I have awakened spiritually because of my sexuality, not accepting it could let me to suicide but after the awakening I am very grateful for it and deal with it as a gift ☺️
Good for you. The journey can be painful especially when your own family insults you. Walk on and hold your head high. You are loved by the universe and that's all that matters. Enlightenment happens when you are outside your comfort zone. Well done, my friend.
i would like to meet him for the same reason but especially to thank him for his teachings on presence and dissolving pain body.. which changed my life drastically for the better.
TerryIvers Thanking him is thanking the Great Being of the Universe. We are all ONE in the GREAT conciousnesS that we are part of. For those who are in the way of accepting the moment present or are in the moment present talking to one you are actually talking to All.
I wish he had touched on transgender people specifically. Most people assume that LGB (lesbian, gay, bisexual) people have issues with their gender identity - they generally do not; their issue is with who they are sexually attracted to, BUT people assume this is connected with their gender identity because to be atteacted to one's own sex (or gender - these are related, but different), is something people assume to be an indicator of gender identity BECAUSE people are looking at all of this from a heterosexual perspective. In a nutshell, sexual orientation is about "who you want to sleep with," while gender identity (the concern of "T" folk in the LGBT community) is about "who you live as..." I am a woman who occupies the blurry space between intersex and transsexual though I was birth-assigned male. ...In my case, I never developed a male persona, a male ego. Part of my transition into womanhood involved solidifying my female ego and permitting it to exist. Once I had my healthy female ego formed, I began to transcend it; I am still a woman, but I am so secure in my womanhood that now I can simply be a human being, with her own mode of being that blends the best of both genders. In fact, some people after conversing with me for a while are both comfortable in my expression of womanhood, yet also sense that I am beyond male and female, somthing they have called "Bretta-gender." Love, Blessings & Joy!! 😊❤ Bretta
You got problems. I dont dislike you for it though. Admit you could be wrong. Get to know yourself and understand your motivations. Youll see all this external decoration and labels are ego nonsense and do not serve you... not the real you anyway. I wish you well.
@@yomama...isaverynicelady Oh John, I saw you below every single comment here of a transgender or a gay person. The reason why one wants to disidentify from the ego/mind is to stop the suffering (as Eckhart Tolle would also tell you), and NOT so they could manage to fit in into some social norms. Just because you transcend the ego does not mean that you have to be like everyone else here on Earth. You've either totally misunderstood Tolle's message or you're doing this purposefully for which I kinda feel sorry for you, because this means that your happiness greatly depends on what other people are doing or choosing which is ultimately none of your business lol. Admit that YOU could be wrong John, it's okay my friend :)
@@m.7877 The same people who claim one should reject all identity cling to false identities. They seem to mean one should reject natural identity. A man from India doesnt need to identify as an Indian. He just is an Indian. He shouldnt force it, nor reject it. A woman doesnt need to go around bragging nor complaining about being a woman. She just is one and to be in the now she ought to just accept the reality and not force it nor reject it. It aint about fitting so called social norms. Its about living in reality and in the present.
Hi, have some questions regarding this, as I have pondered these issues for some time. Being that we both listen to Eckhart, we have some common ground. In light of the spiritual perspective, if your body is male, what part is it that is female? Following that the ego is but a mental construct, and we are in essence consciousness, where does the gender split happen? can the consciousness be female in a male body? As far as I've understood, the consciousness is formless and transcends all categories. Is there another part of our essential being that has a gender apart from the body?
What he said at the end about someone not fitting in as being a good thing because it allows you to go beyond the conventional roles just hit me, (in a good way) My mother always used to stress how important it was to "fit into society" and it seems like I just balked at it in a lot of ways. That has allowed me to be introduced to people like Eckart Tolle. My sibling went into a very conventional way of life with very little room for being different and it seems as if after all these years he has not grown much. I am the one that looks like she is kind of kooky but I know I'm not. Actually I feel very blessed to be this way
I love this man. This has helped me through a rough panic attack at some point and still helps me to see my own sense of gender. It used to make me freak out! Not so much anymore. :) It's still an exploration but it doesn't scare me anymore, the possibility that I'm 'different' from others. I suffered so much when I was younger. I think a lot of us did.
I did too. I suffered so much growing up. I suffered great fear of what my cousins and my family and my friends would think of me. Not that I was completely gay, but I was more feminine than your average boy growing up. I found satisfaction in dressing in feminine wear as young as 8 or 9 years old. I put on silk bikini bottoms that were really small so they were able to fit me at that age and I remember playing outside and the neighbors seen it and he was older than me and started teasing me. He didn't really hang out with me after that. But then I grew up so different, I also grew up in a Christian church with shamed any sort of gay or bisexual. But I'm at a point now in my life where I know for a fact I'm with the native Americans call two Spirit. And two spirit is beautiful, I realize that it's not just women, but I also love and as well. I would say that I'm more attracted to women though. But I've never hooked up with a man yet. It has to be deep loving and spiritual if I allow that. If I open myself up and become vulnerable in front of another male, he has to be full of unconditional love and on a quest of healing like I am. Thank you for your comment, it does give me comfort to know there's others like me. Mine's a little different than your average kid that grows up and realizes he's gay. Because I grew up loving women myself and still do. But now I realize I have attraction for both genders. And I know the universe will send me the right man to explore and to open myself up and be vulnerable.
I have watched many Eckhart Tolle videos and find them tremendously helpful in determining my place on the world and my real identity as a spiritual being. Today, I just want to share how much I love the playful, almost naughty sense of humour displayed in these clips.
I'm a trans women. Medically transitioning cured me of gender dysphoria, and connected me with my body in an immeasurable way, it was pure healing. I have always recognised my transness, and just accepted it as being just the way of it. I believe identity and sexuality have to be understood and fulfilled by us as individuals, but in our culture (largely to do with bigotry and social control) concepts around identity and sexuality have become some what warped out of context and embellished. Obviously these issues intersect with the human general state of disconnection most people suffer. Being trans and non dualist has helped me so much to understand my connection to reality. As long as we don't put down one fake mask of self perception/identification, only to pick up another one that replaces it. When we aren't authentic about who or what we are, and when we believe what the mind tells us , everything is out of whack contextually. I found it way more real and rewarding to just be free, and not to "identify" as anything, but I couldn't have gotten to this point without solving my medical and social issues. Now, I really don't believe in identity beyond the surface level of what it is. Being trans enabled me to understand just how fake, constructed, and fear based the world really is. Ultimately, I've been liberated from such beliefs as part of this process, which in effect what its all about. This is why I feel such a deep level of gratitude to the universe for being trans and having that enhanced opportunity to step out of my thoughts and beliefs, and realise the eternal connection which is always with us even if we aren't with it... ॐ
Well,as we lately can see, for some people the completely lack of your identity is at least desirable , if not mandatory...and you call this freedom !!!
I know Eckharts topics in and out. And I have to say, you are coherent with them and im glad to read you found your own way to realize the dis-identification with your mind.
As a trans woman myself I relate. Most of this world does not realize that we all have the trinity of sexual self expression, it is sexual by nature because we are a sexual energy in condensed matter. It is mental (sexual orientation), emotional (masculine/feminine aspects of emotion) and physical (the look of our body, the way it should look and what charcteristics its supposed to project out into the world). Gender is really an anchor within the realm of frequency consciousness that seeks proper embodiment as a vehicle through which emotions and attractions to the outside world can be expressed in the most unobstructed way.
I’m also a trans woman it took me nearly sixty years to accept that truth. For most of my life no other person knew my secret. I kept my female self locked away so deep in my mind I was able to hide the truth from everyone especially myself. My male ego wouldn’t allow me to see the truth. It wasn’t until I started to remember my past life as a woman that I was able to accept that I’m transgender in this life. For most of my life my mind and body have been at war with each other. About a year and a half ago I started HRT (hormone replacement therapy). My mind is finally at peace with my male body.
