Жыл бұрын

Dam 3 yrs? I got bills to pay :(

@olinafan4459

Жыл бұрын

@@NobleWolf33 lol yeah that's how people end up homeless. People who have it when they're younger are blessed

Everyone I loved or cared about left me deserted me broke my heart. And I nearly died in the desert but I'm still alive still going on until I'm done with my tour of duty

I started my spiritual journey a year ago and literally had lots of healing. It really showed me that I can handle anything. If I can do so can anyone! It takes time and it’s worth it. Trust God he will guide you. I promise you it’s very worth it. Wishing you luck and love ❤

‘Nothing real has died, but an illusionary identity’ Mind blown 🤯

I have felt for many years now that I seem to be going through the dark night of the soul. Many cycles of my life I have felt to be in the belly of the whale. Then at times, I feel as though I have been " lost in the forest". Then it feels as though I wake up and begin to " recognize myself" again. These cycles of light and dark have been my life experience for over 60 years. I never feel totally at peace.

@chrisb4653

Жыл бұрын

Same for me. Thank you it's so well said!

@Mika-El-

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Juju, for sharing such initimate information. I can relate deeply. You described it very well.

@apparently_sonam

Жыл бұрын

This can happen to those also suffering personality disorders. If you haven't been tested or made aware, it may shed some light on how it can be managed.

@Dzanarika1

Жыл бұрын

It is very tiring.

@John-rb3yv

Жыл бұрын

Let it all go You are more than your emotions Get outside of your own story you tell yourself all day and help someone else.... Try it Let it all go

I went through a dark night of the soul since 2001 when i received Jesus,it was as if the lights went out inside me. I was just existing but no longer thriving. Through the process i learned that i was being stripped of everything and anything that can keep me away from God. In a sense i was being broken down inside before i got rebuilt. My only solace of peace over the years was staying close to god by prayer, reading His Word, and worship and last was stillness by just submitting or surrendering to God's Hand. It made the process more bearable but i was detached from self and the world. A lot of dark things hidden in me were being brought to the surface to deal with. Today i have since experienced His presence in my life again and can tell you today it was worth the wait and toil. I hope this testimony may help someone going through something similar, shalom!

@OpenheartOneMind

5 ай бұрын

Any tips on how to stay centered and calm when going through it? Much love! ❤❤❤

I’ve been beaten down since childhood. No peace. Only 3 family members speak to me I work 6 days a week. Help others. I have no husband or kids. I’m disabled and I feel like I can’t change anything. Hard work hasn’t helped Nobody will help me with this. I want to return to source. My life has been a dumpster fire for 54 years. Please pray for me to get a miracle

@gusraymond9562

9 ай бұрын

🙏

I have been going through the dark night of the soul for about 3 years now. I didnt know who I was anymore. I felt broken after a complete mental break down. I could not work and school was a struggle. I became depressed and suicidal, I also blamed people and would not let anyone close to me anymore. I have slowly started to come out of it now. I kept seeing signs that kept telling me that this cycle in my life was about to end. It is ending now and Im feeling a lot better. I am learning to forgive and let go and enjoy the fact that Im alive. The universe saw me through it! :)

@MJ-qb5ph

6 ай бұрын

How long did this process take?

A very humbling experience as we realize we are not beliefs or concepts and we don't fit into the concepts and beliefs in society or family. It feels like we don't know who we are and we have no place to go and nothing to accomplish in a crazy making world. We accept being nothing and no one and then one day from the silence I heard from within my Self..."when you are nothing in the world. You are everything to God "... and finally I felt an extreme profound freedom and I laughed. The dark night is called Undoing the Ego.

I went through this after my mum died and a number of other losses occurred. Totally withdrew and isolated from everyone and allowed myself to be with all the madness of grief and a myriad of other crazy emotions. I remember thinking at the time: how do I carry on living now? I don't know how to be in the world without these people! Looking back I realise a big part of me was dying... old me. I feel like a different person now. As if I've been reborn. It's a very odd experience.

@MJ-qb5ph

6 ай бұрын

Me too. How long did it take?

I went through it 6 years ago after ending a toxic marriage. I’m lucky I didn’t end my life. I emerged from it a brand new person. I had to let go of everything I wanted my life to look like after years of social conditioning. I had to stop using the word “hate” and stop judging the world around me.

