No Willpower to Listen to Spiritual Teachings? Watch This! | Eckhart Tolle

Eckhart shares that willpower plays little to no part in awakening; instead, surrender to the moment.
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  • @normavoyton3208
    @normavoyton32082 жыл бұрын

    I loved the part about when you listen to a spiritual teaching you're listening from the part of you that already knew it to be so🙏🕊️💕

  • @babababa143

    @babababa143

    2 жыл бұрын

    I agree, I watched almost all videos and didnt hear anything new!

  • @Laceycrochet

    @Laceycrochet

    2 жыл бұрын

    Totally agree 👍💜

  • @yvonnebusscher2748

    @yvonnebusscher2748

    2 жыл бұрын

    agree 🙏🏻

  • @lynnpearson5866

    @lynnpearson5866

    2 жыл бұрын

    Totally agree 🙏

  • @gpgp

    @gpgp

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ohh okay

  • @wtfhappenedtome
    @wtfhappenedtome2 жыл бұрын

    “before you know it everyone’s disturbing your serenity” 🤣❤️

  • @yourcalmplace
    @yourcalmplace2 жыл бұрын

    “When you realize how precious and fragile life is, it changes your whole perspective.” -Ryan O’Donnell

  • @rosisunny9302

    @rosisunny9302

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes had a bed Accident with my bike and the wrist was growing rung together,was in Schock how they treat me on Friday Night in a German Emergency Room at a Hospital,the German Health system is in bad Shape 😫😫🙈🙈🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️😢big Trauma in the Hospital 😢I feel vulnerable every Day and second,it’s temporary,I know it can be over any second

  • @herenow2895
    @herenow28952 жыл бұрын

    The pain of regret is greater than the pain of discipline.

  • @jewel2022now

    @jewel2022now

    2 жыл бұрын

    So true. 🙂

  • @laurinhamariotto

    @laurinhamariotto

    Жыл бұрын

    It's better to see the video and undesrstand more about willpower.

  • @hammerbet7140
    @hammerbet7140 Жыл бұрын

    It's simple to say - just surrender! But how it's difficult to do!

  • @zaringonda6068
    @zaringonda60682 жыл бұрын

    Willpower shouldn't mean force, but rather an inner motivation. Just keep inspiring yourself to be the best version of you. Thanks Eckhart, for your lovely talk.

  • @geoffreyjones2872
    @geoffreyjones28722 жыл бұрын

    Eckhart is a realist with his teaching.He is aware of all the pitfalls and explains them perfectly 😀

  • @johnmcteague3925
    @johnmcteague3925 Жыл бұрын

    Fourth Way teaching will help with maintaining presence and going deeper 😀

  • @karenwinship-christensen7362
    @karenwinship-christensen73622 жыл бұрын

    I love this man!

  • @mokuho
    @mokuho2 жыл бұрын

    Surrender in the present moment

  • @Withlovezahra
    @Withlovezahra2 жыл бұрын

    Here’s a little prayer for you, yes you who stoped to read my comment😜 I pray God blesses you with countless miracles and blessing as vast as the galaxies above us! 🙏❤️

  • @dsouzavinoo

    @dsouzavinoo

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you 🙏❤️

  • @lisameneely3800

    @lisameneely3800

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you🥰😘🦋

  • @yvettehammer3129

    @yvettehammer3129

    Жыл бұрын

    thank you 😊

  • @keep_the_charge
    @keep_the_charge2 жыл бұрын

    I become still just watching your videos you are contagious.

  • @janelliot5643
    @janelliot56432 жыл бұрын

    Thank you, Eckert Tolle and everyone supporting him. You're all much appreciated ❤ 💛🧡💖🤎💜💚

  • @randomelvis3359
    @randomelvis33592 жыл бұрын

    Only willpower to bear the unbearable…. Suffering is the teacher …conscious awareness is the growth 🙏🏻

  • @randomelvis3359

    @randomelvis3359

    2 жыл бұрын

    @Third Eye Shimmer Seeing this is the beauty…. Having this willpower to survive “un-entitled” will bring “spiritual vitamins” ….Be very well 3rd 👁 ✨😃🙏🏻

  • @Piccolo_Sun

    @Piccolo_Sun

    2 жыл бұрын

    willpower should not be made to bear the unbearable forever you must start with will power but move to logical understand. example eating meat you should only stop eating meat when you understand why you should logical not eat meat because when the temptation grows willpower when you are at your lowest will fail you.

