Dealing with a Unique Spiritual Experience | Eckhart Tolle Explains
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- čas přidán 18. 10. 2023
- Eckhart gives advice to an audience member who experiences a very unique ego death. In this video, he talks about how to face it, how to perceive it, and how to embrace it.
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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.
It was courageous of her to share such a detailed experience with everyone, and I'm grateful she did. Eckhart managed to give such an enlightened response that I feel my own courage being inspired and ignited by it 🙏❤
Same here I feel the inspiration to stop giving up and deal with negative emotions and see what happens on the other side 👍🏾
Some people will understand when you speak your mind, but many dont, they will think your mad or something. When you are chosen by the creator you will be put true a lot. Its not to bring you down, but it's to move you from a different place it your life to a part of enlightenment and ascension to the new world...
Eckhart is right. Facing fear is the best approach. My horrible 11+ years-long panic attacks stopped in 2011, the first time I consciously observed the moment my thoughts were creating fear in my psyche. Usually, I had been feeding the arising fear with more idiotic thoughts. That observation, or you can call it an awareness, dissolved the fear very quickly. Panic attacks never came back. I live now in an almost constant meditative state. You can call it a daily meditation. 24/7 I am aware of every thought or feeling that arises in me. Different kind of life :)
How do you manage to sustain it during moments of panic or more so across into the next day. I always lose out in the morning after sleep
@@AcceleratorUlz "How do you manage to sustain it (awareness I presume) during moments of panic." I do not remember having a moment of panic since my panic attacks stopped in 2011. To be more clear I will use a real-life example. I used to be afraid of getting a speeding ticket or being stopped by cops and fined for something. One has to go to court to fight it. That was not a strong fear but I could remember the thoughts that would pop into my head when a police officer was somewhere close, or not even there but I realized that I "have sinned" :). Those thoughts were always there in such situations and slight nervousness. NOW, there is no internal reaction at all. One evening I did not obey traffic laws 100% and a police officer was following my car in close proximity (He turned away eventually). PURE OBSERVATION was there only. WHY? Years of dissolving of emotional energy in my psyche. Noticing a popping thought, searching for the feeling associated with it, and ANIHILATING IT. Years ago, I was more than FORCEFUL in getting rid of it. I am more gentle with myself now :)
@@AcceleratorUlz "I always lose out in the morning after sleep". For years, the first thing I would do after waking up was to check for the "emotional energy field" in me. I would go through the list of feelings (apathy, grief, fear, anger ... etc.) and WATCH/FEEL reaction within. Any tightness, or pain in my body would be examined closely. I would direct my attention there and ZERO IN on it. Like putting a STRONG BEAM of LIGHT on a specific spot. There were other things I would do ... but that would be too much for now :) To use an analogy, it was like dissolving clouds in the sky. The more were removed the easier was for SUN to break through and shine.
@@AcceleratorUlz What one can do? Accept everything!!! Do not allow your mind to scold yourself. If judging thoughts happen... notice them and let them go without engaging in "internal conversation"! If you are aware of the thoughts (voice in the head) .. you are in the state you want to be. Do not search for anything else. If one loses awareness of the thoughts often, having a NOTE with the message "WATCH YOUR THOUGHTS" on walls, and furniture where one spends a lot of time will help. Seeing it will switch to perception INSTANTLY! In time, intervals of losing awareness will get shorter and there will be no need for any additional help. Switch/shift WITHIN will happen by itself quickly. I hope it helps :)
P.S. I never used notes for myself, but now I think they may help. Sorry for the long reply.
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I used to get this fear as I was dropping into sleep. A great terror of death would awake me. I realised i could not live like this. I also stopped taking a drug called amitryptaline. I never had these terror attacks until I was in my late 50's. I am still in the process of awakening and Eckhart teachings are central to my life. My heart is with this lady.
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When they said she was going crazy, she was awakening.
When they said that she was isolating, she was healing.
When they said she was acting funny, she was growing.
When they said that she had changed, she was evolving.
When they said she did not care anymore, she finally realized that her peace lives within.
When they said he was becoming distant, he was learning to trust himself.
When they said he was losing touch, he was finding his inner voice.
When they said he was being stubborn, he was asserting his boundaries.
When they said he was aloof, he was finding solitude and serenity.
When they said he was being unrealistic, he was dreaming bigger.
awesome!
