Eckhart Tolle on Reconciling Grief with the Power of Now

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  • čas přidán 22. 05. 2024
  • Eckhart Tolle provides compassionate advice on navigating the challenges of grief and loss in this deeply moving video. He discusses the difference between clinging to past memories and connecting with the essence of a loved one, which exists in the present moment. Eckhart Tolle explains how this practice can help transmute the heaviness of grief into a lighter form of sadness, accompanied by a growing realization of the deathless essence that transcends physical existence. He emphasizes the importance of recognizing this essence both in the loved one and within oneself.
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    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, which transcends ego and discursive thinking. Eckhart sees this awakening as the essential next step in human evolution.

Komentáře • 324

  • @Milagroscrs
    @Milagroscrs Před měsícem +272

    I go thru this everyday my only son passed in August 2006 he was 21. It is 2024 and I do the same, I think of him every day, and of what the future might have been. It’s painful to think of the graduations I missed, the wedding I will not see, and the grandchildren I’ll never have. I realized though this is more about me, and see that in the present moment I have been blessed with so many other things in my life that I am grateful for everyday. The thought of what might have been then is not so constant but the thought of him everyday is. My son and I were one we were so close so I do feel his essence as you say too. When he passed I felt his presence for a few years after he passed. It gave me great comfort. As the years passed I felt his presence leave me. Although I’ve never considered this feeling inside of me as being his essence, that brings me comfort. It helps me understand that then he was present to comfort me in my grief, then left me his essence when he felt I was strong enough to live with his Essence because I feel him inside me everyday. I accept that’s a blessing and cherish everyday that I live with him inside of me. Until the time comes when we shall be together. I thank this young woman for her courage to speak these words out loud, it’s thoughts friends and family don’t want to hear, they’d prefer you move on. To her I say hold on to your heart and remember that you carried him for nine months inside of you, his essence will always be with you. I thank you Mr. Tolle for bringing this subject up on here, it has helped me to name this feeling I carry inside of me since Michael left.

    • @pinkifloyd7867
      @pinkifloyd7867 Před měsícem +8

      Thank you ❤

    • @raffypatimo9342
      @raffypatimo9342 Před měsícem +10

      La ringrazio per la sua testimonianza . Scrivo dall'Italia . Ho sentito tutto dal mio cuore e dentro il cuore ...non so come spiegare . Sono anche io una madre , e leggendo ho provato una emozione profonda . Le sue parole e anche quelle nel video , mi hanno scaraventato sul pavimento e poi è come se la stessa emozione mi avesse sollevato dal pavimento. Ti sento . 🌎

    • @HeyY.T.StopDeletingMyComments
      @HeyY.T.StopDeletingMyComments Před měsícem +20

      ..from a poem
      by E.E.Cummings:
      '..here is the deepest secret nobody knows
      here is the root
      of the root
      and the bud
      of the bud
      and the sky
      of the sky
      of a tree called life
      which grows higher
      than soul can hope
      or mind can hide
      and this is the wonder
      that's keeping
      the stars apart
      I carry your heart
      I carry it
      in my heart.'
      🙏💜🕯💧🌱🐾👣🌿🌎🕊

    • @PS-qn4oz
      @PS-qn4oz Před měsícem +11

      I am so very sorry for your loss.

    • @Kristy_not_kristine
      @Kristy_not_kristine Před měsícem +9

      ❤❤❤sending love your way. I am so sorry. This is so difficult.

  • @hc1897
    @hc1897 Před měsícem +52

    When I lost my father 24 years ago, the sense of loss was unbearable. Then one morning I looked into the mirror and realised how much of his face I saw there. The sense of loss crashed into me like a truck out of control. But then immeidately I realised - almost like someone whispering the advice to me - my father LIVES IN ME. His blood literally flows in my veins and I am the part of him that continues. "When you miss him, go look into a mirror. That's all you have to do." It helped a lot that I do physically look like him, though I'm his female child. I also ressemble him in temperament.

    • @winscircle888
      @winscircle888 Před 20 dny +2

      Dear HC, thank you for your post! My father is 90 and I am his full time caregiver. I worry what will happen when he passes on as I know I will
      Miss him beyond words, to the depth of my core. Your post is a comfort. PS like you, I am his daughter. Thank you and may you feel his presence with you always!

    • @pennymcinnes7800
      @pennymcinnes7800 Před 19 dny +2

      Thank you for sharing that, I'm still struggling with the loss of my mother and for a long time even the sound of my own voice triggered extreme grief because I sound so much like her - As I listened to Mr. Tolle describe how her essence lives on in my memories of her, I felt the grief shift and I am So grateful to have the weight of the loss lifted off my heart a little, I appreciate you for your courage and strength in sharing, you are helping me and others through our grieving process, God Bless You 🙏✝️🫂🕊️💟

    • @sandravidalmorales3098
      @sandravidalmorales3098 Před 16 dny

      🙏🏼✨

    • @melinehhacopians1184
      @melinehhacopians1184 Před 13 dny

      🙏

  • @sage8889
    @sage8889 Před 29 dny +33

    My 33 year old Son transitioned in 2019, and I feel his Presence every moment.

  • @seewanbundhoo7796
    @seewanbundhoo7796 Před 28 dny +28

    The heart has such a power to feel love that it can overcome the loss of our dearest ones.I also lost my son in Sep 2019 when he was almost 28.
    The love for him is so powerful that,even in my deepest grief, i find my love for him getting stronger even he is no longer physically present. Yes, i still do feel sadness but i have no regrets because we really enjoyed 28 years together. I really feel blessed to have been in so good company and to have discovered the miraculous power of a love which never dies.
    I now hsve no fear to leave my body because i am nurturing a love which is not affected by death.