  • @wonder1908

    @wonder1908

    2 жыл бұрын

    These are just concepts. Think about it... Wait... Better Not. 😁🖖

  • @randomelvis3359

    @randomelvis3359

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Piccolo_Sun Speak for yourself…

  • @simonm7757
    @simonm77572 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Eckhart! Also nice that the audience was visible! 🙏

  • @generaldvw
    @generaldvw Жыл бұрын

    It’s true….you know the truth, when it’s recognized🎉!

  • @sandrahealey6385
    @sandrahealey63852 жыл бұрын

    This is beautiful, because I know this as my own fact.

  • @uncommonmix

    @uncommonmix

    2 жыл бұрын

    Same here.

  • @prerna5526
    @prerna55262 жыл бұрын

    Omg he is so wholesome...

  • @amin_abdollahi_369
    @amin_abdollahi_3693 ай бұрын

    Thank you 😊❤🌸

  • @gaurav3290
    @gaurav3290 Жыл бұрын

    Beautiful video 😍

  • @susanmorris6746
    @susanmorris67462 жыл бұрын

    That’s just what I say, I need my Eckhart fix 🙏🏻

  • @lenakrupinski6303
    @lenakrupinski63032 жыл бұрын

    I listen because I want to find peace!!!🙏🙏🙏🙏 thanks eckhart.🌷🌷🌹🌹🌻🌻🌸🌸🙏💛💛🌘🌘💞💞

  • @gavinspeaks
    @gavinspeaks2 жыл бұрын

    When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.” ― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist ~Much Love from a Law of Attraction KZreadr💜

  • @randomelvis3359

    @randomelvis3359

    2 жыл бұрын

    Gavin, what is love?

  • @Omnipresence10
    @Omnipresence102 жыл бұрын

    Found that alot in the beginning in your teachings, a fierceness there and was left feeling very raw sometimes when the "me" was mentioned. Had held and Identified with a false sence of self for so long in a very distorted fashion where their seemed to be nothing but judgement from and towards this self I believed to be me not sure how or when it happened but now there is alot less judgment and seems as I grow smaller the less there is to judge. Guess it's true about perception makes projection, think it goes something like that, maybe that's why I couldn't hear your teachings then in a compassionate way cause the conditioning was only hearing it, is hard to hear when the hearing is completly biased and there is no room no space to be compassionate. Thanks for all of this🙏

  • @adelutz5122
    @adelutz5122 Жыл бұрын

    Your Teachings Content & Voice restore & renew Many thanks

  • @mariadegan1029
    @mariadegan10292 жыл бұрын

    ABSOLUTELY TRUE!! 🙏🙏🙏Thank you Eckhart❤

  • @TheMediumChannel
    @TheMediumChannel2 жыл бұрын

    Will power, or applying mind over matter is how I cured lifelong illness doctors said I would never heal from so YES, it is an important part of awakening and May will be a Universal #11 month in numerology and in the Chaldean System represents "lion's Muzzle with Clenched fist" which is all about applying the power of will and overcoming limitation and obstacle...so this video is coming at exactly the right time. Time to overcome all that holds us back from being the best versions of ourselves...and of course it all starts with PRESENCE

  • @kolarz2128

    @kolarz2128

    2 жыл бұрын

    Mind over matter how to do that?

  • @TheMediumChannel

    @TheMediumChannel

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@kolarz2128 You make something more real in your mind than your physical circumstance, like I made wellness more real than the physical suffering and it took 3 years but what your mind believes it seeks to create. It all starts with presents which is why I am eternally grateful for Eckhart’s teachings

  • @kolarz2128

    @kolarz2128

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@TheMediumChannel thank you :)

  • @auroravioletlight
    @auroravioletlight Жыл бұрын

    🙏🏻😂yes... and then you feel irritated because your serenity is disturbed 😂 Totally have those moments. All I know is I love to listen to Eckhart, everything stops and it is like "home" in all the best, good ways that home can be. Settled. Calm. Clear. Safe. Then being that way afterwards as the gaps in-between thoughts grow. Onwards in now. Not trying or forcing. Just being in the what is more. How blessed. Thankyou 🙏🏻 Thankyou 🙏🏻 Thankyou. 🙏🏻🌹

  • @mysteriousways9
    @mysteriousways92 жыл бұрын

    I've been on an awakening path for many years, light workers, indigo it was (The Power of Now) & (A New Earth) CD at least 10 yrs ago, I forget and put that energy key in my pocket, Thank you Eckhart T. 2020 Opened that Energy Gateway like a Supernova Now. 🧬 🙏

  • @asgerhashim3913
    @asgerhashim39132 жыл бұрын

    He is so inteligent to listen to.