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Thank you, this is so beautiful
How did you know ❤️🔥
@@helion333 Many people have the same experience. It is normal to feel like we are going crazy when we are awakening.
Terror of death - sounds very familiar to me, and I believe many people share it. I've listened to Eckhart's answer and read most of the comments and I can easily agree with them. Just one marginal remark: now that I'm 53 my own experience tells me that this terror of death kind of wears off with age. I mean, I had a terrible fear of annihilation (not physical process but disappearance itself) in my 30s and 40s but now it's no longer bothering me. The older I get, the easier it is for me to look at myself from a distance, as if I was looking at somebody else and not me, and this gives me an insight that birth and death are illusory. It's also about a sense of time - the older you get, the more you are convinced that time is an illusion. It's not an idea that you arrive at - it's just a feeling.
I find that very interesting, I'm stuck in the panic at the moment, it was triggered by my fathers death and since then I have deep paralysing fear of non-existence, I say paralysing because realising I won't exist makes doing anything feel pointless and when I catch myself becoming attached to an action I quickly remember that it's an utterly meaningless pursuit since the outcome will still be non existence. It doesn't help that I live with regrets and removing the notion of an afterlife or reincarnation removes the possibility of fixing those regrets. What I'd give to go back to that youthful feeling of not worrying and just enjoying life.
Yes... "Bringing awareness to it"... I used to run from certain things as well. But practice has helped with it. I think MV Summers speaks of this so well: _Instead of running away from yourself or avoiding yourself, you are opening the doors to your inner world, letting all the demons out, letting all the darkness out, turning on the lights in the dark recesses of your mind._ ... it is a practice... a practice which requires courage...
Thank you for this quote! The visualization helps. Looks like I’ll be reading some MV Summers! 😌✌🏼
Words, not direction. People need direction at times
Thank You 🙏 ❤
Wow. Beautiful 😍
beautiful could I know who is from those beautiful talk....what is MV? thank you
From the time I was a child I would get a very similar sort of panic attack in the night as I fell asleep. It was like the illusion of the world is being stripped away and there would only be nothingness, no beginning and no end. I couldn't handle that feeling, and would get out of bed, and run and scream.This wasn't everyday , maybe a couple times a month.
But this happened a few days ago, and I was so tired of it, and begged the universe for help on how to deal with it. So, thank you for this video. I believe this is exactly what I needed to hear.
Same for me also
I have had panic attacks for 16 years. Probably a whole lot longer if I include all those tiles I was “sick” at sleepovers and had to come home.
About two weeks ago I had a violent panic attack. The pain came in waves, I was terrified. I was sure something terrible would happen, I knew I was dying. I started shaking, then more violently, then it subsided. This repeated itself about 7-8 more times. By the end I could feel the waves coming and knew I was going to start shaking again. I said to my wife I’m so thankful for this experience. I was able to observe the experience and really feel it. I was thankful for being able to have such an intense experience. At that point I had no idea who Ekert Tolle was. I discovered him about a week later. I’ve since had a couple of other panic episodes arise, that I was able to calm. One stopped when I decided to smile. The smile lead to a laugh ( mid panic attack ). It’s amazing the peace you can find when you realize you are not your mind !
Having a spiritual awakening was the most profound, magical and beautiful experience I've ever had. Having my children was the best thing in the world but awakening was the best personal experience. It was just 3 yrs ago, I was 52 and atheist my whole adult life and didn't know what a sp awakening was. It was spontaneous, and I do understand a little bit of she was saying. Nobody I know, family or friends, has had an awakening or knew what it was. Everybody thought there was something wrong with me, they wanted me to call my psychiatrist, I was depressed & had a lot of anxiety before my experience. After it happened I was so excited and full of love for everybody, I called everybody yelling there is a God but it's not whst we were taught, and telling them how much i loved them and whst happened, they thought there was something wrong with me. It came out of nowhere, I was inundated with so much love in and all around me and so peaceful , and it felt like I was connected to the universe, I didn't know any other way to explain that, and it felt like somebody opened my head and switched on a light, I understood everything as if it was downloaded in my brain, there's no way to explain it adequately. Right after I "woke up" it was like flood gates opened and a world I never knew about fell into my life. Every video I saw was about spirituality, quantum physics, crystals, channelers... I wanted everybody to awaken, so I'd send them the videos, then they got mad. I was euphoric for 4 months but anytime I tried to talk about it nobody wanted to hear it. Then the euphoria ended, it was terrible, I wanted to be in that state of mind so bad, I would meditate for hrs and I sunk into a depression, but to this day all I want to to do is learn more. It's not lonely but I feel like I'm alone, just going through the motions in conversations. Well I guess I've been rambling, but I know without a doubt that we are all God experiencing itself from all perspectives, there's no need to worry about dying, we're all eternal and when we're finished learning and experiencing what we think is this physical life we go bsck to the unconditional love and light that we came from.
