Guided to Presence: 20 Minute Meditation with Eckhart Tolle

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  • Опубликовано: 25 дек 2024

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  • @sherriec5258
    @sherriec5258 2 года назад +232

    Eckhart saved me 10+ years ago from overwhelming grief after my mom passed away unexpectedly. I'll forever be grateful. Whenever I get down I always remember things he taught me and snap out of it. He's so precious.

    • @LaceyMad
      @LaceyMad 2 года назад +12

      I feel very much the same after my Dad passed over. I always come back to Eckhart. 💜🇬🇧

    • @sherriec5258
      @sherriec5258 2 года назад +1

      @Island Lotus Yes, I will, thank you

    • @sherriec5258
      @sherriec5258 2 года назад +3

      @Island Lotus I didn't find your story in all the thread. If you like you can copy and paste it in this reply. I'd like to read it. Thank you.

    • @jagdishisrani7993
      @jagdishisrani7993 2 года назад +3

      My brother is with me

    • @Kellyesan
      @Kellyesan 2 года назад +9

      My father is currently dying, and I'm hoping for the same outcome. I don't want this pain and grief to overtake me. I'm trying every moment of the day to follow Eckhart's example.

  • @IrfanAli-gg3od
    @IrfanAli-gg3od 2 года назад +164

    Born in traditional muslim family but i found true essence of religion from echart. Thanks echart

    • @stopdaveful
      @stopdaveful 2 года назад +15

      Born in catholic traditional family, I can say the same, without quitting my catholic beliefs. I love when we can find a common ground that we can share among all beliefs, ad it stays in tune with all beliefs, respecting all of them. That is true sense of God.

    • @rogerlin9602
      @rogerlin9602 2 года назад +10

      Amen. 😇🤠
      The foundation of diversity is unity, not division. The Earth is diversity beyond description, and yet based on One Consciousness, One God.
      Unfortunately, politics, religion, and woke movement have been hijacked by collective unconsciousness. They divide and segregate conditionally in the name of progress and enlightenment.

    • @IrfanAli-gg3od
      @IrfanAli-gg3od 2 года назад +3

      @@rogerlin9602 true.

    • @IrfanAli-gg3od
      @IrfanAli-gg3od 2 года назад +4

      @@stopdaveful agree with you

    • @zaringonda6068
      @zaringonda6068 2 года назад +3

      Same here, born into a Zoarastrian family, definitely respected the concepts, but it's Eckhart and other likeminded teachers who gave me the essence.

  • @FrancisTrach
    @FrancisTrach 2 года назад +55

    Grounding into the present moment is a choice . Believing in fear is a choice. When we are stuck in unconscious patterns it does not seem like a choice, but once you become aware, you gain your Power Of Choice back , and see that you can stop feeding the fear. That is your Power . Great video Eckhart . Thanks for being one of the people that inspires me to post videos every single day .

  • @wcofwnc4902
    @wcofwnc4902 2 года назад +15

    The more present I become the more I see how much alot of people are not. We need communities of like minded people to talk about these things. Its extremely hard being present especially at work with money hungry bosses etc in an unconscious world!

  • @brianschraeder2832
    @brianschraeder2832 2 года назад +17

    This video is on a level of true greatness. This guy is a genius and should be way more famous. So glad I found him at this point in my life.

  • @Gordinifan
    @Gordinifan 2 года назад +39

    Eckhart, your my guide through the difficult experience I'm having now.

    • @Cinder222
      @Cinder222 2 года назад +7

      Hang in there Marcelo. There is light at the end of the tunel. Know that you're not alone.

    • @Gordinifan
      @Gordinifan 2 года назад +6

      @@Cinder222 Thank you Elena. Blessings from the universe for you!🙏

    • @Cinder222
      @Cinder222 2 года назад +5

      Blessings to you too Marcelo. May you be the light that illuminates others out of the dark.

    • @giovannirey8138
      @giovannirey8138 2 года назад +4

      Im sorry to hear you’re having a rough experience right now Marcelo. You got this. Much love.

    • @Gordinifan
      @Gordinifan 2 года назад +3

      @@giovannirey8138 Thank you for your support. I'm using all the spiritual knowledge I have to overcome this experience with peace and love. Big hug.