  • @giselar.12
    @giselar.122 жыл бұрын

    🌸Thank you very much 🌸🙏🤗

  • @ihornew
    @ihornew4 ай бұрын

    Thank you

  • @mermaidmoxie8908
    @mermaidmoxie89082 жыл бұрын

    It's so amazing how spot on you always are! Thank you so much!

  • @bsr8255
    @bsr82552 жыл бұрын

    To becomes interested in some topic which you are not liking, one has to put effort initially to develop interest. For some it may happen immediately and for some may take long time. Till such time one has to use is will power to develop.....

  • @Piccolo_Sun
    @Piccolo_Sun2 жыл бұрын

    will power is very important in awakening. will power is how you maintain your consciousness under pressure and maintaining your consciousness under pressure allows your consciousness to grow and your consciousness has to grow in order for you to reach the threshold to awaken

  • @andrereloaded1425
    @andrereloaded14252 жыл бұрын

    A few months ago, I couldn't stop the endless inner arguments and my past pain renewing itself, but Mr Eckhart has enabled me to OBSERVE my ego and I can now quickly snap out of unconsciousness and get back to being (more) present.

  • @etistyle96
    @etistyle962 жыл бұрын

    This question is so valuable !

  • @HealthElites
    @HealthElites2 жыл бұрын

    Power (fierceness) VS Force (will power).

  • @BoundlessSearpent
    @BoundlessSearpent2 жыл бұрын

    Great video , greately put ❤

  • @jlpsinde
    @jlpsinde2 жыл бұрын

    So True

  • @Victor.Hugo1
    @Victor.Hugo12 жыл бұрын

    Oh lol i was just remembering this today. However, I do believe that you have to somehow use willpower at least in some way. Like one Swami said, to say, “I will meditate when I feel like meditating” is a trick of the mind that will never lead you anywhere. You still have to persist, and there will be times when we feel like not meditating, but it doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t meditate at such times. You still have to try, I think

  • @natureisallpowerful

    @natureisallpowerful

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes I believe eckharts awakening was a one off,ours takes a little more willingness ,so it's ok.

  • @gluecklichundfreisein

    @gluecklichundfreisein

    2 жыл бұрын

    Ich glaube die wirklich großen Dinge passieren einfach 🤲🏽

  • @ugqueen

    @ugqueen

    2 жыл бұрын

    You can do anything you want with meditation… Anything. When you say won’t lead you anywhere what do you mean? There is “nowhere” to go. Enlightenment is not a destination… it’s the source.

  • @Victor.Hugo1

    @Victor.Hugo1

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@ugqueen yeah yeah .. If it’s your realisation it’s good for you. However I don’t go on the basis of believing something a guru said or anybody else

  • @ugqueen

    @ugqueen

    2 жыл бұрын

    ​@@Victor.Hugo1 We are born knowing all truths instinctually until society and our upbringings twists them. This is why spiritual teachers/meditating is not about learning anything new or going anywhere. It is about remembering/reconnecting... being vs. doing... that is what Eckhart was saying

  • @jewel2022now
    @jewel2022now2 жыл бұрын

    This will not let me hit the like button. I am testing my willpower.😀

  • @amberliseleger900
    @amberliseleger9002 жыл бұрын

    I just love him ❤️

  • @infinitewisdom8594
    @infinitewisdom85942 жыл бұрын

    Thank you eckhart ❤🙂💯

  • @blazethatfire
    @blazethatfire2 жыл бұрын

    I am always present with no thoughts but thoughts have a way of pulling me in without my knowledge so I break it off by being present again and again but now it seems that I am stopping my self from thinking even about productive stuff, now I need help to focus on productive things

  • @mansuralimirani4186
    @mansuralimirani41862 жыл бұрын

    Thank you thank you so much

  • @lynnpearson5866
    @lynnpearson58662 жыл бұрын

    Thank You 🙏💕

  • @jocelynbolduc2769
    @jocelynbolduc27692 жыл бұрын

    go with the flow....😊❤

  • @carmenr.r.8112
    @carmenr.r.81122 жыл бұрын

    Gracias 🙏🏼 💜 🙇🏼‍♀️ 🌈

  • @anandas1183
    @anandas11832 жыл бұрын

    Thank you 🕉️🙏❤️🙏💞

  • @boxtruckhouse
    @boxtruckhouse2 жыл бұрын

    I need more Wishpower.