if you went to psychiatrist with this experience they would diagnose you as bipolar. welcome to the modern scientific based reality where anyone that experiences any kind of spiritual awakening is diagnosed with a mental illness. cheers
@@darx888So true. Whatever people don't understand they have to find a way to put it their box of reality.
Beautiful 😍 Thank you for sharing 🙏 I would advice you to not chase for some special spiritual experience. Just "BE OK" with NO experience. Surrender to present moment without any expectations and demands. Don't get attached to your past experience. Being alone is a best thing. Just allow it. God bless you ❤️
@@Gaurav.P0 well said
If you haven’t already heard of her I think you would resonate with Byron Katie. Sending peace to you. Keep going!
I struggle with the same experience with fear of death, so I'm very thankful to this person for bringing it up. I know how utterly terrifying it is, and I hope that Eckhart's advice can help myself and others who have the same experience.
You can do it! 😉
I used to have some milder versions of what this kind woman is describing when I was a child. But one time the experience was really intense and heavy. I still remember that one moment in the middle of the night very clearly. But only after watching this video I now realize how spiritually awake it had made me that night. Maybe that could have been the seed for my openness to spirituality even as a young atheist years later. Because the intense fear of realizing that the end of my existence was absolutely definite and there was no way around dying at some point in the future woke me up to my very presence as a being in this world altogether. Back then I began to become conscious of the feact that I am. I started to become conscious of my consciousness. It didn´t stay from that moment on, in fact I started to awaken more much later (and still am in the process and not at all done lol) but this experience somehow decreased my fear of death as it turned the fear into an overwhelming realization. First it was all about ceasing to exist but then it was turned on its head into the joy of existing in the first place. The wonder of the existence of everything is just magical. I love the world, I love being, and I love this woman for telling her story and wish her all the very best! God bless you all :)
Eckhart is the best.
Wow. So powerful to know that all of us have that one big traumatic thing that could become our door to awakening
Yes, I second this. It gave me comfort and ignited more compassion towards all fellow human beings. May you and everyone reading this be well.🙏🏼💛
thanks so much Eckhart for helping us to understand ourselves
Love Eckhart's advice, dealing with it consciously before it catches you off guard. What helped me was to write down on paper the total experience, describe it, making it come to light that way. After I did that I became totally free from its fearful occurrence again.❤
I have had this exact thing at random times for the past 20 years….absolute gut-wrenching terror….somehow I know it’s part of my spiritual journey.
This was so powerful. Many people claim they do not fear death. When he said this I profoundly felt the reality of what death means. I can feel the fear and also the peace beyond it.
Very grateful for this video
Yes it´s interesting that humans fear death, when it dosn´t exist. Death is the greatest illusion in the human mind. I know because i have experienced the Source.
Thank you Eckhart
Powerful delivery
Perfect timing as usual. I am struggling with the fear of death as I just had a triple hernia mesh implant surgery an recovery has not been going as expected an the operation itself was terrifying. I am still not if I am going to make it so these videos and Eckhart as always is so helpful when in the grips of extreme fear and it seems everyone else is completely asleep
I myself have had this.. What I discovered about it, was it was being brought on by my higher self as a way and a means in which to tell me that I wasn't living right - and that I wasn't living to my potential in this lifetime. So my higher self would try to use death as a motivator to make me take more charge of this life instead of wasting time not living fully to my potential. Can be really frightening in a way, as during those moments it's as though nothing really exists - as if reality is just an illusory construct.
