Eckhart Tolle on the Significance of Being Present in the Now

Eckhart Tolle emphasizes the crucial role of presence and being in the now for overcoming dysfunction in human consciousness. He explains that the main purpose of human life is to consciously inhabit the present moment, a process synonymous with the awakening of consciousness. Eckhart Tolle describes this awakening as a timeless state that develops gradually over time, with periods of presence followed by moments of losing it, ultimately extending the duration of presence.

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About Eckhart:

Eckhart Tolle is widely recognized as one of the most inspiring and visionary spiritual teachers in the world today. With his international bestsellers, The Power of Now and A New Earth—translated into more than 50 languages—he has introduced millions to the joy and freedom of living life in the present moment. The New York Times has described him as “the most popular spiritual author in the United States,” and in 2011, Watkins Review (now Watkins Mind Body Spirit) named him “the most spiritually influential person in the world.”

Eckhart’s profound yet simple teachings have helped countless people around the globe experience a state of vibrantly alive inner peace in their daily lives. His teachings focus on the significance and power of Presence, the awakened state of consciousness, which transcends ego and discursive thinking. Eckhart sees this awakening as the essential next step in human evolution.

[gember]

I'm now starting to know how to stay in the now. I always felt frustrated not knowing why it was so hard for me. Now I understand that to be in the now, you have to accept the not-knowing of the future. And with an anxiety disorder and complex trauma that is pretty hard because you want to feel control over the future. So to all who listen to this and think, "I want to, but it doesn't work for me, " I just want to say: please be gentle with yourself. Know that it is ok that it's hard to be in the now. There is a reason that your system doesn't trust it YET. It takes time (for me decades), but you will get there. If you just feel compassion for yourself ❤.

[johngreen]

Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift, which is why it's called the present 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[MrsSantaM]

It was 2008. I was at Barnes and Noble and on the other side of the shelf I could see a glow. I walked around and saw The Power of Now glowing. I’d never heard of it but knew I needed the glowing book. It changed my life and I always come back to it. I never told anyone about the glow because it doesn’t sound real.

[mirjama]

When I was a child (about 8, 9 years) I remember I used to play a game, to be very alert in the now. I used to say out loud 'now' and then feel how it felt.

[sanriladymylifejourney]

as a manifested i’m always told to think of something that make you happy and i realized i haven’t allowed much to make me happy just because i was always worried about something else. I realized i need to learn how to be in the now so i can fully appreciate life and who i am in life.

[NancyBeaulieu]

❤ Great reminder. I’m feeling overwhelmed by all the busyness lately and I’m getting wrapped up in that feeling. What I need to do is let go of all the thoughts and just be.

[veraintuizione]

That's it. 🙏
EVERYTHING happens NOW everything IS here.
I have just returned home.
The days are very long and beautiful, it's almost summer. Around eight in the evening you can still see the proud and radiant pink and yellow light of the sun, elegantly making its way between the old houses of the city center and the small church from many centuries ago.
Which seemed to me here now, between the smell of the lime trees and the laughter of the people, the shouts at the top of their lungs and the ringtone of the telephone that continues to buzz in my bag.
A girl with the joyful smile of my sister crosses the street.
My sister IS here too NOW, she has always been HERE, even now that she is no longer here. An old gentleman and his little dog both looking at me with watery eyes.
They both smile at me. Universal Consciousness ❤is the greatest of painters.
We are all his brushstrokes, we are all its thousand colours and I'm sure death doesn't exist.❤
So grateful 💓🙏✨✨✨🌺

[DianneBowman-yrcx]

Absolutely brilliant! I’m deeply grateful to the Universe to have brought me to Eckhart Tolle. ❤️👏🌌

[stephenflood]

The most important thing that makes up our lives on Earth is our spiritual growth because all of the material stuff we might accumulate in life does not serve the universal awakening process and we can't take them with us either. But it's our accumulated wisdom and spiritual essences from living in the now is what we do take with us and that is how we all individually contribute to the awakening evolutionary flow of the universe also. Thanks so much Eckhart.

[themindfuldj]

The real leap is when you realise that even when the mind is playing out past and future scenarios and creating psychological time, that experience is always taking place in the presence of awareness. Take a past situation, think about. Where is that memory or flow of thoughts taking place, other than now. It doesn’t actually happen in the past, it is a thought happening now. 🙏🏻

[carolinecaroline]

Thank you, Sir, for your teachings 🙏 ❤️ ❤❤❤

[varunreddy]

Ekchart is the greatest teacher, his teachings help enormously to overcome dopamine craving

[TruthWillprevail]

Amen. Thank you. Please continue to pray for me and my sons. Sending love ❤️

[roberttuzzolo]

I can listen to this man for hours. So true. Nothing is more important than now.

[midnightblue]

Thanks Eckhart great reminder that all we have is the NOW to make the most of life! 💜

[Florica-dd]

Thank you Eckhart Tolle🙏for saving lives 🌈🌹❤️✌️🫠👏

[SophiaSantucci]

Dearest Being, yes, yes and yes to everything you shared. Love and Light!

[joelmichael]

Thank you!!❤
When we spend enough time practicing these teachings, We eventually realize we are always already in the NOW without thought. So, it’s not really about not thinking. It’s about realizing thought is like all else: energy/light and that we are only ever the observation itself. We don’t BEcome the I AM. We simply remember that we always already ARE the AM.

[jonassousa]

Eckhart Tolle, é um presente que a consciência deu a si mesmo❤

[zovalentine]

The gift of the present 🎁

Yesterday is gone✊
The future is not here yet✊