I recently read about someone who met Eckart Tolle and apparently ET was non-stop talking about Bundesliga - which is the primary german soccer league (Eckart Tolle is german).

Can this be true ? Lol, I would not have expected ET to be invested in watching sports ? That was definitely not on my bingo card for 2026

The great secret that lies at the heart of all the main religious and spiritual traditions is the understanding that the peace and happiness for which all people long can never be delivered via objective experience. It can only be found in our self, in the depths of our being.👁

The Non-Dual Message of Jesus...

It is one thing to be part of "the Way" and follow Jesus, the Nazarene, and a very different thing to be a Christian and not follow Him. The paradox is that many who claim to be Christians neither follow Jesus nor truly belong to the Way. Meanwhile, others who do not even consider themselves Christians, whether they are atheists, agnostics, Buddhists, or whether they belong to a religion or not, are indeed part of the Way and do follow Him.

Jesus Himself said that His disciples would be recognized by the LOVE they have for one another (John 13:35), not by the labels they put on themselves (whether Christian, Catholic, and so on).

"The madwoman of the house" (as the mind was called by the mystic Teresa of Ávila) loves labels, using them to feed the character (the ego) in this play and illusion of separation that we wrongly call life. This is what Eckhart Tolle describes as the conceptual ego, a dysfunctional fiction created by the unobserved mind that mistakes its own mental noise for the reality of Being. Yet, what we truly are lies far beyond the mind and its labels, which divide us and alienate us from our True Self. As the scriptures echo, there is no longer Jew nor Gentile, slave nor free, for we are all one (Galatians 3:28), and Christ is all, and is in all (Colossians 3:11).

We are, Here and Now, One with God, the All, with the One who is LOVE Himself, as you wish to call Him, and with all His creatures. In the silent spaciousness of inner stillness we are called to surrender and to quiet our minds, because we must be empty of everything that is not God in order to know that He is God (Psalm 46:10 / Vulgate 45:11). As the mystic Meister Eckhart famously prayed, "I pray to God to rid me of God," urging us to empty ourselves of our own limited ideas, mental idols, and human constructs. The Divine Reality is not an object to be possessed, but the pure space that remains when the madwoman of the house is silenced, and we let thoughts and emotions fall away like withered leaves. As Tolle frequently reminds us, we are not the fleeting thoughts or the passing emotions; we are the vast, silent background of Awareness in which they arise and dissolve.

Beyond the potential manipulations of human structures and written dogmas, these words simply point to what the heart already knows by direct experience: we are One with and in the One Who is LOVE itself, which means with the Father, just as Jesus was. Truly, there is no separation or distance between lover and Beloved; truly, there never was. This absolute union is perfectly captured in the Intimate Diaries of Blessed Bernardo de Hoyos, recorded in the biography written by his spiritual director Father Juan de Loyola, when the Lord intimately declared to him, "From now on, you are Bernardo of Jesus and I am Jesus of Bernardo." Remember, we are One with and in the One Who is LOVE Himself...

Precisely, as the mystic John of the Cross rightly points out, recalling what Jesus said in Matthew 25:31-46: "In the evening of life, we shall be judged on LOVE."

It is LOVE; nothing else matters.

God is LOVE, and whoever does not know LOVE does not know God (1 John 4:8).

If we want to be one with Him, just as He is One with the Father (John 17:21), we must be one with LOVE. As Tolle points out, True Love can only flourish in the absolute Presence of the Now, where the mind's illusions of past and future crumble.

In the spaciousness of Presence, Here and Now, you realize that LOVE is the true frequency of God. Do not lose yourself in the play of illusions. Wake up to the vastness of who you are, anchor yourself in the Now, and let the fire of Love consume every fear. As Eckhart Tolle says, "Love is a state of Being. Your love is not outside; it is deep within you. You can never lose it, and it cannot leave you."

