How to Change a Conditioned Behavior | Q&A Eckhart Tolle 

Jesus sitting in the audience again.

It’s only your self you’re ever dealing with.

I have been a fitness instructor and personal trainer for over a decade and it wasn’t until I started implementing Eckhart’s teachings into my own work did I start to see long lasting change in the clients that I work worth. There is hope through suffering. Thank you for sharing this video 🙏🏻

Thanks Eckhart. I hit a very low point in my life. I gave up drugs alcohol and cigarettes 3 weeks ago today. It has been surprisingly easy because I was ready to blossom.. I realize its still early days but I feel stronger then ever and don't think ill ever go back. Thank you for your guidance.

Friendly Reminder: Those "Voices" that You Hear in Your Head .. Are NOT You !

The ego doesnt want to die. Leaving some habits is like you would abandon yourself. Those words are so powerful.

The mind is a faithful servant but a terrible master. Thank you Ekhart 🙏 blessings everyone

Conditional behavior can be changed by living in the Now intensely. Living in the present moment leads to the acceptence of the reality.

"The spiritual journey is the unlearning of fear and the acceptance of Love." ~Marianne Williamson ❤️

Oneness ❤️❤️

I saw 2 women at wrk killing an insect that was right next to an open door. They could have put it outside. It upset me. They think im insane . To quote one of them.. "you're one of 'those", i presume they meant a hippy, or something. They dont recycle or learn anything that could benefit the earth. They drink coke, eat terrible food etc etc. I'm judgmental and harsh even thinking like this.....but omg awakening, it's changed me. I realise I have so far to go.

This reminds of my pregnancy. How I loved my baby growing inside me. How afraid I was as time came to give birth.. Then suddenly I just wanted the baby to be born. The fear of giving birth left. And she was born. The joy of new life the pain of letting go of the pregnancy and accepting with joy new life.

bad habits and addiction are like toxic friends. they convince you that you need them, that they’re worth more than your friends or family, but every time you’re with it you feel worse and worse. eventually you have to learn to say “no, i will not listen to you because i don’t have to. you will not make me feel better and i don’t need you to”

I was guided to this. It is exactly what I needed to see. Thank you so much.

Many times the wisdom that results from trauma-like situations has the power to permanently change conditioning - it's definitely not nice, but very powerful. Cheers to all suffering from trauma =)

Don’t know what I would do without this guy

Seeing this video at the moment not wanna go to sleep, the smile I got when she gave that as an example.

"Go to the place of not knowing" I really like that, that i can do.

Every time I watch these videos it feels like the first time Good Morning and happy Friday y'all ☮

It’s the human desire for pleasure in the moment that causes us to break our healthier choices . I know I feel much better eating healthy but sometimes that cake is what I want in that very moment.

If eckhart is good enough for Jesus , he's good enough for me folks......🙏

The caterpillar analogy is quite accurate and helpful.

My first time here! Per oprah Winfrey recommendation, I must say I love this man of enormous depths of life practicality

Jesus, in front row, checking to see if Eckhart is doing his job properly🤣 And he is my Lord. Believe me, he truly is.☮

She is in there somewhere 😂😂😂😂😂. Am still reading that book I will try to look for her hh

The mind made self loves drama and problems so much it can go on and on with fake arguments but you have to focus a lot more to keep it interested in something positive

This made me laugh so much... I can recognize myself in that caterpillar... I hope I moved on at last, but if not, I shall be patient with myself as I grow more aware of what still holds me back, until I am ready to become the butterfly I am meant to be!

Had my own condition behaviours to let go off, thank you for this wisdom ❤

People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar. -Thich Nhat Hanh Change happens when the pain to remain the same is greater than the pain of change. -Tony Robbins

Listening to his speeches, makes a calm mind 😊👍 Thank you Eckhart 😊👍👍

The title has nothing to do with the content... 🧐😒 But, the subject is interesting, and ever so true!! One can't push a person to evolve. Only show a way or direction. 🙏

She totally caught me out, I’m watching this after midnight 😂

Thanks this is great! I think I can actually get through the night without self medicating.

The hard part is embracing where you are……wherever you are. Even the suffering. Your heart exists in this entire human experience. Becoming enlightened doesn’t mean you no longer have problems, or are beyond mental challenges.

To awaken, to see the truth about the world and about yourself, it's very important to destroy all unncessary conditionings within you

Wow, Thanks so much for your words of wisdom. Life-changing message 🙏🏿🙌🏿

Addiction is NOT a different force. Addiction to what was in the past is conditioning.

The temptation of staying in fantasy world is huge. I became present for some days. It was a awsome, I loved it. But the pull of the thoughts brought me back in the hole from where I came from.