  • @now3210
    @now3210 2 года назад +4

    I am Alert Aware Consciousness, we all are, just has to be discovered Within.

  • @rogerlin9602
    @rogerlin9602 2 года назад +45

    Meditation means thoughtless awareness. It's presence. You don't have to close your eyes.
    You don't have to carry burden of the past and your mind doesn't have to be full of stuff.
    Thanks Eckhart. 18 September 2022.🦆🐛🦋🐦🎁🤠👍🐧🌹

  • @daryljohnson3945
    @daryljohnson3945 Год назад +2

    A sigh of not just relief but release .

  • @peacenlove6502
    @peacenlove6502 2 года назад +9

    ET getting more and more serious on the realization of Presence in every new talk ......we need to keep pace or else perish in sufferring ....wake up Guys !!

    • @rogerlin9602
      @rogerlin9602 2 года назад +1

      The energy of consciousness is accelerating. Negative consequences of unconsciousness are also becoming more serious. Other teachers / channels have also become much more serious in recent years. I have noticed the changes in Abraham and Bashar.😇
      19 September 2022

  • @maryfarrell7219
    @maryfarrell7219 6 месяцев назад +1

    Precious Brother! Thank You from my Very Being. I'm so appreciative of your skills, Energy, teachings and sense of humor! I'm overjoyed in Your Presence and honored to be able to comprehend your ability to take me Home!
    Blessings Always to You, Mary

  • @veraintuizione6497
    @veraintuizione6497 2 года назад +42

    I cannot say how I feel myself Home when I am listening to EckartTolle...The peace, the grace and spaciousness He is putting in my heart is boundless... Immensely gratefulI ✨🌠☀️🌺💮🍃💓🙏

  • @NigelCorbett
    @NigelCorbett 2 года назад +3

    I saw this and wrote this poem @4:00
    Leap forward with me.
    Without thinking.

    .
    That’s beautiful.
    What you did just then.
    What we did just then.

  • @susanls2909
    @susanls2909 2 года назад +11

    I usually have difficulty tolerating people who speak with pauses, but not with E Tolle! I become mesmerized. Furthermore, these trinkets of wisdom on RUclips have been just the thing to bring me over a great hurdle in my meditation practice… and surprisingly beyond. FOREVER GRATEFUL.

  • @shreejithnair4633
    @shreejithnair4633 Год назад +3

    This moment is all that matters. ❤

  • @HenrikLaurell
    @HenrikLaurell 2 года назад +2

    Eckhart is always great to listen to, but this time he excelled himself more than usual I think.

  • @danj9339
    @danj9339 Год назад +1

    This was a beautiful meditation session. Thank you.

  • @lewisfirth6502
    @lewisfirth6502 2 года назад +14

    His words always seem to be appropriate to what I need to hear, which is lucky for me he was revealed to me or I'd be in a "spot ".

  • @imeldaclayfigures4110
    @imeldaclayfigures4110 2 года назад +10

    Dear Eckhart. A few days ago I experienced a state of mind that I never had on before. It seemed like time was just a concept and somehow I felt a whole truness that was before time or any other concept. I felt that everything I can experience with words, is just an illusion, and the reality is what is before thoughts or words or concepts like time. If I have to call it somehow, I would call it: “This” :) It seemed to me totally funny and absurd that all my life I did not see this until now. I was in this state for hours, walking around. I found everything very beautiful and interesting, I was looking at things like I see them for the first time. I saw another reality that I felt is always there, I just did not understand it until then. It filled me with a great feeling of stillness, like that is the only thing that is always there, and us thinking that there is anything else really is a joke.
    Since then I am looking for other people who experienced this and I hope I will be able to experience this state again. Love. Btw you look amazing! :) Also, O would like to ask if this state is a state that you are always in, or sometimes less and sometimes more?

    • @glowingbuddha
      @glowingbuddha 2 года назад

      i experienced this a few times too!! this exact state. always happens when i listen to him too. at first i didn't even know what to do

  • @sinashahrezaei5277
    @sinashahrezaei5277 2 года назад +6

    Thank you for being a beacon of light for those of us lost in the darkness of the sea.

  • @JuLiAnnablessed
    @JuLiAnnablessed Год назад +1

    Thank You Eckhart Tolle.