    • @dantheman5826
      @dantheman5826 Před 27 dny +1

      Hey, thank you for sharing. The loss of a beloved one can be one of the most challenging things we experience. However let yourself be known that you are not alone and countless people experience the same loss. However it always takes time to process it and thats normal. But as there are also people who have experienced the same loss, there are families who are about to experience the same, with even younger children. Why not try to transform that feeling into motivation to help others around the world who are really in need. There is so much you could give if you are willing to restrain your lifestyle a little bit. Starting to care about orhers who have experienced similiar loss and in honour of your loss, why not try to transfer this into something positive? I am sure that those who we lost didn want us to be sad, they would rather want us to open our eyes to similiar fates.

  • @allya6500
    @allya6500 Před měsícem +45

    What a beautifully articulated question and process with her loss. Sending love to this beautiful lady as she continues her journey with Love. Thank you for allowing us to see you and to hear Eckhart Tolles effort with helping each of us to process the loss of a loved one. 💜

  • @rezagatchpazian977
    @rezagatchpazian977 Před měsícem +54

    Truly, truly, truly, the best answer ever, that any wise man could have given to this kind of question, in all history. How deep is your knowledge Meister Eckhart, how deep. I am astounded by it.
    My love and respect to you❤❤❤

    • @kathyjacobson1819
      @kathyjacobson1819 Před 29 dny

      Exceptional Communication with Compassionate knowledge 🙏

    • @rando9574
      @rando9574 Před 24 dny +2

      I just thought the same, best answer possible. I instantly went and felt this essence, and it felt wonderful and also peaceful. Not the harrowing sorrow I usually just sit with

  • @martina2276
    @martina2276 Před měsícem +67

    Since my mother´s death I have had the feeling she has become part of me. After listening to this I know now that this is no delusion. She has become part of me and our love will always unite us.

  • @nostromo7928
    @nostromo7928 Před měsícem +32

    My eldest sister suddenly transitioned on Feb 9th, 2024 and I miss her so much. It was wonderful to hear that "what you loved (and love now) about someone was their formless essence and the essence never dies but is ever present" (paraphrased)
    Your teachings are a blessing.
    Thank you, Eckhart. ❤️

  • @catphillips4335
    @catphillips4335 Před 29 dny +46

    Seeing this was a gift. I lost my 23 yr old daughter a couple of months ago and I could feel this mother so deeply. It's unimaginable, greeting each day in panic and disbelief. The spiritual masters, like Tolle, are true healers for a grieving mother. So grateful 🙏💖✨️🦋

    • @dantheman5826
      @dantheman5826 Před 27 dny

      Hey, my regrets for your loss, but I would like to let you know that you are not the only one who experienced great loss. My best friend died recently about the same age, but life is still a gift and at the end of all steps there is acceptance. Give yourself time but also know that no matter how old we are, or where we come from, we are all in some greater way connected and as you feel pain, I can totally rely to that and want to cheer you up the best I can. We all come to this world and we go again, but we have the power to transfer suffering into something beneficial. I would suggest that you try to do something good, something that you feel like you can give. Take your time and go trough all the steps of loss and then let yourself be know that this is not the end but only the beginning to transform your feelings of loss into some form of goodness, use it as a step to awakening and work towards a clear mind. In my opinion thats the greatest gift that you can give in honour of those who have deceased. ❤

    • @Justorderedcosmos
      @Justorderedcosmos Před 19 dny +3

      My 21 year old son went home on May 22, 2024… we didn’t lose them… they are always with us ❤😢 my deepest condolences

    • @heidibonjour
      @heidibonjour Před 7 dny +1

      Sending out love and prayers for you

  • @Alaskaventureswithbrodie
    @Alaskaventureswithbrodie Před měsícem +24

    She described her feeling so delicately. She seems to understand space just in her words alone. ❤

  • @TheSilk-cat
    @TheSilk-cat Před měsícem +51

    What a beautiful ‘universal’ timeless freeing message for anyone experiencing loss in any regard.❤

    • @adamtomecko6817
      @adamtomecko6817 Před měsícem +1

      Truly universal, isn't it?
      Oh wait, I haven't started watching the video yet 😭 But if it's from Eckhart then I'm sure you're right!

    • @CptEtgar
      @CptEtgar Před měsícem

      @@adamtomecko6817

  • @englisho.1
    @englisho.1 Před měsícem +71

    The feeling of loss is unexplainable, I lost my cat three years ago, It's like yesterday, I can't forget him and I always feel his essence and soul with me, he wasn't just a cat as other people used to tell me. 😭❤❤❤

    • @bettinarossi7908
      @bettinarossi7908 Před měsícem +8

      I understand your heartbreak completely over the physical loss of your dear kitty.😻I grieve the loss of all my precious cats..because they were/are my dearest friends..that gave me unconditional love always...and brought me immense joy..as I am certain,your sweet kitty brought to you. All animals join the animal collective soul family when they transistion..and they share the love they experienced with those not as fortunate. Never give any thought to those that have never loved or been loved by a cat. We know.😺💜🙏🐾

    • @Teffi_Club
      @Teffi_Club Před měsícem +10

      So sorry. The only time pets break our heart it is the time when they are gone. 🙏🏻🕊️

    • @bettinarossi7908
      @bettinarossi7908 Před měsícem +3

      @@Teffi_Club so very,very true.💜🐾

    • @Cazgirl-hq4hi
      @Cazgirl-hq4hi Před 29 dny +5

      I lost my Jack russel dog ,she was a beautiful little being ,almost human minded at times and I miss her more then I do some people that were in my life..she never moaned she loved my grand kids to bits she knew how important they were and was like a mother goose to them..just writing his has me crying…animals to me I get in better then some cruel people that I’ve had in my life..I currently looking after a dog..it’s a long story,but it’s no where near the same love I had for my other dog..I have one belief and faith I will see her again limfeel her presence and she comes into my mind often…I iss her more then life it’s self,..so I know how u feel.

