Eckhart Tolle Discussion Community

Yes, self-condemnation. Why do we do that?!! Do we think it's going to motivate us to be "better"? It's such a habit - a go-to response when things are rocky, so I suspect it's some kind of thinking/belief we were handed early in life. I like Byron Katie a lot. Funny you should mention her. The thin...

Interesting subject. It kind of ties into forgiveness, which is also interesting. For those of us who come from a Judeo-Christian culture, forgiveness is something we're asked to do. It's part of being a more loving, spiritual person. And my past experience with that was that I could do it intellect...

Mine were cropped and I did the CTRL- thing. Thanks for the tip! Really enjoying the pictures and quotes, 'mirth. Several have found their way to my desktop. BTW, I just finished reading The Essential Crazy Wisdom by Wes Nisker. I highly recommend it for anyone on this site. It also happens to be ch...

That was fun, Natalie - thanks. I've been clicking on some of his other stuff on YouTube. I love his lighthearted way.

If anyone wants to watch, his name is Scott Kalechstein Grace.

Bob, you express yourself very well. This is tough stuff to put into words - we all struggle with it. When my egoic mind has taken me over I often catch myself pondering whether or not I should just “get this over with”, and my egoic mind can justify it with the poor mental, physical, and situationa...

could someone explain in simple English how I should view and deal with these intrusions? It doesn't seem to be enough to just recognize them for what they are. How about this one step, Bob. Try to see them not as intrusions. See if you can just let these "periods of resentment and confusion" happe...

Hi Papiyadi, I had migraines in my 20's - very painful. As I neared 30, I concurrently got a divorce and stopped my waitressing job (began working in a career I had chosen) and haven't had a migraine since. I still get the "eye spots" that are associated with migraines, but they don't bother me much...

Really enjoyed that, Rick. I haven't read Osho. I like how he breaks it down and isolates the three objects of awareness. Right away I could see traps that I and others have fallen into. Being aware of the body is delicious - a break from the madness of the mind, and we can tend to want to stop ther...

Hi Natalie, Beautiful post. I'm a mom, too. Although my three are (barely) in their 20's, the two oldest are living here (the youngest went back to school yesterday). And they still look to me for a lot of the same things they did when they were younger. Emotional support. Confirmation. Food :). The...

Can you talk more about where the Love comes from? I know I cant understand who I am on an intellectual level, right? What is it that am I am? Becuase I know that finding my true self is where the love is, yes? Yes. Understanding on an intellectual level can be useful, but it's not "it". Anything t...

Ya'll struggle too right? you sometimes feel pain and anger, or jealousy or sadness? Sure, brina, I feel all those things. Well, I haven't felt jealous in awhile, but who knows - I might tomorrow. The difference is in the "struggle" part. Those feelings come and they go, but I don't mind. (Little p...

HI ash, The statement you refer to is not meant to convince anyone of anything. Tolle's books are not meant to convince anyone of anything. He writes about what became clear to him after his shift. We aren't meant to just sit back and accept it all. We're meant to see if we can discover these things...

Nice one, peleke

I think I can already start to feel the melancholy wear off. I still feel it, but there's a certain kind of sweetness to it that just feels better. I love this, SirNik. Hadn't noticed the 'sweetness', but I'll stay alert to it the next time a bout hits me. You got me thinking about how these automa...

Hi Lostuzer, Serenity answered your questions so well, I only have a couple of extra comments. One is about the meditation. It's a practice and in the beginning, it takes a lot of practice. I remember, about 6 months into it, I was sitting in meditation and sensed the 'space between thoughts' for th...