Such a beautiful and honestly asked question ❤️

Wow....could I relate! To lose that edge of enthusiam is painful....I have to give myself a pep talk most days....because the pain of the cater pillar did get THAT unbearable.

I love you so soo sooo much. Have No Fear.

About the ego? No sir. It’s about that behavior being reinforced by environmental factors. Which is conditioning.....so you fix conditioned behavior.....by conditioning. That’s the answer. It’s not that people don’t want to let go because they “don’t want to change” its not “let’s wait till they’re ready” it’s about them thinking that their conditioned behavior is the only way to access what reinforces them. It’s about the function of a behavior. The closest thing to “ego” whenever it comes to the four functions is “sensory” the behavior is stimulating an inner feeling that that person either enjoys, or does to block a outside factor which then you could say the function is escape. What you have to do is put in place different ways to be reinforced (the replacement behavior) within that environment or a different environment that encourages the change not because the person all of a sudden has made up their mind, but shows them that the replacement behavior can be either just as easy or easier to get that reinforcement, or that the conditioned reinforcer is no longer reinforcing (takes manipulating) as far as depression, sadness and things of that sort, one of the first things you want to do is give them a sense of control. So scheduling specific times to be depressed, the amount of sadness (i know that sounds silly but I can’t explain everything over this) and things of that sort and gradually work to make it better over time. I could type out a book to help explain better or to explain just more in general. But the only way to change conditioned behaviors is by re-conditioning that behavior by manipulating environmental factors. Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) is the number one way.....to condition behaviors. Look it up and it’s remarkable.

You are a great person 😚.

His impression of the wife made me laugh so hard

Wow amazing video. I love how amazing technology is & how we can use it to transform our lives with info like this 🙏🏼 I learned that many people are not ready to let go of self harming habits because its who they think they are which is comforting for them. Most of the time until life becomes unbearable by those habits they won’t change, so what we control is sharing the triggers but its has to be taken by them at the end.

Calling somebody Jesus. This is conditioning. U have never met,seen,talked to Jesus. But ur ego makes a picture of Jesus seeing some pictures reading some discriptions. When u see something then oh Jesus. Best example of conditioning.

I don't remember the question, I only remember Jesus staring.

I'm going to try fasting and being silent for 3 days. I want to let go of everything! I want to become a healer.

Change your heart to change the world. Shams Tabrizi

I don’t like people who try to make others believe in what they want them to and not letting them believe in what they know and see within themselves so who’s to say what they see and know within themselves is not right believe me their are a lot of people who know who they truly are without ever being told by others. I know the same thing he is speeding without ever being told by any advisor this I s why I started listening to him because we were speaking the same thing. Now when someone tries to get me to do something that I don’t trust I have a problem with that.❤️😀

I am a caterpillar addicted to watching butterflies 'enjoy life'

Thank you, came in the perfect moment. Butterflies.

Through living out of consciousness, you understand the behavior of egoic and conventional thinking.

you are glowing, master

The question says "What is it?". The answerer says "it is..." .

This is for all those carterpillars that are finally becoming butterflies , rejoice. This is the day of reckoning .

Perfect synchronicity.

To be free you awaken to who you are and go beyond your history and your life situation

Life is nothing more than one condition after another after another after another and poof, humanity arises. Then more conditions and poof, here YOU are. A million other conditions are constantly coming at you and your conditioned mind reacts over and over. Then you die.

I can relate to that experience where you Know you can be free but also at the same time feel lost . Because its like entering in complete emptiness! It takes courage to dive into that unknown emptiness and leave everything behind which you can never get back once you dive. It happened to me once but I will dive this time. 🤞

Just a wanna say, the awakening on earth now have a form of eckhart tolle i don't know if it's right or wrong but I'm still here watching learning from you .thanks 🤠

You cannot force someone to evolve..........soooo true

The lady who asked the question has an amazing presence and honesty about her..like I can feel it merely by watching the video...

Omgoodness - I literally just asked you that question at the coffee machine whilst making my morning coffee 10 mins ago! 😄🙏🏽

That was incredible timing! I needed to hear that! Thank you!🙏🏻

Conditioned behaviour, reminded me of being blocked inside because of COVID and eating too much for comfort. It’s interesting, how do you get strength in unusual circumstances ? Or do you forgive yourself right away for your conditioned behaviour.

Accumulation of negative experiences or embodiment of future promise in imagination.

I love the catapilar analogy

I am impressed by Eckharts' knowledge and his Spiritual growth. Even Jesus attends his seminars!