A potentially career ending question for an honest "guru." He answered it so well. I didn't expect this. I am impressed. I see a lot of confusion in the comments. He's saying stop worrying about your gender - how your genitals line up with your gender beliefs doesn't matter. Let go of those attachments. Be yourself. This is something young people especially need to know, because they are getting some weird, rigid messages today. If I entered a culture where men wore dresses and painted their nails, guess what? I'd wear that. Why? Because I don't care about culture, it doesn't change who I am. I wouldn't get an operation on my body so I could keep wearing blue jeans. And if I didn't mind standing out, I'd just keep wearing my blue jeans. Cutting up my body or taking on an affectation? No, that's not being real and it isn't self acceptance. And when he says male and female are getting closer, he's not saying physically, he's talking about gender roles. We are relaxing gender roles and being more ourselves - some of us. Others are getting fixated with gender in their controlling behavior - call me the right word, let me tell you my particular sexual identity or non-identity - this isn't healthy, it isn't freedom.
Very well said! Still some spiritual teachings consider homosexuality to be a barrier to awakening. I've seen gay people who were suffering from guilt and confusion by believing that.
That's the Abrahamic cults, they have nothing to do with spirituality. They are just patriarchal control systems based on oppression, in particular misogyny. Made up my misogynistic men to make men more powerful.
It is very difficult for many thinkers to imagine that homosexuality exists. This is because diversity is not taught within the church, upbringing and school. Homosexuality has always existed and is a natural variation. It is what it is. To counteract this is the same as complaining that the sun shines every day. Not accepting, that which is, is harmful and degrading for the person concerned.
The homosexuality exists and without doubt it is normal,starting with the obvious in the animal world . Consciousness divide a great part of us, humans,somehow, from this world, so that some of us tehoretically can judge in deciding some things.But using it in justifying human homosexuality in general , by blaming the ego , as the gender would be the result of it...
@@tiptopsport Shirley bassey and celine dion lol,,eckhart tolle is cool ,he says being gay is non attachment to form which is liberating but he also says identifying one self as gay is a delusion that many gays fall into, like a corny stereotype,are you one of them Mr Dynamo?
I really needed this. I’ve actually been trying to disidentify with the ego and identify with the universe, Buddha nature, basic goodness, source energy, awareness, whatever you’d like to call it. I have some moments of mindfulness, where I feel free and relaxed, but then I feel the distress and confusion again.
@@ivanwesteurope that it doesn't matter how you identify and identity is ego. Homosexual, straight, trans, cis, all of this is ego identity. Just be yourself. Love who you are. It doesn't matter, identity.
Brilliant answer. He always seems to hit the nail on the head with tough questions and his answers always resonate with me. A follow up to his answer from a psychology perspective- I think the most important thing a human can do is be their authentic self. This sense of self we feel inside, even if it may be an illusion, is the person we feel like we are internally, but many times we don't show that to the world, or worse, we come up with a reactionary identity. A sort of "fake" identity, that pleases people, family, work, society, etc., and our "real self" goes into hiding, but that inner voice to come out still remains. A great exercise I am just starting to follow is this- In any given situation, ask yourself, "what would my ideal version of myself do or say?" And whatever the answer is, do that. This will train your brain for your real self to shine through. Just my take. Hope it helps
thank you kindly Eckhart for sharing your generous heart soul wisdom and love, thank you for being here, sending love light and peace be all that you are -
Homosexuality is no obstruction on the path to Enlightenment. However, what is a severe obstruction is the wokeness that has seeped so strongly into the gay movement.
And Eckhart Tolle recently alluded to this. Look up the interview with Dave Rubin. People of the 'woke' cult are trapped into the 'yin', their balance is lost.
people of conservative are also trapped in yang. That's also said by him. It also has effects- like the Russian war happening is due to too much yang. We tend to see one side, due to our own inner ego.
This is what I experienced: being gay saved me from being a normal person and threw me out of what I guessed is "good" for me (behaviour, profession..)
In another words, to not define love by gender identification? Basically we are all beings given either a physical male or female vehicle but we are neutral in the way that in essence we are neither male or female. I think majority are conditioned to societies rules where you have to be and act with what gender you were born and must be attracted to the opposite sex. Yet Eckhart has opened my eyes to the epiphany that our souls are neither male or female so is why a lot of people are attracted to the same sex, or feel otherwise.
Oh this is so lovely. I wish they would show this in every school, so people could stop being so small minded and open their thoughts and minds towards a different form of finding One-Self. 💫B the light 👑
wow, I love what Echkart tolle is saying about the gay experience. As a gay man I was too trapped in that role, and so many gays are still trapped in that identity . “im gay” was always the forefront of our identity. Historically it was because it was repressed so long. It’s so liberating as a gay person to not see that as my main identity anymore .
we are all human beings and beyond that....spiritual beings....all else is an identification with form, e.g. gender, sexuality which can also be influenced by culture....identifying with any common form eckhart is saying may make a spiritual transition easier...although I would say it would also depend on how strong one identifies with ones less common form..
Finally " someone" talks about this topic which involves whole humanity, I have always been open in any way since to me it has never been a problem yet people the majority I would say like to put you in a cage of their own by labeling who you are so they can be at " peace" with themselves because then they think they know you ! So their ego feels secure !!!!!
One sentence I always remember from one of eckhart's old lecture back in the 2000 is something along the lines of: "So you internally describe this person as this or that, thinking to yourself: 'now I know who he is or who she is.' But in reality, now you really don't know who she is." Meaning, as soon as we label a person into this or that little box, we instantly forgot the true nature hiding behind the form of this being.
How will spiritual guidence help you in your sexuality...are you linking the two and in what sence? What also do you mean by spiritual guidence. If you are coming from a christian point of view, what would need to happen in one's younger days to obtain one's identy and ones sexuality. Please expand on these questions.
It seems that when one is confused about their sexulity etc, one could go through life looking for there sexual identy in ones relationships/ partners and needless to say it could be very troubling or disturbing for that person. How did you arrive to your sexuality and feel that you were not troubled by it?
This means that everyone no matter what there sexual orientation all have to move pass the idea of form and be comfortable to have sex with only what your attracted to .
Even when I learn a lot of tings or confirm others from master Tolle,wich I have discovered for a while,Beyond career ending questions could exist career ending answers also, potentially speaking . In the moment when you realise that what we call reality is no happening , is nothing but a huge and trmendeous play in wich nature is the orchestra and you have your part, among other beings and things ,wich above all of course your ego subordinates,you must admit that part includes the body and shell you are given , according to tht part wich is yours and the things you have to realise , obviosuly missing them.So there is an identity starting from your physical body wich is destinated to you and wich of course you could ignore, because your mind can everything ...an animal is not capable of.So if you are born in a culture, follow that culture, at least until you find out who you are...wich for the moment you have no clue, because everybody's wish is now just being different from the others or because you prefer to think you are an angel, as it happens to so many people starting to awaken . Or starting to make money out of this.Anyway, things wich have nothing to do with so called freedom.
I call myself apagender, a term I coined (didn't see it used anywhere) these days: someone who doesn't really care about gender (just like not caring about religion, nationality & geography, skin color and so on).
Pansexual is some1 who can love anybody. It's not about describing your gender or your attitude toward gender or your body. It's about whom you can love or have sex with.
this is exactly what happened to me. struggling with gender identification since i was six years old. smoking DMT and eating magic mushroom helped a great deal! Now when i think about what my people thinks about spirits and i think i have a Dybbuk ... but i don't watch gay porn no more and don't want to put a bullet in my head .
I'm reading his The Power of Now and in the terms and framework introduced in this book the following can probably be derived. The gender is a part of objective is-ness. Resistence to is-ness is said to be a conflict with Being. Just like any other resistance to what IS. Acceptance and non-resistance need to be. Physical change of gender would be resistance to what is closer to Being than the mind - the body (the mind is said not to be a way to the Being, the connectedness with Now goes through the presence in your body, not in your mind). The body is the form in which the Being chose to manifest itself. Men and women are said to be needing each other because it is, quote "union with the opposite energy polarity. The longing for a end to duality, a return to the state of wholeness", even if a fleeting glimpse of wholeness as it's written there a bit further. Psychological or mind identity is said to be false and egoic whatever it is which simply makes it equally wrong to derive your sense of identity from you being straight or gay (psychologically), which he mentions close to the end of the video too. Basically, it seems like an issue from a different dimension from the one that is the foundation of his teaching
I don't think that Tolle really sees sexuality as an actual thing at all. He's implying that sexuality is as social concept and somehow doesn't actually exist.