Gabor Mate said something so profoundly resonant for me about this kind of issue - of becoming gripped in extreme fear at times of change or at thought of a big change presenting itself like moving home - even though it might be a better home and offer a chance to move forward and allow new experiences.. . Extreme panic made me sabotage it every time. I know I must go through this fear in order to move on.. I perceived the 'move' event as a fear event that will end in catastrophe or some kind of a disaster...in the future. I guess all anxiety and fear is a reaction to a fear of death really. But Gabor Mate puts its this way. If you are a child or baby who experienced trauma, you may have, in psychological terms developed 'primal agony,'.. the feeling of a terrible event being either present or in the future but neither is real... because the trauma has already happened. In spiritual terms fear is empty and whichever way you look at it, it has to be confronted in spaciousness. But understanding that trauma has already happened .. has helped me enormously. The brain or the mind keeps bringing it forth into the present ( its happening again ) or the future..
We spend years trying to get to the source of why we have fear, terror , anxiety whatever? Trauma can be as benign as not getting your needs met as an infant to suffering something more dramatic in childhood or adulthood .. But in infant years you can never know because the cognitive development was not present to translate the feelings... I almost died in childbirth of strangulation by the umbilical chord. I never made that connection as a 'thing' that could trigger major anxiety in big change. That was just one bit of it .. But Sometimes it's just all there within us.
Thanks for the comment it helped me . I bit into an electrical cord as a 2 year old . I suspect this might be experience that brings on my terror episodes .
I would recommend transcendental meditation for balancing deep peace and rest.
You will always be. Ditching the Ego is freedom. Spirit is your true identity.
It's so heartwarming and hopeful to see so many of us awakening; I know somehow, without any physical evidence, that consciousness is arising in direct proportion to the madness in our world. I smile to myself when I see or hear of horrific events in the world, not because of the event, but because I know the light of consciousness is growing as a natural counter to the darkness (we won't see this on our nightly news stations)
It's amazing how a very small amount of light can flood a huge dark area.
An image came to me recently of a huge empty stadium. In complete darkness one only has to light a small match, and that light can be seen anywhere in that stadium...whereas if it was flooded with light it becomes extremely difficult to spot the tiniest of dark corners.
That physical law is a reflection of how light will always be stronger than the dark, we just have to remind ourselves of this and hold that awareness in the darkest of times.
I know we're going to make it; a very turbulent time is approaching, but I for one will keep my candle lit, and I know many other will too :) ☺🙏
Those are blessed who find a good teacher
Hello, the spiritual answer is amazing 🙏 Though, I just want to let you know that I had the same kind of experience, until I was diagnosed with sleep apnea.
It disappeared with the treatment.
Take care ❤
Thank you both for sharing so much that was so helpful ❤🙏🏼 she talked about what I felt so often and couldn’t put in words. I take the advice for myself and give my best to surrender into that 🙏🏼
Thank you 🙏 thank you 🙏 thank you 🙏
It was a great miracle and blessing for me to see and hear this now❣️🕊️thank you so very much🙏
You are so welcome.
Bendigo todas las experiencias, duras para mi ego, que me han llevado a despertar de lo que nunca fuí. Bendito eres... Gracias siempre 🙏🏼 💜 🙇🏼♀️ 🌈
Beautiful ❤
El ego cambia o disminuye como su identidad ?
Incredible clarity!!! Thank you. Namaste 🙏❤️🔥
After two days with a sudden flu for which I didn't even remember being in the world😂 and this wasn't that bad😅 it's still wonderful to return to my normal life.
Which includes listening to Tolle's teachings in the evening.
So grateful! 💓🙏✨✨✨
yes shine your light on your fear
Beautiful video!!! Eckhart literally dissected her egoic self deception, "I don't fear death, yet I'm in terror"... she lies to herself as all of us somewhat do if we somewhat not 100% free of ego! If she understood what he is saying here, it can lead her to transmutation of fear of death that she actually has, and egoic self deception that she has! She was running away from it, but she should face it and meditate on it! Beautiful teaching from Eckhart!!!
She needs direction from someone that Fully understands what she is talking about, describing.
He did not answer her questions really, she needs a one on one so he can fully understand her intense terror.
@oneseeker2 not really, he understood her really well, sge terrofied of death yet she self decieves herself and says, thinks that she doesn't fear death... anyway, it doesn't what fear she has, there is only one way to deal with, is to intensely feel it, face it! You cannot feep terror and not feel fear at the same time... maybe it's dormant sometimes, but it's tgere, and it's huge!!!