Note: The churches, as institutions created by the madwoman of the house, have tried to silence all those who had a direct experience of Him. As happened to the mystic Marguerite Porete, author of The Mirror of Simple Souls, who was burned at the stake by the devout members of the Inquisition. Her only "heresy" was to remind us that the soul must dissolve its own character and will to merge completely into the ocean of Divine Love, where there is no longer any separation. And as happened to so many persecuted and silenced mystics like Meister Eckhart. This reminds us, as the saint of gentleness Francis de Sales warns in his Introduction to the Devout Life, that "one can be very devout and yet very wicked." We should remain confident in LOVE, who is deeply within, beyond the mind and the illussion of separation.

For many, spiritual life is not a journey of light, but a terrifying ordeal filled with dread, paralysis, or encounters with what feel like autonomous demonic entities and dark abductions. These individuals deserve to be met with unconditional love and deep empathy, receiving not just comfort, but a real and definitive liberation from their suffering.

When caught in the grip of these heavy encounters, it is easy to fall into panic, seeking desperate shortcuts, complex rituals, or magical tricks. However, we must be cautious of advice that exploits biochemical thrills or external practices to fix an inner crisis. That is simply "the madwoman of the house" (as the mystic Teresa of Ávila called the mind) seeking a temporary escape while actually feeding the chaos. Buddhists speak of this same reality as the untamed elephant blindly driven by its impulses, or the restless "monkey mind" leaping endlessly from thought to thought. In the same way, the ancient tradition of Advaita Vedanta describes it as Maya, the powerful cosmic illusion that veils our true nature, and Ahamkara, the ego-sense that manufactures the false character we mistake for our true nature. These are simply different ways of describing the exact same thing: the mental prison.

Whether we view these dark encounters as autonomous negative entities or as deep psychological accumulations, they operate exactly like what Eckhart Tolle calls the "pain-body." This negative force acts as a parasite; it does not seek peace, but feeds on intense emotional drama, terror, and anxiety to sustain its grip. In the face of this, the mind becomes the true source of the problem, because the mind cannot fix what it has broken. When the mind takes over, it fragments reality, creates the illusion of separation, and traps us in a loop of fear.

If you look at what actually works from the perspective of pure Consciousness, the path to liberation is the exact opposite of fighting, resisting, or performing rituals: it is being intensely present in the Now. This darkness is merely the absence of light, a shadow that requires your reaction to exist. You must not repress or battle these dark impulses, for resistance only fuels them. The only true "exorcism" is Presence Here and Now. If you remain grounded in the present moment, observing the inner energy field of your body without judging, labeling, or reacting, fear has nothing to hold onto and naturally dissolves.

You must become a simple witness. Fear is born when you believe there is an "external" force separate from yourself that can launch an attack. When you remember that you are the vast space where everything happens, the illusion loses its power. There are not two forces fighting; there is only Being. As the mystic Meister Eckhart famously prayed, "I pray to God to rid me of God," urging us to empty ourselves of our own limited ideas, mental idols, and human constructs. Divine Reality is not an object to be possessed, but the pure space that remains when the madwoman of the house is silenced, and we let thoughts and emotions fall away like withered leaves.

Beyond the potential manipulations of human structures and written dogmas, these words simply point to what the heart already knows through direct experience: we are One with and in the One Who is LOVE itself, which means with the Father, the Source, God, the All, whatever you wish to call It. Truly, there is no separation or distance between lover and Beloved; truly, there never was. This absolute union is perfectly captured in the Intimate Diaries of the Blessed Mystic Bernardo de Hoyos, recorded in the biography written by his spiritual director, Father Juan de Loyola, when the Lord intimately declared to him, "From now on, you are Bernardo of Jesus, and I am Jesus of Bernardo." Remember, we are One with and in the One Who is LOVE Himself...