    • @billienova
      @billienova Před 29 dny +6

      He’s probably become your guardian angel 👼 that’s why you can feel him or his essence .

  • @ddmr44
    @ddmr44 Před měsícem +19

    Their Essence is *always* witihin you in the Now and you can make conscious contact with that Essence. Focus your attention on that.

  • @wajihaabrar9171
    @wajihaabrar9171 Před měsícem +37

    Even as a stranger, I felt her pain that I cried. I was afraid to listen to others' pain because I took too deeply, that I imply in my own life. But, i learned that it is okay to have empathy for others ( to feel is good)/ thinking about it, which leads you in a superstition is illness. Now, I try not to think but feel in a moment, and I pray for her and for every mother.

  • @DudGolfer
    @DudGolfer Před měsícem +49

    Thank you so much❤ I’ve been suffering for 5 years from the loss of my wife and I always find comfort in your teachings

    • @QuestionthePropaganda
      @QuestionthePropaganda Před měsícem

      So sorry for your loss 🙏🙏🙏❤

    • @nostromo7928
      @nostromo7928 Před měsícem +2

      You love her so much. I have no doubt that she loves you too and is very near. ❤

  • @speciallion1135
    @speciallion1135 Před měsícem +29

    I wholeheartedly understand & have experienced this message. I have also witnessed, there is no death.

    • @raffypatimo9342
      @raffypatimo9342 Před měsícem +1

      Scusi , vorrei chiederle cosa significa : " ho assistito al fatto che non esiste la morte "?

    • @MargaretMichelle1912
      @MargaretMichelle1912 Před měsícem

      How have you witnessed there is no death, something in me knows(or hopes) this is true, but if you could explain a little, I would be truly grateful.
      I lost my beloved 18mths ago, it's been a relentless struggle.

    • @janelahmeyer2014
      @janelahmeyer2014 Před měsícem

      we have prior lives. some of us have near death experiences dying visiting heaven being revived and sent back to body to tell the world. nothing to fear. the other side holds who we are, where we came from. its all love we are inextricably connected. but it doesnt make losing a loved one on earth easier. just believe and know your loved one is still around you.

    • @johngreen4683
      @johngreen4683 Před měsícem

      @@MargaretMichelle1912 hi Margaret, people often experience lost loved ones coming to them when their own time is coming to an end, science explains this experience as being the result of a chemical being released in the brain so as to make passing easier and less fearful for us. If science is correct, (I have no idea if it is or isn't) but if it is, then something somewhere must love us so much that it doesn't want us to suffer in our final moments on Earth so it created this chemical within our brains to make our passing easier for us, and anything that loves us all this much is surely to be very gratefully trusted in 100%, whether scientists or spiritualist are correct all is and all is going to be so much more than well 🙏🙏🙏🙏

  • @mariej5319
    @mariej5319 Před měsícem +29

    Wow! Heartfelt thanks to this lovely lady and to Eckhart for his wonderful response. This will surely resonate with all of us who have lost someone special. I feel my beloved Dad in my heart every day and I know he will be with me forever. I always speak of my love for him in the present tense and I talk to his photograph all the time like he’s in the room with me. Love is always present 🙏🏻❤️

    • @geoffreyhall2034
      @geoffreyhall2034 Před měsícem +5

      Me too with my daughter Lauren

    • @nostromo7928
      @nostromo7928 Před měsícem +3

      I'll bet he IS in the room with you and loves you just as much (still)
      as you love him. I talk to several of my loved ones who've transitioned and often feel them there with me. I feel suddenly surrounded and pillowed in their love and it is always specific to the person I was thinking of. I try to remember this when I feel sad. They are still with us, just no longer in a body. ❤️

  • @cindyinencinitas4082
    @cindyinencinitas4082 Před měsícem +24

    What a lucky lady to get this answer. Stunning.

  • @garylennon5115
    @garylennon5115 Před měsícem +23

    Our loved ones are the now , it's only the character we thought they were seem to pass . Are loved ones are this moment , a bird chirping , a breeze blowing . ❤. All one energy that never dies .

  • @marjoriehall9984
    @marjoriehall9984 Před měsícem +35

    Beautiful question and answer. Thank you.

  • @user-xi5wz1sg6p
    @user-xi5wz1sg6p Před měsícem +13

    The Power of Now is one of the best books I have ever read....another is A New Earth..

