From Self-Sabotaging to Conscious Freedom in 2023 | Eckhart Tolle 

My practice is as follows: when fear, anxiety come into my mind, I welcome them with all my heart and hospitality. I seat them at my dining table and treat them with all the goodies that I have and when they are satiate ask them what more they want. And generally they apologize to me, thank me and leave me with a smile.

You are lucky to have that self sabotaging mechanism (addiction) in your life because it is a spiritual practice tailored and designed just for you as part of your awakening process (to transform the undesirable into awareness). What a reframe.. thank you Eckhart 🙏🏽

Self-sabotage is the ego's way of keeping us small, safe, and separate. It is the manifestation of the illusion of lack and limitation, a sign that we have not yet fully awakened to our true nature. But the truth of nonduality and oneness reminds us that we are not separate from the divine, and that we are worthy and capable of achieving our goals. When we tap into this truth and let go of the ego's doubts and limitations, we open ourselves up to infinite possibilities. We are the masters of our own destiny, the architects of our own paradise. We are the dreamers, stepping out of the nightmare and into the light. So next time you find yourself self-sabotaging, remember that you are not your ego, but rather a unique expression of the divine. You are worthy and capable of achieving your goals, and it is through embracing this truth that you can break free from self-sabotage and awaken to your full potential. The universe is waiting for you to shine brightly, to let your light ignite the world 👁️

Does anyone else feel as if you have outgrown this world, and all you want is to go home?

“Observe do not absorb” 💚

In my next life, I want Eckhart Tolle to be my Dad.

I used a version of this to quit smoking in 2001. I was a heavy smoker, too. But when I was finally ready to really quit, I decided to just start saying, “Thank you, craving, for giving me another opportunity to prove to myself that I am way more powerful than you are.” After the first day of being able to stand up to it for first minutes, and then hours, I was able to really know that there was zero value in blowing up my progress by letting my craving have its way with me, ever. And now it’s been almost 23 years since I smoked my last cigarette. It wasn’t nearly as easy as I’ve made it sound here, but it was definitely worth the diligence and perseverance that were necessary to my success. Staying awake to and aware of my thoughts was the most important part.

I started reading New Earth and the Power of Now back in 2008. The wisdom in those 2 books resonated with my soul so..... much that I decided to read them both over and over again until my subconscious mind was altered and the dysfunctional environmental programming that I received, between birth and my 8th birthday, from unconscious adults was replaced. Like any new skill you want to learn, becoming a keen observer of myself, becoming the master of my thoughts or monkey mind and changing my beliefs with this wisdom took continuous practice. It's challenging but you can do it, don't give up and remember, you are not your mind or thoughts! If you are depressed you're thinking about and dwelling in the past. If you are anxious you're thinking about the future. If you practice every millisecond and consistently stay in the present moment you are in the NOW, this is ENLIGHTMENT! You no longer have to chase enlightenment because it only exists in your present now. You evolve your soul from the present moment NOW. Uplift others, love others and be the best version of yourself every day. Imagine what our planet would be like if this were the goal of every human being on a daily basis? It would be a "new earth" full of peace, joy and love. I'm excited for the TIPPING POINT, when this is a reality for every human being on Earth. You are loved beyond measure, I love you!

does anyone noticed that Eckhart video are free from ads ? Thank you, this is what spirituality, not profiting from the system when it does not match our values, whatever the amount of possible gain. I really appreciate

"" Every morning we are born again, its what we do today that matters " Buddha. A wonderful quote that points out our mistakes of yesterday really are behind us now and today is wonderful brand new opportunity to do things differently, if we wish to. This must be why they call it the present 👍🙏🙏🙏🙏

And just to add, these urges will never go away, they will be with you always, when your practice and presence has slowed down, they will take over again.

- I just want to let anyone who’s reading this, and going through a tough time know that it’s going to be okay. You’ll get through it! ✨

I love this man so much, he also provides pure comedy ! 😂

When i was about 14 and in denial about something or other, my dad said to me; “Paul, the easiest person to lie to is yourself!” It was only many, many years later that I realised the gravitas of that statement!