A lot of trans people are very identified with being trans. I say this respectfully as I am transgender and have fallen into this trap myself. They accept they feel like a different gender and that's part of their identity - identifying as that gender and not the one they were assigned at birth due to whatever anatomy they were born with but it goes beyond identifying as that gender and having a strong sense of self as being transgender. It is part of the lived experience but not your true self. Important to be authentic but not make it your deepest true sense of self. Some do identify as agender, having no gender but then it also becomes a strong sense of self.
Female identity, a feminine personality, has merits, a woman body in conformity with the woman mind is an unequaled asset. Big civilizations were built on such clarity and uniqueness. Ambiguity is not chosen, between men and women, there is a huge spectrum of ambiguity, more of man, very less woman, like 80 percent man, 20% female, this does not present much problem to identify with regular roles expected of him. It becomes difficult to relate to expected role when the man body has a woman mind to the tune of 60 per cent and above, it is very difficult for this man body to execute expected role. It is not that the expected role is cruel or an insufferable joke, it is that we are being dismissive of a man not able to cope. In parallel a woman body and man persona too has difficulty asserting a male temperment, it would seem inappropriate for both regular man and woman for this female to assert her male. Does being male or female have advantage in spiritual sphere? Both are equally placed. Some traditional societies have a problem with that. Though not all traditional societies. Can gay/trans world produce spiritual people? Spiritual discourse is not about sexuality alone. Sex iis big impediment in gaining freedom from habitual compulsions, spiritual world is about resisting temptations, if you are not big enough to fight the faults that all men/women suffer you can not claim that leader status. A spiritual leader has made sex too insignificant, he is the opposite of an indulgent and discontent man. If it can be done by straight, it can be done by non straight too.
Very "Aha"! Beautiful insight. But my actor training cannot hide the fact that he is noticeably more anxious, nervous, gripping for the right words, leaning forward, no space in between the words, etc the further he goes on. Seems out of character for him. I wonder if he is trying not to offend anyone or something else?
Being a touchy subject like this, I wouldn't be surprised if he was nervous. What he's talking about is "beyond the form". Talking about "beyond form" does not dismiss the form. The form still exists. But at the same time, the form does not exist. This can only be understood if you are conscious. Most people on this planet are not conscious (yet) so they will not even begin to understand what he's saying. What they will do instead is cherry pick his words to justify their egoic narrative. Eckhart is not dumb, he knows that people will cherry pick his words to justify certain narratives. So he's trying to find the middle ground of teaching where it can be taken in both ways.
hahaha :D i think it's just the video quality. but i do like the way he styles his beard, leaving it just under his chin and lip. i've spent quite some time observing it and wondering, whether the inspiration for that comes from the kosmos :D :D
I don't understand this: How can we all be the same one conciousness if we all are unique parts of this universe/conciousness manifesting itself? For example: one person might feel liberated being masculine and speaking loud (etc.) while some other person might feel liberated being pseudo femenine, being less assertive and having other gestures. Therefore, they are both expressing themselves different due to being in essence different and unique, yet they are the same one conciousness. Can't get this.
You dont really have to understand anything, just feel when you feel connected as one! We can all be the same conciousness even though you see different manifestations of it. Male or female is a way smaller difference than a mouse and an elephant but still even though there are so many differences in form, form does not define us. It is not your gender, sexuality, age, amount of money, nationality, religion, look, work or even your thoughts or anything else that defines you. It is the conciousness behind that. Your true self is only in the now. Dont focus on differences, the ego loves that, because then you wont be able to see yourself as your true powerful and infinite self
Complimentary contradictions. Masculine and feminine together create the universe. We are one and we are separate both. see the yin Yang for a visual representation - within each other we have the other. Not explainable in words, you must feel it and experience it
Some thoughts on transgenderism light of this video talk. If strongly identifying with a gender is a trap ( from an egoic point of view) , then wouldn’t that hold true even more so (in a way ) for transgender people who go to great lengths to create a new gender FORM ( appearance etc )? On the other hand however, the fact that they’ have ostensibly “ changed forms/genders” loosens the grip onidentity with both or either their old and their new gender !
Yes. Trans people are here to transcend the idea of your sex matching your gender. Trans people who hate their bodies sex and attempt to transition are trying hard to identify as the gender they chose to identify with rather than embracing their bodies sex and the fact that it doesn’t match their gender expression. Trans people who are healthy have embraced their bodies sex as well as the gender expression they are most at peace with
i don't think he's saying you shouldn't say you're a lesbian, but that being a lesbian is just a fact which can be acknowledged without needing to build a whole identity out of it. and also that it can be an opportunity to transcend a conventional heteronormative gender identity, without the need for another identity to replace it with.
We are all "gender fluid", gender is not an identity it is a universal principle. Trying to label ourselves and identify with a principle is just a practice in trying to make our ego feel valid. Of course you are valid. You exist. There is no one like you and never will be again. You don't need to prove that to anyone. We are here to be beautiful living works of art and to experience that beauty and then leave. There is no need to limit ourselves with identity labels like gender fluid - as if we could be anything but! As if gender were something we could capture in a box and keep for ourselves. We are all male and female, Masculine and Feminine, it is universal law.
I've been TS for 18 years. Agree and disagree. I agree with Eckhart in that I am not this body. I finished with surgery and have no regrets in this lifetime. After ten years of marriage to my wife I am now celibate but I still room with the monks and not the nuns.
The whole point of this talk is that people should NOT be defined or limited by their sexuality. Whom and what a person is attracted to is really irrelevant. Actual gender though in humans is predicated biologically, male or female, XX or XY chromosones. There are some minuscule exceptions to the rule but not enough to transform society into a genderless blob.
Why does academia complicate things when they are as simple as can be. This is what happens when you live in the padded room of academia. On college campuses this guy's ideas work fine the real world don't care about your little ideas and will show you real fast that you are wrong.
spirituality is what we all are plain and simple we use our thoughts against ourselves and this man knows this and makes millions a real guru doesn't do this
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The problem I have with non gender people is that ones I have observed tend to become identified with ego of being non gender and become very unconscious as a result. And this feeds further into egoic mental illness with the 50 different genders ect. At the end of the day deeply accept yourself instead of creating more unconscious indentity.
5:20 - So to be female and feminine or male and masculine is being trapped in a "LITTLE world"? I find that condescending. Unless I'm missing something.
Here is an example. If i am attached to the identity of being gay, someone else call me an abomination or attack my sense of identity by saying obnoxious things. If I let go of that attachment, they can talk as much as they want, am unaffected. Hence by identifying with concepts, i am limited within that small world of that concept.
My mother watches the news and a lot of it these days have amplified “men” in a general negative light. My mother has been a voice-box speaking of men as predators and women as victims. “Men are all the same”, “Men are stupid”, “women are slaves”. As a result I have these passing thoughts of “poor women” which isn’t healthy because it reinforces victimhood, and paints females with a weak brush. I have seen men feel guilt just because they are men which is just strange.
I'm a transsexual and I really disagree with Eckhart here. I think it's very unfortunate to tell young people who doubt their gender (to the extend that I experienced) to recommend more spiritual training and refrain yourself from an srs. You could also have more spiritual training and then no longer desire babies, material goods, a dog, whatever. But usually doing any of these is tolerated nevertheless. Somehow - when it's about transsexuality - different rules apply. One should refrain themselves from an srs? And why would anyone who feels strong about this reconsider? I'm the first to admit that femininity and masculinity is an ego manifestation (a manifestation that does go further than culture). But why should that mean that you cannot walk this road? It sounds as if it is 'wrong' to have an srs. It gave me peace of mind and it certainly helped me not to overanalyse gender anymore. How is that not a step in the right direction? In other words: you can do both.
