Eckhart Tolle Discussion Community

Welcome Amy! You are in the right place it sounds like. Enjoy the forum.

Meet ups are a great suggestion Ervin. Thanks.
Do you find that reasonable people come to the meet ups? Or are some of them a little way out? That would be my concern.

Hi Steve, Thanks for your input! I do love my solitude. Its a chance to reflect on the teachings, take a stand in/as awareness and just enjoy the accompanying ananda (bliss). I'm less able to be in solitude in transactional reality (i.e., every day goings on). These days I am focusing more on lettin...

Hi Steve, Good insights (as always). I agree that solitude is not for everyone and for some (as you have described) it will amplify recursive thinking. Interestingly, many of the great awakened souls (Jesus, Buddha, Ramana himself! and the sages of ancient India) spent many years in solitude. So, I ...

I found this short article very interesting. It interviews people who have happily lived in solitude for decades...and to me, it sounds like their experiences of solitude lead to awakening. https://www.bbc.com/news/stories-48968502 And it makes sense, if you were willingly, happily, living in nature...

Lovely post, Steve. Thanks for sharing your experiences. I have also found that people in new age type settings or communities are not as open as we would hope they would be! They can be downright hostile. And I can relate to your 'book' experience too. I admit that I would never carry a spiritual b...

Yes nicely stated WW.

Would love to hear from others too on their experiences and ideas.

Very good advice, WW to ask leading questions. I often find myself just cutting to the chase! I find there are basically two kinds of people. One kind that is interested in spiritual exploration (and these could be religious, or, spiritual but not religious) and the other kind is just not very inter...

Thanks WW (as always) for these wonderful ideas! It's interesting you mention the comments section in utube. A long time ago, I found out about Tolle through the comments of a newspaper article. As you say, it would be so much easier if my own family or friends circle was interested. I've occasional...

Hi everyone, Hope things are going well. There are so many awakened people on this forum. And I was wondering what the options are to do things related to awakening, to spread the word, or to help people or similar. It gives one a noble purpose in life and it also nice to be constantly in that awake...

Good to hear from you Smiley. Sorry to hear about your mom. Yes, we are human and cannot/should not deny that aspect of ourselves.

Yes, that 'cognitive dissonance' of having a normal conversation one day and then hearing that a person has passed away another day is very strange indeed. To quote the Bhagvad Gita (Chapter 2): "This (self/essence) is never born, nor does it die...It is unborn eternal, undergoes no change and is ev...

Hi Bronto, Traditional Vedanta (as taught by James and others) ended the search for me. Hope you find it helpful. I can also recommend utube videos by Swami Sarvapriyananda. He is a really cool monk from the Vedanta Society of NY who is an excellent speaker with a huge following. You can google him ...

Hi Alicia, Sorry to hear about your relative. I can highly recommend this hour long video by Dr. Peter Fenwick a neuorpsychiatrist who talks about the dying (transitioning) process from a spiritual (Tollean) perspective. It really demystifies the dying process and how we approach it. https://www.you...

Very close WW! When any event takes place in a persons life, then there is an emotional response to it and this creates an 'impression'. These impressions are stored in the causal body. When another situation arises, our reaction to that situation is 'colored' by our previous impressions. So the mor...