  • @colemarsh13
    @colemarsh13 2 года назад +6

    Thank you ☺️

  • @saishiradkar2575
    @saishiradkar2575 2 года назад +24

    U r just superb Eckhardt sir....ur words of wisdom have brought complete revolution in my spiritual practice , so much so that u helped me to be in presence effortlessly....tqsm sir , full of gratitude.....no words !!

  • @weare1energymessages
    @weare1energymessages 2 года назад +8

    I have been experiencing that lately ❤️😂❤️🎉🎉 happily surprised . Yes to simplicity.keep it light

  • @juliemiller1151
    @juliemiller1151 2 года назад +8

    I'm having alot of difficulty facing alot of past childhood trauma. My mind keeps showing me more and more memories that I blocked and I feel so much overwhelming hate for my parents that I can hardly function. Eckhart is one of the few reliefs I get from my continuous madness..I'm grateful for this at least..

    • @amorris0419
      @amorris0419 2 года назад +2

      Just yesterday, I came to the awareness that the Un-remembered part of my family trauma (I remember up to a point and then fled to save myself and emotionally became silence-collapse state of responding to life challenges), that I can observe, release and relax what is known, and give up to Life what came next, although not shown or known, just sensed and the pattern of survival I have known as habit and am releasing now for healing. I truly trust that the sensed trauma can be healed even when it was “stored away,” as a means to cope.
      This morning, choosing presence and the strength that I am, is my commitment to healing the past and staying in my present moments. I’m not my life filters, turned into thoughts and beliefs about myself (that I want to be saved and seeking others to save me), and recirculating in my mind’s memory banks, not at all to benefit my heart or love of my journey. I’m not my thoughts. I’m not the do-er whose habit is to put out the fires of my existence like a fireman. Nothing changes if I continue on like something is wrong with me and my life.
      Blessings and strength to you in being “saved” from life’s past events which I imagine were not in your control (just as my family was not in my control, but I made it personal as if they were). You are valuable 😊

    • @paulinesantos1378
      @paulinesantos1378 2 года назад

      @@amorris0419 my sister is traumatizing me. I try to avoid her but she's in my being.

  • @michellehouck1821
    @michellehouck1821 Месяц назад

    I listen to Eckhart everyday and today I was listening to this I heard nothing I was just witnessing nature just as it is

  • @chris_economou
    @chris_economou 2 года назад +1

    Spaciousness. We all hold the power to influence positive change in this beautiful world. I am grateful for the simple explanations this man offers that help to bring the light of consciousness. And I am grateful for the positive vibrations he spreads to all who are ready to hear them. Love and light to all.

  • @markbrashear5280
    @markbrashear5280 2 года назад +1

    The peace that passes all understanding

  • @rogerlin9602
    @rogerlin9602 2 года назад +4

    Your focal point has to be the shift in consciousness.🌹🌹
    You can't solve problems at the same level of consciousness as the problems.🦋🦋
    Causes of all humans problem are in collective unconsciousness.🌷🌷
    Who am I? It's consciousness minus the contents, minus forms.
    It's presence without name, content, past, future, or problem.
    It's the Kingdom of Heaven within you.🌷🌿🌹🦋
    Thanks Eckhart. 18 September 2022.

  • @15bernard33
    @15bernard33 2 года назад +2

    🙏 Eckart Tolle you would make a marvelous guest on Jimmy Door Show. Thank you.
    You and comedian Jimmy Door are my favorites.

  • @cleverkins
    @cleverkins 2 года назад +5

    Thank you, Eckhart.

  • @michaelthompson6080
    @michaelthompson6080 2 года назад +12

    I fully receive this feeling of victory and success. I am grounded in myself and know that my efforts make a difference. I receive the gifts of this time openly and acknowledge the lessons I’ve applied to get here. I am full of gratitude for those who have supported me along the journey and give of myself to others in the same way.
    I know that I am a powerful alchemist with the ability to create the life I truly want. And I will pay attention to divine messages to lead me toward taking inspired action to make my dreams come true.

  • @julienrobitaille9884
    @julienrobitaille9884 Год назад

    Eckhart m’a donné les vrais réponses! Le travail c’est
    “Être”. C’est l’absence de travail en fait, une paix qui est en chacun de nous. Le brouhaha mental qui me handicapait disparaît! Merci Conscience Universelle et mes guides. 🙏

    • @julienrobitaille9884
      @julienrobitaille9884 Год назад

      J’ai vécu le dark night of soul et j’ai arrêté la cigarette et les drogues comme par magie!