  • @Masi.Capone
    @Masi.Capone Před měsícem +16

    I just lost my dad in August of 2023, and when I went for a walk in the morning in March this year, which felt like the first day of Spring, it truly felt like his essence was all around me, almost shining down on me from the sun. I started playing music on my headphones, and one of the first songs was together again - janet jackson. I was like, man, I feel like he almost lives through me. He cared so much about eating healthy and exercise, and I care about that more than I ever have in my entire life. I'm being more musical than ever before. (He had that gift as well.) I'm living life just as he would want me to and growing all the time. Death is there to teach us that when we're faced with a loved one's ultimate transformation, we also have to transform for the best as well. Grieving is fine, but we're not learning if we get all consumed by grief. I don't even feel like the same person I was when he was alive, and I mean that in the best way.

    • @MoriginalThai
      @MoriginalThai Před měsícem

      ❤❤❤ Thank you very much, wishing you all the best 🙏

  • @LowWiseZahStudios
    @LowWiseZahStudios Před měsícem +6

    I wish all of you great peace and love

  • @user-uh2ns7bh9d
    @user-uh2ns7bh9d Před měsícem +30

    Grieving never ends. Not till you are reunited. It is part of this experience

    • @melssf7852
      @melssf7852 Před 27 dny +1

      Thank you. I always wondered why I continue to grieve in some manner, it feels like a part of me is very assured I will see those that have transitioned eventually.
      I also asked my parents for s sign that I will see them again, I was specific and asked to see 2 butterflies. They delivered in a very obvious way so that provided me more certainly that there is still a connection

    • @wisdomseeker3937
      @wisdomseeker3937 Před 27 dny

      There is no reuniting... at least no evidence of such.

    • @pennymcinnes7800
      @pennymcinnes7800 Před 19 dny +1

      ​@@melssf7852 Yes, I too see my Loved ones in the Beauty of Nature, especially in the beautiful birds that come and sit on the railing outside my window singing every morning, take good care of yourself and God bless you 🙏🌅🦜🎶🦋😇

    • @melssf7852
      @melssf7852 Před 19 dny +1

      @@pennymcinnes7800 that's beautiful its reassuring to know others experience that too 😘

    • @youdontseeanoldmanhavinatw4904
      @youdontseeanoldmanhavinatw4904 Před 17 dny

      I am an atheist so I am worried it will be harder when my stepdad passes away

  • @melinehhacopians1184
    @melinehhacopians1184 Před 13 dny

    I would give anything to be in the same room with this man and his energy ❤

  • @jennifermateyabram8480
    @jennifermateyabram8480 Před měsícem +37

    Thank You❤. I' ve been studying A course in miracles and ET for many years so when my Son was killed and Hubs died I never grieved or cried because I truly believe they are here with me only out of the flesh costume.. it's quite beautiful, sentimentally beautiful. But I never feel loss.
    Thank you ET, you explained it beautifully and helped me validate.

  • @lewashcliffe
    @lewashcliffe Před 28 dny +6

    Having lost my precious wife 5 years ago, your explanation to this young woman was so perfect and sensitive. Thank you for this very practical exercise.

  • @Eye_Am_Divine_33
    @Eye_Am_Divine_33 Před měsícem +20

    I am working and listening to this a beautiful red carinal swooped down in front of ❤ I took that as a sign of my dear son name Brave who presence has been within me now for almost four years Dec 27 2020 ❤ His brothers will be celebrating their fourth birthday in two days. My three little men Brave, Hero and Legend were born on Memorial Day May 25 2020.

    • @paulburick1506
      @paulburick1506 Před měsícem +7

      My brother died of covid. Cardinals were around me! Meditation at an Orthodox monastery a cardinal was in a bush outside. I was upset. I said out loud. Brother if you have anything to do with that cardinal....have it fly to the window and look me in the eye!! It did

    • @michaelbreeding1109
      @michaelbreeding1109 Před měsícem +1

      @@paulburick1506 Wow!💞.

  • @adamdyer7197
    @adamdyer7197 Před 25 dny +4

    We are so lucky to have amazing like Ekhart to help us with grief. Grief comes in many forms and destroys us. With help and faith we can feel better 🙏

  • @YesAvacan
    @YesAvacan Před měsícem +19

    The Essence IS ❤.
    I feel with this woman for having lost the man I love.
    "The sadness becomes transmuted in something else:
    The rising realisation of that what is beyond death in him, that what you love, the formless esence of who he is.
    The freedom of what you've been trapped in lies within you"
    Thank you SO MUCH 🙏🏻.

    • @QuestionthePropaganda
      @QuestionthePropaganda Před měsícem

      Bless you. You are spiritually strong and your husband will never leave your side 🙏🙏❤️

  • @cblack1green
    @cblack1green Před měsícem +11

    I have lost all my original family, I know they are all together, I have never felt so lonely as I do now , I will carry on until it’s my time to join them however long or short that may be, I wish I had a sense that they were still with me sometimes, but I have felt nothing.

    • @lindafrazier8092
      @lindafrazier8092 Před měsícem +3

    • @mharryvan5324
      @mharryvan5324 Před 26 dny +3

      They are with you. Looking after you from Heaven. You just have to remind them you need them to take care of you. ❤

  • @margaretinsydney3856
    @margaretinsydney3856 Před měsícem +12

    What a beautiful answer. That has been my experience, too, following the death of my husband.

  • @cduke3417
    @cduke3417 Před měsícem +32

    Just days after my son's untimely death i wrote my thoughts on "The Essence of Ben". Very cathartic. Although it's been 18yrs the loss is still painful. Thank you for your wise guidance Mr. Tolle.🙏

    • @PS-qn4oz
      @PS-qn4oz Před měsícem

      So sorry for your loss!