He doesn't talk about sexual reassignment surgery here. If you look at his other videos and texts you'll notice that he doesn't have silly opinions that something is wrong or should be abstained from :)
I'm still confused, because he does explicitly talk about young people doubting their gender and he recommends spiritual coaching instead of... well, instead of what then?
+77Merel he says that identifing with any gender is ego, no matter which one. So, he says that when someone doubts what gender ARE they, that identification is weaker, identification with form (and so easier to identify with awareness itself, the essence of who we are beyond form or gender) and that should be taken advantage of by trying to promote spirituallity, because not being so much identified with form (not knowing wich form you think you are, female or male) is less far away from identifing with awareness. But in the end, promoting spirituallity is always good, but he says specially here, because there is a bigger chance of losing identification with form when they dont define their identity with gender because they dont know wich one are they.
I love Tolle's words. But why does he charge so much for all his seminars and courses? Why does he own over 100 million dollars? How is charging people money for everything he does compatible with what he teaches? I find this very strange..
+Star Citizen Police I've thought about the same, it does seem weird. But as far as I know he's not really in charge of the foundation that organises all these events, he just gives the talks. Maybe he doesn't care too much for the business side of things and just lets the business people do what they do? Not sure. And apparently the foundation uses the money to spread the word in underserved communities.
I hope you are right Mari. Another thing that I have questioned, as much as I use Tolle's teachings every day, is his own application of them. How does he justify praising Oprah or Deepak, people who live in overwhelming luxury, drive supercars and buy diamond effects? The people who come to Tolle's gatherings are poor, many of them can't afford food or housing. How is teaching them to trust their fate and not seek fame or money good, while Tolle and his wife are earing 500.000$ from income at their gatherings? I can't make the pieces fit here, guys. Please help me out. I refuse to believe that Tolle is deceiving people, but is he really surrounded by money grabbers? And how does he approve of that when he sees the suffering of his followers?
+Star Citizen Police I think money can only excite people for a while, but not cure inner suffering. At the same time I think that abundance (money or any other type of abundance) is not inherently bad, depends on how and why it comes to your life.
+The Forms I have never seen Tolle "teach to trust their fate and not seek fame or money." In fact, it's an issue he's clarified in several places that there is nothing wrong with seeking various expressions of "form," whether it be money or things. Your question is a very good one, though, and I wish there were more questions of that sort put directly to him, so he could clarify the situation better. It's my opinion - with very little information to go on - that Tolle is sincere. But he is now the centerpiece of a massive business enterprise. Just like with charities, children's hospitals, and countless "humanitarian" efforts, money is a fact of life. It's required to employ staff, pay expenses like offices, marketing, putting on retreats, etc. And, in fact, sometimes money is the only way to control access. If he put on retreats for now charge, no one would be able to get in. So many people would show up no one could benefit. And, another, less popular aspect, is that charging money can sometimes serve to separate the sincere for the not so sincere. Again, these is conjecture, and it's an issue I've certainly not come to terms with fully. But regardless of the machine around him handling the business, I believe Tolle to be a sincere man doing what he can to help change things for the better.
I have just moved on to listen to people who live quiet lives and don't take money. The fact that he lives very comfortably and has millions of dollars is very strange to me. I'm sorry. You can justify it however you like, I will take my spiritual guidance from myself (mainly), and others than Eckhart.
I am totally on board with Eckhart Tolle's view on this. Too bad that now also in the LHBTIQ community the ego took over in large parts. And that is all what the western world sees now, with all the pronounces, identity politics, war on language, the flags and extreme activists. It is sad to see, because this way, they are only creating more enemies :( I hope also in their community people will stand up and try to help the ego dissolve so all people will come together more.
I have awakened spiritually because of my sexuality, not accepting it could let me to suicide but after the awakening I am very grateful for it and deal with it as a gift ☺️
I hope you're safe, and treating yourself well. I'm glad you're valuing yourself. (:
Good for you. The journey can be painful especially when your own family insults you. Walk on and hold your head high. You are loved by the universe and that's all that matters. Enlightenment happens when you are outside your comfort zone. Well done, my friend.
Glad to hear that!
Out of all the spiritual teachers I've listened to answer this question, this is the best given response I've heard. Proud of you Eckhart.
He has basically the same answer to every question but it's a good answer.
Ren7ee thats because there is only one thing (nothing) to point to. Awakening is when all questions cease
Because the truth is always the same.
So true....because in “👤FORM”, there is struggle 😱
Lol facts
Good and bad are RELATIVE. 😉
I wish I could just meet him and be able to say to Ekhart: "thank you for everything that you are"
i would like to meet him for the same reason but especially to thank him for his teachings on presence and dissolving pain body.. which changed my life drastically for the better.
Yes but don't forget , it's only his opinion. It doesn't mean that all is true. Parts ring true tho to my own intuition , so still interesting.
TerryIvers You can just thank yourself! Cause we are all One. Separation is an illusion :)
You see/hear him, therefore he exists
TerryIvers Thanking him is thanking the Great Being of the Universe. We are all ONE in the GREAT conciousnesS that we are part of. For those who are in the way of accepting the moment present or are in the moment present talking to one you are actually talking to All.
I wish he had touched on transgender people specifically. Most people assume that LGB (lesbian, gay, bisexual) people have issues with their gender identity - they generally do not; their issue is with who they are sexually attracted to, BUT people assume this is connected with their gender identity because to be atteacted to one's own sex (or gender - these are related, but different), is something people assume to be an indicator of gender identity BECAUSE people are looking at all of this from a heterosexual perspective. In a nutshell, sexual orientation is about "who you want to sleep with," while gender identity (the concern of "T" folk in the LGBT community) is about "who you live as..."
I am a woman who occupies the blurry space between intersex and transsexual though I was birth-assigned male.
...In my case, I never developed a male persona, a male ego. Part of my transition into womanhood involved solidifying my female ego and permitting it to exist. Once I had my healthy female ego formed, I began to transcend it; I am still a woman, but I am so secure in my womanhood that now I can simply be a human being, with her own mode of being that blends the best of both genders. In fact, some people after conversing with me for a while are both comfortable in my expression of womanhood, yet also sense that I am beyond male and female, somthing they have called "Bretta-gender."
Love, Blessings & Joy!! 😊❤
Bretta
Brettany Renée Blatchley wow, this is inspiring. Thnx for sharing
You got problems. I dont dislike you for it though. Admit you could be wrong. Get to know yourself and understand your motivations. Youll see all this external decoration and labels are ego nonsense and do not serve you... not the real you anyway. I wish you well.
@@yomama...isaverynicelady Oh John, I saw you below every single comment here of a transgender or a gay person. The reason why one wants to disidentify from the ego/mind is to stop the suffering (as Eckhart Tolle would also tell you), and NOT so they could manage to fit in into some social norms. Just because you transcend the ego does not mean that you have to be like everyone else here on Earth. You've either totally misunderstood Tolle's message or you're doing this purposefully for which I kinda feel sorry for you, because this means that your happiness greatly depends on what other people are doing or choosing which is ultimately none of your business lol. Admit that YOU could be wrong John, it's okay my friend :)
@@m.7877 The same people who claim one should reject all identity cling to false identities. They seem to mean one should reject natural identity. A man from India doesnt need to identify as an Indian. He just is an Indian. He shouldnt force it, nor reject it. A woman doesnt need to go around bragging nor complaining about being a woman. She just is one and to be in the now she ought to just accept the reality and not force it nor reject it. It aint about fitting so called social norms. Its about living in reality and in the present.
Hi, have some questions regarding this, as I have pondered these issues for some time. Being that we both listen to Eckhart, we have some common ground. In light of the spiritual perspective, if your body is male, what part is it that is female? Following that the ego is but a mental construct, and we are in essence consciousness, where does the gender split happen? can the consciousness be female in a male body? As far as I've understood, the consciousness is formless and transcends all categories. Is there another part of our essential being that has a gender apart from the body?