    • @julienrobitaille9884
      @julienrobitaille9884 Год назад

      J’ai beaucoup d’autres commentaires car je suis Eckart religieusement. Que de révélations!!!! Je vie une forme d’extase!

    • @julienrobitaille9884
      @julienrobitaille9884 Год назад

      Tout le bagage émotionnel qui conditionne ma vie semble se détacher de moi car le passé semble n’être qu’une chose abstraite. Pas mes souvenirs heureux et expériences de vie mais tout le négatif se transforme en force vitale qui mobilise mes décisions. Incroyable du point de vue de la pensée humaine! Merci Eckart Tolle.

  • @virginiakraft8331
    @virginiakraft8331 2 года назад +12

    awesome way to start my day . . . thank you Eckhart. ❤

  • @jasminebathnz3788
    @jasminebathnz3788 2 года назад +1

    Ekhart is a treasure.

  • @francesNothing333
    @francesNothing333 2 года назад +4

    Thank💓 You, Eckhart for this marvelous meditation and perfect condensation of your teachings. Your leadership is SO appreciated, as you make entering the Gates of Heaven's Emptiness SO easy. 🕊️

  • @kathrynphillips3710
    @kathrynphillips3710 2 года назад +1

    " thoughtless awareness"..⭐
    simply pure prescence, 💗 love it!!!

  • @deepasairam2609
    @deepasairam2609 2 года назад +3

    Thanku Eckhart
    You are God gift to mankind.

  • @ghanem.sbaih87
    @ghanem.sbaih87 2 года назад +4

    Thank you from all my heart❤🙏

  • @romaynewild9501
    @romaynewild9501 2 года назад +5

    A beautiful share that fills my heart with promise❤️

  • @mokuho
    @mokuho 2 года назад +3

    Meditating is being in thoughtless awareness

  • @saraberhane84
    @saraberhane84 Год назад

    Thank you Eckhart Tolle, to tell me the life I managed to peaceful because to many distraction of life

  • @rundix3351
    @rundix3351 2 года назад +1

    Eckhart has the natural ability to explain things in a way that can be grasped or understood. Most greatfull for his explanations, which allows me to be aware, and look at myself without judgement.

  • @davidlang6322
    @davidlang6322 2 года назад +1

    What I like about Eckhart is that he keeps things simple and focuses on the main teaching. I get the feeling that there is a lot more intellectual knowledge in him that would be polarising for people so he intentionally doesn't tangent off - very diplomatic and tactful. Although I would love to hear him talk in detail about his knowledge of esoteric and Occult history because I find the subject very entertaining. The different ways people over time arrived at the same meta-teaching :)

  • @mokuho
    @mokuho Год назад

    Spaciousness its there in the moment the stream of thinking subsides...and theres only the presence left...

  • @Mariana-TheGreat
    @Mariana-TheGreat 2 года назад +5

    Thank you, just love lisening always, the space between the words make you just meditate and go inside you feel that quite iner inside, peace ❤❤❤

  • @tradewithattitude
    @tradewithattitude 2 года назад +6

    Presence is the key 🙏🙏🙏💐💐

  • @eliaslima2975
    @eliaslima2975 2 года назад +3

    He is very simple, but very profound and lift us .

  • @dipendraoli7107
    @dipendraoli7107 2 года назад +1

    Forever grateful 🙏 💓

  • @rocioguevaraobando9075
    @rocioguevaraobando9075 2 года назад +3

    Maestro Eckhart Tolle: Infinito Agradecimiento. 😊🙏💚

  • @juliemorley22
    @juliemorley22 Год назад

    Eckhart you have saved me!

  • @djsaintmichael
    @djsaintmichael 2 года назад +2

    Rocking the Polo pull over ET😊 always grateful for the good vibes.

  • @lynbrowne931
    @lynbrowne931 2 года назад +2

    This is very beneficial, looking forward to seeing you in Australia next year

  • @saranlavie
    @saranlavie 2 года назад +3

    Thank you so much for this beautiful meditation ❤

  • @atmannityananda-autognosia
    @atmannityananda-autognosia 13 дней назад

    When thoughts subside, the sense of ego or "I-ness" remains, keeping attention on itself and the body, acting as a veil that obscures the space of pure consciousness.
    This is why thoughts and emotions easily arise again and again, interrupting the state of quietude and serenity of the mind and energy.
    It is when this field of ego energy subsides enough that we can experience, quite clearly and deeply, the inner silence and peace, freedom, and plenitude of pure consciousness.

