What Is the True Nature of Desire? | Ego vs. Presence with Eckhart Tolle 

A few years ago, as soon as I came back from work, I would turn on my computer and watch a couple of 'latest' videos by Eckhart. The habit was 'compulsive'. An egoic desire to learn and to understand. But, looking back, it seems like it was for a higher purpose. These days, I go even weeks together without watching Eckhart's videos and yet not miss anything. But whenever I get a chance, it gives me immense joy to watch him speak and to be in Presence with him. I find this 'want' to be light, non-compulsive and non-egoic. 🙏🙏

I have seen so much lately about....manifest this or manifest that...and people selling it as part of spiritual practice. So people begin investigating because they want to acquire something material. To me it seems to be the wrong motive for developing spirituality? Maybe I'm wrong, but I believe Eckhart would agree. I've been practicing with Eckhart for 10 years now and I've found that as long as I stay the course, what I truly need will come automatically. It's never what I think it is!! Thank you Mr. Tolle. You have saved my life and continue to do so. Secret admirer. ❤

I appreciate that this woman has given words to my very question.

Thank you, Eckhart. You’ve taught me what everyone’s real purpose in “life” is, amongst other imperatives lessons. Your teachings are the biggest gift of all. 🙏❤️

If Brad Pitt says he isn’t satisfied by everything you know there’s something more going on. Fulfillment isn’t in any thing. So therefore it must already be in you and you’ve been hoodwinked. Pretty smart of the creator to hide it in plain site.

What a great question and what a WONDERFUL answer!❤ So grateful 💓🙏✨✨✨✨

I used to ‘think’ I ‘needed’ stuff. I was always skint in my 20s (though I had food/shelter) I always felt envious of people with families,wealth, boyfriends who took them out etc. I craved expensive makeup, clothing, holidays, alcohol-everything. It’s only now I realise I was NEVER lacking in ANYTHING. I already had the riches I craved, Eckart highlights this in ‘The Power of now’. Dear people, if you have not, PLEASE 🙏read for yourself, it’s free on RU-vid, but, you have to keep going back and rereading, when my ego takes over (it does often!) reading or listening to him really helps! Sending love to one and all ✨ ❤

This woman has asked the most important question about ego and Presence desires. Thank you Eckhart Tolle for answering her question in an excellent way of understanding that issue.❤

Gratitude ❤

thank you eckhart

The True Self IS. Everything and nothing. All desires included.

13:10 Desire is egoic phenomenon, out of lack. Creation wants to give out of the fullness within you. Something wants to come out, to be created. Those trapped in the ego does not know what they really look for is fuller versions of themselves, consciousness itself. 🐌🐌🐌🌿🌿🌹🌹 17:30 Egoic manifestation is hampered in its abilities. It also manifests dysfunctions and conflicts. Eventually you realise it does not provide satisfaction. Then you awaken. 💝💝💝💝💝💝💝 Two ways to manifest: Out of neediness (get). Out of fullness of presence (give). Presence flows through the mind to energise your thought structure, no longer dysfunctional. Thanks Eckhart. 12 January 2024.🌷🌷🌷🦋🦋🦋🦋🌻🌻🌻🌻

Treat this guy like a deity why not. He does let you. You know we’ve all sat on London park bench being enlightened. He did write a good book though But hey, egos are seductive

I’ve been asking myself this question for so long

Amazing explanation and pretty much exactly as I intuitively saw it as well. I realized this intuitively through meditation and he speaks of basically the same thing - the two types of desire and the difference between them: the desire from Presence, or Life, which is a desire to create and give from fullnesss. Then the desire from ego, which is the desire out of neediness, of wanting to get something to fulfill you (which it ultimately cannot), a desire to basically take.

Egoic desire moves *toward* happiness (which it imagines lies somewhere in the future). Desire rooted in Presence moves *from* happiness (which it knows as its own infinite reservoir).

Thank you Eckhart 🙏❤️

The true nature of desire is to co create with the flow of the Universe with good intentions and also to be free of the suffering of the ego which keeps us from a life of happiness. Yet I am consciously aware that our Ego's must be acknowledged as having a significant role to play in our human evolution both individually and collectively. Wherefore, the more people who rise above they're Ego, the less suffering there'll be in our world. Thank you Eckhart.🙏

I used to think about LOA but recently I've felt repulsed by it. Not because it didn't work out for me, it did work out. I got much of what I've been looking for, but it's never actually what you're looking for because you can't actually KNOW what you think you want.

Listen to me everyone: we are all restoring the Garden of Eden on the planet by simply filling it with our Light of Consciousness. Time doesn't really matter, but is most important here. We work on this together. This time can simply be shortened thanks to us, by simply shining our Light onto this planet without any agenda ♥️ I believe that soon the Garden of Eden will be restored to this planet.