I'm sober from alcoholism for a long time. There is nothing like the compulsive urge to pick up a drink. It's like a 100 ton truck driving through the brain! Comes fast and furious, even in aware and semi-conscious people. That's why daily presence meditation has to be practised by alcoholics.

Absolute brilliance! So much love for Eckhart. This is PRACTICAL advice. Anyone can use this for anything they're trying to overcome. Delay the "bad" thing you're struggling with for 3 minutes and watch your mind's reaction. You may be surprised by what you learn.

I find it very helpful to listen to eckhart toll for help

My teacher E. Tolle has changed my life. His audiobooks are not only full of excellent knowledge they are meanwhile very entertaining!

Watched this again a couple weeks later. It hits totally different. Excellent.

7:20 "Every time an impulse of that kind comes, this is your special spiritual practice... This is a spiritual practice specially designed for you." 🙏

Very appropriate video to start the year, muchas gracias 👍

I just realized how different this spiritual teaching is, compared to being hard on yourself or “repenting and trying to earn forgiveness from god”.

Dear Eckhart, firstly I thank you really so much. The book of yours - The Power of Now - has really saved me at times. But today, when I was listening about self- sabotage - I just realized that it is not a gremlin or so what is trapped inside me. It is beautiful me, my real - self. Who is asking to be seen. To be care of. I called her - My Fair Lady. Because I used to be all of that. Beautiful, fair, loving ,kind. And then that beautiful self got scared, got disappointed, got distracted and got in totally wrong shoes. And I just really hope - it is not too late - to get back - what belongs to me - it is my beautiful self ❤❤❤.

just by playing tolle's voice it helps a lot

3 Minutes , that's how long I stay under my cold shower each morning, only my third week though. Then 11 minutes to follow Guided Wim Hof Method Breathing video on Wim Hof's channel . I Try to do the breathing exercises 3 times each day. It's really helping me so thought I'd share.

My self sabotaging mechanism is watching Eckhart videos.

Thanks! I appreciate all of your wisdom you helped me get over drug addiction (the power of the now)

I don't know if this will help anyone else or not but I was really right on the edge of having a serious addiction problem and the way I got away from it was as soon as the pleasure thought entered my mind I would automatically switch my thoughts to all the negative aspects of using it. I would not allow myself to think of the pleasurable part of the experiences. It took a while but the pleasure thoughts quit popping into my mind which meant the thought off the substance stop popping into my mind.

Incredible explanation! For those interested in relating this to western psychology / cognitive science, what he is describing is the process of raising **conscious awareness** of unconscious habits and how that ends up reprogramming unconscious behavior (ie “behavioral health”). Psychic imbalance occurs when those “gremlins” or “frogs” are actually CHILDHOOD PERSONAS (this is the formation of the “Shadow” in Jungian psychology) that have been stuffed down due to painful negative associations. Eventually they get stuffed so far down that they are ignored by the conscious “Ego”, but your brain is so interconnected neuronally that you cannot “delete” the full memory. So it remains embedded in the unconscious, manifesting as unexplained compulsions or emotional outbursts that frustrate you and can’t be controlled when your lizard brain “fight or flight” response becomes activated (anxiety, stress, fear, etc). This practice he describes is “mindfulness” and this eastern philosophy idea has been adopted by western behavioral therapists BECAUSE IT WORKS. Simply raising conscious awareness of the unconscious habit begins to “reprogram” your brain and make the negative “Persona” less scary, so you are less compelled to try and react in fear and try to shove it down. The long term “cure” is when you finally connect the deeply buried Persona to the actual painful childhood experiences which caused it to be buried in the first place. Once you find those, sit with them and process the pain, your psyche starts to heal and regain emotional balance (embrace the Yin and Yang!). But that’s a multi year process for most, so just starting with this simple mindfulness exercise he describes will be a huge head start! :)

I am so grateful that Eckart is among us, my last resort is Eckart when my world falls apart.

You are a blessing to so many. Thankyou. I'm concerned about your posture, guess it comes from a lot of reading and writing . Please be aware, it is reversible if you catch it and work daily to strengthen the shoulder/back muscles and stretch the pecs back to their former state. much love and peace.