What he said at the end about someone not fitting in as being a good thing because it allows you to go beyond the conventional roles just hit me, (in a good way) My mother always used to stress how important it was to "fit into society" and it seems like I just balked at it in a lot of ways. That has allowed me to be introduced to people like Eckart Tolle. My sibling went into a very conventional way of life with very little room for being different and it seems as if after all these years he has not grown much. I am the one that looks like she is kind of kooky but I know I'm not. Actually I feel very blessed to be this way
And what makes you to feel so different in a society where everybody wants to be different , just not to be who it actually it is born to be ?
I love this man. This has helped me through a rough panic attack at some point and still helps me to see my own sense of gender. It used to make me freak out! Not so much anymore. :) It's still an exploration but it doesn't scare me anymore, the possibility that I'm 'different' from others. I suffered so much when I was younger. I think a lot of us did.
I did too. I suffered so much growing up. I suffered great fear of what my cousins and my family and my friends would think of me. Not that I was completely gay, but I was more feminine than your average boy growing up. I found satisfaction in dressing in feminine wear as young as 8 or 9 years old. I put on silk bikini bottoms that were really small so they were able to fit me at that age and I remember playing outside and the neighbors seen it and he was older than me and started teasing me. He didn't really hang out with me after that. But then I grew up so different, I also grew up in a Christian church with shamed any sort of gay or bisexual. But I'm at a point now in my life where I know for a fact I'm with the native Americans call two Spirit. And two spirit is beautiful, I realize that it's not just women, but I also love and as well. I would say that I'm more attracted to women though. But I've never hooked up with a man yet. It has to be deep loving and spiritual if I allow that. If I open myself up and become vulnerable in front of another male, he has to be full of unconditional love and on a quest of healing like I am. Thank you for your comment, it does give me comfort to know there's others like me. Mine's a little different than your average kid that grows up and realizes he's gay. Because I grew up loving women myself and still do. But now I realize I have attraction for both genders. And I know the universe will send me the right man to explore and to open myself up and be vulnerable.
You arent different from other people. We are all just people. No ones special.
@@jayykayy3590i identify fully with what you just described. Thank you so much!
What a beautiful being Eckhart is!
I have watched many Eckhart Tolle videos and find them tremendously helpful in determining my place on the world and my real identity as a spiritual being. Today, I just want to share how much I love the playful, almost naughty sense of humour displayed in these clips.
Ego roles, mainstream, awakening... very true. Thank you for uploading, much love!
I'm a trans women.
Medically transitioning cured me of gender dysphoria, and connected me with my body in an immeasurable way, it was pure healing.
I have always recognised my transness, and just accepted it as being just the way of it.
I believe identity and sexuality have to be understood and fulfilled by us as individuals, but in our culture (largely to do with bigotry and social control) concepts around identity and sexuality have become some what warped out of context and embellished.
Obviously these issues intersect with the human general state of disconnection most people suffer.
Being trans and non dualist has helped me so much to understand my connection to reality.
As long as we don't put down one fake mask of self perception/identification, only to pick up another one that replaces it.
When we aren't authentic about who or what we are, and when we believe what the mind tells us , everything is out of whack contextually.
I found it way more real and rewarding to just be free, and not to "identify" as anything, but I couldn't have gotten to this point without solving my medical and social issues.
Now, I really don't believe in identity beyond the surface level of what it is. Being trans enabled me to understand just how fake, constructed, and fear based the world really is.
Ultimately, I've been liberated from such beliefs as part of this process, which in effect what its all about.
This is why I feel such a deep level of gratitude to the universe for being trans and having that enhanced opportunity to step out of my thoughts and beliefs, and realise the eternal connection which is always with us even if we aren't with it...
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Well,as we lately can see, for some people the completely lack of your identity is at least desirable , if not mandatory...and you call this freedom !!!
I know Eckharts topics in and out. And I have to say, you are coherent with them and im glad to read you found your own way to realize the dis-identification with your mind.
You are very intelligent. And get smarter by the day then🙂🥰
As a trans woman myself I relate. Most of this world does not realize that we all have the trinity of sexual self expression, it is sexual by nature because we are a sexual energy in condensed matter. It is mental (sexual orientation), emotional (masculine/feminine aspects of emotion) and physical (the look of our body, the way it should look and what charcteristics its supposed to project out into the world). Gender is really an anchor within the realm of frequency consciousness that seeks proper embodiment as a vehicle through which emotions and attractions to the outside world can be expressed in the most unobstructed way.
I’m also a trans woman it took me nearly sixty years to accept that truth. For most of my life no other person knew my secret. I kept my female self locked away so deep in my mind I was able to hide the truth from everyone especially myself. My male ego wouldn’t allow me to see the truth. It wasn’t until I started to remember my past life as a woman that I was able to accept that I’m transgender in this life. For most of my life my mind and body have been at war with each other. About a year and a half ago I started HRT (hormone replacement therapy). My mind is finally at peace with my male body.
A potentially career ending question for an honest "guru." He answered it so well. I didn't expect this. I am impressed. I see a lot of confusion in the comments. He's saying stop worrying about your gender - how your genitals line up with your gender beliefs doesn't matter. Let go of those attachments. Be yourself. This is something young people especially need to know, because they are getting some weird, rigid messages today.
If I entered a culture where men wore dresses and painted their nails, guess what? I'd wear that. Why? Because I don't care about culture, it doesn't change who I am. I wouldn't get an operation on my body so I could keep wearing blue jeans. And if I didn't mind standing out, I'd just keep wearing my blue jeans. Cutting up my body or taking on an affectation? No, that's not being real and it isn't self acceptance.
And when he says male and female are getting closer, he's not saying physically, he's talking about gender roles. We are relaxing gender roles and being more ourselves - some of us. Others are getting fixated with gender in their controlling behavior - call me the right word, let me tell you my particular sexual identity or non-identity - this isn't healthy, it isn't freedom.
What a great comment!
@@MrSkatersOnly Thanks!
@@TheGiantRobot ❤
@payz hayz Yeah, it's really tragic.
Yes amen
Very well said! Still some spiritual teachings consider homosexuality to be a barrier to awakening. I've seen gay people who were suffering from guilt and confusion by believing that.
Any false identity must be rid of in order to stop suffering.
That's the Abrahamic cults, they have nothing to do with spirituality. They are just patriarchal control systems based on oppression, in particular misogyny. Made up my misogynistic men to make men more powerful.
@@Puuwswhat is the other opposite of judgement?
It is very difficult for many thinkers to imagine that homosexuality exists. This is because diversity is not taught within the church, upbringing and school. Homosexuality has always existed and is a natural variation. It is what it is. To counteract this is the same as complaining that the sun shines every day. Not accepting, that which is, is harmful and degrading for the person concerned.
The homosexuality exists and without doubt it is normal,starting with the obvious in the animal world . Consciousness divide a great part of us, humans,somehow, from this world, so that some of us tehoretically can judge in deciding some things.But using it in justifying human homosexuality in general , by blaming the ego , as the gender would be the result of it...
Penis in bottom ain't natural
@@titteryenot1136 it actually is Tom. Homosexuality is completely normal , you're just an intolerant asshole!
@@tiptopsport still not meant for a penis but hey if its the only way you can get someone to like you,fill ya boots
@@tiptopsport Shirley bassey and celine dion lol,,eckhart tolle is cool ,he says being gay is non attachment to form which is liberating but he also says identifying one self as gay is a delusion that many gays fall into, like a corny stereotype,are you one of them Mr Dynamo?
Wow! Best explanation on this subject I have ever and probably will ever hear.
4:57 what a sweet, lighthearted laugh full of joy *sigh*
I really needed this. I’ve actually been trying to disidentify with the ego and identify with the universe, Buddha nature, basic goodness, source energy, awareness, whatever you’d like to call it. I have some moments of mindfulness, where I feel free and relaxed, but then I feel the distress and confusion again.
Same here. Just not obsess with nothing even spirituality :)
Eckhart Tolle says it all.... things which cannot be said, but he does that! Thank you!
how do you mean it? What is his opinion on homosexuality , etc? I have not catched his point.
@@ivanwesteurope that it doesn't matter how you identify and identity is ego. Homosexual, straight, trans, cis, all of this is ego identity. Just be yourself. Love who you are. It doesn't matter, identity.
Brilliant answer. He always seems to hit the nail on the head with tough questions and his answers always resonate with me.