  • @theresapaulse877
    @theresapaulse877 Před měsícem +6

    Its been 2 years since the passing of my 3 month old son. Currently going through a seperation and struggling with how its affecting my 5 year old daughter and myself. Strange thing is, my ex partner wanted to name our late son Eckhart. I've held your book a couple of times in my hand but was never in the proper frame of mind to read it. Im residing with my aunt now and it feels like my world has collapsed even further. This video came at the right time. I happen to be staying 5kms away from a cemetary. This video was fruitful.

  • @amirzekri887
    @amirzekri887 Před 28 dny +6

    Dear Eckhart,
    You are a jewellery ,just now I feel miss you for 5 days

  • @cococarton3601
    @cococarton3601 Před 27 dny +3

    Thank you for this.....;but I know I will die from a broken heart. Nothing helps me at all. I will stumble around this earth in shock at losing my wonderful 23 year old son......until my time comes.

  • @lorainnemorris3919
    @lorainnemorris3919 Před měsícem +5

    My son passed in 2/7/2003 he was my closest friend, I still have no words to describe this un reconcilable loss ❤ This year 20/5/2024 he would have been 50 years old.

    • @nostromo7928
      @nostromo7928 Před měsícem +1

      I'm sorry that you've had to endure so much pain and I hope that Eckhart's words are something that gives you comfort. Our loved ones really are still with us. They've shed their bodies but they are very near us and continue to love us as we do them. We can't help missing their smiles, laughs, hugs, and all the good times but we will shed our bodies too one day and they'll be right there to welcome us and help us make our transition. Your son still loves you and is as near as your thoughts. ❤️

  • @midnightblue2893
    @midnightblue2893 Před měsícem +10

    Thanks Eckhart! Learning about your teachings and practicing presence has been the most helpful tool in navigating my grief and for that I am very grateful 💜🙏💜

  • @patrickol4300
    @patrickol4300 Před měsícem +8

    What a beautiful woman, awareness, never disappoints.

  • @iammisanthrope7764
    @iammisanthrope7764 Před měsícem +7

    This is so beautiful. There really is no death.

  • @zantecarroll4448
    @zantecarroll4448 Před měsícem +9

    i love Elkhart tolle so much ❤

  • @maha77
    @maha77 Před měsícem +9

    Brilliant answer, I experience this directly with someone very close to me who has passed, when I think of her I feel and am aware of her essence Now, and I feel her presence

  • @sagira1935
    @sagira1935 Před měsícem +11

    Thank you for sharing. My beloved husband has left this world in 2021 and it was the hardest experience I ever had. I know so called death is an illusion and Souls always exist beyond this world but why is this so hard?

    • @nostromo7928
      @nostromo7928 Před měsícem +4

      Maybe, in part, because we forget the time before we entered this life? We were formless souls before we incarnated. Then, we enter this life in a physical body and gradually forget that we are NOT our body. We're surrounded by shapes, forms, colors, and sensations of every kind (trees, cars, birds, clouds, mountains, other people, hot and cold, tastes, smells, sight, sound, touch, etc.) Many of us will be taught that these things are pretty much all there is to life. Later, if we're lucky, we start to awaken from the dream of this life and find our way back to the knowing we had as children before we forgot who we really are: eternal, indestructible beings who came into this life to learn and grow and love before we shed our bodies again. Buddhism says that all forms wear a mask of illusion and behind the mask is the essence and only the essence is
      real. The rest is just a dream. I don't know if this helps you but I hope that if you're grieving right now that you can take comfort in Eckhart's words. He is such a kind teacher. 🙂

  • @QuestionthePropaganda
    @QuestionthePropaganda Před měsícem +5

    Beautiful guidance and advice from Eckart. We lost Cara aged 11 in 2019 to a brain tumour and created the Is Mise Cara Brain Disease Foundation. Our second book called Signs from Cara and Beyond takes Eckart's wise advice about essence and includes stories from other families about meaningful synchronisation after a loss. We find great peace in the essence of Cara and the signs through which we believe Cara's spirit appears in different guises. From dreams to white feathers, a song or a robin. Our loved ones are always showing signs and the more open you are to seeking these signs, the more you move back towards your and your loved ones souls and away from mind/ego/pain. Bless his lady. It must be so raw after two years but peace is within reach ✨⚡✨❤️

  • @lindagirl1140
    @lindagirl1140 Před 28 dny +8

    The moment my beloved and so beautiful Linda passed, I knew that, as beautiful as her “form” was to me, that which I loved was not her form. Suddenly her “form” became empty. I suppose that is why I still sense her and know that she is still very much a part of my life. Yes, I would call it her “essence”.

  • @amelmitkees8794
    @amelmitkees8794 Před 29 dny +3

    This is absolutely true.. my mother passed away 5 years ago.. and my father 9 years ago.. i feel them every moment with me .. and has built a new relation with them to the extent that i feel i love this new version of them and really got used to these new ones .. and would never feel i miss those who passed away .. even though my relation with my mother was such a unique and very close one❤❤❤

  • @JonasAnandaKristiansson
    @JonasAnandaKristiansson Před měsícem +6

    If people only knew/could truly Listen to the Master, here and now, and "live it/This"..
    Be Here Now

  • @megfitch8117
    @megfitch8117 Před 27 dny +3

    This is interesting and something I have touched on from time to time after losing my son two years ago.Having it said like this is helpful.