@John_Wood_

10 ай бұрын

stop judging the world around me - interesting

This happened to me, my ego death, after repeatedly practicing the mental exorcises outlined in his book the Power Of Now. I called family thinking something terrible happened, but I realized it was the death of my ego. After this happened I never got depressed anymore.

I'm going thru eviction from my home of 23 years, and can hardly keep it together. Just moment to moment. I hope this despair ends soon.

@SamStone1964

Жыл бұрын

Are you alright?

@OpenheartOneMind

5 ай бұрын

How are you now? Hopefully much better? Much love ❤️

I went through the darkest of times and almost lost my life due to alcoholism. I believe my case involved depression and witch-craft and it was destroying my life. But I have come out as a totally new man with a real purpose. Fasting and meditation accelerated my growth, as I started asking profound questions and looking for the truth in everything. I have made several realizations on my own while meditating that I now hear experts say/confirm. It's like I have tuned into the frequency of the universe where things beyond the world we see start to made sense. It's beautiful and I'm glad I went through all of that pain and suffering, because although it caused me to hit rock bottom and break into a million pieces, it's given me the opportunity to rebuild myself into the man I have always wanted to be... Trust me, when you come out of it, you will begin to see the beauty in small things that almost everyone takes for granted or ignores... Why? Because by the time you come out of the darkness, you will probably have lost almost everything you previously perceived as important.

@dragonfly9209

Жыл бұрын

Beautifully expressed....I FELT everything you said on a deep level. Thanks for sharing your profound experience.

@jilljokestube

8 ай бұрын

❤

I’m 26 and going through this right now. It feels overwhelming, but also necessary. I trust in the universe to guide me. I hope that I can surrender myself fully.

My dark night of the soul has lasted for many years and if it wasn't for Eckhart Tolle I would probably be lost forever. Eternal gratitude for guiding myself and many others through this.

@olinafan4459

Жыл бұрын

I'm on year 4.

@XOXOX4242

Жыл бұрын

I hear ya. I feel like I've been in it my whole life. Trying to do what I can to get into the frequency of love now instead of fear. I have better & worse days with this. Sending love to you both on your journeys...♥️

@MonkeyKing3333

Жыл бұрын

It's better than nothing. Sometimes 😆

@olinafan4459

Жыл бұрын

Trevor ilesly (another youtuber) helped a lot more in my personal experience.

@andrereloaded1425

Жыл бұрын

​@@olinafan4459 Thanks for the recommendation. The more guidance the better..

For me, there would never have been spiritual growth or awakening without the dark night of the soul. I have had several. The first was my sophomore year in college. My second was when two of my children became addicted to opiates. The third was during the COVID experience. For me the dark night of the soul allows for my growth. It’s not depression, it’s a depth of the soul where you have to figure out what your life is about.

@Banksia-Blue000

Жыл бұрын

Thank you.🙏🏻❤️

@douglaswerts4936

Жыл бұрын

How do you define “growth”?

@JustinEggersj

Жыл бұрын

Not sure why, but I'm the same way... Each experience has incepted a "new self" out of the old. Thank you for just saying it! But I am the same way, no growth without directly applied pain.

Spot on. The shattering of the former meaning I had created for my life. The love I'd had which now appeared not to be reciprocated. The grief of letting go my former meaningful life, now dead. Seeing dead trees, bursting into tears and knowing that this was indeed about grief, endings. Slowly finding new life, having to wear green, slowly slowly emerging. I will never forget this dark time, the beginning of my spiritual awakening. Thank you Eckhardt for feeling into it so well. What saved me was walking through the bush to the beach every day, and finding symbolic messages from nature. This was all I could do, no energy for anything else. But it was enough. 2 years, without medication.

I went through my first dark night of the soul several months after I met my twin flame. I went through a couple over the course of a couple years. I had no idea at the time what was happening but it's so clear now.