A follow up to his answer from a psychology perspective- I think the most important thing a human can do is be their authentic self. This sense of self we feel inside, even if it may be an illusion, is the person we feel like we are internally, but many times we don't show that to the world, or worse, we come up with a reactionary identity. A sort of "fake" identity, that pleases people, family, work, society, etc., and our "real self" goes into hiding, but that inner voice to come out still remains.
A great exercise I am just starting to follow is this- In any given situation, ask yourself, "what would my ideal version of myself do or say?" And whatever the answer is, do that. This will train your brain for your real self to shine through.
Just my take. Hope it helps
Wow!!! Thats the best Answer I‘ve heard.
And he spoke it years ago...... I love Eckharts ability to clear my mind!
Best explaining ever!! This man is amazing!! Thank you xo
Great spiritual teacher.
thank you kindly Eckhart for sharing your generous heart soul wisdom and love, thank you for being here, sending love light and peace be all that you are -
Homosexuality is no obstruction on the path to Enlightenment. However, what is a severe obstruction is the wokeness that has seeped so strongly into the gay movement.
And Eckhart Tolle recently alluded to this. Look up the interview with Dave Rubin. People of the 'woke' cult are trapped into the 'yin', their balance is lost.
@@bakkermaarten007 thank you very cool
people of conservative are also trapped in yang. That's also said by him. It also has effects- like the Russian war happening is due to too much yang.
We tend to see one side, due to our own inner ego.
It's all awareness, and then shifting the awareness from ego to the inner indwelling spirit.
This is what I experienced: being gay saved me from being a normal person and threw me out of what I guessed is "good" for me (behaviour, profession..)
do not try to be the not normal now xD
Hearing a gay person saying they are not "normal" is the most normal thing ever. Wake up.
@@baptm727 😂 bro chill
No one is gay. Gay isnt a real identity
Normal is overrated.
In another words, to not define love by gender identification?
Basically we are all beings given either a physical male or female vehicle but we are neutral in the way that in essence we are neither male or female.
I think majority are conditioned to societies rules where you have to be and act with what gender you were born and must be attracted to the opposite sex.
Yet Eckhart has opened my eyes to the epiphany that our souls are neither male or female so is why a lot of people are attracted to the same sex, or feel otherwise.
Oh this is so lovely. I wish they would show this in every school, so people could stop being so small minded and open their thoughts and minds towards a different form of finding One-Self. 💫B the light 👑
I agree with everything.. Especially with last forty seconds
Forms are illusions. Like spirituality and sexuality. Where is the problem. Even the problem is an illusion. I am.
@@imflying2752 I don't think it's wise for you to read books you don't understand, or judge people that you don't understand!
@@imflying2752 so you think that he is not? He would not be able to write a comment if he would be not exsisting. He is. I am.
I am the problem :)
wow, I love what Echkart tolle is saying about the gay experience. As a gay man
I was too trapped in that role, and so many gays are still trapped in that identity .
“im gay” was always the forefront of our identity. Historically it was because it was repressed so long.
It’s so liberating as a gay person to not see that as my main identity anymore .
Hi Eckhart.. The song was "The Power of Love" by Jennifer Rush!!
we are all human beings and beyond that....spiritual beings....all else is an identification with form, e.g. gender, sexuality which can also be influenced by culture....identifying with any common form eckhart is saying may make a spiritual transition easier...although I would say it would also depend on how strong one identifies with ones less common form..
Identify too much.
Moment by moment, that's it, "pride" fucks lots of people up because they overidentify with ways of sexual expression.
Finally " someone" talks about this topic which involves whole humanity, I have always been open in any way since to me it has never been a problem yet people the majority I would say like to put you in a cage of their own by labeling who you are so they can be at " peace" with themselves because then they think they know you ! So their ego feels secure !!!!!
One sentence I always remember from one of eckhart's old lecture back in the 2000 is something along the lines of: "So you internally describe this person as this or that, thinking to yourself: 'now I know who he is or who she is.' But in reality, now you really don't know who she is."
Meaning, as soon as we label a person into this or that little box, we instantly forgot the true nature hiding behind the form of this being.
You're a wise soul. Stay you
thanks I was looking for this video
Gay people are not "uncertain about their gender." They are attracted to their gender. Does he understand this?
He didn't say that at all. He was talking about transgender people for that part
I thought they were attracted to same sex - “gender”
Is irrelevant
How will spiritual guidence help you in your sexuality...are you linking the two and in what sence?
What also do you mean by spiritual guidence.
If you are coming from a christian point of view, what would need to happen in one's younger days to obtain one's identy and ones sexuality.
Please expand on these questions.
Este video tendría millones si se tradujera al español
The song says "Cause I'm you're laaadyy and you're my maaan" for anyone wondering which one is it lol
Celine dion... forgot the name of the song tho
Literally heard her singing it in my head 🤣
It seems that when one is confused about their sexulity etc, one could go through life looking for there sexual identy in ones relationships/ partners and needless to say it could be very troubling or disturbing for that person.
How did you arrive to your sexuality and feel that you were not troubled by it?
Thankyou! Eckhart .
Gostaria de ver esse video com legendas em português!
This means that everyone no matter what there sexual orientation all have to move pass the idea of form and be comfortable to have sex with only what your attracted to .
will be an existencial attraction
No that isnt what he was saying. You hear what you want to hear
ॐ om mantra 108 times
Sunil Keshari How did you get the OM symbol to appear? 😊
@@AshtonColby it's there in your emoji section
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Great :)
I love It ❤️
Now I know how lucky am I ❤
Even when I learn a lot of tings or confirm others from master Tolle,wich I have discovered for a while,Beyond career ending questions could exist career ending answers also, potentially speaking . In the moment when you realise that what we call reality is no happening , is nothing but a huge and trmendeous play in wich nature is the orchestra and you have your part, among other beings and things ,wich above all of course your ego subordinates,you must admit that part includes the body and shell you are given , according to tht part wich is yours and the things you have to realise , obviosuly missing them.So there is an identity starting from your physical body wich is destinated to you and wich of course you could ignore, because your mind can everything ...an animal is not capable of.So if you are born in a culture, follow that culture, at least until you find out who you are...wich for the moment you have no clue, because everybody's wish is now just being different from the others or because you prefer to think you are an angel, as it happens to so many people starting to awaken . Or starting to make money out of this.Anyway, things wich have nothing to do with so called freedom.
Eckhart ❤
Sounds a reasonable enough response.
I call myself apagender, a term I coined (didn't see it used anywhere) these days: someone who doesn't really care about gender (just like not caring about religion, nationality & geography, skin color and so on).
Pansexual is some1 who can love anybody. It's not about describing your gender or your attitude toward gender or your body. It's about whom you can love or have sex with.
i am agender too! love seeing my fellow agender peeps on spiritual paths (:
;)
Why, you're nothing but a nut case.
Sevak Kirakosyan I love that term and actually thought about using it. It’s what makes sense. I really wish I could be like that.
We have always existed.
This guy is waaay beyond
Would be great to see the whole thing.
endofscene wow
Yes, does anyone happen to know what question was asked?
this is exactly what happened to me. struggling with gender identification since i was six years old. smoking DMT and eating magic mushroom helped a great deal!
Now when i think about what my people thinks about spirits and i think i have a Dybbuk ... but i don't watch gay porn no more and don't want to put a bullet in my head .
❤
I'm reading his The Power of Now and in the terms and framework introduced in this book the following can probably be derived. The gender is a part of objective is-ness. Resistence to is-ness is said to be a conflict with Being. Just like any other resistance to what IS. Acceptance and non-resistance need to be. Physical change of gender would be resistance to what is closer to Being than the mind - the body (the mind is said not to be a way to the Being, the connectedness with Now goes through the presence in your body, not in your mind). The body is the form in which the Being chose to manifest itself. Men and women are said to be needing each other because it is, quote "union with the opposite energy polarity. The longing for a end to duality, a return to the state of wholeness", even if a fleeting glimpse of wholeness as it's written there a bit further. Psychological or mind identity is said to be false and egoic whatever it is which simply makes it equally wrong to derive your sense of identity from you being straight or gay (psychologically), which he mentions close to the end of the video too. Basically, it seems like an issue from a different dimension from the one that is the foundation of his teaching
I loved IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I don't think that Tolle really sees sexuality as an actual thing at all. He's implying that sexuality is as social concept and somehow doesn't actually exist.
