The Power of Vipassana for Presence | Eckhart Tolle on Meditation Practices

Eckhart briefly explores Vipassana, a form of Buddhist meditation that focuses on increasing body awareness and reducing attention given to thoughts.
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  • @jessicalong6011
    @jessicalong60113 ай бұрын

    Vipassana literally saved my life. I am 43 years old and just now living. For me, it brought reality to life and acceptance of all that is. You have to experience it for yourself to know what you don’t know you need to know. Much love ❤

  • @BH-qs7vo

    @BH-qs7vo

    Күн бұрын

    Your comment convinced me before he said a word. Thank you.

  • @thomsharma4149
    @thomsharma414914 күн бұрын

    Vipassana is a fantastic meditation technique. Very scientific and more you do more you understand your self. It is clearly the law of nature how the body and mind function. It changed my life completely. ❤❤

  • @tina.singh27
    @tina.singh272 ай бұрын

    Can't live without, definitely need once a year a 10 days retreat to reset myself, and also doing Service, which is part of it ❤ I wish anyone would give Vipassana a chance, the World would be such a better place to live ☺️

  • @memgn
    @memgn10 ай бұрын

    Vipassana is deeply transformative work. And Eckharts teachings supplement it and vice versa. Eckharts teachings are what I’d like to call Modern Day Dhamma talks. We can listen and become inspired, gaining intellectual wisdom, but ultimately we must go within and practice to gain experiential wisdom.

  • @kinanromman5197

    @kinanromman5197

    10 ай бұрын

    Is Vipassana essentially the ancient version of what John Kabat-Zinn teaches ?

  • @markfuller

    @markfuller

    10 ай бұрын

    @@kinanromman5197 He teaches more than vipassana/mindfulness. But, vipassana/mindfulness is a large part of what he teaches (or a basis of).

  • @kinanromman5197

    @kinanromman5197

    10 ай бұрын

    @@markfuller right - I just meant, is Vipassana, at its essence or generally, the kind of meditation form that John Kabat-Zinn teaches primarily

  • @leminsc8

    @leminsc8

    10 ай бұрын

    @@kinanromman5197 Eckhart talks about S. N. Goenkas Curses. The technic is more than 2000 years old. but i listen that various by tradition and teachers. The Vipassana-Curses of S.N. Goenka are deep and added with 2 more important mediations like anapanna and metta. But this is not all. In this 10 day you have important dhamma-rules and dhamma-listen. This are essential to practice on right way. I think if you looking for deepest change, take the 10-Day-Curses by S. N. Goenka. I think that John Kabat-Zinn is also a good teacher and work maybe different.

  • @galexi2000

    @galexi2000

    3 ай бұрын

    Eckhart book, a new earth is basically a full Dhamma talk. I actually thought he must have done Vipassana at some point.

  • @Tihotina
    @Tihotina10 ай бұрын

    Vipassana meditation is the best thing that ever happened to me. It's not for everyone, but for me is absolutely the best .

  • @inspired2rv661

    @inspired2rv661

    4 ай бұрын

    Me too!!

  • @christineweber8480

    @christineweber8480

    4 ай бұрын

    I want to try it! Seems amazing!

  • @tina.singh27

    @tina.singh27

    2 ай бұрын

    I wish anyone would give Vipassana a chance, the World would be such a better place to live ❤

  • @inspired2rv661

    @inspired2rv661

    2 ай бұрын

    @@tina.singh27 be encouraged, the classes are filled all around the world months in advance. They are giving it a chance. One must be ready for it. It only takes a few living from equanimity to balance out the chaos of those who are not. Perhaps settle into the Joy that is. This will increase the likelihood of others coming to know what you know.🙏🏻💕✨

  • @tina.singh27

    @tina.singh27

    2 ай бұрын

    @inspired2rv661 yeah I know, it gets more and more successful and that's wonderful 🙏🏼 will be joining a course next month again ☺️

  • @Hithere2002
    @Hithere20024 ай бұрын

    Eckhart looks amazing. He is well into his 70’s…..over 75……lifestyle and a clean mind helps.

  • @tina.singh27
    @tina.singh272 ай бұрын

    "Vipassana definitely takes your attention away from thinking so you connect with being" very well said

  • @Feuerzahn
    @Feuerzahn10 ай бұрын

    Vipassana is way more than bringing your attention into your body. It's the practice of mindfulness with the goal of seeing clearly whatever arises and whatever ceases. So, it's about bodily sensations, thoughts, emotions, seeing, smelling and so on.

  • @theinngu5560

    @theinngu5560

    2 ай бұрын

    Vipassana actually means ‘insight’ and many people refer to it as Goenkaji’s method of meditation…which is very good. The Buddha actually gave different objects of meditation to different people depending on their characters. Other teachers also teach Vipassana meditation with different objects. Goenkaji on his 10 day and then longer courses uses body sensations as an object of mindfulness. Also very important are the keeping of ethical precepts. The vast majority of people who do these retreats gain enormous and life changing benefits and continued practice leads to a much more peaceful and less reactive life. Goenka also uses breath meditation and yes breathing meditation was practiced before the Buddha’s time. Breath meditation is used to concentrate the mind on one object and suppresses thinking, whereas Vipassana looks at whatever arises in the body or mind in the present moment and acceptance rather than reacting to whatever arises is what eventually brings peace of mind.