  • @christinestone3552
    @christinestone3552 2 года назад +3

    This is wonderful Eckhart 🙏💜🙏

  • @markbrashear5280
    @markbrashear5280 2 года назад +1

    The peace that passes all understanding the peace of God

  • @melbadee8301
    @melbadee8301 2 года назад +1

    Thanks a lot for this free ET's videos 🙏🙏🙏... can't afford anymore at this time of financial crisis in the Philippines!

  • @roxanan832
    @roxanan832 2 года назад +3

    Brilliant 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 I enjoyed it fully, so many thanks to your beautiful soul 🌸

  • @Pug1948
    @Pug1948 2 года назад +1

    I Love You Eckhart.....🙏♥️☮️

  • @georginacowie317
    @georginacowie317 2 года назад +1

    Thank you so very much.

  • @rupaa2567
    @rupaa2567 18 дней назад

    I love you eckhart.

  • @janelliot5643
    @janelliot5643 2 года назад +1

    Thanks, Mr. Tolle! ❤ 💖 ❣

  • @Seven-Planets-Sci-Fi-Tuber
    @Seven-Planets-Sci-Fi-Tuber 2 года назад +4

    "And whatever the past, you could be great in the future." (Read in a novel)

  • @lasandy78
    @lasandy78 2 года назад +3

    Thank you so much! You are always answering my questions! I've found myself having a hard time closing my eyes but live in stillness so much, learning how to be in presence. Yet these gremlins were causing me to feel guilt for not closing and practicing with eyes closed!!
    Your opening lines continually giving me chills! I love you and thank you!!

    • @mariansaines5021
      @mariansaines5021 Год назад

      I have the reverse issue; but I believe Eckart encourages eyes open😅😂🤣

  • @zaringonda6068
    @zaringonda6068 2 года назад +2

    This talk touched the depths of my heart, such simplicity, wisdom and dignity.

  • @joshuamorrone2578
    @joshuamorrone2578 2 года назад

    Thankyou Eckhart you tell it like it is. That makes all the difference words are misleading by their nature “the kingdom of heaven lies within “ and we all have access if we would just be still and listen to the silence it doesnt matter whether its in you or beyond you it is the same silence i love you yes

  • @generaltso8917
    @generaltso8917 Год назад

    Happy 2 be here

  • @VASABOY
    @VASABOY 2 года назад +1

    🫶🏽 thanks Eckhart 🎶✨🪷🧞‍♂️pure joy 💜

  • @2010BLUEHILLS
    @2010BLUEHILLS Год назад

    Sir you are a guru i found after long long journey i got shaped by your talks ..I've met read many gurus .they all contributed something but it was your talk i could pitch myself to stillness and presence in a very very minimal.way hope I'm right about it

  • @judithense705
    @judithense705 Год назад +1

    I am. I know. And that to me is being.

  • @Zorbosh_0
    @Zorbosh_0 2 года назад

    Seeing eckhart and listening to him for the first time, I just can't help saying that jiddu Krishnamurthy and osho are speaking through him. Thank you eckhart .

    • @beefwellington3180
      @beefwellington3180 2 года назад

      It’s Krishnamurti , my dear

    • @Zorbosh_0
      @Zorbosh_0 2 года назад

      @@beefwellington3180 Krishnamurthy never advocated meditation .

  • @carmenr.r.8112
    @carmenr.r.8112 2 года назад +3

    Gracias siempre 🙏🏼 💜 🙇🏼‍♀️ 🌈

  • @TheLUCIANA63
    @TheLUCIANA63 Год назад

    Gratitude

  • @mokuho
    @mokuho Год назад

    wonderful! Thank you Eckhart 🙏🏼❤️

  • @kathyf9413
    @kathyf9413 2 года назад +1

    Like: "Change the World through you."

