Eckhart Tolle says Escape the Prison of Your Mind

In this excerpt from Eckhart Tolle’s Findhorn Retreat DVD, he speaks about the eternal dimension of silence within us all and suggests that we “do not identify with the movement of thought.” As Jiddu Krishnamurti said, “The mind has to be empty to see clearly.” Eckhart also explains that “the depth of Now is inseparable from your very being, your very life.” Indeed!

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Eckhart Tolle answers questions

“Do you experience Earth as Gaia, an entity with her own consciousness?” Yes, of course…

“Is it necessary for a culture or civilization to go through the process of losing innocence in order to regain the development of awareness to reach a stage of enlightenment?”
That seems to be the process, when we look at it…

“What is Self?”

2 Views of Enlightenment

In these two videos, Eckhart Tolle (author of The Power of Now and A New Earth) and Himalayan yogi master Yogiraj Gurunath Siddhanath (author of Wings to Freedom) share their thoughts on “enlightenment” and the following question: Should you not make an effort to achieve enlightenment because making the effort in itself engages desire – or – should you desire enlightenment as intensely as a drowning man wants air, as a man with his head on fire?

Eckhart Tolle believes that you should make no effort at all to achieve enlightenment. However, Yogiraj believes that you should first desire enlightenment like a man with his head on fire, then afterwards you can reach the state of no effort and peace. What do you think?

Eckhart Tolle and stillness

In this video clip, Eckhart Tolle talks about the Self and Stillness. He says that your “essential nature” is “stillness”. His voice is very soothing, which is always nice.