Thank you very much, for this wonderful teaching.🌸🙏

Love Eckhart. He actually makes me laugh without even trying . Legend. Awesome advice too ❤

Just such a great opportunity and exercise to work on self awareness. Thank you!

Thank you, mr Tolle! This is exactly what i need right now. When i go to bed i take phone and spend several hours watching videos)) But now i know what i should do instead.

I can’t like this enough. As someone who struggles with binge eating, this will help tremendously. I welcome any other insight as to what helped you overcome your addiction. Thank you. ❤

I think it’s less a gremlin and more a part of me that wants to comfort me. It helps me to say”thanks but let’s work out a way to comfort me that is less or hopefully not at all harmful”. I work as a team with myself within the flow of what is (ie calories) and negotiate a sweet spot between comfort and consequences. When I make an enemy of my truth(ie my desire for comforting food) I will more likely rebell against myself.

I love the frog/prince story. Beautiful.

Always Thankful and Grateful for Eckhart sir 🙏🏼

The same voice that tells you to do it, is the same voice that says " I told you not to do it " Its about being present and catching it first

Brilliant explanation. I could cry, that I got it at last. Thank you Eckhart !

This is an amazing explanation of how addiction works and advice on how to deal with it, wonderful. We can get rid of addiction and at the same time grow in the sphere of awareness. Thank you very much! [🚭] ☺️🧡

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Losing my beautiful mother, going through the experience from her decline to end of days and death has now come back to haunt me, during the process I was present and almost felt like it wasn't me but spirit that was doing it all, or should I say, wasn't ego but the presence of my true self. Now weeks after her ferwel ceremony (burial) I have been lost in my egoic self, suffering immensely! I have listen to you Ekart for Years, many many many years and while I thought I was spiritual and felt grounded in presence, it was so quick and easily lost!!! Your videos have brought me back to the kingdom of heaven and I will never be able to thank you enough my sweet soul, thank you Ekahart, the words I love you have no real meaning as to how much you mean to me. Thank you thank you thank you.

I am 70 years old I have dealt with addictions my whole life.I'm still here fighting.

Transforming the thought into presence... so beautiful. The presence is also relationship... I learned this from Marshall Vian Summers' work. I recommend checking him out, there's much wisdom in his teachings as well...

self observation of your thoughts AND feelings is key. The impulse is often a 'feeling' (or at least a thought accompanied by a feeling) and to help yourself observe that feeling it can be a good idea to describe it to yourself. Ask yourself where in the body is it located. What are its characteristics? Does it feel hot, cold, sharp, nagging etc? Does it have a colour? These are all things that helped me.

This is good. An issue for many is to find a replacement activity or habit. Although longer term benefits may be a recognised incentive, unfortunately, it may not be easy to find a satisfying alternative in the moment. This is a challenge, perhaps, the challenge for many people suffering addictions.

That gremlin moment will remain with me as my reminder. Thank you

I like the concept of using each circumstance as an opportunity for my (your) personal spiritual practice. The rewarding experience could be unending, always available and arising. And the energy of self sabotage thoughts weaken and dissolves over time. Yes! Replace that disappearing energy with positive energy 😊

This theme goes well with the season

Thank you😌 for healing with humor

Thank you for explaining the difference between will power and awareness 💜💜💜

That part about the mind giving a reason to indulge in our addiction is so accurate. Exact same stuff I deceive myself with...

This is exactly what I needed right now!! Amazing! Thank you!

We can’t stop our thoughts but we can stop them to stay there for long.