  • @anthonylee9652
    @anthonylee965210 ай бұрын

    We have all heard the term "Stand Up Comic". Well Eckhart is a "Sit Down Comic" 😊 It is known as 'Sacred Humour' 🙏❤

  • @lorainnemorris3919

    @lorainnemorris3919

    10 ай бұрын

    I adore the dry sense of humour 😅

  • @acgschouwenaars

    @acgschouwenaars

    10 ай бұрын

    Like your humor 😂 " sit down comic"😅

  • @lindas5964
    @lindas596410 ай бұрын

    I have found Vipassana meditation was most helpful to me, giving a good sense of “grounding” and something to “hold on to” if you struggle to maintain focus on breath. Feeling the breath in the body first, and later moving to breath meditation. That’s what worked for me.

  • @PetWillSanFrancisco
    @PetWillSanFrancisco5 ай бұрын

    THE GREATEST AND MOST IMPORTANT practice I’ve ever done.

  • @CitrusSimon
    @CitrusSimon10 ай бұрын

    When they said she was becoming distant, she was learning to trust herself. When they said she was losing touch, she was finding her inner voice. When they said she was being stubborn, she was asserting her boundaries. When they said she was aloof, she was finding solitude and serenity. When they said she was being unrealistic, she was dreaming bigger. 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.

  • @SuhVamp

    @SuhVamp

    10 ай бұрын

    The Others ?

  • @stf8375

    @stf8375

    10 ай бұрын

    Wow ❤

  • @ingegerdtheresesorrell338

    @ingegerdtheresesorrell338

    10 ай бұрын

    Wow… so true Thank you 🥰💖💖

  • @CitrusSimon

    @CitrusSimon

    10 ай бұрын

    @@SuhVamp Yes. The Others. Which are the various voices of the egoic mind.

  • @KHABIB-TIME

    @KHABIB-TIME

    10 ай бұрын

    "All mankind is from Adam and Eve, an Arab has no superiority over a non-Arab nor a non-Arab has any superiority over an Arab; also a White has no superiority over a Black nor a Black has any superiority over a White except by piety and good action. Learn that every Muslim is a brother to every Muslim and that the Muslims constitute one brotherhood." Prophet Muhammad (pbuh)

  • @inspired2rv661
    @inspired2rv66110 ай бұрын

    Several years ago I had the honor and privilege to attend a 10 day vipassana meditation course in Australia. It completely shifted my entire being. It was tremendously challenging, but I was determined to know my inner self, and I found it incredibly life-changing. It is not for everyone, but it was definitely beneficial to me. I am grateful for them, but also grateful for the other teachers and countless other options for knowing oneself as consciousness🙏🏻💕🌻

  • @leminsc8

    @leminsc8

    10 ай бұрын

    you are realy free to spend money after a curse. 5 years i give nothing back to the organisation but spread dhamma. this year was my first service and now i have money to spend little money.

  • @inspired2rv661

    @inspired2rv661

    10 ай бұрын

    @@leminsc8 of course, you give what you can and what you feel. A year after my first 10 day course, I volunteered in the kitchen. That was a beautiful experience as well. Learning how to send loved the world in silence in and of itself is a gift.🙏🏻💕🌻

  • @justmadeit2

    @justmadeit2

    4 ай бұрын

    Can you explain how it was challenging? Thanks

  • @inspired2rv661

    @inspired2rv661

    4 ай бұрын

    @@justmadeit2 I will attempt to share with you the challenges, but they are very personal, meaning everyone’s challenges are different. The Mind was full of noise, and one of the challenges was focusing on the course amidst the noise in the head. There were also physical challenges. Sitting for long periods of time and ignoring the discomfort until it passes. There are lots of solutions to finding a sitting position and as a perfectionist, I struggled for a few days to find the right position for my body to be comfortable. I also find it hard to hold to the vow of silence at first. I held great determination to succeeded, and after a few days, it was no longer difficult, and I am very grateful for the course. Not everyone will experience the same benefits, but for me, it was life-changing. They provided delicious vegetarian meals, and felt completely safe and supported. A year later, I volunteered to serve during a course, and that also was incredibly beneficial and challenging in different ways. The challenges are what brought about the benefits. Learned to welcome the challenges.🙏🏻✨

