Can One Really Say ‘there Is No Problem’?
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- Опубликовано: 27 сен 2017
- Eckhart shares insights into the egoic mind.
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There is no problem in the now unless there is one. For most of us the problems are just in our heads. In some cases - like the Holocaust - they were real not imagined. I spoke to a woman once - who was very lively at 85 - about how she survived the Holocaust.
She was imprisoned in 5 death camps and she managed to escape all of them. Now that I am meditating I finally understand how she did it. She was in the now. She was present enough to notice and embrace a potential escape route each time. She even did in her eighties when living alone in a house outside a village.
One day a psychopath showed up holding a knife ready to kill her. What did she do? Instead of shrieking or running away she just turned around when she noticed him and said "what a beautiful knife, where did you get it?". That put the potential attacker off track immediately and he gave her the knife to look at it.
"I can assure u my sense of self isn't derived from any nationality" wow I laughed out loud at the fact that someone thought he would be offended by that statement. Love you Eckhart you changed my life.
I'm so glad he addressed this; other spiritual teachers often skim over or seem to ignore what Eckhart here is acknowledging as a painful part of our so-called reality
Whoever it was who asked that question.. Thank you dear, and I hug you
Such a humble and wise human being!
7:43 Knowing that there is no death to the essence of who you are . . . does not mean that a situation is not dreadful. The one does not deny the other. It has to be recognized in its dreadfulness.
Eckhart you started to sound like LIFE itself in my head! This whole time i have missed out on your endlessly refreshing wisdom and now i saw you when i actually opened my heart and mind to stillness. I had lived an entire 27 years trapped in distraction and a little bit of ego, not to mention all the grief which the people around me caused me to feel. i didn't know feeling either bad or good is a matter of decision and that i had a choice. Eckhart, i tell you i have never taken anything way too seriously the way i heard you talking to the point i could finally feel myself within myself outside of my mind. Even though i am from far away, i am hoping to get the chance to meet you someday. I really do love you and thank you for being you.
This is a very touchy subject and I feel Tolle answered it very gentle. The truth is that even in the most devastating situations we still have a choice to experience ourselves one with mind or to be a witness to mind. It is of course much harder to be a witness in the face of death or that which leads to death. Only the realization that we are not the body/mind but life itself brings about the end to suffering.
That's easier behind a computer, unfortunately 😦
Many Zen masters throughout history have shrugged off individual death as meaningless. In a way death can also help you awake from the nightmare of the egoic mind. Often the ego even leads to a conflict that results in death. Ideally you awake before your body dies though.
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Eckhart Tolle ... pure love 💛
Thanks I needed this
What a beautiful and enlightening explanation by Eckhart...everything that he said is true. Obviously at even deeper level of understanding the universe and a soul journey - believe it or not - all these souls chose to experience these atrocities, pain and suffering and the reason behind that was to evolve and find who they truly are, which is all knowing, unconditionally loving Light that is ever expanding and never stops to create. Through these lives they chose to remind themselves that we are small particles of this light and everything else that we think we are is an illusion created by our ego.
... and we mostly forget that supposedly a 100 million Nativ Indiens were killed to form today's America. Without that we would not even be the way we are and where we are. It is just part of history and the way we still are. We give ratings of which battle was wors than the other. Herein we are manipulated by the history-book-makers which always are the winners of such a battle.
that was the most enlightened stuttering i have ever heard. I am not joking! I found myself Present each time he catches himself after a stutter. I don't really remember even what he talked about. It's like it doesn't matter. He is so excited to say nothing. Eckhart's stuttering lack of verbal description communicates deeper Presence than anything I have ever heard from a Western speaker.
Elkhart you are literally my idol.
Thank you Eckhart. You have helped to make me a more mindful human being.
My ego likes it when I get to comment first
sorry you were late again! LoL.
best comment ever hahaha- forever learning
As long as you notice your ego it loses its power. That's the awareness behind it.
Well, he's top of my list! (As of 8 Sept 2018.)
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It's so enjoyable to listening to Ekhart Tolle, Like it 👍👍
Eckhart was one of my main inspirations behind my channel. Much love going out to this being.
I just love you, Elkhart
Of all the questions to ask. Seriously. Well done Eckhart your a legend
Thank you Eckhart! I love you for being you and shining a big light out to the world to wake up to love and fullness to appreciation of who we are and can be..love and beauty to the world
This man never fails to amaze me!... if you can even call him merely a "man".