  • @user-hh8xs1gv6p
    @user-hh8xs1gv6p Před měsícem +7

    Aboriginal peoples have conceived of something I have heard called, the ‘Grateful Dead’…wherein one lives well to honour the essence of those we have loved and lost, so they know that, as far as we are concerned, they did not live, and love us, in vain.
    It’s awful when the Power of Then overwhelms the Power of Now.
    Love Eckhart for talking here about the eternal essence of all things, released from their form.
    While you live, make the dead you shared love with, grateful 💁‍♀️

    • @raffypatimo9342
      @raffypatimo9342 Před měsícem +2

      Lo sento vero !! non avrei saputo dirlo a parole ma sento nel mio Cuore che quello che lei ha scritto è la verità. grazie grazie grazie .

    • @lovingme_lovingyou
      @lovingme_lovingyou Před měsícem +1

      I hadn’t heard this before. Thank you for sharing; I will research it. I have been living this way since my son’s death, nearly 10 years.

    • @user-hh8xs1gv6p
      @user-hh8xs1gv6p Před měsícem +1

      @@lovingme_lovingyou The idea is to encourage the spirits of those we have loved and lost to be grateful for the time they spent with us..cos they loved us, and didnt want to leave, but Death called and they had no choice…to see that we live better for their having been with us 😀 we value them

  • @cynthiachronister4082
    @cynthiachronister4082 Před 19 dny +1

    My dad's birthday is today he passed yesterday 6/5 his mother's birthday in 2019 I know he is with me I get signs and helping me to keep going

  • @vsrajuvsraju6956
    @vsrajuvsraju6956 Před 29 dny +2

    This resonates with the Advaita Vedanta Philosophy of ancient India which declares eternality of Self and Oneness of existence, which one should realise to overcome grief and get eternal fulfilment.
    “The intelligent man knowing the Self, bodiless, seated firmly in perishable bodies, great and all-pervading, does not grieve.” - Kathopanishad.

  • @bunberrier
    @bunberrier Před 25 dny +3

    Brilliant, brilliant, profoundly important question, and very well phrased. Nearly everyone who has ever loved anyone, from a spouse to a pet, will face this.
    When she spoke it was as if she was speaking for me.
    And great answer too. Not a platitude but an actionable, respectful, rational, strengthening process.

    • @colaaddict782
      @colaaddict782 Před 25 dny

      religious and spirituality teachers are scams and liars. It doesnt exist.

  • @susancarty6638
    @susancarty6638 Před 29 dny +4

    I lost mu daughter 9years ago andbi absolutely feel what that woman is feeling.

    • @mharryvan5324
      @mharryvan5324 Před 26 dny

      My deepest sympathy to you Susan. I hoe Mr. Tolle's lecture helps you. I ''m grieving too at the moment for my husband who died just a year ago. It's a very overwhelming experience but especially for you. Take care. She was on loan to you & i' 'm sure you gave her the best of everything.

    • @susancarty6638
      @susancarty6638 Před 26 dny

      @@mharryvan5324 ❤️❤️❤️

  • @abdessamadelmaghraoui6756
    @abdessamadelmaghraoui6756 Před měsícem +21

    Eckhart Tolle is the light of the world in this present time🫶🏻

  • @whyamiheredlb
    @whyamiheredlb Před měsícem +4

    What a great question… my sincere and heartfelt condolences to this grieving mother. 🦋🌻❤️

  • @jessicapatton2688
    @jessicapatton2688 Před 29 dny +4

    That was interesting. I took a moment to feel my son and my husband’s presence. My son died at 17 and my husband at 37. I didn’t really feel them but at least it’s an option and either way it was a moment to honor them and tell them I miss them.

  • @stephenflood3463
    @stephenflood3463 Před měsícem +12

    This was such a wonderful explaination and perfect advice on how to accept the loss of our dear loved ones and how to deal with the unimaginable grief that comes with it. Thank you for your compassionate wisdom Eckhart.

  • @JJS-33
    @JJS-33 Před měsícem +6

    always relevant in perfect timing , thank you

  • @1babemd
    @1babemd Před měsícem +4

    This touched me to my core lost my son and my husband and I was just thinking about their essence and not the body we attach to
    It helps

  • @delinquentinparadise
    @delinquentinparadise Před 25 dny +3

    Grief is the price of love.

  • @LesleyGarvs-vo7eq
    @LesleyGarvs-vo7eq Před 27 dny +3

    Only today it happened to me...I was walking and doing mimics of my face, so silly faces...then the memory of my best friend who past away 3 years ago filled me as she was always funny with mimics....and yes next time if sadness allows me , I will rather feel the essence of what she left in me rather than the memories of the past...

  • @PeppermintPatties
    @PeppermintPatties Před měsícem +3

    Such a beautiful and helpful interaction. Thank you. 🙏
    I'm deeply grieving the amicable loss of a 15 year relationship. No physical death, thank goodness, but the grief is devastating and sometimes unbearable, leaving me feeling utterly broken.
    The idea of bringing the lost one from my past into my present and holding them with me is lovely.
    He was and is part of me right now, and I can love what the relationship gave me and taught me then, right now.
    He can be in the present with me without heaviness or clinging to the past, and we can move forward together, just physically apart. We want happiness for the other, and it can be so.
    🥰

  • @fabiennegal5846
    @fabiennegal5846 Před měsícem +4

    Quand j'écoute Eckart, ce qui me touche le plus, ce ne sont pas ses mots mais sa présence ! Je pourrais même me poser mentalement des questions et rester simplement dans sa présence consciente, je suis sûre que j'aurais des réponses ! Sans dire un mot Eckart tu nous libères de nos maux. Merci d'exister avec autant de présence. ❤❤🙏🙏

    • @allonszenfantsjones
      @allonszenfantsjones Před měsícem +1

      C'est quand meme vrai. Ca fait 2 ans j'ai assite pendant 2 heures seulement ecoutant sa voix dans un theatre parmi 1500 spectateurs. Le silence etait si doux. J'avais le sens que les paroles n'avaient aucune importance.