  • @inspired2rv661

    @inspired2rv661

    4 ай бұрын

    @@justmadeit2 sitting for long periods was hard at first. They had many cushions and different items to help make it more comfortable. The first two days they encouraged you to find a position and stick with it. The other challenges were mental. The focus required took great determination, but it paid off wonderfully. Everyone will be challenged in different ways. Taking the vow of silence was challenging for me. My children were positive that I would be sent home for not keeping quiet.🤣 but I keep quiet but the noise in my head got louder until the third day and then it dropped out and it was beautiful. As I progressed through the course, on the day that we actually started the Vos technique I had a very profound experience that was incredibly painful, but it was all in the mind. I stuck through it, and the pain to fill my body, but I continued with the practice, and suddenly at one point the pain just dissolved and that is when I believe I integrated my mind, body and spirit. Most people will give up as soon as the pain gets too difficult, but I knew the pain wasn’t real, it was an illusion in the mind, so I stayed with it, I let go of any fear of harm, and sure enough I was blessed beyond belief. Everyone will have a completely unique experience, I believe

  • @dianeyoung8068
    @dianeyoung806810 ай бұрын

    Thank you Eckhart for the Presence that shines through in all that you say.🙏

  • @PiggoNZ
    @PiggoNZ10 ай бұрын

    I saw Eckhart in person a few months ago. His presence is just wonderful. He could just sit on the stage for two hours in silence, and he would still impart the teaching. Perhaps even more.

  • @TheDoomWizard
    @TheDoomWizard10 ай бұрын

    This type of meditation helped me with my anxiety and pain tremendously when I was suffering with lower back pain for a year or so.

  • @leminsc8
    @leminsc810 ай бұрын

    Eckhart brings me to Vipassana! You and Vipassana change my life. Vipassana is my favorite tool to go very deep since i was 25 years old with 3 retreats and many day-retreats. Retreats can you transform deeper as day meditation. As example, much good things come in to my life and with much harmony. Another example, many years after practice i automaticity awake if i lay in my bed close eye and fall in sleepy thinking. Vipassana is for Free. If you're searching for truth and you're sure to work well, you should tray Vipassana retreat.

  • @inspired2rv661

    @inspired2rv661

    10 ай бұрын

    Although there is no cost involved, the organization relies on donations. For me, there is no amount of money that can be given, although I offered all that I could out of gratitude. It is priceless, but you give dharma out of appreciation, and that helps the organization continue to offer it’s beautiful teaching🙏🏻💕

  • @leminsc8

    @leminsc8

    10 ай бұрын

    ​@@inspired2rv661 there are very likely to be costs. These are worn by ancient meditators. Everyone gives what they want and can, and if it's not money then dhamma-service. Important is that you are free to give! 5 years i give nothing back, but i will spread dhamma into the life of other. this year was my first service and i spend money because i have now.

  • @msmanager2775

    @msmanager2775

    7 ай бұрын

    I am going to the 10 day retreat in a fortnight thanks for this information

  • @leminsc8

    @leminsc8

    7 ай бұрын

    @@msmanager2775 let us know how it was :)

  • @RokTorkar
    @RokTorkar10 ай бұрын

    What a great timing! I have my second 10 day course starting on Monday! Thrilled and scared at the same time :D

  • @Vishal-hc2ko

    @Vishal-hc2ko

    10 ай бұрын

    It’s going to be great😃

  • @torshops

    @torshops

    10 ай бұрын

    good luck.. just came out of my 6th 5 days ago

  • @florence6894

    @florence6894

    10 ай бұрын

    If I may share with you what helps me during the vipassana retreats . Do the best you can at every moment, no jugment, what is done is done, be in the here and now. When it s not easy, it may help to remember that everything is impermanent and when it s more peaceful, it s also anicca. Be there, accept what comes and continue to work with the technique. It works! « Be happy »😊

  • @gina62378
    @gina6237810 ай бұрын

    You truly are filling your soul contract. The deep teachings you e brought to me are rich and unmeasurable ❤

  • @KHABIB-TIME

    @KHABIB-TIME

    10 ай бұрын

    Around a thousand years ago Imam Muhammad Al Ghazali told story of a man walking in the jungle. A roaring lion ran towards him and the man ran as fast as he could to escape from it. He noticed a well in front of him and he jumped inside hoping to escape from the lion. As he was falling inside the well, he grabbed onto the rope and saved himself. The man was so relieved but when he looked down he saw a big snake at the bottom of the well. It had its jaws wide open ready to swallow him up. The man then looked up and saw two mice nibbling at the rope. A black mouse and a white were both chewing into the rope. The scary lion was still prowling outside the well. The man's heart was pounding as he wondered how he could escape from this. Then he noticed a honeycomb in front of him which had delicious honey dripping from it. He stuck his finger into the honey and put it inside his mouth. It was delicious and for a moment he forgot about the lion, the snake and the two mice chewing at the rope. Imam Ghazali explained that the lion is like the angel of death which is always looming above us. The snake was like his grave which all humans will face. The black mouse and white mouse were like the day and night which are always nibbling at our life (the rope). The honey was like this dunya (this temporal world) which with its momentary sweetness makes us forget the death and the eternal life.