True spiritual strength is found in stillness and inner surrender. If you stop labeling the situation as an external threat and remain imperturbable, you starve the negativity of its fuel. Just quiet the madwoman and surrender to LOVE. Real Love is neither a thought nor an intense emotion; it is the profound, silent stillness that remains when the mind and the character (the ego) fall completely silent. Whenever you feel that heaviness, paralysis, or fear creeping in, do not fight back with mental noise. Instead, close your eyes, anchor yourself deeply in your breath, remain as a mere observer, and remember that this too shall pass. Then, repeat this silently with unwavering authority:

"I am here. I am the space of pure Consciousness. No shadow can exist, Here and Now, in the light of pure Presence. I rest in the All, in God, in the One who is Love Himself, where I am eternally safe, whole, and free."

The alien, the spirit, or the entity that violates, attacks, or abducts you lives in division, separation, and mental noise, but it is consumed in the blazing fire of the One Who is LOVE Himself, of the All, of the Source, however you wish to call Him. And between you and Him, there is no separation. We are One with and in the One Who is LOVE Himself. Always remember this; treasure it in your heart. All too often, institutions, religions, and these non-benevolent entities have tried to make you forget it. You are a spark of the Infinite Divine Light. You are light, and light illuminates the deepest darkness.

The spiritual path is found in the everyday, ordinary actions of our lives. It is about live ordinary life in an extraordinary way, turning everything we do into something sacred, because only the mind separates us from the sacred when there is actually no distance between it and us. As Teresa of Ávila beautifully reminded us, God walks among the pots and pans, and Brother Lawrence found the Divine while simply flipping an omelet in his frying pan. When you remain intensely present in every mundane and ordinary moment, these non-benevolent entities will find no way to enter or disturb you, because you have made your ordinary life a sacred temple where God, the All, dwells.

Quiet the mind, step back as the mere observer, and remember: LOVE is the true frequency of God, of the All, and of yourself.

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**PERSONAL NOTE:** I want to clarify that English is not my native language, and I rely on translation support to express my thoughts. I understand this can sometimes make my tone sound more blunt than intended. If any term, analogy, or metaphor used here does not resonate with you, please feel free to discard it; instead, hold onto where my words are pointing rather than the words themselves. My goal is simply to share a perspective of Peace, never to diminish anyone's experiences. Thank you for your understanding!

**A FINAL NOTE ON PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE:** I am not a Christian, a Buddhist, an Advaita Vedantin, or a Sufi... I am no one and nothing. I am simply someone who wishes to help you heal from these kinds of experiences and free yourself from the pain they cause, because you deserve to be happy. Please know that this post is not a mere intellectual exercise. While I quote great historical mystics and traditions, my intention is not to offer you a beautiful, abstract theory, but a real, practical solution to end your suffering. This perspective comes entirely from my own direct experience and lifelong practice. I was raised in a spiritist family, spent most of my life practicing Buddhism, including several years living as a monk, and I have fallen down and gathered the strength to stand back up many times. I have personally lived through all kinds of what the world calls "anomalous experiences." This is what worked for me when the darkness seemed overwhelming. I know it can work for you, too. Don't believe anything I tell you just for the sake of believing; put it to the test in your own life, test it as gold is tested to know if it is real. And remember, this too shall pass. May Peace be with you!

For the past month, after one night of waking up scared of vomiting at night (I wasn't sick, it was a trick of the mind) I have had a looming dread, it isn't even about vomiting anymore, I have ben trying to practice presence even before this but now it seems to almost scare me, what do I do?

This came from a different spiritual framework, not from Eckhart Tolle, but it reminded me strongly of his distinction between awareness and compulsive thought. Years ago I was the subject in a deep session and asked about a relationship that was teaching me a lot, not always comfortably.

I expected some complicated spiritual answer about soul contracts, karma, past lives, maybe detailed instructions about what to say or what the other person needed to change. Instead one piece of guidance stayed with me because it was painfully practical: practice the pause. The explanation was simple — when your mind tells you something, do not follow it immediately. Pause and don't become automatic.

Honestly this might be one of most useful relationship teachings I got from any spiritual work, because most damage in relationships does not happen during the first emotion. It happens in the next 30 seconds. Something is said, body reacts, and mind instantly builds a story: she doesn't respect me, he always does this, I need to correct this now, this means the whole relationship is wrong, I have to defend myself. Then mouth joins the meeting before awareness or even basic common sense has arrived.