  • @loisr3970
    @loisr39702 жыл бұрын

    🤣🤣🤣 I just thought Eckhart you need Jim Carey to do the faces for you!!! Thank you Sir.......

  • @tracezachdaniels4264
    @tracezachdaniels42642 жыл бұрын

    SO SHWEEEETTT...much love Tee with LIONS NAMED LEO.[the music worldwide} and yes..!! great video..!!

  • @yvonnemarieforster2191
    @yvonnemarieforster21912 жыл бұрын

    In someways the alertness - coming into presence may feel like a coming home.

  • @hiroomotwani7232
    @hiroomotwani7232 Жыл бұрын

    Surrender the egoic self will to divine will.

  • @NondualityChannel
    @NondualityChannel2 жыл бұрын

    No, a "me" can not will itself into seeing through the illusion of "me".

  • @weare1energymessages414
    @weare1energymessages4142 жыл бұрын

    ❤️❤️❤️

  • @ghanem.sbaih87
    @ghanem.sbaih87 Жыл бұрын

    ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @michaelnice93
    @michaelnice932 жыл бұрын

    There is a place for willpower on the path, it’s too simplistic to say it’s not involved.

  • @jamesruscheinski8602
    @jamesruscheinski86022 жыл бұрын

    substantive choice for God's federal hegemony of free will kingdom

  • @japanesereadingandwriting
    @japanesereadingandwriting2 жыл бұрын

    👍

  • @someuser5532
    @someuser55322 жыл бұрын

    Very interesting! Still, I think that there can be identification from the ego with spiritual teaching, which also is not good.

  • @Kickzophreniaofficial
    @Kickzophreniaofficial Жыл бұрын

    Eckhart's voice reminds me of the very 1st dumbledore in harry potter as he speaks his voice sounds very similar 😅

  • @trinitytwo14992
    @trinitytwo149922 жыл бұрын

    My Cat is proving to be a Great Zen Teacher

  • @bubu.__
    @bubu.__ Жыл бұрын

    I am listening to spiritual teachings when there is other things for me to do in the material world like studying etc. What to do? How can I balance both. Like everyone i am also drawn to the teachings ,the needing to hear this comes so effortlessly but on the other hand the things like studying which i actually enjoy doesn't why?

  • @jazzflyers
    @jazzflyers2 жыл бұрын

    Without expression there is no substance to life...

  • @Christrulesall2
    @Christrulesall22 жыл бұрын

    Faith without works is dead.

  • @lindakoch9524
    @lindakoch95242 жыл бұрын

    Are there EVER going to be any NEWER VIDEOS??? I think I’ve viewed all of the ones … many over & over. I can’t afford $269 to attend an event or $1000 to sign up for a course.

  • @tygerstripes3752
    @tygerstripes37522 жыл бұрын

    I Must Listen to Eckhart Now. 😂

  • @davidalbro2009
    @davidalbro20092 жыл бұрын

    The will is a real, true thing. The will of the mind or ego is an illusion. It is a program. Data in, data out. There is a true will that has the true spark of creation. The aspect of ourselves that has true will or willpower can and does to listen to its higher self or the ego. The ego isn't realized and can never be. The higher being is pure and fully realized in that sense. The part of us that can choose our higher self or not isn't fully realized. This aspect of ourselves chooses spiritual growth or it doesn't.