Thank you for this important video. I know that you should never judge someone and that each case is specific. I hope Eckhart was able to help this woman.
If HE did, It was no recorded that I saw.
Thank you! That is very helpful!
Thanks for sharing such a fascinating video Eckhart! Have a great weekend! 💜🤍💜
This is called existential anxiety and I’ve experienced it as well but not to the degree that I’m running and screaming. It seems like her anxiety about it has grown so big over the years and running has become her coping mechanism. Eckhart’s suggestion of surrendering to the feeling is exactly the way to overcome it. Rather than running away and fighting it you just allow yourself to feel it and be with it.
Muchísimas gracias!!!❤️🤍💛🩵💚🧡💙
I appreciate the advice ❤️🙏
Thank you master! 🥺🙏💖🐈
Eckhart , Thank you .
thank you, very much.
Gratitude ❤
Wow. I have experienced something similar to this for a very long time. It is absolutely terrifying. But for me, recently, I have experienced twice a feeling of deep peace coming on before sleep and what I can only describe as a warm bright light surrounding me. And drawing me in. And feeling I have the choice to go into it or not. At first it just feels lovely and like the most love and peace and bliss I hsve ever experienced. But the deeper I go into it the more my fear grows and I can literally feel my "self" slipping away and my heart starts racing. I want to keep falling into that light so badly, but the fear gets the best of me each time, and I pull away. I have no idea what will happen and my fear is that I will actually die and not occupy my body anymore if I go through with this experience. But at the same time I kbow I can't avoid it forever. I need to go through it. I can't keep living my life the way I always have. Has anyone ever gone through this and live to tell the tale?
Hi❤ you might be interested in Jonathan van Valin. He posts videos on youtube; he is a spiritual teacher and he has gone through a near death experience. So from all I‘ve heard him talk about I do think he has gone through this and can now talk about it and guide those facing the same or similar situations. Hope this helps🙏
Thank you so much for your reply! I really appreciate it. I am going to check him out! Much love to you💛
I have the same experience as you described. It already happend many times and it's coming again and again,each time it's deeper as I fall into that energy. The deepest fear of ego is happing and it felt like the death is here - my heart is racing so rapidly like it's going to burst out of my chest. It's like a passage. And then the energetic system is filled with new peacefull energy. I do not understand it mentally yet. But it feels like some kind of upgrade. Each time ego is experiencing death and each time something new in the body is born...And also the perception of reality in the body is new,different than before.
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It's as if I'm literally writing, I'm literally experiencing the same thing
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Thank you Sir
“It’s not a fear of dying..it’s definitely not a fear of death..it’s not a fear of dying”
It is.
Very touching and deep experience , I which this beautiful lady for her ‚monster‘ to be transformed ❤❤
The same thing began happening to me after losing my father, I was not afraid of death before that but now I have a deep fear of non existence which manifests as a permanant panic attack, it removes all meaning from my daily life since I know I will not exist to remmeber it ever happened. It seems Eckhart did not have an answer to this which indicates to me he had not himself deeply considered the idea thst one day he will not exist either. Most people talk about death but don't seem to grasp the notion that they will not exist to experience that they have died or that they ever lived in the first place.
I've never feared death until so many people close to me died. I've been going through something similar. I have these strange dreams after my husband died and yes I wake up in pure panic 😮 I just assumed it was grief 😢 and trauma 😳 although my grief is complicated. I assumed it was a way of my brain trying to deal with emotional pain that my mind couldn't process during the day. This video is interesting 🤔
I don't assume anything.
Dreams process our emotions. In sleep, our body repairs and dreams repair our emotions and feelings. During covid, there were many reports of nightmares for people who didn't have those before. So I believe you are completely correct in what you say. I wake up now after a dream and try to recall it and figure out the meaning behind it, I 'face' it, it's fascinating. I don't have as many now, I had nightmares all my life and I sleep somewhat better now. But I am always working on myself and life is forever changing. I am so sorry for your losses and can only imagine your grief. Realizing we all die is a weird reality but I don't want to fear death - my 'fear' is not living a wholehearted life. And getting older or losing people brings this nearer ❤
I love you Ekchart, sorry for everything ❤
Satori is clear and joyful
Thankyou🌸🌸💜
As I keep progressing in my spiritual awareness, I start to feel very intense existential terror as well. It's not fear of death, though. Is the idea of oneness, or the idea of Solipsism (or being the only conscious human) and life being a dream, the realization that time is an illusion and thinking what if I'm eternal and can't never die?. Anyone else going though the same? What's so perplexing about this, is that I also experience these deeply peaceful states, a kind of peace that's not mine, it doesn't come from something that I'm thinking about.