Exactly what I needed to hear. Thank you dear Eckhart. ♥️
My mind is filled with your love and tranquility you speak with me from the heart, thank you
Yes. Only the mind creates problems with it's judgments, beliefs, statements, etc.
wow, first video in a long time where i had no resistance, and could just observe it all
such a brilliant response!!!
Great video! I really learned new things especially about the collective human consciousness.
Great as always!
Powerful. How incredible to hear this beautiful Jewish woman and this beautiful German man communicate at such consciousness. 🙏🏼🙂
“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms-to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.”
― Viktor E. Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning
(Austrian neurologist and psychiatrist as well as a Holocaust survivor.)
I recommend everybody to read this book.
Awe bless this lady.
So many wise people to be had on RUclips. Love it. :)
Yes Eckhart, I love you
You have helped me find hope in insanity Eckhart I'm so lucky to have come across your videos.
Very well explained.
Great question! I had wondered that myself when fairly recently I heard Eckhart say "there is no problem".
What an amazing video. Maybe the best Tolle q&a that i have seen.
One of the best 13 minutes I've ever used... #eckharttolle #stillness #consciousness #presence
This must be the longest question in the world. An observation not a judgment.
Thank-you for so much clarity. This is very helpful. 💖
Very important information, thank you for sharing!
Hello I pray that this message can reach someone who can make a difference. I been try since Many years convince people around the world to try to subtitle to spanish language the videos of Eckart Tolle, I'm a big fan of his teachings but I do not completely master English so while I try to understand I lose a lot of content and I'm sure I'm not the only one, I think Eckart would be even more popular and would help much more people if somehow subtitling Spanish at least one of his videos for month. Peace
Love Tolle!
You are supppose to be in moment as much as you can and go dowm solving problems just when its nessecary. Not opposite: be in the problem all the time and in the moment when you need a break...
Wow
Thank you Kim
Can we take this a step further? I'm glad a spiritual teacher is finally touching upon this, so I feel comfortable to ask: What about rape victims in DR Congo, who are violated with sticks and guns? What about mothers who lose their children because they are abducted by Joseph Kony as child soldiers? What about humanitarian workers who see people around them with torn limbs, bleeding?
In times of blinding pain and fear, one often loses their sense of personhood
Why? Because the contrast is so intense their true Self often intensifies at the same time
For one to know incredible fear one must know incredible peace
Through Grace, the BodyMind dissolves into itself which is the enteral peace that is it's true essence
For our true essence can not be touched or perceived thus, is always unaffected by matters of Mind
All experiences, are matters of the Mind because all experiences are "known", only Mind knows, the pure Self is just being what it is...the un-perceivable backdrop of Mind
But as he said, it doesn't negate that a terrible experience was witnessed
Peace my fellow expressions of consciousness
- Tiger Dragon Storm
If you guys are wondering why he always blinks I think I finally know the answer hahahaha. Osho doesnt blink at all and he is a spiritual master. To balance this out, the Universe gave all of Osho's blinks to him hahahhahahaha
Thank you so much 💙
You are my world. You are my freedom. I'm a vegan. You're here to teach me that eating meat is Ok. ❤
Thank you !
Beautiful.
Perfect!
I hope you mention 2 millions Iraqi civilians and Syrians how killed in the past and nowdays. That when you talk about death on this plant.
Eckhart Tolle ! quick question: what do you feel when you win ? for example you win in a 1v1 chess match ? is it completely irrelevant?
More good stuff.
Enlightenment is actually Living Love, Peace, Joy, Goodness, Kindness, Beauty, Creativity, Compassion (Passion for All), Wisdom, Truth, in each and every moment of daily life.
Enlightenment is actually being in Total Communication, Communion, Connection, Relationship with everyone and everything.
Totally Free from stories, experiences, knowledge, images.
Totally Free from fear, anxiety, personal sorrow, hatred, loneliness, inner conflicts, inner contradictions, jealousy, envy, greed, possessiveness, competitiveness, and attachments.
Totally Free from beliefs, philosophies, ideologies, theories, opinions, perspectives, biases, prejudices, nationality, and identifications.
Totally Free from the I, the me, the self, and the so-called True or Higher Self, which is the invention of the past conditioning of the brain.
All of which limit, color, shape & distort Perception and therefore prevents Lucidity.