  • @MindfulAttraction2.0
    @MindfulAttraction2.04 ай бұрын

    That was a genuinely honest response from Eckhart. Because I totally agree. When I was in the retreat I saw some glimpse of what eckhardt was teaching you. The difference is is on the emphasis of the meditation and doing it for a prolonged amount of time

  • @HappyDestinations333
    @HappyDestinations3339 ай бұрын

    The Vipassana retreat was one of the great experiences on my spiritual journey . 10 day in silence sure helped me a lot after a busy life as a business owner it helped me turn inward. Thought me how to be with self. Highly recommended. 🙏

  • @angeloiodice9304
    @angeloiodice930410 ай бұрын

    Wonderful, kind, knowledgeable, humble man.

  • @Dr.AlessandroDrago
    @Dr.AlessandroDrago10 ай бұрын

    Vipassana, in my experience, is a good meditation to work with my Ego. You put your attention with your breath and, suddenly, some aspects interfere. For example, you feel relaxed and fear of something knocks at the door

  • @stephenflood3463
    @stephenflood346310 ай бұрын

    Thank you Eckhart.✨🧘✨

  • @lindamutch191
    @lindamutch19110 ай бұрын

    Love your teachings . Thank you…

  • @sabataferi
    @sabataferi3 ай бұрын

    I read Eckhart books 15 years ago the first time. I've been reading them since then continuously. I deeply understand him and love his teaching! I was practicing his teaching, but not much success in my daily life. My presence is very very slowly improved. Because Eckhart does't give us method how to gain more presence in our daily life, last year went to a vipassana 10 day course. The course was very challenging but wort it! Since then I meditating 2 hour a day ,which is a self observation in strong awareness. My presence and self awareness in the daily life is dramatically improving. I am really grateful for this method and still love reading and hearing Eckhart

  • @noi000
    @noi00010 ай бұрын

    That's my meditation, breath awareness. Gets you out of thinking and into present time, and you can do it anytime, anywhere. I've read about many variations of breath awareness, like being aware of the gap between inbreath/outbreath, outbreath/inbreath.

  • @angeloiodice9304

    @angeloiodice9304

    10 ай бұрын

    My teacher, a cave dweller from the age of 4 in the Himalayas taught us to specifically concentrate on the bridge between the two nostrils, and to listen to the sound that the breath makes on the inhalation and exhalation. Further, you could mentally recite the the word “so” on the inhalation, and “ham” on the exhalation. “so-ham” means “I AM.” And, at the same time, you can listen to the inner vibrations already occurring within you, the inner sounds, constant unbroken, I struck inner sounds/vibrations. Because, your whole being vibrates from within, from the subtle sounds/vibrations, to the grossest level, the body. This is watching the entire process of creation. This system is a primordial natural, authentic meditation, predating Buddhism, extending back to the ancient rishis of the Vedic/Upanishadic era. It is a beautiful and profound practice. You realize that you are a breathing being, a thinking being, but you are AWARENESS watching all unfold.

  • @midnightblue2893
    @midnightblue289310 ай бұрын

    Thanks for sharing Eckhart and for the reminders💜

  • @SuhVamp

    @SuhVamp

    10 ай бұрын

    why would a person do nothing but simp on the internet xD

  • @jujumulligan43
    @jujumulligan4310 ай бұрын

    Being expansive and unfettered in the present moment is my quest. Thank you so much for your guidance.

  • @user-yt4qi6in9o

    @user-yt4qi6in9o

    10 ай бұрын

    Listen Durga Gayatri mantra

  • @user-yt4qi6in9o

    @user-yt4qi6in9o

    10 ай бұрын

    Read autobiography of yogi by yoganandaji is the best way to gain awareness

  • @user-yt4qi6in9o

    @user-yt4qi6in9o

    10 ай бұрын

    Inner temple of God

  • @inspired2rv661

    @inspired2rv661

    10 ай бұрын

    You already are those things. Just remove anything that blocks your knowing it. Fear and judgment can be the biggest blocks. 💕🙏🏻🌻

  • @jujumulligan43

    @jujumulligan43

    10 ай бұрын

    Thank you for reminding me of this truth. Sometimes I forget and lose my way.

  • @user-yt4qi6in9o
    @user-yt4qi6in9o10 ай бұрын

    Thanks a lot of energy

  • @user-yt4qi6in9o
    @user-yt4qi6in9o10 ай бұрын

    Thanks a ton

  • @user-yt4qi6in9o
    @user-yt4qi6in9o10 ай бұрын

    Namaste ji

  • @user-yt4qi6in9o
    @user-yt4qi6in9o10 ай бұрын

    Thanks a lot of liberty

  • @susieb7305
    @susieb730510 ай бұрын

    The Vipassana meditation uses this language in any perceived difficult situation or perceived grasping of a pleasant situation. Identify or perceive situation and say to oneself, "This is not me. This is not mine. This is not myself. This is impermanent. This is unsatisfactory/stressful. This is not myself."