Yeah I have this same kind of experience, see my comment just now in the main thread, let me know if that relates. The part you added is something I also feel and didn't add but now you've said it it just came to me I also get that it's weird cos I've never even tried to think about it before rather tried to push it out my mind all my life as it's so traumatic to think about/comprehend that unavoidable reality that one day I won't exist..(that im aware of and at least as I am now)
Very similar description to me
And it feels so lonely, because I'm the one that's going through this, who am i going to share it with? Plus there aren't many people (in my life) that can discuss these topics at a very deep level.
@@Rocio-wy2eg Maybe we should do a meet-up where similar minded people can hang out lol.
@@bilbo8338 I'm down for it.
Beautiful video ❤
You can definitely do that through lucid dreaming (Stephen LaBerg Ph.D)
And I was just reading how religious experiences are always accounts from lucid dreaming… with miraculous feeling and healings on every level through this practise anyone can learn with enough commited practise
❤❤❤thank you love always Peace be yo all ❤
Oh 😮 Good solution 😊
I resonate with her question & have asked myself that same question. I wonder if some of this is part of the dark Knight of the soul that she is facing so like Eckert says, facing the fear consciously, and before you go to sleep, stating I will face my fear.
Dark Knight of the soul. I do no understand.
@@oneseeker2 As we go through the dark night of the soul, we often feel like we’re living in a void where who we were doesn’t seem to fit anymore, and we haven’t evolved into who we’re meant to become. We’re in the liminal space-no longer and not yet.
We begin to question everything that we believe to be true. Our minds are desperately attempting to create meaning around our experience so that we can regain control and familiarity. The dark night of the soul is an intervention orchestrated by our soul to signal it’s time to get in touch with our true selves.
You can look up the information just Google it
It occurs when we have drifted too far away from our true selves and live lives that aren’t true to who we are. In The Dark Night Of The Soul: Illuminating The Depths Of Personality, I clarify that the DNOS is about our conditioned personality that eclipses our soul, not our soul.
She means the Dark Night of the Soul.
I hope this lady finds her way to the teachings of Igor Kufayev. She’s clearly amidst a full kundalini process and I believe Igor is the best contemporary teacher out there, who addresses all kundalini phenomena.
Muchas Gracias amado maestro por tu enseñanza, pude comprender que el fin último no es tener experiencias de iluminación sino vivir en iluminación ❤✨🙏🏻
Pray before you go to sleep
Even if you dont believe
thx
"The pain-body may seem to you like a dangerous monster that you can not bear to look at, but I assure you that it is an insubstantial phantom that cannot prevail against the power of your presence"
---The Power of Now
I think we could view this from a different angle. If we are all composed of the elements of the universe, experiencing itself, there actually is no difference between my experience and anyone else’s, as it comes from the same source. With this view of reality, I believe the harsh understanding of what death is, is softened; however, you must relinquish much of your ego to truly understand what you are.
Once grasping this concept, we live with a much healthier compass of how we should live our lives. If you are me and I am you, as we come from the same source, then I should act in a manner that always maximizes joy and love, and minimizes suffering. Additionally, if my life’s compass is telling me to maximize joy and happiness for all, fearing death is not of value. It is pointless.
It is so important in this life to not become rigid in views or ideology, I believe if you do you become self-obsessed.
There is reasons why being self-less versus self obsessed makes us happier. Tap into this, worry less about you, and bring others up through your actions.
One last point: I wouldn’t rigidly view death as non-existence. That is like saying life on earth is pointless because space is so vast how could this have any meaning. This stems from the fundamental misunderstanding that we are separate from each other and the cosmos. No, you are composed of that cosmos, and may be the most unique thing that has been produced from it. Even that peanut butter jelly sandwich you are eating is made up of the cosmos. This is amazingly beautiful and hard to believe.
Right. I believe none of it. Death is death, no you any longer, no consciousness, nothing.
@@oneseeker2I wasn’t making the point you are. I understand your opinion, and I used to generally believe that too.
