Eckhart Tolle 的《The power of now》

“The primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation but your thoughts about it.” - ECKHART TOLLE

Not only are Eckhart's teachings life-changing, but I really like him as a person and feel similar to him in a lot of ways. Introvert, loving to be anonymous in public and observe, love the night and quiet. It seems rare that a person who produces good works is also a good person. But he is, you can just feel it in his voice and presence, it brings instant calm.

In this video, Eckhart guides you to find your true essence. He emphasizes the importance of shedding the ego, particularly during challenging times, as a means to liberate ourselves. In doing so, he explains that a genuine sense of love emerges as a natural outcome of this transformative process. Did you find this video helpful? Do you want more peace of mind? Or to bring more Presence into your days, your work, and other areas of your life? Join Eckhart Tolle Now, Eckhart’s online community, and get access to his new in-depth teachings every month, practical Q&A sessions with Eckhart, and member-only discounts on Eckhart’s online programs. Enjoy a FREE 10-DAY TRIAL to Eckhart Tolle Now: https://members.eckharttolle.com/10-d...

About Eckhart: Eckhart Tolle is widely recognized as one of the most inspiring and visionary spiritual teachers in the world today. With his international bestsellers, The Power of Now and A New Earth—translated into more than 50 languages—he has introduced millions to the joy and freedom of living life in the present moment. The New York Times has described him as “the most popular spiritual author in the United States,” and in 2011, Watkins Review (now Watkins Mind Body Spirit) named him “the most spiritually influential person in the world.”

Eckhart’s profound yet simple teachings have helped countless people around the globe experience a state of vibrantly alive inner peace in their daily lives. His teachings focus on the significance and power of Presence, the awakened state of consciousness that transcends ego and discursive thinking. Eckhart sees this awakening as the essential next step in human evolution.

誠然。不久前讀了Eckhart Tolle 的《The power of now》，實貭上是一點道家加上一點禅宗，

来源: 中间小谢 于 2023-10-27
回答: 需要东方文明来平衡，在未来一个世纪，无论以何种方式：） 由 忒忒绿 于 2023-10-27 11:16:00

衹是用西方人的語言、現代人的語境說出來。

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmbVYaBVmHU

"The only way for you to find death before death finds you is for life to knock you so hard that the ego gets knocked out of you."

 

@MrQuadcity

2 weeks ago

The video features Eckhart Tolle discussing the concept of "Form Identity" and "Essence Identity." Here's a detailed summary:

 

### Form Identity vs. Essence Identity Eckhart Tolle begins by referencing a 20th-century philosopher who stated that people have both a personality and an essence. He elaborates that most people have a strongly developed "Form Identity" but lack "Essence Identity."

 

#### Form Identity - **Definition**: Your physical form, name, knowledge, education, abilities, and past experiences.

 

- **Importance to Ego**: When you're trapped in form identity, how others perceive you becomes extremely important. This is because their perception contributes to your self-perception.

 

- **Natural Tendency**: Humans naturally emphasize their form identity, like possessions, abilities, or looks. This is especially evident in children who compare their abilities or possessions with others.

 

#### Essence Identity - **Definition**: The spiritual dimension in yourself, which is deeper than your form identity.

 

- **Presence**: When you find your essence identity, you realize that who you essentially are has nothing to do with your possessions, looks, or abilities. -

 

**Liberation**: Your essence identity does not operate through comparison. You don't compare yourself to others to find out who you are, which is liberating.

 

### The Role of Ego

 

- **Momentum**: Your form identity has its own momentum, and that's the ego. Anything you identify with becomes part of your ego identity.

 

- **Resistance**: The ego resists the emergence of essence identity. It wants to survive as a particular form and defend its form.

 

### The Path to Essence Identity - **Suffering**: When your identity is based on form, you begin to suffer as those forms (like good looks or abilities) begin to fade.

 

- **Disabilities and Loss**: Physical disabilities or significant life losses can serve as catalysts for realizing your essence identity.

 

- **Grace**: The potential for the arising of your essence identity is there whenever there's great loss in your life.

 

### Finding Death Before Death Finds You

 

- **Meaning**: This ancient spiritual dictum means to find that in you which is beyond death. It refers to the death of the egoic identity. -

 

**Process**: Traditionally, this is a painful process unless you come into contact with a strong spiritual energy. Eckhart Tolle emphasizes that it's crucial to recognize and cultivate your essence identity, as it offers a deeper, more genuine sense of self that is not tied to external forms or judgments.

Transcript  

Practicing the Power of Now: Essential... by Tolle, Eckhart

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He is now a counsellor and spiritual teacher, and the author of The Power of Now, Practising the Power of Now and Stillness Speaks. He lives in Vancouver.

 

 

Let me break this down as I see it. To "perceive yourself to be" would mean that consciously one has become aware of their body and brain form and external form.  But what initiated the mind to become consciously aware of its body and brain that it is a faculty of given that consciousness and the mind are non physical and cannot form a body nor brain nor anything physical..  Therefore what physical source gave rise to consciousness to derive from. It would have to be a physical source, a very indispensable quality ( the ESSENCE) for consciousness to derive from. Hence your human molecule is fused elements encased in biology ie the symbiotic relationship, the very physical source your consciousness derived from because your physical source within wants to reveal its PRESENCE using its EGO TOOL, like it has been doing since its inception.  Your PRESENCE within will never DIE because its part of your REPRODUCTIVE MODE, it's simply passed on. Which means there is not a single ESSENCE for your being. Which means you are DUALITY plus ADDED VALUE in every respect because now your non physical attributes come into play, like, consciousness, thought, mind, etc, really not a mystery, just tools to use by the physical source within, tools that the physical source within initiated for its use.  You are not in control of what you see in the mirror, your PRESENCE within wants to see. What a confused teacher afflicting confused teachings to the confused ,because ,you cant discover the essence of your identity without using your EGO tool to send and receive the message. Hello!

 

Spiritual path is not giving speech and ideas. It is the thing to be silent in your self. Dont come out of your self. Every sec you and me are coming out of self. Dont come out from self. For that no effort is needed. No teaching is needed. Be in thoughtless state. For creating a thought so many skills and creativity ideas needed for that you need education. For example we need to learn how to cook from books and from your friends and parents but no need to put effort to learn for not to cook. Be silent no learning no teaching nothing be silent dont try to cook or learn to cook and dont try to teach to cook all makes you to come out of your self. The teacher and student cannot be in their self. Because learning and teaching also thoughts. When thought comes to you. Your r out of the circle of self. So to be in self dont put effort and be in effortless state and be in self and become the Bliss and others will enjoy that bliss.