Essential Teachings Special: Beyond the Conce...

This episode is a re-release; it originally aired February 16, 2023. In this podcast Eckhart gives a brief talk on his signature teaching: the power of presence and then answers questions from the audience. He says the important thing to understand is the presence that inhabits o ...  Show more

This episode is a re-release; it originally aired February 9, 2023. In this podcast Eckhart answers questions from a live audience, including one about how suffering can lead to awakening. Eckhart says we need challenges in order to evolve. The great paradox is we are liberated w ...  Show more

This episode explores the topic of the ego. What is ego? What part of me is really me? When we view ourselves and others as independent and permanent, we tend to view ourselves as finished products rather than works in progress. The reality is that the sense of self is an illusio ...  Show more

Spiritual teacher Eckhart Tolle explains how our essence is consciousness itself, beyond the egoic mind's endless thoughts and stories. He advises recognizing the portal to presence is this moment, shifting identity from mental concepts to awareness watching them. Tolle notes ...

It takes but a flick of a look in a person's eyes to see who it is you are to them. Which level of reality you exist upon. A conscious being has no attachment to any level, neither busy denying nor affirming, neither saying "I am this" nor "I am not this" - neither protecting nor ...  Show more