  • @amnaa7570
    @amnaa7570 Год назад

    Thanks 😊Eckhart

  • @carolyndanse9956
    @carolyndanse9956 2 года назад

    Thank you for showing me presence ❤

  • @Sparkoflight013
    @Sparkoflight013 2 года назад

    I appreciate this man so much. He is a gem

  • @atmannityananda-autognosia
    @atmannityananda-autognosia 13 дней назад

    Spaciousness is present even when the stream of thoughts is active. The point is where we turn and focus our attention.
    It is like being in a crowded place-between the people and around the crowd, there is space.
    The question is, where do we focus our attention?
    It is a matter of interest.
    So, although thoughts may appear, where do we focus our attention?
    On the stream of thoughts, or on the sense of "I am" and the silence beyond both thoughts and "I am"?

  • @kathrynphillips3710
    @kathrynphillips3710 2 года назад

    thankyou so much 💗🙏💗

  • @juergenbloh45
    @juergenbloh45 2 года назад +5

    Eckhart, what a lovely and wise manifestation in form, my spirituel father, reminds me here on a turtle..:)

  • @kapilafavorites
    @kapilafavorites 2 года назад +1

    Great ! 🙏 Thanks for your spiritual meditation just ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ 🌸 🌺

  • @TerriblePerfection
    @TerriblePerfection 2 года назад +2

    I wonder how much human contact we really need. The conventional wisdom, which is often incorrect, always stresses the importance of strong social ties. Yet I prefer being alone, as other people can be very draining and pull me out of that still space.
    But I guess that's good practice.

    • @lexqbeanable
      @lexqbeanable 2 года назад

      Being alone when I'm in the right state (awareness and or presence) is delicious

    • @TerriblePerfection
      @TerriblePerfection 2 года назад

      @@lexqbeanable Agree...especially in nature. 🍂

  • @Kazmaz31
    @Kazmaz31 2 года назад

    So beautiful

  • @aditya21221
    @aditya21221 2 года назад +2

    Osho Papaji Eckhart
    They are pure zen

  • @rogerlin9602
    @rogerlin9602 2 года назад +1

    There is nothing to understand. 🥁🌹
    You don't need understanding through thinking to stop thinking.🐛
    Thinking isn't the highest faculty because you touch a dimension that's beyond thinking, like the fish jumping out of the water!🤠🐦
    Thanks Eckhart. 18 September 2022.🎁🤠👍🐧🌹🌿🐘🎯🍁🐢

  • @c.vandenberg1559
    @c.vandenberg1559 2 года назад +1

    Landscape , yes!

  • @ghanem.sbaih87
    @ghanem.sbaih87 2 года назад

    WoW❤❤❤thank you

  • @cameliasaraev3693
    @cameliasaraev3693 9 дней назад

    Multumesc.

  • @r.s.sharma9799
    @r.s.sharma9799 2 года назад

    Thanks

  • @NikolaSekuloski
    @NikolaSekuloski 2 года назад +2

    Durring meditation neurons reorder themselvs and heal the body making you in the higher position actually because the pain damages the body making it sick but zoning out reorders itself removing sickness and negative thought. You can become more creative that way.

  • @epicbehavior
    @epicbehavior 2 года назад +1

    I find that meditating eyes open works better. I tend to go into thinking more with eyes closed.

  • @joshuamorrone2578
    @joshuamorrone2578 2 года назад

    Thankyou:)

  • @nataliialebid1336
    @nataliialebid1336 2 года назад +1

    In the latest video on the Practical Health channel, it says that there are only 2 types of meditation practices - concentration meditation and mindfulness meditation. Basically, every time I focus on something, only on that object, I meditate. Is it really the case?

  • @madziam7893
    @madziam7893 2 года назад +4

    Super

  • @Johnsonology
    @Johnsonology 2 года назад

    This is splendid. "I Don't Know" [ who I am ] is an interesting answer, certainly an improvement on thinking "oh, I've found God". But leaves me asking other questions : for example. Who's asking ? Why does it matter ? It also suggests that lacking an identity or label is undesirable. Or is that just me ?

  • @natureisallpowerful
    @natureisallpowerful 2 года назад +5

    1st.. present

  • @tempesnyder6243
    @tempesnyder6243 2 года назад +1

    To “allow your body to participate in the meditation” means to feel your inner body.

  • @Protector0ne
    @Protector0ne 2 года назад +3

    Who are you? "I am you."