I am in perfect health I am strong and polite I have a healthy mind body and soul I love myself I accept everyone

The Dark Night of the soul is a long, depressing, and very dark experience that can continue for days, months or even years. After my initial awakening phase, the spiritual awakening was not always a joyful process for me. Often I felt confused, frustrated, angry, sad, grieving, or “out of place”. It felt like the end of my known world with my its old habits and conditioning. Whatever life I had built on a competing, achieving, and acquiring mentality was not resonating with me anymore. Life was making no sense to me If you’re experiencing the Dark Night of the Soul, you are feeling a sense of being lost. Your heart is in anxiety as if your world with its known habits and conditioning is coming to an End. This is because, after a spiritual awakening, your conditioned mind pattern is dying. While dying, your mind is making you feel miserable by re-identifying yourself with its old dysfunctional patterns. After The Dark Night of The Soul, my inner being shined like a sun, and deep down, I started to feel its presence. While a spiritual awakening is the process of rebirth of everything you are! The dark night of the soul is the process of dying of everything you are not!

My family triggers me I’m in a healing phase exhausted from the pain and betrayal they keep harassing it’s making me realize I may need to not only accept my ego death which is needed and appreciated but much harder to accept they are also dead to me because they don’t know how to show love to me or understanding it’s always old digs and poking fun at me, with some family members it never ends. I can’t allow myself to let them hurt me anymore I’m financially independent and in my 50s not a little girl with no options anymore.

Ive been in it since just before the pandemic. I am finally starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel after 3 years.

@OpenheartOneMind

5 ай бұрын

Any tips on staying calm and centered through the process?

I think any suffering has one purpose and that is to endure it. Shows tremendous strength of character and resolve. Poverty and depression are a heady mix but alcohol and drugs cannot help. Having a cause to die for is the solution. May God bless the afflicted and you find a way to the light.😢

I have been experiencing this on and off for almost 17 yrs since my mother passed away at the age of 68. She basically dropped dead. I have been trying now for so long to understand why GOD, whom my mother loved and praised, would allow to her to experience the kind of death she had. From what my sister told me me it was traumatic for my mother and for all involved. I watched another video from Mr. Tolle the other day about what happens after death and was comforted and was able to realize that when my mother died she left her body and what was left was a shell/husk that had sustained her spirt or essence. She had gone to the place where we all will go when we die . Heaven she called it but I call it the great beyond. I hope get to see her and my father and all my long gone friends when I die. I feel a bit better then days and hope to one day heal.

I went through a horrific dark night of the soul and I found St. John of the Cross' Dark Night of the Soul was truly helpful. It is his commentary on his poem about the process of spiritual awakening and he details how we go through the process in our spiritual journey more than once. Each time we descend into the pit of despair and think we'll never recover and then we do to our great joy. However, then we go down again and forget our joy. Through repeating this process we are purified in time. St. John gives a very nuanced and beautiful account of how God appears to us and helps us through it. If you are in despair, I would recommend this very detailed and helpful spiritual aid. Strange that Tolle makes the comment at the beginning that he isn't sure if "dark night of the soul" is from St. John. He wrote the book on it. Highly, highly recommend it to all sincere spiritual seekers.

@SobrietyBestie

Жыл бұрын

Totally agree, St. John of the Cross' book helped me so much when I was deep in my first dark night of the soul!

@eoinbrennan3949

Жыл бұрын

I read The dark night of the soul and The Ascent of Mount carmel, both are absolute must reads for anyone who wants to ascend to the union with God. I'd also add to those two books, "The confessions" by Augustine, which in its own way describes the dark night of the soul

@bakhop

Жыл бұрын

@@eoinbrennan3949 I find st Augustine really misses the mark since he holds half the human race in such low esteem. None of that with st John of the cross.

@eoinbrennan3949

Жыл бұрын

@@bakhop I don't get what you mean by that. Who does augustine hold in low esteem? I've read the confessions and in reading city of God and he never denigrate anyone

@dragonfly9209

Жыл бұрын

@@eoinbrennan3949 Also...C.S. Lewis---"A Grief Observed"

There are always dear Humans who need some caring and love. Move out of the Dark Night into a morning of service to others - old people placed in retirement centers and forgotten, young children who spend days in uncaring Day Care while parents must work. Volunteer ! The joy and meaning you share is transforming for you and others.

