Eckhart Tolle Discussion Community

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I just want to say, AwakeTheCat, that I thoroughly enjoy your "ramblings".

Your understanding is very solid. My only clarification is this: There is no decision I make to "put on the ego" for whatever the situation requires; it just happens on its own. I'm in the world and whatever the requirement is for me to respond appropriately to the situation happens automatically. A...

What did you mean by your last line? You are saying the ego is useful tool in dealing with others. Can you expand? When we go about our daily lives we often interact with others, and in so doing we present to them the persona that they've been accustomed to seeing - in other words, to them we are w...

Good luck with your recovery, Andy! I was just thinking about you and wondering if you have gotten any biking in lately; probably not.

The more I can be with the thought of "What does life want from me," the more at peace I felt. I realized then in my meditative state that I was willing to let things unfold as they need to. And simultaneously the answers to what am I supposed to do got simpler - I just have to do what's required o...

When you are fully present there are no expectations; there are no preferences; there are no regrets; there are no aversions; there are no wants; there are no hopes or desires for things to be anything different than what is currently appearing. Peace isn't dependent upon thinking. In fact, it often...

Welcome to the forum, AwaketheCat. It strikes me that the root of dissolving identification with ego, to let go, is to truly see WHAT is so hard to let go that I feel the need to hold onto the identification with the ego in the first place. More accurately, what underlying fear cements the false-sel...

I have a question, seeing that all living human beings must have an ego, is it okay to work on transitioning from an inferior to a superior ego? Do you think that so long as I keep from identifying myself intensely with the new ego, that this can be a healthy thing? I wouldn't think in terms of "su...

I like direct path teachings very much, though I feel you have to be "ripe" for them. Complete novices to the awakening "journey" may require a more indirect method.

I see Eckhart Tolle talks about these kinds of tragedies as catalysts for awakening, does this apply even to these self created tragedies? It certainly does. What's past is past, and no amount of self-flagellation and guilt can change what happened. Repeatedly beating yourself up for something in t...

Nicely said, Aquarius.

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