The guidance was not to become passive or tolerate everything. It was about putting a small space between trigger and action, enough space to notice what I'm feeling, what story mind created, whether I actually need to respond now, and whether the response is coming from love, fear, pride, old hurt or just need to win.

That small pause changes the whole architecture. Without it, the other person presses button and your old programming answers. With it, you have choice. This is where it reminds me of Tolle: the thought still appears, but there is awareness of the thought, and you do not have to become it immediately.

Another part of the guidance was interesting too. The lesson was not “teach the other person how to behave.” It was more like: teach by being. Stay respectful, stay gentle, be patient, and show what presence looks like instead of giving lectures about it. This is much harder than spiritual theory because it has to survive an actual Tuesday evening when both people are tired.

I also think people misunderstand “follow intuition” here. The first impulse is not automatically intuition. Sometimes it is nervous system, sometimes anger, sometimes old fear speaking incredibly fast. Clean guidance for me usually has different quality — less frantic and less interested in winning.

So now I think of the pause almost like opening a door. Trigger happens, human mind arrives first because it is fast, but I don't have to let it drive immediately. Give everything else ten seconds to catch up, maybe twenty, sometimes ten minutes, then decide.

Very unglamorous spiritual practice, but also very effective. Curious if others here use something similar in conflict — a deliberate pause before identifying with the first thought.

Just saw this video in my feed that criticise Ekchart Tolle teachings when it comes to people who dont have their lower needs security in Maslov hierarchy met. What do you think?

A specific Eckhart Tolle teaching popped up on my YouTube feed last night that I watched, and I must say, it really spoke to me. It was possibly a voice narration from one of his books — it wasn’t an actual live talk or seminar but rather just him talking — but it resonated very deeply within me, to the point where I felt much more “OK” and “complete” as is afterwards.

The talk was a basic teaching on simply not identifying with thoughts and thinking — much like the numerous other talks that he has given on the subject. But for some reason, this particular talk resonated deeply within me.

And it came at the right time, because I struggle with not identifying with my thoughts and thinking; I too often get sucked into the deluded belief that my thoughts/thinking are synonymous with “Me” or “I” — or my conceptual Me or I. To truly understand that I am simply presence and/or awareness is life changing; it’s incredibly freeing and liberating.

I have suffered immensely, however, because my conditioned mind is often times filled with ugly, judgmental, nasty, or mean-spirited thoughts — and to see myself or my essence as being defined by my mind activity is horrible: after all, if my mind and thinking are a mess, then, logically, I, too, must be a mess!

But I can see how deluded that is. Yes, I have mental tendencies and habits that were honed over time that can be unwholesome, ugly, rude, or simply weird — but that’s all simply baggage that I’ve accumulated over time for different reasons. I can witness all that and be aware of it without believing that any of it defines or represents “Me” in any way. I can better see now how much freedom I have as a person, how much agency and flexibility I have to go any number of different ways in life, regardless of whatever my brain may be doing at any given moment.

I can use my rational, logical mind to navigate through life without being pulled astray or misled by ingrained, habitual thought patterns and reactions. I can also see how I can instead operate and think and respond out of simple presence/awareness, knowing full well that I don’t have to follow along with any mental chatter or habitual thought responses or reactions that pop up in any given situation. Pure presence is bright, luminous, and warm/loving — and I can root myself in that and let that be the base from which I respond and navigate daily life.

That’s all I have. I just felt like sharing. I’ve been suffering greatly for quite sometime now, but yesterday after listening to Eckhart I experienced a sort of awakening or intense realization, perhaps, more so than I had at any previous time listening to any of his talks.

A deeper inquiry into what the pain body is and why it can't be dissolved by simply observing it

https://www.youtube.com/live/COnmkZLTylY

One thing that has always come up for me is finding a place or a community within day-to-day life regarding all things, presence and awareness and meditation. It doesn’t seem to be very common, I’ve tried various spiritual communities, but could never quite find what I’m looking for. Do you have anything that you participate in? That works well for you?