  • @teamginger6359
    @teamginger6359 Před 20 dny

    I love this. It's an issue I've been struggling with as well. This is a beautiful explanation, absolutely eloquent. Thank you, Eckhart. 💖

  • @Cil3464
    @Cil3464 Před měsícem +3

    Thank you to you both for this question and answer… I think very many people fill find deep clearity and comfort in this short but very profound talk… 🙏❤️

  • @bheenachoytooa1604
    @bheenachoytooa1604 Před 26 dny +2

    The microscopic droplets of consciousness stay within us for a short while and when the time comes, they leave the bodies but are present within the web of consciousness forming ONE .We are One energy that is everywhere.Right now on Earth,we are in the world, one of these days,we will all shed our bodies and seems to disappeared but we are immortal.

  • @ChildofGod98765
    @ChildofGod98765 Před měsícem +6

    Give me strength Lord Jesus. I’m struggling providing for my children. I will keep faith. I have two beautiful boys both have special needs. I’m overwhelmed because they require so much from me. I’m fearful because every month is a struggle to not end up on the streets with my boys. I’m so stressed so I ask you Lord to restore my faith. I’m so tired Lord Jesus of constantly struggling to pay bills and struggling to buy groceries. Ashamed because I’m failing as a mother. Please Lord continue to give me strength. ❤️

    • @nida1090
      @nida1090 Před měsícem +1

      You are certainly not failing as a mother. It's impossible to be perfect as a human being because only God is perfect. Please relax and keep the faith, if you call yourself a child of God then you need to sleep with ease because He has got your back :')

    • @onyxsafira2813
      @onyxsafira2813 Před měsícem

      Struggling to pay bils & groceries doesn't mean yre failing; the cost of living certainly has increased! :( Prayers to you for strength, faith and financial blessings 🙏🙏🙏

  • @jamesSwhite
    @jamesSwhite Před měsícem +2

    What a beautiful beautiful soul she is and our wonderful teacher. Love her sooo much!!

  • @bryanwhitehouse4141
    @bryanwhitehouse4141 Před měsícem +7

    Excellent guidance. I get it!

  • @roberta6795
    @roberta6795 Před 12 dny

    Fantastic and very usuful speech. This is the answer I needed. Thank you.🙏🙏🙏

  • @martinprochazka9434
    @martinprochazka9434 Před měsícem +3

    So touching and profound story, lot of love to her and her family.

  • @eu5870
    @eu5870 Před 28 dny +2

    Eu amo como ele se enche de cuidados ao falar. Eckhart Tolle é uma luz nesse mundo!

  • @joanmurphy2166
    @joanmurphy2166 Před 25 dny +1

    Thank you.

  • @sandyreimer6152
    @sandyreimer6152 Před měsícem +6

    🙏❤thanks to you Master 🙏it's ,quastion and ansure is the Best ,🌹🙏thank you both!🕉

  • @patrickol4300
    @patrickol4300 Před měsícem +4

    Best advice, ever

  • @amin_abdollahi_369
    @amin_abdollahi_369 Před měsícem +4

    Thankyou😊❤

  • @AlanVots
    @AlanVots Před 24 dny +2

    They say time heals everything, but it is quite the opposite; time does not heal anything. Since time is thought, it can only exacerbate pain. There is no escape; the thinker has no other form than his thought. What one must do is transcend thought to see if pain and suffering can cease, not as an act of will, but through a deep understanding of What Is. To see What is.

  • @afoolsjourney4444
    @afoolsjourney4444 Před 21 dnem

    Thank you 🙏🏻 thank you 🙏🏻 thank you ! Beautiful

  • @Writer198
    @Writer198 Před měsícem +5

    Deep Regards🙏

  • @adamcarey5321
    @adamcarey5321 Před měsícem +6

    Beautiful

  • @venessatalbert9232
    @venessatalbert9232 Před měsícem +2

    Thank you Mr. Tolle. I really needed this😢❤

  • @rando9574
    @rando9574 Před 24 dny +1

    Thank you so much. I really needed this

  • @user-bt9km7ev6g
    @user-bt9km7ev6g Před měsícem +1

    Thank you Eckhart. 🙏

  • @annettegilkes5587
    @annettegilkes5587 Před 18 dny

    I lost my husband January 2024 ..I feel into a pleasurable feeling in the body and expand it then I call in my husband and start talking with him and I believe he’s answering ..

  • @Jules-dn9jl
    @Jules-dn9jl Před 23 dny

    Beautiful response.

  • @lorraineniblett2439
    @lorraineniblett2439 Před měsícem +1

    Beautiful..... ♥️❤️♥️ Thank you Mr Tolle... 🙏

  • @MostMarak.guruji.aapkatikbolla

    My peeling remember gods heart

  • @SusieAspen
    @SusieAspen Před měsícem +1

    On the other hand, my mother was suffering so much at age 97 that I felt happiness that she wasn't suffering any longer. I'm sad about not having her here, but she no longer had a quality of life on any level.

    • @paulohlsson27
      @paulohlsson27 Před měsícem

      Hi Susie, how's your day going with you?