Brilliant question! I am so grateful she asked!

whenever i lost in doing and feel "not right" inside me, I watched Echart's videos 🙏

Creation is wanting to give from the fullness that you sense within you❤Desire implies some kind of lack...Thanks Eckhart!

I “❤” all bc I am THAT.

My happiness , peaceful acceptance and gratitude for everything, are only ever interrupted by thinking about my minds angry judgemental, dissatisfied, unhappy, fearful, and anxious, ideas, opinions, thoughts and beliefs. Other than when I engage with those thoughts and feelings I am consistently at peace with myself, the world around me, everyone and everything within it. Makes you wonder doesn't it 🤔🙏🙏🙏🙏

Ego is important for survival. The spirit is important for fulfillment. 😊

Wow. Deep. Helpful. Thank you.❤

Its so sad how vague he is being and tippy toes around the actual answer. Keep on searching. Knowing what I now know through trial and errors its crazy how much misinformation and vague info there is on the internet. Thank gosh I started learning from another teachers cause the rest pale in comparison.

It’s also ego to not ask. Some people do unworthy ego. Asking and it shall Be given.

❤❤ AI about desires and God The relationship between desires and the search for fulfillment or God is complex and varies among individuals. While some desires may indeed be driven by a quest for deeper meaning or connection, not all desires can be universally attributed to a hidden desire for God. Human desires are diverse and influenced by various factors such as biological, psychological, and social elements. Even in the realization of divine Consciousness, the persistence of certain desires, like the desire for pleasure, could be rooted in conditioned patterns or habits. The mind may continue to express these desires despite the absence of a genuine need, as it attempts to draw attention away from the deeper realization of fullness. It's essential to recognize that the interpretation of desires and their motivations can be subjective and context-dependent. While some desires may reflect a search for higher states of consciousness or fulfillment, others may simply be remnants of ingrained behaviors or conditioning.

The way you speak Eckhart, hits every time ❤

Incredibly transforming and illuminating ❤️ you can feel the truthful nature of his words by every aspect.🙏

The desire of the ego stems from unmet needs in childhood. The love of parents is a fundamental need that if not met creates a void in the developing child. That void is what we refer to as the ego.

I desire nothing , i am nothing , i am at right way home ❤ i m presence

Perfectly articulated..💚.. A question I had always wanted Answered 💚⭐

a very mature question and a beautifully explained difference between giving and receiving. Thank you

Creo que me ha aclarado este preciso punto.

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Always beautiful peaceful words

Atmanastu kamaya sarvam pritam bhavathi- quote from Brihadaranyaka upanishat. Everything is done to give you happiness to know your self

Dear Eckhart. I have complex ptss. Many times i suffer deep terror. Your voice and teachings always give me an inner peace. Thanks alot for that!

Bendito maestro. Gracias siempre 🙏 💜 🙇🏼‍♀️ 🌈

I always feel more intelligent after listening to you. Thank you.

Every desire is hidding a true need.

Thanks a lot, reminds me a lot of the Bhagavad Gita

Rather than creating, we actually just combine things that are already there , which are gifts from the Universe !

As always, very interesting articulation of the abstract conceptions we need to distinguish truth from falsehood in our development of consciousness and objectivity (or so that is how I would suppose synonymy here). Thank you! In other words, consciousness (in the universe, I doubt it's anything beyond rationality, i.e., the universe is not rational) is synonymous with objectivity (for all rational beings, or in both time and cyclic reintegration, all animals with a nervous system, not allegorical with plants, and only so not allegorical because plants lack autonomous mobility as animals). Sorry, I am a run-on-sentence champion. Let me restate this. In my opinion, consciousness is synonymous with rational objectivity.

Greed all around. Oh, the IRONY!!! Thank You for serving as a great example of this.

Thank you so much for these videos. Very grateful ❤

Yes! I am a creative craftsman. The things which I create, are my expression.

Such a beautiful explanation about creating from neediness in contrast to creating from fullness

Thankyou Eckhart 💚

Absolutely beautiful. Thank you Meister Eckhart!

Great question

Thankyou Eckhart 🙏🏻

Thanks so much Eckhart! Great reminders about conscious manifestation as well! 💜🌷💜

Grateful.

❤ Always wonderful messages, teachings. Thank you Eckhart. ❤

This was so needed today. Remembering that I already have everything and can only give 💝

Jesus Christ, who is God, is the Only Way to salvation. Even for bs talking spiritual gurus who deny the gospel.

There is so much confusion in the domain of "spirituality" that it is mind boggling. This is all so difficult because one has to go beyond the mind and all the manifestations of the mind. And unfortunately mind is all we have and do not understand anything behind it. And the only thing that drives us is the desire - a mind thing . Even the desire for spiritual realization is just a desire - a manifestation of the mind. So we stay in the same loop and the matrix. We cannot just drop the mind. Very rarely one is able to go beyond the mind.