Jesus like person sitting...he looks like Jesus in films ..

literally any question: Eckhart: Be present

Live in the Now. That's how!!! ❤❤

Thank you , Eckhart, such a profound answer to the great question 🌌 Mary Canada 🇨🇦

I believe conditioned behaviors and addictions are very much the same, in both one reaches for a substance whether a drug, cigarette or food to find relief from so called suffering, stress whatever!

I have some bad habits including addiction (cigarettes) and procrastination. My ego is stuck on stupidity.

This came to me at exactly the right moment. Thank you, Eckhart. One question I have is this: does the response you gave apply to addictions as well? The questioner implied that addictions are of a different sort, but I’d be interested to hear what Eckhart thinks about that. Are addictions really so different from conditioned behaviors?

If that’s the case does this mean I don’t need to fix anything? 😃😂

Thank you so much for other video sir!!

A lot of wisdom.

Thanks you for the wisdom

This is so helpful! 🙏 I can do so much more if I live mostly in the now. Like for example healthy eating: Because I only have to do it *now* . Not for the last ten years (that's just a story) and not for the next 20 years (the future never arrives, it's only now when it happens). Honestly how hard is it to do something *now* ?. It's only about 1 second. Choosing to eat cake or salad takes seconds. It's so easy to say to myself: just make the best choice now. That's all. And go off and do something else. Wow. What a revelation.

Ah, thank you for this.

Thank you so MUCH for the lessons Dear Teacher!!!! Im learning how to acclimate to becoming a butterfly, i mean my habits/patterns r deeply set, n get in my way of teaching my wisdom from Crazy Cat Lady with a dream to guiding how-to enlighten others, as I go.... I've been practicing life coaching techniques, so I can help others when I get outta my coo-coo coccoon.... for NOW I'm content with feeling stable, not fully there.... cause coping with trauma is a daily management, but I SO APPRECIATE THE SUPPORT!!! God Bless!!! Love.... Peace.... Prosperity to the Many.... Clarity.... n CALM to US!!!

Vielen herzlichen Dank 🙏 🧚🏾❤️😊

Thank you eckhart Wonderfully explained

It is AUTOPILOT! You need to relearn a brand new way! Change more than ONE THING!

I am.not sick thank you.the critizing me a lots. The all.relations together

Awareness, Observation and and nice cold shower

SO SHWEEEETTT...much love Tee with LIONS NAMED LEO.[the music worldwide} YES...GREAT VIDEO...

Love that caterpillar story

love the story about the catepillar so true to life

My negative dreams are what have destroyed me over time. How to cope with constant negative dreams

Jesus is not attending the conference- silly,, Jesus is the one generating the knowledge/ wisdom that is being presented in the conference. Jesus is the Son of the Eternal Living Father God of All Eternal Wisdom. We are His children. We are not god. We get everything from The Father through His sinless Son Jesus. You cannot be without Jesus. He is always with you. He is waiting for you to wake up to the fact of the knowledge of His presence, Eternal presence, love and yes, forgiveness for your sins. If you say you have no sin, you deceive yourself and the truth is not in you. -Sending -His untainted love to all.

Oh my god.. I started meditating a year ago and I somehow lost my soul and my real self for the ego..it caused me to get OCD...i have been having those sparks of presence and they're actually saving me and healing my OCD.. it's all ego made! Try to take some breath U just think that this stupid suffering would give you what you want or need. Or this certain relationship would give you happiness or being nihilistic would guide you to truth but no it won't Trust me it was worse than that and I had this one experience with presence and it started happening more often.. and man WOW it's like I've healed from any ocd or any illness or anything forever while it's only for now.. you lose since of time when you're present basically.. and that's good but there's the world and you can do what you got to do mindfully And you're probably irritated because you've lost this presence... don't complain don't glorify pain..if you think pain and thinking in pain will give you happiness or anything but more pain or a false sense of self that's predicated on your identity's history then just watch what this would do.. it'd heal anything

Valuable content - changing can be complicated! I discuss this in the last video on my channel also in the context of facilitating the change in others. I hope we inspire people to change within & help to change others for the better. Just subscribed to you also - Content like this should be highlighted more

Thank You Eckhart ♥️😁

I am that caterpillar who is reluctant to become a butterfly. However, the caterpillar is becoming weaker and the wish to fly is becoming stronger by the day.

Eckhart I think you need to use a lozinj throat sweet and my be a little rake for your throat shakra healings cxxx 🙏 💚 all my love and hart's light cxxx 🙏 I hope you can come and talk in UK 🇬🇧 some time mybe in a care centre staff talk cxxx 🙏 💚

I've always believed that Eckhart is a wise man...seeing Jesus in the crowd confirms it

I can so relate to this…thank you for enlightening me on this topic Eckhart 🙏💜