I believe reality and consciousness, life and
death, time and location are all mysterious subjects, and they are all interconnected. Thinking that death is nothing and that is cut and dry is thinking too rigidly.
@@oneseeker2Yep you believe that, but you can’t actually know it. We know for sure what happens to the body.
But we can’t know what happens to the mind, our metaphysical energy, after physical death…
I just suggest to, not hold tightly on a personal opinion about something we can not know factually.
@@Alex722 I totally agree, NOBODY KNOWS what happens when we die, and ANYONE who says they do know are either delusional or trying to delude us. Worse case scenario, simply go back to non existence exactly as we were before being given the wonderful experience, I personally don't remember being upset about not existing before so I do not suppose I'd be upset if I returned to that state after this experience ends. On the other hand if there is even more life after this wonderful amazing beautiful current experience that each and every one of us is so fortunate to have then I'm going to need a much bigger heart to hold all that extra gratitude I'd surely have, because my current heart is so full of absolute gratitude for this wonderful life and all the wonderful people and experiences I've had and have with those people. My personal motto is Accept what is, Trust what will be, and be very Grateful for everything 🙏🙏🙏🙏
I am gonna ge the odd one out. It seems to me that many people are confusing neurosis with ”satoris”. It goes to tell us What spiritual materialsim has created.
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Brilliant and inciteful comments by Eckhart as always. I agree she should sit through it until the energy changes. It sounds an awful lot like the 10,000 demons that tried to disturb buddah when he was achieving bliss.
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誰もが同じ経験をしていますね。彼女の場合には、辛い体験が伴うけれど、目醒めているはずのわたしたちも同じ体験をしています。
わたしの中のモンスターといつも向き合っていきます❤ありがとう💕
Who could think Sandra Bullock is attending Eckart’s events!!
Are u sure it's her?
@eckhart please disable mid roll ads in your videos. They are quite disruptive
Kedarprabhu use add block
It sounds like these attacks are simple night terrors, where the body has a type of panic attack during sleep. I've had these before, and they seem to be a type of brain seizure brought on by stress. Night terrors are tortuous, but embracing them with radical acceptance in the moment as we can with all pain body symptoms takes away it's power and it fades.
Her's has not faded, or dimmed. She needs better than a few words
Night terrors are not simple
Eckhart has given all of the words needed :)
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"Simple" in comparison to a complicated explanation that attributes deep meaning to them. If we imagine that something deeper is happening, it can give the illusion that there is no way to alleviate the pain. Alternatively, if we realize the body is simply reacting to stress, and practice mindfulness, there is hope for relief.
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Yes I thought exactly this. I’ve been plagued by night terrors for 30 years. I also wake up running out of bed and I ‘know’ I’m going to die. I’d do anything to get rid of them. I meditate and follow Eckhart’s teachings, but my life is very stressful.
As a Nurse, is just asked ... Is she not just suffering a tremendous drop of blood pressure or blood glucose levels in her blood?
Sounds familiar to me ... if I am right.
do a past life regression or a introspective hypnosis healing session you might be having interference in this life from a past life
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Just my 2 cents - we, as spirits keep reincarnating, so death is not an end but also a beginning of a new life - it is a transition / change into a new life. I am very sensitive to people that want to end their lives - I do not feel this with this lady. Since this fear always comes in a dream, I am inclined to think that this death is actually a metaphor for something else: the fear of change. If a person is stuck in a repeating pattern - often it is because there is a spiritual lesson in that situation. Yet facing the monster - which is the only way to break the cycle can cause fear / anxiety, for several possible reasons: it is too painful to deal with (a preference to suffering is chosen rather than to face the problem), or it could be fear of the unknown (will my life be better not being in this cycle - what will my life be like? - that is a question of the ego-identity, btw) or simply being afraid to start (not knowing how to address this monster - so the instant reaction is to run away). As always, experiencing emotions / thoughts is one thing - but only observing them (why am i experiencing these emotions / thoughts) is the way out. When one realizes why these experiences are it is a very powerful moment. An awakening moment, a shift of paradigm. Next one needs to observe and work with those thoughts until the awakening moment turns into a permanent shift of consciousness. That will release you from the cycle and the fear will disappear. How do i know? I've got the Tshirt, it took me only 40 years.