  • @user-yt4qi6in9o
    @user-yt4qi6in9o10 ай бұрын

    You are great

  • @user-yt4qi6in9o
    @user-yt4qi6in9o10 ай бұрын

    Namaste brothers and sisters

  • @gaurav3290
    @gaurav329010 ай бұрын

    Beautiful video ❤

  • @giselar.12
    @giselar.1210 ай бұрын

    🌼Danke 🌼🙏

  • @tinyfacemcgee9211
    @tinyfacemcgee921110 ай бұрын

    I wish there were more men like you in this world. Your mom missed the mark on that one💕💕💕

  • @user-yt4qi6in9o
    @user-yt4qi6in9o10 ай бұрын

    Thanks a lot more

  • @Himalayas2086
    @Himalayas208610 ай бұрын

    Presence 🙏🏽

  • @Beekind799

    @Beekind799

    10 ай бұрын

    he has very little presense,you are easily fooled

  • @veraintuizione6497
    @veraintuizione649710 ай бұрын

    I love these tips so much! So grateful 💓🙏

  • @rifatasif2239
    @rifatasif223910 ай бұрын

    Good explanation

  • @user-yt4qi6in9o
    @user-yt4qi6in9o10 ай бұрын

    Namaskaram

  • @daniellesoulard5215
    @daniellesoulard521510 ай бұрын

    Just like magic I love how ET's hair gets darker with age :))

  • @mgraulau
    @mgraulau10 ай бұрын

    This may be just what I need, as I am forever lost in dissociation. Many thanks. ❤

  • @jujumulligan43

    @jujumulligan43

    10 ай бұрын

    I can relate to feeling that I am not an "integrated" person, lost on the path.

  • @kapadokija
    @kapadokija3 ай бұрын

    Eckhart Tolle,Teal Swan Gabor Mate and Brahma Kumari, one of the favorite humans who help as heal today for free(my opinion)❤

  • @user-yt4qi6in9o
    @user-yt4qi6in9o10 ай бұрын

    Jay guru Deva

  • @cisnereal6298
    @cisnereal629810 ай бұрын

    Hola buen día, que la Paz Sea. Por favor en dónde puedo encontrar material en español. No hablo inglés. Gracias

  • @NEXUSOOI
    @NEXUSOOIАй бұрын

    Having grace of being able to sit for few 10 days course really a Life changing experience compared to other Meditation. •guided, well structured overall •Takes you in Real DEEP •Transferrable to daily life •Free accomodation, food and facilities. Private room with shower, bed, meditation seat etc •like a vacation over a week but this can benefit you, your lineages and others around you •Ground you in Equanimity, harmony and peace. Helps with ASCENSION! I highly Recommend This Technique and method of going about the meditation overall. No phones, no talking, fully focused inward towards Innerstanding and Inner connection with highest truth.

  • @user-yt4qi6in9o
    @user-yt4qi6in9o10 ай бұрын

    Jay Divine presence

  • @kilaheem4486
    @kilaheem44869 күн бұрын

    Yes indeed it is powerful and also very very difficult for a know it all like me. A lot of my mental stuff/addictions began to manifest as excruciating pain especially in the hips. (I was only 30) About half way through the course you are encouraged to remain in the same position for the whole hour without moving. I can't explain how I suffered with this but ultimately I decided I didn't care if I died I wasn't moving. This experience has stayed with me poignantly much similar to the lysergic acid stories or near death experiences I've heard described. I could witness the pain, merely as something which was happening, if you could even say that. Much like the scene in the matrix where he sees everything in code. I was looking at information and a choice whether to react or not. As if I was in the control room of consciousness looking out into the factory line.

  • @girisamudra3633
    @girisamudra36333 ай бұрын

    I love Eckhart and I love Vipassana. Have done nine 10 day retreats and will shortly do a 20 day retreat. Eckhart and his teachings truly began the journey into the interior around 15yrs ago. Shortly after integrating Eckhart’s teachings I did my first 10 day retreat 15 yrs ago and have done one 10 day retreat every year. If someone wants to truly experience the length and breadth of Presence and the inner body as well as of the pain-body, then do a 10 day sitting and follow the instructions methodically. I promise you the far shore 🙏🏽

  • @11YoursTruly11
    @11YoursTruly115 ай бұрын

    Vipassana is sensation watching... and its for everyone ... if you are scared start with Anapana ❤

  • @fabianafernandez9160
    @fabianafernandez916010 ай бұрын

    ❤❤❤

  • @a.a6859
    @a.a6859Ай бұрын

    ❤❤

  • @koengsukmana
    @koengsukmana10 ай бұрын

    It can be seen in the maha satipatthana sutta.