Thank you. You are real blessing . I hope kids can lean. For me my housband that i miss very much, but need to go out of my mind. I will practice. Thanks again

A wonderful practice! Thank you, Eckhart! ☺

Love this, thank you. 🙏❤️🦋🇮🇪

I awakened 8 years ago, in big part, thx to Eckhart,. I meditate, have become a Reiki instructor, l live in presence, for the most part, l am human, l am at peace , l serve others , but l haven't been able to quit smoking!! It's the one thing l have not been able to overcome. Thank you for all you've given us Eckhart. Love and light to all. ❤😊❤

I feel like this was a tailor designed spiritual video for me ! Needed this right now thank you ❤

Thank you for this you are an angel on earth ❤️

Self sabotage is anger. Anger at the world, people, and life. I totally get it. To not self sabotage you have to have something you care about. Someone you care about living for. A reason. Try losing all reason to care about people. Self sabotage makes sense.

thank You Eckhart❤❤❤🙏

Eckart I don’t know how to thank you enough. Suffering from anorexia for many years now it has transformed in an addiction to food and screens. Today as many days I indulge in overeating and binge watching and it ruined my day, my mood and confidence. I feel so much culpability because I have big dreams and I am just laying there with an unconscious body and mind, torn between awakening and self sabotage. And every time you are there andI feel better, and I know all this will lead me somewhere, and there is a meaning behind, I am even “lucky”! Tomorrow is an other day Blessing to you all

I feel like this might be one of the most impactful video's I'm gonna watch this year

Wow love Echart ❤️ simply beautiful soul …. Thank you !

This is the most practical sensible spiritual talk that I have heard in decades. Hark ye to it!

This man is a national treasure

Depression and anxiety has been a big struggle

I'm 73. I've tried everything. Help. Make the impulse go away forever now thank you

But the more I think about it, the more I see what this really means. Observing the situation and sitting with and extending a threshold for (safe) discomfort.

So Love you Eckhart ❤ Beautiful soul🙏

Thanks

So wonderful and illuminating 🙏💕 thank you 🥰

I just got into a video of this channel, that leads me to another video to another and finally got here, just a few minutes ago and this was uploaded like 2h but it really hits my spot in this rough time that i'm, theres so much to learn, ty

Obrigada.

Just wat I needed to hear but knew love to you all ❤ The ego occulted into a few bad habits- time to be me again 🎉

Thankyou Eckhart. I love you.

Multumesc cu recunostinta

This man is awesome!!!!!

Thanks Universe for sharing love through truth

I'm so grateful for this precious lesson 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

I just realized, after many years of watching Tolle's videos, it's like he's telling us a bedtime story, a very soothing, comforting bedtime story.

Thank you it’s so beautiful to listen to you and to absorb by watching your expressions it is healing the heart 💜 so much needed 🙏🌻🥰

WOW Fantastic ❤

Brilliant practical advice. Thank you 🥰

Much needed information, thank you!

What a beautiful, simple teaching, thank you! ❤

I’m having issues with self sabotaging in regards to binge eating. I’m in relatively good shape, but I have a perfectionist mentality that is being driven from my egoic mind. I am able to keep it at bay for the most part, but when I feel stressed or let down by myself, I feel this primal urge to splurge on food and discontinue my workouts, sabotaging my progress and efforts and getting caught up in the proverbial hamster wheel. It has been a great struggle for me. The last couple of times that it has occurred, I have attempted to sit with it more and delay the urge. But the urges come back in full force. It feels so primal that logic can’t seem to stop it. I’m hoping by cultivating more presence I can overcome this obstacle. Any additional wisdom or knowledge would be welcome. Bless you all.

Much love and freedom .

Tolle is such a great teacher! He breaks things down into relatability. Thanks for this podcast.

I just love this man!

Beautiful! 💝

What's needed is a shift in mindset, I'm not saying I can do it, I am saying for me at least its the only thing that worked, when you realise you're out of any other options but to do That!

Sounds like a great idea to put into practice.I will have to try it for my self. Thanks very much for sharing this encouraging talk.👍 14:35

The waterfalls are a pleasant touch. 🙏🏼

Eckhart, I am so grateful to you for your guidance and giving me tools that I can understand to help me with my Frogs..God bless you 🙏

Have a bad day as an excuse to overeat will become a vicious cycle! You will look, get, develop, attract to yourself, a bad day in order to have an excuse!! It’s funny to me how others think We can see through excuses! It’s up to you! It’s always a temporary thing It’s not a solution or fix It’s more like trying, more like making yourself right-When you already are, it’s like saying look “I’m giving an effort”!!! I’m seeing law of attraction is really working here!

Just what I needed