They who are Totally Enlightened actually treat everyone, without exception, with the same intensity and quality of care and affection that you would give your dearest closest friend, lover, or child, without any sense of division, separation or distance and without an iota of bias or prejudice, in each and every moment of their daily life.
Be not deceived. You shall know them by their Fruits.
A sick tree is incapable of bearing Fruit.
A Healthy Tree bears Fruit.
The Fruits are Love, Peace, Joy, Kindness, Goodness, Compassion (Passion for All), Beauty, Creativity, Lucidity, Truth, Wisdom...PerceivING, FeelING, ExperiencING...Communication, Communion, Connection, Relationship with everyone and everything, without a shadow of inner conflict, violence or suffering, in each and every moment of daily life.
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I disagree.
I wish i could meet you someday.. love from India...
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YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!
When everyone says we THE.
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I am inspiring from your words that you said on your books, that was really true. Do you believe in judgement day?
Eckhart Tolle I must inform you that, right now, every second, 40,000 nonhuman animals are murdered by human beings for trivial purposes.
I have a problem in my college study, i can't handle it, can i just surrender in the present moment? I want my problem to be fixed but i can't, can surrendering to present moment solve it for me?
It depends on the problem. Is it really real or just imagined?
For example: you suffer from smoking and nicotine addiction and can't focus on learning because of that. That's a real problem.
Another example: you are afraid you fail the exam even though you learned for weeks. That's the fear of the ego. You project it onto the future.
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I practice presence every time I have to listen to an Eckhart disciple STRUUUGLE to get to the damn point
If I could ask Mr. Tolle a question it would be about social justice. He States that nothing is absolutely right or wrong only relatively. Is my wanting opression to end right or wrong or is my fighting for social justice merely an identification with thought? If I truly believe that Racism is wrong for example, is a white supremacist as right as I am because we are equally identified with thought?
Laura Kamienski I don’t think Eckhart actually says that. That right and wrong are only relative, I mean. I think he is very clear that racism, or any form of antagonism or perceived superiority towards another person or group, is a form of collective ego. It’s a way of strengthening yourself or your in-group by making another into an enemy. So *of* *course* white supremacy isn’t right. But any individual who subscribes to that philosophy could, potentially, become enlightened and helpful to the world, by renouncing this false identification with this particular form of collective ego.
Laura Kamienski merely a thought. The believer that thought, that which is identified, is not you, it’s the ego self. Ultimately, neither you or them are right or wrong, because all judgement of right or wrong originate in the mind, ultimately, neither are true.
What if all awakened individuals were murdered?
Would that be the end of human consciousness?
Maybe they never said their is no problem? I would think deep down it does effect you.
councioussnes is cool but it is too much ignorant what really happen in second war my father still alive 95 yrs old fight in Africa he didn't run away and he tell stories too
Why a nightmare, why so much pain, why does transformation have to be painful, why not blissful? Why pain, is this male collective conciousness, male induced pain and suffering?
No, one cannot
I am
When is he going to answer her question??
I wonder what Elkhart thinks of the alt right and Richard Spencer
silly questions don't seem to bother him in the least, fascinating
Over-population is the problem.
Ok. But, again... Can one really say "there is no problem?"
I'm struggling with that same question and this answer doesn't do it for me.
I can understand how most of our suffering is self-created and transcendable.
But what about excruciating pain, child malnutrition, rape, animal mistreatment. There is no problem? It all just is?
On personal level things are just how they are. For example if you want to help rape victims just help, deal with situations in now. See, no problem. But when we start to think and imagine how horrible things happening and will happen - that’s making problem out of it. Acknowledging and choosing whether i can or want to to something about it. That does not mean we can’t be compassionate but there is no need to make problem.
The problem is never the problem. The problem is our attitude/how we think/our perception of the problem. All just is. At the end of your journey, when you've finally reach enlightenment, you will realize that You can't change anything. And that every happening in this world belongs in this world. When that time comes, no longer will you see the world in good or bad.
First!
If a warm glass of milk could talk
Jullios Evola fight in second war he wrote many books but is not allow to read anymore I have some books from Evola I agree wars are stupid but when happen people must choose one side why nobody can read Evola any more because he choose he agree Mussolini?