  • @pravinjanrao2598
    @pravinjanrao25982 ай бұрын

    We are responding to craving and aversion sensation. Vipassana will give a samyak drishti to life and how to live life . Bhavatu sabba mangalam

  • @VriEvolutionTarot555
    @VriEvolutionTarot55510 ай бұрын

    Eckhart’s spiritual content is more based on intellectual knowledge whereas Vipassana is the ultimate truth experienced within your body. Both compliment each other but Eckhart seemed a bit competitive about it lol

  • 6 ай бұрын

    true

  • @mezyan_off6768
    @mezyan_off67686 ай бұрын

    رائع

  • @user-yl4ru7ix2r
    @user-yl4ru7ix2r6 ай бұрын

    Writing with experience, not philosophically, Vipassana is not about being in present moment and looking at body sensations only. It is about reprogramming your subconsious mind with equanimity towards every sensation. Those who has practiced it will know it clearly. You remain equanimous towards every sensation whether it is good or bad . You are not allowed to crave or abort any sensation. Yes, Vipassana is not for everybody who are not ready to accept every darker side of themselves because in retreat every darker and shadow part of a being comes in light and it is really very uncomfortable but on the baseline it is for everybody.

  • @brucegelman5582
    @brucegelman55822 ай бұрын

    Every thought you have is subtley or not so subtely connected to your sensations.Think about that.

  • @user-yt4qi6in9o
    @user-yt4qi6in9o10 ай бұрын

    Oh guru jai hind I bow to you and your lotus feet

  • @Edopriv1
    @Edopriv110 ай бұрын

    What if I say that: what we experience is God experiencing itself, having fun through the experience... Too bad that because of the duality (good and bad) necessary for the human earthly experience, we do suffer also the "bad" part of it (e.g. tooth ache) and no matter how you remind yourself and become aware that it is just an illusion, that pain does hurt badly. Doesn't it?

  • @user-yt4qi6in9o
    @user-yt4qi6in9o10 ай бұрын

    Eckhart can you say some thing for mantra meditation please

  • @okie9540

    @okie9540

    10 ай бұрын

    He has given , search in this chennel , one pointedness or something

  • @user-yt4qi6in9o

    @user-yt4qi6in9o

    10 ай бұрын

    @@okie9540 thanks a lot

  • @user-yt4qi6in9o

    @user-yt4qi6in9o

    10 ай бұрын

    @@okie9540 I will check

  • @markfuller

    @markfuller

    10 ай бұрын

    @user-, In buddhism, there is vipassana bhavana & samadhi bhavana. In the west, the former is mindfulness (insight). The latter is TM? One-pointedness (concentration on a mantra, "serenity meditation."). The later can have a "field of work" that isn't a word. In buddhism, there are 40 objects of meditation. Look into the jhanas. There are four jhanas (absorption), each with factors. IMO, serenity meditation seems mechanical and forced compared to vipassana, mindfulness, insight meditation. I think there's a lot to be gained ffrom mindfulness. Serenity or concentration (samadhi) meditation seems more prone "seeking" than observing.

  • @user-gp6kp9mg6y
    @user-gp6kp9mg6y7 ай бұрын

    👌👌👌👌💯

  • @Paul-dw2cl
    @Paul-dw2cl10 ай бұрын

    just in case someone didn’t know what he said @ 2:31, he said, “breath-meditation may even precede the Buddha, nobody really knows.”

  • @Amp99599

    @Amp99599

    10 ай бұрын

    there were many Buddhas even before Gautama Buddha so in that reference what Ecart said is true.

  • @sjps1
    @sjps1Ай бұрын

    Meditation is spending time alone with one's natural breathing

  • @freespirit9806
    @freespirit980610 ай бұрын

    How to get rid of the ego ?

  • @markfuller

    @markfuller

    10 ай бұрын

    IMO, you can't get rid of it. Just don't be consumed by it. From a psychological perspective, you need the ego to plan for your retirement, brush your teeth (to avoid consequences), learn from past mistakes, etc. The problem is when you're completely _identified with_ this ability to "choose & expect." It becomes like a movie. You know a movie is 1 frame at a time. They do it fast enough that it's believable. They play dramatic music and you become triggered into more identification with the "experience." The ego can takeover that way. You just want to _know_ that you're doing it, when you're doing it more (and less). It's the "middle way" in buddhism. You don't want to be in a catatonic state contemplating every moment for itself. But, you don't want to lose the moment to the grand story that you tend to seek (like when you sit down and watch a movie and become engaged with it as if you're a voyeur.).

  • @dmdr11
    @dmdr1110 ай бұрын

    A long time ago, I read that meditating for hours on end can negatively affect the brain. That might have been in regard to transcendental meditation. Anyone?

  • @oneseeker2

    @oneseeker2

    10 ай бұрын

    I've known Tibetan Buddhist Monks, High Lamas, Recap hates meditate for hours upon hours at a time, every single day, still, to answer Jr question, I do not know. I have noticed, and I believe die to so much sitting, many get to where they can only walk a few steps. The body has to move.

  • @dmdr11

    @dmdr11

    10 ай бұрын

    @@oneseeker2 Yes, perhaps monks, etc., because that is their lifestyle, but I'm talking about meditative retreats for the average person.