Classic classic classic human experience. Someone great once said if you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot and hold on. It too shall pass ❤

As I have always felt misfit and alienated as long as I remember, I have clung to a passion for personal projects. When this passion has gone, too, boy do you feel lost and empty. Everyone who has ever been really depressed, deprived of any meaning, knows what a blessing simple projects, dreams and desires mean - a difference of night and day. In my favourite book, the Mahabharata, among the many beautiful descriptions of inner conditions is one, where Drona in the midst of the battle is told that his son, Aswatama, is dead: 'And Drona sat down in car, and immediately all desire left him - as if it has never existed.' I fully understand that state.

I understand this very well. Im the last of my line, many losses, the last one in 2021. I firge my own way now, but because I don't live by what others think, I'm seen as some kind of witch. It's hard, waiting for others to catch up.

@OpenheartOneMind

5 ай бұрын

You're not a witch. You're a beautiful human being, no matter if others can see that right now. I really hope you're feeling much better 🙏.

I had this in Oct. 2007. It was extreme and radical. I thought I was dying. All I can say is if someone goes through something like that is just calm yourself and trust God. Ride it out.

First time I heard this man. I’m thanking the algorithm which brought me here, because I felt this message, deep in my heart. Thank you.

What a gift Eckhart is

I have guilt. I told others that i was a scapegoat. I only said the truth but i feel so guilty. I admit i was mad but now im spiraling between remorse and guilt...

Just passed that Night🙏after my wife wanted separation. With 77 years being on my own brought all kind of deep thoughts and feelings as Eckhart describes here (suicide, killing, hopelessness…) and suddenly one day it’s all gone and and calm is the new reality. Doing what to do, or later, or not, just be with mySelf😅

My wife of 41 years merges back to the universe 9/1/21. 18 months of meaninglessness, wrongness, pointlessness... all of me. Consumed. Suicide was close many times in despair. Nothing looks right. No faith remains. EVERYTHING you say Eckhart. 27 months now. My precious daughter handed me the Power Of Now. Your book and my work in it has saved my life, not metaphorically sir, not metaphorically at all. In real, grounded sense I want to live. I want to love, and I will again - with my memories and experience as I continue to "awaken". Thank you. It is happening. Palms together, I hear. One thought - nothing real is threatened, nothing unreal exists. Life changing.

I experienced that a few Times ...A painful and exhausting process which was actually a cleansing process. I got rid of energies within me that poisened me. I came closer to myself and God. I am grateful for that karmic clearance...😇💫

@naurinsaba979

10 ай бұрын

Please explain how you come out of this what treatment you did its help many of us

@OpenheartOneMind

4 ай бұрын

​@@naurinsaba97911:11

I went through the dark night of the soul after 15 years of narcissistic abuse and mobbing at work. It gave me the coup de grace after a short relationship with a 'lady' with narcissistic personality disorder (this seemed to be my topic for half of my life). Trauma and PTSD for 3 years. As far as I can tell, the dark night of the soul is also quite comparable to an epileptic seizure, which I also suffered from for almost 20 years. The DNOTS is just like a seizure in ultraslow motion, but completely conscious and fully aware of the unbearable pain during the whole time.

How strange! This describes exactly what I have been experiencing over the last months! 😲

I experienced a dark night of the soul that began on the 21st of September last year. I can pin point the moment it started. I spent months in bed and felt I was dying. I even gave my rings to my daughter so I could tell her the story behind each one incase I didn’t make it through. I wasn’t sure what was happening til I stumbled across a video about it. I recovered but I know I am not living authentically. It is becoming harder each day to pretend. I think for people who say they have gone through a dark night of the soul for years on end are perhaps in the same situation. Carrying on with the same life after awakening is soul crushing. Change isn’t as simple as walking out the door and starting over.

@moonhunter9993

Жыл бұрын

Yes, you can't carry on living the same life after. You have to find a way to live authentically.

@nataliehilton1537

Жыл бұрын

@@moonhunter9993 Easier said than done. People don’t like to hear that you’re biding your time and faking it.

@moonhunter9993

Жыл бұрын

@@nataliehilton1537 Don't fake it then. We can change even if our circumstances cannot change at the same speed. My experience is that sometimes you have to first accept a situation completely before you can change it.

@solomontruthlover5308

Жыл бұрын

Yep I had it about a year ago and I've been doing soooooooooo much trauma therapy and I'm doing so oooooooooooo much better now you can't even imagine

@nataliehilton1537

Жыл бұрын

@@solomontruthlover5308 I was doing well and feel like I’m back at square one again. Who knows how many times I will have to go through this process. As many times as it takes to get it right I guess.

i love how slow he talks and allows you to think about what hes saying along w him

It was about 15 years ago when just 2 pages from one of his books changed my life for the better. I will never forget it. His wisdom and teachings gave me peace.....in my head.