I wish my videos would go viral.😂
So humanity is going through a 'nightmarish' stage where there is great suffering. Given the suffering humans inflict on each other and other creatures, is it ethically justifiable? God/ the universe will do what it wants, but as a human being trying to be ethical, it seems the only conclusion I can come to is that humans are a failure and should be discontinued. Actually, they should have been discontinued thousands of years ago, and would have been if God/the universe had an 'ethical compass' that I can recognize or relate to. In non-duality, everything is perfect just as it is, but that is a perfection that 'passeth all understanding'. Even if a majority of people 'wake up' and transform this world into a paradise, it will be a paradise built on the bodies of countless beings. There is still no rational answer to the question 'Why does God allow evil', and perhaps there never will be on the level of duality. Transcending duality may bring peace, but it feels like a cop-out to me. Entering non-duality seems like being the billionaire on their island where life is good and no homeless, starving people are visible. I plan to serve out my sentence here on the (significant) chance I've misunderstood the situation, but if NDE reports of death experiences turn out to be accurate, and upon my death I meet God, if I have a separate will left I will choose oblivion over being part of a God that was OK with creating so much suffering. If consent doesn't matter and there is no getting off the ride and away from such a mentally ill 'God' that 'created the world and saw that it was good', then that is truly Hell. I can be present, accept that that reality is what exists and be at peace, but I will always be looking for an opportunity to bring the whole thing down.
To make a comment on others suffering, is just that a comment. I can make a comment or, in other words give my opinion. A true, human response is to be both humbled to the point of having no words for such sorrow. However this man claims to be enlightened and therefore beyond mere humanity.
You think that enlightenment is not "mere humanity." You are wrong.
Enlightenment is not separate from "mere humanity."
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1:48 IS it irony?
for myself as a white man with black friends today, I very much HOPE there's no irony in that. the actions of previous generations aren't chosen by the subsequent generations.
Eckhart wasnt present now.
Remembering a past incident happens only NOW! Planning a future event happens only NOW. Nothing ever exists/happens outside of NOW.
I blame life and God for not providing necessary tools and guidance to create happiness.
Of course its my fault. But it could have been less violent.
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Think he struggled with that question and the answer was a bit of a let down
Why was it a let down? He basically said the evolution of human consciousness is very slow...it goes through a nightmarish state and this intense experience can be or is the source of awakening out of narrow egoic identification
If you think that you probably do not know yet about the two levels of truth - relative and universal.
Summondadrummin - We are in a nightmarish state now. :'(
A master never answers the question. He answers the questioner.
When I will evolve ?
Consciousness dose not evolve, the distorted egoic structures which corrupt consciousness evolve.Pure uncorrupted consciousness has nothing to do and nothing to say about life, it's indifferent.It's only when we distort consciousness that we get ideas and problems (life). Stop distorting it and the problems fade, along with the rest of life.The thing with spirituality is it is unconcerned with solving problems or living. Awakening is about slowing or almost stopping our distortion of consciousness. When it stops completely that is death. Enlightened masters are like the walking dead in this way.
No, the opposite is the case. The people who follow their ego's whims are the actual zombies.
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Ignorance is bliss...
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Did not like this. He's right, but there is something wrong with the way this was presented. Is the evolution that we are experiencing worth the cost of the the evil that has to be endured in the process?
I agree 100%.
Workdove you are using your mind
I'm not sure if there's a way to sugar-coat this idea, and I don't think he should have to do that.
We don't have to like it but that's just how the universe works, you see it all around nature, horrible things happening for the good of other things.
Let's just hope humanity reaches a point one day where the evil/suffering comes to an end.
Without "Evil" there is no "Evolution" because without "Evil" how could you determine what is "Good" ! you can always say "Good" is the absence of "Evil" as "Darkness" is the absence of "Light" but in doing so you are admitting that "Good" and "Darkness" are of equal value which they are not ! In a Materialistic World You need to have both in order to have a conscience , empirical knowledge leads to Truth and Truth is light !
Workdove The question is do we have a choice?
Even if you think it’s not “worth it”, you can’t direct evolution. You can’t stop it from happening, either.
Evolving into conscious beings is the only way to prevent the infliction of suffering on ourselves and others.
I would ask this woman, what does she thinks about what israel does to the palestinians? She feels guilty?
With your question, you prove you missed the point...
This woman is not from Israel. She's from the US.
seguiriya1 How on earth do you know the lady doesn't like discussing the reality of t h e terror in the Middle East? In what way is it h e r terror? Only because she is Jewish? I believe this is something Eckhart calls 'judgement' and does his best in trying to move people beyond it.