  • @StephanieC3

    @StephanieC3

    10 ай бұрын

    @@dmdr11 I've gone on several vipassana retreats in the U.S. The longest we usually sit for any given meditation is 45min-1hr. Usually we alternate between seated (or standing, if we prefer) meditation, followed by walking meditations, with breaks throughout the day for meals/rest/ dharma talks. I am sure it varies from place to place but I've never sat for hours at a time. It is a long day, starting by around 6:30am and ending around 8pm, but we don't sit the whole time. Also, some retreats incorporate mindful movement/yoga once a day.

  • @KHABIB-TIME
    @KHABIB-TIME10 ай бұрын

    “Take advantage of five before five: your youth before your old age, your health before your sickness, your wealth before your poverty, your free time before your busyness, and your life before your death.” - Prophet Muhammad ﷺ

  • @tonyd4151
    @tonyd415110 ай бұрын

    I really like Eckhart, he's has a lot to offer. I wish though, he would include more emphasis on the balance between the now and the physical reality we live in. To ignore the form is to do so at one's own peril. If living in form were not important, we would most likely not do it at all. I'm not trying to be cynical, but Humans are facing an existential threat from themselves and have been for eons. I see that his teachings provide a gateway to this understanding, but it may simply be too late. I know it's not the end, but it's a shame to see such suffering and blind hate. It's almost as if physical existence was designed to self destruct. I hope I'm wrong.

  • @markfuller

    @markfuller

    10 ай бұрын

    _"I hope I'm wrong."_ We're entering an epoch that that's hard to know what is right or wrong. It's not like Ford's Model-Ts changing society. We're facing super-intelligent computers; the prospect of "offloading" yourself to live eternally in a quantum state. How would anyone know for sure that's not "evolution" to a higher life form? Or, mass extinction? (Something's _going to_ happen. It's going to be big that way. But, it's impossible to know if it will be big bad? or big good? There's no middle ground, and you can't know. It's going to be a leap of faith/hope.). So, with that worst-case (and, IMO, the only case), what if you're wrong? You can't stop it. You can't prove one way or the other. All you can do is use (experience, be present) what could be one of the last remaining _authentic_ conscious lives. Why be entangled with what you can't control? Experience every moment you have. Observe.

  • @fabeli136
    @fabeli1362 ай бұрын

    Offcourse Annapana(breath) was also a teaching body teached alongside vipassana, but main technique was vipassana

  • @alanfrancis9225
    @alanfrancis92254 ай бұрын

    I don’t think you will ever understand Vipassana meditation until you have experience it on a 10 day course. I have released more “ unknown” complexes with the 5 retreats than any form of therapy. It’s a tremendous thought out process of coming off craving and aversion.Of course the speaker hasn’t experienced this. It’s far from easy. Bringing up the pain body to “ burn” it off with awarness ( equanimity) takes guts and determination. The aim being to accept all sensations “ as they are” in that moment and not how you want them to be. From my experience mental work can only take you so far. You have to work with the body.

  • @ghanem.sbaih87
    @ghanem.sbaih8710 ай бұрын

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  • @keewayne3
    @keewayne326 күн бұрын

    I would probably go crazy because I just came back from schizophrenia after forcing myself to be back to the matrix. I went too deep into my mind that I saw reality as fluid and there was no anchor like I was just in a dream and it feels like I died. Maybe it only works for ordinary people and not for people who are by nature self-reflective.

  • @dellwright1407

    @dellwright1407

    6 күн бұрын

    Vipassana works well for people who are by nature self-reflective... but you have to be mentally balanced generally in order to do it.

  • @keewayne3

    @keewayne3

    6 күн бұрын

    What is the goal/ aim to achieve with Vipassana Meditation?

  • @dellwright1407

    @dellwright1407

    6 күн бұрын

    @@keewayne3 to cultivate tranquility and insight, its step by step.

  • @keewayne3

    @keewayne3

    6 күн бұрын

    @@dellwright1407 Tranquility due to detachment? Insights due to observation?

  • @dellwright1407

    @dellwright1407

    5 күн бұрын

    @@keewayne3 Yes, both tranquility and insight are developed during the practice. But here's the thing - it's practice. My words will mean nothing compared to your own experience of the practice itself. You don't have to do an intensive 10 day Vipassana course however. You can just learn mindfulness of breath, either online or through a local mindfulness teacher... or do an MBSR course (mindfulness based stress reduction)... go at your own pace, what works for you. I find mindfulness (and its close cousin vipassana) a great support in my life.

  • @alanau2
    @alanau210 ай бұрын

    🩵

  • @haanrey
    @haanrey10 ай бұрын

    Vipassana is not thought watching 🤦🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️ Vipassana is directing attention to sensations present in your body

  • @markfuller

    @markfuller

    10 ай бұрын

    I would say individuating from thought (or the thinker). You're right that it's breath, touch, hearing. But, attending to those sensations _individuates_ reality from the confabulating, story-telling mind which typically obscures those authentic experiences in the moment.