When you "woke up running" were you still lying down in bed? That happened to me and while it was happening I kept asking "what is this?" "what is this?" Finally, a thought came into my head "Christ Consciousness" but I couldn't comprehend how the Christ Consciousness (in my spiritual eye) could be related to my legs moving and a vague feeling in my base chakra. Now I understand it as the awakening of the kundalini force in my base chakra which has risen over the years to higher chakras as a direct result of studying the Self-Realization Fellowship (SRF) lessons and practicing Kriya Yoga. You might like to read "Autobiography of a Yogi" by Paramahansa Yogananda who founded SRF. Does this help you at all?
I think the person unconsciously grasps the true nature of a human - Nothing. Yes, Nothing can be fearsome.
In Ethiopia we treat this behavior with holy water! It will be washed away immediately with the will of God!
May God help her
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Relax and remain in the witness. nothing more to do
I wonder if she beliving in god . For it helps me a lot .
I find this confusing. I have this terror of non existence as well and it’s feels like this is not the real world but not clear on how you use this fear as an opening like Ekhart saying.
Honestly asking, because I may not be conscious enough, but missed any directions here.
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What is satori?
Sudden enlightenment. What is enlightenment? There’s so many different opinions of what it means to be enlightened. I’m still trying to understand this concept, for if she really attained enlightenment then shouldn’t she be free of her tormentors? Or maybe we can attain enlightenment in some areas of our life…Eckhart said it best here at the end of what is totally “awaken” or in another word enlighten/satori 11:26
@@Kitylz its not enlightenment, it's a glimpse into enlightenment. it's closer to being called an "awakening" in english. it's usually temporary. enlightenment is an awakening that becomes permanent. it's when that awakened state becomes your normal state of being
@@darx888 Thanks, it makes a lot more sense.
Feels like it has to do with an excarnation trauma, former life
Fear of ego death?
Face your fear
Yes,. It's not always easy but it is always necessary to overcome our fears. Fear is a feeling, and emotion and if we just allow the feeling and fear to be there as long as they wish to be whilst we ourselves simply put our attention and thinking elsewhere fear loses it power over us. Pushing fear away just makes it bigger while and allowing ourselves to become consumed by it gives it energy, but non but accepting its presence but choosing not to engage with it, is the first and most important step to freedom from it 🙏🙏🙏🙏
Sounds like panic anxiety disorder. Fight flight. Try breathing techniques
That won't help her, at all.
..Observe. Love. Surrender with a Sigh of Relief to the pain and suffering of Ego Sign. The alert of the misidentification with thought that can be labelled Ego Sign and says "Hello, I. No, Not this! I am". Observe. Love. Surrender with a Sigh of Relief to Ego Sign. Observe gratitude for the gift of the alert to the unconscious misidentification with thought. Mind is unconscious to Ego, yet Ego Sign fear and desire is observable to I am, and is reflected in mind as the realisation that thought is not real! I am real. The monster is unconscious misidentification being displayed as an alert to the very same misidentification... Recognise the truth that all pain and suffering simply says "Hello, I. No, (I am) not this! I am". The physical Surrender with a Sigh of Relief is the observation that all form of pain and suffering is Surrender. Observe Surrender with it. Observe form breathe a Sigh of Relief that I show I the truth of the misidentification with thought that simply says I am, because I am. There is nothing to remember or is needed to be remembered because thought can only say I am. Nothing more. Nothing less. No guilt. No anxiety. No sadness. No frustration-anger. No excitement. All those things are Ego Sign. Surrender with a Sigh of Relief to the alert and observe the truth that I am!...
I think school conditioning is damaging, kids are not actually enjoying life when they are just constantly waiting for the next instruction.
***My opinion****Her fear of not existing as the form she is experiencing now is because she is fully conscious at that time. I don’t think Eckhart understood/or was able to identify her conscience awareness about death of form.
Her fear is a reality that will happen. Most people don’t grasp the truth of form death. It is scary and that is ok. When I’ve used marijuana I’ve experienced this realization and it is terrifying to mentally grasp for very long.
Eckhart Tolle has many Spiritual ideas may that may help you feel better; however, listening or reading spiritual material will help you momentarily; unfortunately, you will go back to old patterns of behavior that keeps you in a passive comfortable state of being. You must be involved in a serious study and work group to change your basic character, from an ego mindset to an awakened intelligent spiritual being.
It is menopause...