  • @ScottWheeler-vd3gm
    @ScottWheeler-vd3gm Před 22 dny

    So good ..❤ lv this teaching..thank u Eckhart

  • @Bit_1980
    @Bit_1980 Před měsícem +4

    😭 Thank you ☕️💜

  • @RudolphGonzales-pz5vj
    @RudolphGonzales-pz5vj Před 28 dny +1

    Hello Eckhart tolle. Hope you're doing well. I wanted to write that i have been taking psychiatric medicine and trying to find the now as well as find jehova. My concentration is better but i feel like chaos or ego still tries to destroy my inner peace. Any ways. I hope you stay safe and i hope you continue to enlightened us. Thank you for your free videos. I love you and hope you live a long time as you bring hope in a bad world.

  • @vincentasks
    @vincentasks Před měsícem +13

    Thank you, Eckhart! I feel my son's essence and smile. Actually laugh sometimes, maybe through tears, but it is still wonderful.

  • @allonszenfantsjones
    @allonszenfantsjones Před měsícem +1

    I actually love my fantasies. They can be very brief, but I feel like it's a sort of gesture, to the life not lived. I do however observe myself having them. I don't get lost.

  • @dr.keshavamurthy2785
    @dr.keshavamurthy2785 Před měsícem +6

    Love is Here Now beyond Space and Time. Everything and everyone is here now deep in the present moment. Thank you Eckhart Tolle sir sir. I love you. Gratitude ocean of love light peace joy oneness expandedness acceptance understanding and appreciation

    • @swayp5715
      @swayp5715 Před měsícem +1

      Thank you for this and when you think about it what else could it be but to do what you have said. There really isn't anything else. Thanks for all you do ❤

  • @jennifermizote537
    @jennifermizote537 Před měsícem

    This is so beautiful to hear as I have experienced this feeling in the last couple of years now with loved ones who have passed on. I used to grieve deeply for years, but since I started to recognize my own essence, I am connecting within to their own essences too, and my grief is no longer as deep. Hearing Eckhart explain it in words is very helpful to me. 💜🙏

  • @michaelbreeding1109
    @michaelbreeding1109 Před měsícem +20

    How timely! I had a vivid dream this morning in which my estranged son appeared. We haven't seen nor heard from him in over a year. It is a constant sadness which I have. Eckhart's teaching here reminds me again that the essence of every human being is formless and can therefore be accessed at any given moment of full awareness of my own essence! This describes what happened this morning perfectly. I have never felt my son's presence as fully as I did this morning, and do even right now as i write this comment!🙏🏼❤️

    • @helion333
      @helion333 Před měsícem +2

      Thank you, I am quite certain it’s mutual. We are practicing Unity ironically through physical estrangement

    • @sudhakar7889
      @sudhakar7889 Před měsícem +2

      I hope your grief isn't tender as my words below might hurt you.
      It's just your brain taking memory to make imaginations. Ever since my brother's death 11 months ago, I've been getting various kinds of dreams especially vivid ones past a week which are like yesterday. In dreams I feel like he's next to me with his never lasting smile, but when I open my eyes I come again to reality. It feels like the dream is reality and the reality is the dream. I find it all to be the brain's activity and nothing more though I want to name it something spiritual.
      One day, even these will fade as the grief is never the same like the first few months of his demise. Soon he'll become memory and our lives will go on.
      We are just trying ways to cope up with the loss and that's it. Spirituality makes it easier. Believing they aren't dead and will forever be with us just gives us some relief but in reality I don't think that's the case. Even I wish to believe in the afterlife because it sounds so beautiful.

    • @michaelbreeding1109
      @michaelbreeding1109 Před měsícem +3

      @@sudhakar7889 I am sorry for your loss. It is good to be aware of the mind activity that distracts us from the awareness in which we find our true essence or spirit. You do not insult me or disturb me in any way with your assertions...they are yours, not mine.
      I wish only loving kindness for you as you continue on your physical journey in this impermanent world, and your spiritual journey in the timeless realm. We each must find our own way...
      Peace always💞🙏🏼

    • @sudhakar7889
      @sudhakar7889 Před měsícem

      @@michaelbreeding1109 Yes indeed.

    • @diveguy4291
      @diveguy4291 Před měsícem

      ​@@sudhakar7889 this has also been my experience since the death of my father 8 months ago, the mind likes to recreate them and in dreams it feels extremely real, I even remember telling my mother in one dream, look dad is there and he's not dead, and then asking why is he not dead? And then waking up to the reality that it's just a dream and since other people within the dream are still alive and not asleep at the time the dreams occur it is evident that it can't be anything other than imagination. It can be extremely depressing to understand that they are gone forever but the thing i struggle with most is knowing that one day we will also be gone and won't be alive to be with our loved ones, life seems ultimately very unfair and cold but there's nothing we can do except accept it.

  • @Omnipresence10
    @Omnipresence10 Před měsícem

    I listen beyond death into life eternal, that is where we become one. Eternal love speaks through the silence and remains forever.

  • @yvonnevandenbrink9828
    @yvonnevandenbrink9828 Před měsícem

    Beautifull teaching. Thank you. 💕

  • @carolinebielby5924
    @carolinebielby5924 Před měsícem +1

    This was wonderful, she didnt say his age but guessing he was young could feel the pain if i do go to a graveyard its like almost impossible to think all these people were once here ❤

  • @C_gar
    @C_gar Před 19 dny

    graciass!!🙏