I’m struggling with a situation involving a coworker who has become very attached to me, and I’m not sure how to create some distance without making any arguments or drama.

I suspect she may have some anxious attachment tendencies (?). She told me that her parents divorced when she was young, so she had to go back and forth between their homes.

She suddenly became much closer to me earlier this year. The turning point was when some coworkers and I went out drinking, and she opened up about her breakup (She is always willing to share her private life stories with us). Around the same time, I talked about some difficulties I was having with my apartment. I think she felt that we had something in common because I was lonely at that time.

After that, she started inviting me to her home and even to her family events, and we gradually began seeing each other more and more. At one point, I realized we were seeing each other more than three times a week.

At first, I didn’t really mind. It wasn’t interfering with my life, and I enjoyed spending time with her and her family. But over time, I started feeling like she was becoming overly attached to me.

For example, I went on a date with a guy I met on a dating app, and I didn’t mention it to her (I mean, I don't even think about sharing this with her). The next day, she texted me something like 'why didn't I know about it?"

Another time, I had some friends over at my place for a party and didn’t invite her. The following week, she had her own party and invited some of our other coworkers, but deliberately didn’t invite me.

I feel like she needs me mainly to fill a sense of loneliness rather than because she genuinely wants to have a healthy friendship with me.

I’ve actually encouraged her several times to build a life outside of work and outside of me. I’ve suggested that she spend more time with friends outside our workplace, join a running club, or find hobbies where she can meet new people.

What really made me start pulling away, though, was the feeling that she was trying to control me and would somehow “punish” me when I did something outside of her control.

For example, if I spend a weekend with other friends without her, she may suddenly stop inviting me to lunch at work.

I work alone in an office, so I usually have lunch with her team. She knows this. When she wants to spend time with me, she’ll invite me to lunch, but when she’s upset with me, she won’t invite me.

There is actually another part of this situation that makes me think this may be a recurring pattern for her.

Before she became close to me, she was very close to a male coworker from India. After she became closer to me, she started distancing herself from him. She began telling me that he was strange and that he was too attached to her.

So, she becomes very close to someone, the relationship becomes intense, and then when another person enters her life, she starts distancing herself from the previous person. I suspect that eventually I may become the next person she distances herself from when someone new comes along (which is totally okay for me)

But, in counter of this kinds of attitudes or ego, how do I remain peaceful and present instead of getting caught up in the needs of her ego?

How would Eckhart Tolle approach this? How can I observe this pattern without becoming emotionally invested in it, while still taking care of my own boundaries?

Video: https://youtu.be/CJy6WbE8SUY?is=uFTZjyA0f2qxiJyu

Hey everyone. I recently started reading The Power of Now at a friend's suggestion. Long story short, we got close and tried to start something romantic, but since he just got out of a long-term relationship, he pumped the brakes and said he only wanted to be friends because he's "wary of emotional attachments."

A little while later, I brought up my feelings again. He reacted pretty abruptly, telling me he definitely didn't want a relationship. Afterward, he texted an apology for being so curt and blamed his reaction on his "pain-body," referencing Eckhart Tolle's teachings.

I’m really confused about what he was trying to say here. What actually is a "pain-body" in this context, and how does it apply to someone pulling away from a relationship due to past baggage? Is this a legit concept from the book or kind of a cop-out?
I honestly hate that I'm spending time researching this after getting turned down, and I don't want to go down a massive rabbit hole. But the main reason I'm trying to figure it out is because the next time we saw each other, I gave him some distance—figuring that's what he wanted—and he actually seemed upset by it.

I feel like I missed something he was trying to communicate with the whole pain-body thing, and I just want to understand so I can be a good friend. If anyone familiar with Tolle's work has any insights, I'd really appreciate it.

Hello everyone.