8:50 From presence, what can you give birth to? From ego, what can I get? It creates from neediness. Without ego you can still enjoy beautiful things. We are co-creators with the universe. Thanks Eckhart. 12 January 2024.🌏🐥⛩🔔😇🍺💈🥅🏖🗽🗽🍓🚀🌴🦆

what thier REALLY looking for is GOD ourselfs will ALWAYS be ?NO ANSWER at all

You talk like a Sufi .. may God bless you. Pls. Do read the Quran. It will further your thoughts.

🎉, ❤ thanks so much for your wanting to give!

A farmer digs a pond. He returns to it a couple months later and notices many forms of aquatic life. How does the aquatic life spawn ? If you build it, they will come 😊

Gratitude, love and prayers ❤🙏

Wise as always

I recognized that a long time ago wasn’t born a materialist I’m practical the only materialists I’ve ever come across are miserable lol

Questioner , you enlighten me, Thanks. ❤😊

I don’t think we are capable of truly knowing the difference between our desires coming from ego and what is coming from presence. As long as we are in a body, we are always our ego. In this way, it is impossible to discern which of our desires is "noble" and which frivolous.

The ego's blind desires can never be satiated because it thinks materialism is the goal. Fulfilment doesn't come from consumption but from an ego-less desire to serve and create for others such as goods, services and art. It's very counterintuitive for the ego, that giving, creating and expressing ultimately fulfils our own desires.

Jeff bazos - y a ch t comes to mind. I wonder how he will be satisfied in this life..

Beautiful video 🤩

What a great question!!!!

Great wisdom again! It seems also that subtle spiritual desires are at odds with violent animal desires.

It just goes to show that a lot of new age spirituality is just ego in disguise.

just listen to that one more time gives you a deeper understanding ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ Thank you thank you so much And a big thank for the questioner

Besides a ripple, you could look at it like we "echo" the eternal. We even "echo" what is in this video. We created AI, now humans will create with AI and it will be a new type of creativity just like we are from the undifferentiated consciousness and it is using us to express itself creatively and it is a new type of creation. Same process, different level.

for me to use the term "egoic self" suggest an "inflated" sense of self worth, and a departure from the idea of "equality" in human relations of mankind. i have heard Deepak Chopra use of the term "the provisional self" which references the sense of self brought about by societal needs for definition and classification of ones self. it is an identity which is only relative to an "institutional structure". he also makes reference to "the absolute self", which is the Self as defined by ones awareness of being in a dialogue with Nature , and allowing ones awareness to serve the "developing experience". in this sense, one can see the creative force of life evidenced in "the living", and "using the earth as a foot stool", it is compassion that allows one to embrace the unknown, and in doing so be with all that is "becoming" in the creative flow of the cosmos. compassion is our posturing for stability in ourselves, our relationship to experience Nature, and our fellow man. from this perspective, we are an integral aspect of creation. if we act for the sake of the "provisional self" then our creative energies are near sighted. we can be engaged without understanding the "absolute self". so no matter how well intentioned our desire to participate and/or contribute "for the good of Mankind", it can only be viewed as (ultimately) "egoic" or "provisional". history says a lot about the human experience and it Aesthetics (the creative energies expressed thru the development of various cultures). in this context Man attempts to live life as another Artistic expression of Nature. so, as much as the human effort/energies go, we may feel compelled to "create", but, if that experience does not tell you something leading to a greater awareness and experience of being "of the whole", then ones goals or aim in life will not lead to Awakening, only delusion. i say this only to offer another perspective that might aid understanding the conversation in this video.

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Beautiful

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Does that happen for a child too. Because I had the name ‘desire’ for the same as a female child. It was nothing to do with creation. Obviously

Thank you, yet again for another sign post.! Thank you is not even enough for the debt owed to one of the greatest orators as well as a prophet.❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊❤😊

I love ya Eckhart but dont agree with you on everything

Please turn down the bell sound effect! It’s still so loud!

can anybdy count how many times he blinks) haha:)

Wow; this was amazing! It goes into the exclamation given in the book thinking and destiny by Harold Percival; thoughts must be balanced as do desires. The balancing is done by teaching experiences and us learning, and then knowledge, or by the realization of this lady of non-attachment to anything, things, or actions or desires. Yes, we can manifest, however at some point the original thought must be balanced by “Karma”.

Superb talk and so so relevant!!

U have no idea until u have heard the story behind how this became on t

Jesus hear my prayers. As a single mom I’m struggling to make ends meet. Lord give me strength to get through each day. Both of my sons are autistic and require much from me. I’m struggling. Struggling to buy groceries struggling to pay rent. I ask that you bless me with your wisdom and guidance, as I navigate parenthood on my own heal my lupus and heart disease and continue to give me strength to keep going so I may watch my sons grow into men. ❤

The Creator & His Creation are Different Entities.

Namaste 🙏 💖

Ego happens in trauma an experience as does life after death experienc

Very nice

Very good 👍

Thanks for guiding us. ♥😶🙏☮

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