Eckhart Tolle on the Zen Riddle of the Two Selves

Eckhart Tolle shares a profound realization that echoes the wisdom of a Zen koan. He explores the existence of two selves within us: the "I" and the self we cannot live with. Join Eckhart as he invites you to question the nature of your own identity and the roots of unhappiness.

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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.

[RachaelClark-lz]

That one sentence changed my life when I first read the power of now. I have such love for Eckhart. Thank you

[LWalker-xugp]

He's the best for unlimited reasons; thankfully ❤❤❤

[christo]

Solving the Koan of your life is the process of awakening and incarnation itself.
Quite complex but worthwhile.
Find and trust your soulmates! ❤

[SMMore-bfyi]

After the Tao for many years, came to the realisation…if not at least a couple of “me’s “ there be nothing to compare…like a smile & a frown…I thank both mirrors…
mirrors that reflect me 😁

[dibelgelo]

That's dissociation not awakening.

[zeroxox]

There is the unhappy me, that I cannot live with. Tolle, which is the actual, living human being, the body, heart and brain? It isn't any of these. You thought there were only two - there are many more then two, but only two ever became conscious to you. So you are like the superficial ego only APPARENTLY with a silent mind. Only it isn't a silent mind. It's what I call a subtle ego, which is not a theory but was my worst enemy and perhaps still is. There is more of your ego in my ego then there is me in my ego, for the ego is the total social consciousness of humanity in a particular human, and clearly, obviously, it is yet to understand the ways of love.