  • @pannavaddhi6573

    @pannavaddhi6573

    8 ай бұрын

    Cittanupassana...watching the mind. One of the 4 Satipatthana as mentioned in the Satipatthana Sutta. Vedananupassana (as you point out) is also one of the 4 Satipatthana. You must know the kilesa (mental defilement) in your mind. Knowing sensations alone is not enough to free your mind from its bondage. You also must be aware of your thoughts and emotions regarding these vedana. And so on...

  • @Bryce.-.

    @Bryce.-.

    6 ай бұрын

    Stop hitting yourself

  • @sujanithtottempudi2991

    @sujanithtottempudi2991

    5 ай бұрын

    Vipassana is watching anything inside u....need not be only breath....its process of watching....not what you are watching...

  • @leojayakody505

    @leojayakody505

    5 ай бұрын

    Vipassana however is the practice of observing everything happening without judgement - seeing everything as just happening, and not assigning the events as “good” or “bad”. Its the practice of seeing things just as they are, and not making anything personal in any way. Vipassana leads you on the path to enlightenment, not Samatha, because it does not involve attachments. (2/2)

  • @abdouguebbaz1166
    @abdouguebbaz11667 ай бұрын

    ..

  • @colourpurple5978
    @colourpurple5978Ай бұрын

    Giving feedback about vipassana when he hasn’t practice it thoroughly is very silly… how would he know the full benefit of this practice when he has never embraced it, and then giving cheeky smiles with some of the comments is not a good character of a wise spiritual teacher…

  • @troyortego4655
    @troyortego46553 ай бұрын

    it's free btw... I bet elkhart's is not...

  • @Martin-vj7zx
    @Martin-vj7zx10 ай бұрын

    You know what is your problem? Yes, i agree with all of what you say 100%. But the problem is, you only say 50%. 50% in the sense of you only say the easy part. There are 50% or even more people with a proper ego. This people are not disrespectful because they are so unconcious, but because they purposefuly try to harm other people, with passive agression, to strenghen their own ego. And if you call them out, they search for conflict. The one thing you are often claiming is, that if we'd knew that the people do it out of unconciousness, we'd forgive them. I'll tell you what, if someone does it unconcious, it's not disrespect, it's normal human learning. If i do something out of an unconcious state, i don't scream at the other, i apologize. But for most people it's not like that. If it was they'd apologize. Most people, disrespect fully concious. They know it exactly. And i am really not a sexist, but because all laws protect and love wemen, but hate men (as you can see in the news, movies, radio,...) the man is always the agressor and the poor women is the victim, always. And because of this reason, not all, but most wemen tend to abuse this. They disrespect purposefuly, so they can feed their ego. So they feel better or stronger. And if you say something they'd imediatle search for conflict, or even worse. All i'm saying is, it's not ok to take disrespect, and a monk would agree with me, but not a spiritual teacher. Why? Because we learnd it the hard way from our own experience, with having and always keeping a critical point of view. We don't believe anyone, no matter what status he has, even if it's a famous person like sadguru or eckhart tolle. All i can say is, learn it from yourself, and be critical. The subjective never wins, the objective always leads to the truth, even if it's not that what you'd expect. As soon as i stopped judging people for their status, i began to be really critical, and i found it all out by myself. I am open to everyone, but believe noone, no matter who they are or what their status is. I wish you only love and light. Good luck on your journey.

  • @user-er4ir1hv8d
    @user-er4ir1hv8d10 ай бұрын

    You know nothing about Vipassana. Please learn it before comment on it.

  • @anncook1284

    @anncook1284

    7 ай бұрын

    Do you have a gavel to go with your robe?😂

  • @KingsterLovey

    @KingsterLovey

    3 ай бұрын

    Maybe you should practice what you preach

  • @chiptowers1
    @chiptowers110 ай бұрын

    let me break this down as I see it. Vipassana ( dict) is meditation involving concentration on the body or its sensations, or the insight which this provides. " The insight which this provides", where does that knowledge come from. Nothing, quote;" takes your attention away from thinking", all your really doing is thinking about something else, in this case you connect with being, but what are you hoping to find there with your inner being. The problem is, if you do discover something new for the first time, you won't believe it, because, you have been taught its an " ILLUSION" by your teacher, and the reason for that is because your teacher and Buddhism fail to explain what that inner material physical source is and how it derived to evolve the intelligent species, more so they don't have a clue of its existence and therefore dabble in spiritual things because it doesn't require explaining. Vispassana meditation sensations is an inexplicable awareness or impression, both that are facts and fact is a thing proved to be true and a thing is an object and an object is a material thing. Your inner being source is your imprinted knowledge which is a material physical thing, not an illusion and does not require Vipassana meditation to connect to it nor any external teachings.

  • @Beekind799
    @Beekind79910 ай бұрын

    the buddah never ever ever taught breath mediations,the buddah taught the way of a buddah,them teachings where destroyed so spiritual frauds like tolle could cash in on how gullable most people are

  • @anncook1284

    @anncook1284

    7 ай бұрын

    Bee kind….?😂

  • @user-yt4qi6in9o
    @user-yt4qi6in9o10 ай бұрын

    Thanks a lot more