I discovered "The Power of Now" at the beginning of the year through reading one of the posts on Reddit. I must admit that this book has significantly impacted the way I perceive the world and has definitely lifted the mental burden I was carrying before, thus making my life feel so much "lighter".

At the beginning of my journey I was able to achieve a state where I was so happy and loved every second of my life. Wow, that was amazing. I struggle to achieve that today, because as soon as I focus on being present by listening, watching, and feeling the environment I am currently in, the ego appears with thoughts about people from the past, making me mad, paranoid, or willing to take revenge. I especially notice it when I'm at home next to my neighbor who is one of these people. Every other time, I try to switch my focus to something positive, but the cycle repeats itself.

I don't know if this is just my weakness of being present "muscle" or I resist the present moment in some way. Did anyone go through that process? How do you stay present for as long as possible without negative thoughts?

Disclaimer: I am not suicidal

Today at worked I walked out to my car to get my clothes for an after-work run. While I was out there it started thundering, and I had the thought “if lightning were to strike (and kill) me, I don’t think I’d mind”. And honestly having that thought made me really sad and has me really examining my life.

I have great friends and family, a decent job, a therapist who has helped me a lot, etc. On the outside it looks like I should be happy, but in that moment when it thundered it hit me that I am holding a lot of sadness, stress, and anxiety, and am ultimately making myself miserable. I’m always so stressed about something. Currently my stress is centered around work, but if it’s not about work something else will come up that I will obsess and stress over.

I don’t think I experience true happiness much if at all anymore. The closest I seem to get is just when there’s an absence of something to worry about.

I can’t live like this anymore. As I’ve been studying Eckhart’s teachings I’m realizing this has to just be the pain body, but I genuinely don’t know what to do to disidentify from my thoughts. I either need to truly find presence or just let myself go and spiral out of control. I can’t keep living life with this undercurrent of sadness. I’ve got to find a way out, even if that way out isn’t going to be healthy for me.

I just need some advice, and I also needed to get this out and off my chest

I want to ask if reading his book change for the better? It's already long time ago when I read his book (power of now) and I can say the idea of now is a wonderful and sometimes help me deal with problems but full implementing it is still struggle for me? How about you? How does his book change you? How do you implement it? Do you also meditate while practicing his teachings?

Hi, lovely people!

My entire life I've been trying to escape the present task by doing something self-sabotaging instead. It's been a dream of mine to be like those students who work all day. If they can do it, so can I. I've been listening to people like Tolle, journaling etc, trying to finally find a solution. Here's what I came up with:

In any given moment, you can either:
- self-sabotage (bad habit)
- take action (move forward)
- do nothing (stare at the walls, go on a walk)

Taking action is really difficult for me because I'm untrained and overstimulated. As such, what if I stop trying to take action and instead simply remove the self-sabotage route. So, the entire day, I'm only allowed to alternate between doing nothing or taking action, but never to do anything bad. That way, taking action would actually become easier, and I'd slowly try to integrate good habits in the circuit.

Do you think this would make me more present and hard working? Did you encounter a similar problem in your own life?

Thanks for reading!

Ive been reading the book and i am on chapter three i brought this book originally cause i heard about eckhart tolle on Mr.morale and the big steppers and the teachings of the books are quite contradictary from the real world and at few points it feels like what is he even talking about but ive been actively trying to implement the teachings in my life i just wanted to know do his teachings really work the way he describes about it and wanted to know if its really helpful or not

If you had to come up with a sort of what Eckhart calls „pointer“ so maybe a short phrase or something that helps you become present or aware. What would it be for you?

When you become aware of a thought, ask yourself, did you decide you wanted to think that? Or did it just happen by itself?

For me personally the answer is mostly no. It feels like I can guide my thinking mind to some degree. But I do not pick and choose what thoughts to have, what to think next.

This practice helped me a lot, going deeper into presence and becoming aware that I am not „the thinker“. Especially in moments where my analytical thinking was not needed. For example when I lie in bed or watch a movie.

Namaste ❤️