Of course it doesn't!
Germ Kullar It certainly does!
These things should be honoured but ultimately they’re not who we are. I think that’s it.
@@karensteel6854 no it doesn't
@@DC-pn8dp yes exactly
A lot of trans people are very identified with being trans. I say this respectfully as I am transgender and have fallen into this trap myself. They accept they feel like a different gender and that's part of their identity - identifying as that gender and not the one they were assigned at birth due to whatever anatomy they were born with but it goes beyond identifying as that gender and having a strong sense of self as being transgender. It is part of the lived experience but not your true self. Important to be authentic but not make it your deepest true sense of self. Some do identify as agender, having no gender but then it also becomes a strong sense of self.
He is saying do not identify yourself by your gender identity, whether straight, gay, or whatever.
Being gay is awesome 😇
Female identity, a feminine personality, has merits, a woman body in conformity with the woman mind is an unequaled asset. Big civilizations were built on such clarity and uniqueness.
Ambiguity is not chosen, between men and women, there is a huge spectrum of ambiguity, more of man, very less woman, like 80 percent man, 20% female, this does not present much problem to identify with regular roles expected of him. It becomes difficult to relate to expected role when the man body has a woman mind to the tune of 60 per cent and above, it is very difficult for this man body to execute expected role. It is not that the expected role is cruel or an insufferable joke, it is that we are being dismissive of a man not able to cope. In parallel a woman body and man persona too has difficulty asserting a male temperment, it would seem inappropriate for both regular man and woman for this female to assert her male.
Does being male or female have advantage in spiritual sphere? Both are equally placed. Some traditional societies have a problem with that. Though not all traditional societies.
Can gay/trans world produce spiritual people? Spiritual discourse is not about sexuality alone. Sex iis big impediment in gaining freedom from habitual compulsions, spiritual world is about resisting temptations, if you are not big enough to fight the faults that all men/women suffer you can not claim that leader status. A spiritual leader has made sex too insignificant, he is the opposite of an indulgent and discontent man. If it can be done by straight, it can be done by non straight too.
omg eckhart is so hilarious
😂😂😂😂
That was good 👍🏻
hehe "a canadian singer from montreal what was her name, oh celine dion " hahahah
Very "Aha"! Beautiful insight. But my actor training cannot hide the fact that he is noticeably more anxious, nervous, gripping for the right words, leaning forward, no space in between the words, etc the further he goes on. Seems out of character for him. I wonder if he is trying not to offend anyone or something else?
Being a touchy subject like this, I wouldn't be surprised if he was nervous. What he's talking about is "beyond the form". Talking about "beyond form" does not dismiss the form. The form still exists. But at the same time, the form does not exist. This can only be understood if you are conscious. Most people on this planet are not conscious (yet) so they will not even begin to understand what he's saying. What they will do instead is cherry pick his words to justify their egoic narrative. Eckhart is not dumb, he knows that people will cherry pick his words to justify certain narratives. So he's trying to find the middle ground of teaching where it can be taken in both ways.
@@DawnRego exactly
No worries. Just keep on dying your hair bro (Eckhart)!
hahaha :D i think it's just the video quality. but i do like the way he styles his beard, leaving it just under his chin and lip. i've spent quite some time observing it and wondering, whether the inspiration for that comes from the kosmos :D :D
Hi Mari. Only Eckhart knows:)
:D
I don't understand this: How can we all be the same one conciousness if we all are unique parts of this universe/conciousness manifesting itself? For example: one person might feel liberated being masculine and speaking loud (etc.) while some other person might feel liberated being pseudo femenine, being less assertive and having other gestures. Therefore, they are both expressing themselves different due to being in essence different and unique, yet they are the same one conciousness. Can't get this.
You dont really have to understand anything, just feel when you feel connected as one! We can all be the same conciousness even though you see different manifestations of it. Male or female is a way smaller difference than a mouse and an elephant but still even though there are so many differences in form, form does not define us. It is not your gender, sexuality, age, amount of money, nationality, religion, look, work or even your thoughts or anything else that defines you. It is the conciousness behind that. Your true self is only in the now. Dont focus on differences, the ego loves that, because then you wont be able to see yourself as your true powerful and infinite self
Complimentary contradictions. Masculine and feminine together create the universe. We are one and we are separate both. see the yin Yang for a visual representation - within each other we have the other. Not explainable in words, you must feel it and experience it
Beautiful ❤
Some thoughts on transgenderism light of this video talk.
If strongly identifying with a gender is a trap ( from an egoic point of view) , then wouldn’t that hold true even more so (in a way ) for transgender people who go to great lengths to create a new gender FORM ( appearance etc )? On the other hand however, the fact that they’ have ostensibly “ changed forms/genders” loosens the grip onidentity with both or either their old and their new gender !
Yes. Trans people are here to transcend the idea of your sex matching your gender. Trans people who hate their bodies sex and attempt to transition are trying hard to identify as the gender they chose to identify with rather than embracing their bodies sex and the fact that it doesn’t match their gender expression. Trans people who are healthy have embraced their bodies sex as well as the gender expression they are most at peace with
I am honestly confused now about this.
I have a superpower.
I am a transgender..
Wäre schön ,mit deutschen unter
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I am only attracted physically to women. May I say I am a lesbian?? lol
i don't think he's saying you shouldn't say you're a lesbian, but that being a lesbian is just a fact which can be acknowledged without needing to build a whole identity out of it. and also that it can be an opportunity to transcend a conventional heteronormative gender identity, without the need for another identity to replace it with.
@@lulicacharlottescott9887 yes!!!
this is beautiful for me that i am gender fluid :)
We are all "gender fluid", gender is not an identity it is a universal principle. Trying to label ourselves and identify with a principle is just a practice in trying to make our ego feel valid. Of course you are valid. You exist. There is no one like you and never will be again. You don't need to prove that to anyone. We are here to be beautiful living works of art and to experience that beauty and then leave. There is no need to limit ourselves with identity labels like gender fluid - as if we could be anything but! As if gender were something we could capture in a box and keep for ourselves. We are all male and female, Masculine and Feminine, it is universal law.
@@queengoblin yes!
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I've been TS for 18 years. Agree and disagree. I agree with Eckhart in that I am not this body. I finished with surgery and have no regrets in this lifetime. After ten years of marriage to my wife I am now celibate but I still room with the monks and not the nuns.
Well there is XX and XY - all the rest is in our heads.
I agree. But this is too simple of an answer for "modern progressive human beings".
@@asor8037 I fear you are right.
he's closing and opening his eyes many times and really fast , that will hurt my eyes actually...
The whole point of this talk is that people should NOT be defined or limited by their sexuality. Whom and what a person is attracted to is really irrelevant. Actual gender though in humans is predicated biologically, male or female, XX or XY chromosones. There are some minuscule exceptions to the rule but not enough to transform society into a genderless blob.
Exactly and identifying with our sex is still ego
Why does academia complicate things when they are as simple as can be.
This is what happens when you live in the padded room of academia.
On college campuses this guy's ideas work fine the real world don't care about your little ideas and will show you real fast that you are wrong.
Love him
Everything is reflected 😲👉🐃
spirituality is what we all are plain and simple we use our thoughts against ourselves and this man knows this and makes millions a real guru doesn't do this
I could help you learn some hatha yoga dear Eckhart ;)
F.I.S.H. Paragraph 28.
Feminism is the penultimate evil at present because feminism is based on the misguided assumption that women are equal to or even superior to men. Although a female can exhibit superior traits, skills, etcetera, to some men, a woman can never have AUTHORITY over a man. Truth be told, no true man would ever descend to the level of accepting counsel from any of his subordinates. A man should fully obey his appointed masters and never emasculate himself by submitting to the dictates of a female.
