Eckhart Tolle: Essential Teachings

Essential Teachings Special: Know Thyself: Remembering Who We Are

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Oct 2, 2025
Explore the intriguing contrast between intellectual knowledge and profound intuitive understanding. Discover the essence of self as pure consciousness and how personal narratives can lead to inner conflict. Eckhart shares how stepping away from habitual thinking fosters creativity and clarity. He emphasizes the silent power of faith and the importance of being present. Uncover how deep practice lays the groundwork for creative breakthroughs and insights, linking mastery with the flow of inspiration.
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INSIGHT

Two Kinds Of Knowing

  • Eckhart Tolle distinguishes two kinds of knowing: conceptual knowledge and a deeper, non-conceptual knowing rooted in presence.
  • He calls the deeper knowing a vast space of wisdom and intuition underlying thought.
INSIGHT

Presence As Consciousness

  • Presence means being conscious of consciousness itself, not just objects within it.
  • That awareness is the essence of who you are beyond personal history or narratives.
ANECDOTE

Stranded Man And The Beach Ball

  • Tolle recounts the stranded-man-and-beach-ball story to show how the ego projects relationships onto objects.
  • The anecdote illustrates how identification with patterns creates inner conflict even when alone.
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