@ayesha_833

Ай бұрын

Could you please mention the book?

Everything in our lives is temporary. We know that intellectually, but often act as if people & things are permanent. This a perfect recipe for further suffering! Everything has been stripped away from me, but I probably needed it to be so to truly find my Beloved - my God,

The ego dies. The soul awakes.

I appreciate the serious tone of Eckhart's talk herein. He understands how difficult the dark night of the soul is. His comments are helpful. Thank you.

It’s like nothing makes sense, and nothing even matters… I just know I just want to have peace of love around me

Feels like my whole life has been a Dark Night of the Soul, and at 61 I’m exhausted. All I can do is keep walking HOME, where LOVE and PEACE await for the weary.

The pace he talks at.. its like he's re-experiencing it again... Or.. like he's really looking at you waiting for you consciousness to focus again... I know im reading to deep into it but that pacing works super well for me

One thing I’ve realised in this life is that in a universe of infinite possibilities, I exist as me, there is only one me. In an infinite universe that would make each an every individual a miracle. Our chance of individual existence is 1 in infinity. That is a miracle. Truly understanding and believing that is the obstacle. I love you all so much you bunch of miracles ❤

I’ve been through the dark night of the soul. If you are smack in the middle of it just remember this will not last forever.

I have been through this for the last 2 years. It's really rough to see that there's a light of the end of the tunnel when I'm in this state. However, I choose to believe that I will pass through this soon. Thank you for sharing this video Eckhart. It's such a comforting words of you to keep me going.

The “Dark night of the soul” is the worst thing happened to me! 11.11.2021 I’ve never going to forget that date!

@gradimirangelov1101

Жыл бұрын

@@paul479 almost 6 months! But the first 3 days were extremely intense!

@giftedsun

5 ай бұрын

12-31-2020

@OpenheartOneMind

5 ай бұрын

Hey how are you doing now? Any tips on how to get through it? Much love ❤️

@gradimirangelov1101

5 ай бұрын

@@OpenheartOneMind it’s been a couple of years since I posted that! Now I’m feeling like “reborn”! I went through big and smalls DNS during those 2 years. Basically the pain was going down slowly in a different periods. I tracked it and I could call it “cycle”. It was something like: 2-3 months being in a hole 🕳️ and depressed with different intensity! 2-4 weeks “back to matrix” 3D world and feeling normal. Now I don’t feel the pain anymore. I became stronger mentally, emotionally and physically. Not triggered by any situations that could unlock bad feelings and pain. All I can say now is gratitude 🙏🏻 to God, Universe and my Guide who help me going through out this personal growth and development. I don’t know what stage of DNS you are but to all of you there!!!!!!! Believe me, this is for your spiritual growth. All these sleepless night, all emotional pain, all these bad feelings, and after that isolation… You are going to be best version of yourself and you’ll appreciate that journey given by the Creator!!!

Deeply appreciate this spiritual teaching 🙏🏼 infinite peace and love Eckhart 💖 🌌

You have arrived (and I found this and other of your videos...) at the perfect time, and told me what I was ready to and needed to hear. Thank you! And thank you for sharing your experience, the tracks of past pains that you show passing over your face. I feel company, solace, and sense a glee in the glint of your eyes bearing promise of what is to come.

Thank You Eckhart I needed to hear that today. Beautifully explained!!🙂💓

I just came through it and its wonderful when you get out and see the beauty inside

Also when I went through mine, I lost my previous relationship but regained a friendship from her. Then, I questioned everything and lost my way. Finally, I found myself and then found my twin flame. Now life is sooo much shiner and new. I look at life how I used to look at it- with the eyes of a child.

These nights are terrifying and exhilarating all at once. It is All concept, and that part died, irrevocable, yet for now

When you have a great insight and see the enormous impact of our actions on all life….. a sudden cessation of all desire happens. It is at once great peace and a great disconnect from everything that was learned until then.

Surrendering to pass through the dark night of the soul quickly. Thank you for this guidance 🙏.