Feminists are victims of the SLAVISH mentality which the instigators of that evil, pernicious ideology (Karl Marx and the so-called "Globalist Elite") have always wanted them to be.
It is EXTREMELY unfortunate that the vast majority of women are unable to see the obvious truth that feminist ideology wants the destruction of women (as well as all society) as can clearly be seen at present.
At least it is clearly seen by any decent, holy and intelligent person.
Due to feminist indoctrination and lack of proper discipline as a consequence of an increasingly atheistic world, modern women have become extremely debased. The typical woman nowadays is afflicted with bitterness, uncontrolled jealousy, gross immodesty, greed, arrogance, misery and loneliness due to a false sense of “independence”, with hardly a single noble quality.
In those gynocentric societies which are dominated by feminism, men are urged to avoid any unnecessary contact with the opposite gender. Those (heterosexual) males who disregard this sage advice will invariably regret their choices, either after experiencing false allegations against them, the destruction of their families through divorce or after constant rejection by snobby women. However, let it be made clear: the greatest enemy of males is not women but those uxorious "white-knight" "men" who do the bidding of feminist ideologues, since they have far greater power than females, despite being truly pathetic-excuses-for-men.
Your point of View doesnt have any relationship with Eckart Toll
@@TheWorldTeacher recommend me some books please
@@TheWorldTeacher bro i just wanna be paid the same
@@LaserrSharp, in order to read the remaining twenty-nine chapters of “A Final Instruction Sheet for Humanity”, which are the most authoritative, accurate and complete spiritual precepts extant, Email:
prophet4god@icloud.com
with the acronym “FISH” in the subject field.
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“The gateway to KNOWLEDGE is ignorance”. 🤓
90% unproblematic.
The problem I have with non gender people is that ones I have observed tend to become identified with ego of being non gender and become very unconscious as a result. And this feeds further into egoic mental illness with the 50 different genders ect. At the end of the day deeply accept yourself instead of creating more unconscious indentity.
sounds like a generalization based entirely on a few personal experiences
@@arajackson Yes that’s what I saw too
Always, the need to individuate and identify is always ego
@@arajackson sounds like your ego wanted to comment ;)
@@070agga ah, indeed. sounds like yours wanted to make fun of me
It's OK to want to eat soggy carpet or have your sh** pushed in!
Or a fool like you
..you can't say KFC..
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5:20 - So to be female and feminine or male and masculine is being trapped in a "LITTLE world"? I find that condescending. Unless I'm missing something.
copperpaint he is trying to break your identification with a concept aka the ego.
Here is an example. If i am attached to the identity of being gay, someone else call me an abomination or attack my sense of identity by saying obnoxious things. If I let go of that attachment, they can talk as much as they want, am unaffected. Hence by identifying with concepts, i am limited within that small world of that concept.
My mother watches the news and a lot of it these days have amplified “men” in a general negative light. My mother has been a voice-box speaking of men as predators and women as victims. “Men are all the same”, “Men are stupid”, “women are slaves”.
As a result I have these passing thoughts of “poor women” which isn’t healthy because it reinforces victimhood, and paints females with a weak brush. I have seen men feel guilt just because they are men which is just strange.
Kids are missing in this explanation!
I'm a transsexual and I really disagree with Eckhart here. I think it's very unfortunate to tell young people who doubt their gender (to the extend that I experienced) to recommend more spiritual training and refrain yourself from an srs. You could also have more spiritual training and then no longer desire babies, material goods, a dog, whatever. But usually doing any of these is tolerated nevertheless. Somehow - when it's about transsexuality - different rules apply. One should refrain themselves from an srs? And why would anyone who feels strong about this reconsider? I'm the first to admit that femininity and masculinity is an ego manifestation (a manifestation that does go further than culture). But why should that mean that you cannot walk this road? It sounds as if it is 'wrong' to have an srs. It gave me peace of mind and it certainly helped me not to overanalyse gender anymore. How is that not a step in the right direction? In other words: you can do both.
He doesn't talk about sexual reassignment surgery here. If you look at his other videos and texts you'll notice that he doesn't have silly opinions that something is wrong or should be abstained from :)
I'm still confused, because he does explicitly talk about young people doubting their gender and he recommends spiritual coaching instead of... well, instead of what then?
I think he means instead of suffering and fear.
That's a possibility. I hope Eckhart gets to see these comments and maybe he can be more clear on the subject.
+77Merel he says that identifing with any gender is ego, no matter which one. So, he says that when someone doubts what gender ARE they, that identification is weaker, identification with form (and so easier to identify with awareness itself, the essence of who we are beyond form or gender) and that should be taken advantage of by trying to promote spirituallity, because not being so much identified with form (not knowing wich form you think you are, female or male) is less far away from identifing with awareness. But in the end, promoting spirituallity is always good, but he says specially here, because there is a bigger chance of losing identification with form when they dont define their identity with gender because they dont know wich one are they.
this is just the opposite, Actually spiritual process demands that you out aside all of this.. if you cant you are not even spiritual..
Out aside what ?
.you can foresake..
I love Tolle's words. But why does he charge so much for all his
seminars and courses? Why does he own over 100 million dollars? How is
charging people money for everything he does compatible with what he
teaches?
I find this very strange..
+Star Citizen Police I've thought about the same, it does seem weird. But as far as I know he's not really in charge of the foundation that organises all these events, he just gives the talks. Maybe he doesn't care too much for the business side of things and just lets the business people do what they do? Not sure. And apparently the foundation uses the money to spread the word in underserved communities.
I hope you are right Mari. Another thing that I have questioned, as much as I use Tolle's teachings every day, is his own application of them. How does he justify praising Oprah or Deepak, people who live in overwhelming luxury, drive supercars and buy diamond effects? The people who come to Tolle's gatherings are poor, many of them can't afford food or housing. How is teaching them to trust their fate and not seek fame or money good, while Tolle and his wife are earing 500.000$ from income at their gatherings?
I can't make the pieces fit here, guys. Please help me out. I refuse to believe that Tolle is deceiving people, but is he really surrounded by money grabbers? And how does he approve of that when he sees the suffering of his followers?
+Star Citizen Police I think money can only excite people for a while, but not cure inner suffering. At the same time I think that abundance (money or any other type of abundance) is not inherently bad, depends on how and why it comes to your life.
+The Forms I have never seen Tolle "teach to trust their fate and not seek fame or money." In fact, it's an issue he's clarified in several places that there is nothing wrong with seeking various expressions of "form," whether it be money or things. Your question is a very good one, though, and I wish there were more questions of that sort put directly to him, so he could clarify the situation better. It's my opinion - with very little information to go on - that Tolle is sincere. But he is now the centerpiece of a massive business enterprise. Just like with charities, children's hospitals, and countless "humanitarian" efforts, money is a fact of life. It's required to employ staff, pay expenses like offices, marketing, putting on retreats, etc. And, in fact, sometimes money is the only way to control access. If he put on retreats for now charge, no one would be able to get in. So many people would show up no one could benefit. And, another, less popular aspect, is that charging money can sometimes serve to separate the sincere for the not so sincere. Again, these is conjecture, and it's an issue I've certainly not come to terms with fully. But regardless of the machine around him handling the business, I believe Tolle to be a sincere man doing what he can to help change things for the better.
I have just moved on to listen to people who live quiet lives and don't take money. The fact that he lives very comfortably and has millions of dollars is very strange to me. I'm sorry. You can justify it however you like, I will take my spiritual guidance from myself (mainly), and others than Eckhart.
simply beating around the busssss....
In some languages Tolle means penis.
But the future is already here: masculine women everywhere.
RichardJinny masculine women are hot :) and I'm not even very gay (just a little bit gay perhaps) :D but i still appreciate their appeal and beauty.
I am totally on board with Eckhart Tolle's view on this. Too bad that now also in the LHBTIQ community the ego took over in large parts. And that is all what the western world sees now, with all the pronounces, identity politics, war on language, the flags and extreme activists. It is sad to see, because this way, they are only creating more enemies :( I hope also in their community people will stand up and try to help the ego dissolve so all people will come together more.
Gender is for bodies, not identities.