  • @ElizabethHancock
    @ElizabethHancock2 жыл бұрын

    I wouldn't say willpower, so much as the concept of discipline in being a very strong component for spiritual growth. You won't grow or evolve if you don't employ some level of discipline and consistency. To be aware of the present moment necessitates a profound amount of prana or energy. You cultivate this energy with different practices and lifestyle choices. That is why a lot of people can only stay present for short periods of time. Awareness is cultivated through a consistent desire to be aware, and you strengthen this through discipline and repetition until it becomes spontaneous and natural. It's like learning your ABC's. You cannot just start reading and writing. First you must learn the alphabet and language rules. You practice and put into action these concepts. Through discipline and consistency, reading and writing become automatic. 🙏 "How piteous is the spectacle Of people wandering in the world’s ways Aimless, frisky like a goat’s beard And chafing at the discipline That leads to permanent freedom." - Ramana Maharshi

  • @ElizabethHancock

    @ElizabethHancock

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@tinyrockyplanet8953 I didn't say that love, joy, compassion or gratitude or not intrinsic to the process of unfoldment; they absolutely are. What you are speaking of is the later stages of spiritual integration work, as the process becomes spontaneous, natural, and blissful. But to arrive at this point one must remember what got them there. There are stages of evolution to conscious expansion.🙏🏻🌻🌟

  • @12kenbutsuri
    @12kenbutsuri2 жыл бұрын

    Are we talking about jada now?

  • @astrigroth923
    @astrigroth9232 жыл бұрын

    I am Sure Eckhard was a puppy In his former life🥰🥰🥰❤️❤️❤️🥰🥰🥰 So Lovely and cute and calm and grounded 🥰😎🥰 I wanna hugg him so mutch!😅❤️🥰 Lovely video again, as always 🥰🥰🥰 Thanx🙏🙏🙏 From Northern Norway❤️

  • @savedfaves
    @savedfaves2 жыл бұрын

    What country does Eckhart live in now? 2022

  • @jesusantonioaguilar1303
    @jesusantonioaguilar13032 жыл бұрын

    Lo pueden traducir a Español

  • @gpgp
    @gpgp2 жыл бұрын

    Ohh okay

  • @codylane2124
    @codylane21242 жыл бұрын

    Eckhart Tolle is a comedian change my mind

  • @rogerlin9602
    @rogerlin96022 жыл бұрын

    Presence is relaxed alertness. it has no willpower. Non-relaxed alertness has elements of willpower. Thanks Eckhart. 😇🐛☕🐘🐧🏞🍕🏜🌏📯

  • @andrewharrison1300
    @andrewharrison13002 жыл бұрын

    Hey, man- I have loads of will-power. I have a question, though. I saw a picture of a doggie, man, and like I was like "hey- does Eckhart Tolle have a dog? What is his name?" I'm asking because I bet you it's nice. I bet his name isn't "Krampus" or "Gin-gin" and that's all, man, that I'm saying. I'm also in agonizing neck pain and so I'm acting goofy because of IDK what, y'know? 1960 was before I was born, man. But in Germany, Tolle was probably listening to Heino, doing a dance IDK. Okay see ya

  • @andrewharrison1300

    @andrewharrison1300

    2 жыл бұрын

    @ᴇᴄᴋʜᴀʀᴛ ᴛᴏʟʟᴇ Ah thank you so much

  • @Julio_Fiss
    @Julio_Fiss2 жыл бұрын

    Repost...

  • @johngreen4683
    @johngreen46832 жыл бұрын

    I'm a bit concerned about Eckhart, he keeps asking people to WhatsApp him, do you think he's lonely

  • @JyoSco007

    @JyoSco007

    2 жыл бұрын

    Didn't get you. Have you been visiting him personally?

  • @babababa143
    @babababa1432 жыл бұрын

    Spiritual stuff again

  • @natureisallpowerful
    @natureisallpowerful2 жыл бұрын

    Maybe im not so spiritual after all 🤣🤣 shut up ego I listened to you for far too long

  • @rogerlin9602
    @rogerlin96022 жыл бұрын

    When you listen to something spiritual, there is something in you that wants to listen. It's not conceptual willpower. It's from deeper energy level, from what you already knew. The truth is always RECOGNIZED. The truth is drawn out to the surface to be recognized. Thanks Eckhart. 😇🐛☕🐘🐧🏞🍕🏜🌏📯

  • @rogerlin9602
    @rogerlin96022 жыл бұрын

    Willpower in meditation is putting the lid on a boiling kettle. Forcing yourself to be still won't work. Anything could set you off in explosion. Thanks Eckhart. 😇🐛☕🐘🐧🏞🍕🏜🌏📯