Eckhart Tolle on the dimension within
“There’s nothing wrong with doing new things, pursuing activities, exploring new countries, meeting new people, acquiring knowledge and expertise, developing your physical or mental abilities, and creating whatever you’re called upon to create in this world…
“Now the question is, Are you looking for yourself in what you do? Are you attempting to add more to who you think you are?…
“And ultimately, what is the point of it all? More information, more things, more of this, more of that. Are we going to find the fullness of life through more things and greater and bigger shopping malls?”
Continued in article The Most Important Dimension of Human Existence, By Eckhart Tolle.
April 30th, 2008 at 4:17 pm
Beautifully said, Eckhart. May I add, though, that letting go is entirely experiential and that what works for one person may not work for another.
ADG
May 30th, 2008 at 1:06 am
I am so greatful to Eckhart Tolle and Oprah for turning me onto Dr. Jill Bolte Taylor and her beautiful book “”My Stroke of Insight”". Her story is amazing and her gift to all of us is a book purchase away I’m happy to say.
Dr Taylor was a Harvard brain scientist when she had a stroke at age 37. What was amazing was that her left brain was shut down by the stroke - where language and thinking occur - but her right brain was fully functioning. She experienced bliss and nirvana and the way she writes about it (or talks about it in her now famous TED talk) is incredible.
What I took away from Dr. Taylor’s book above all, and why I recommend it so highly, is that you don’t have to have a stroke or take drugs to find the deep inner peace that she talks about. Her book explains how. “”I want what she’s having”", and thanks to this wonderful book, I can! Thank you Dr. Taylor, and thank you Eckhart and Oprah.
May 30th, 2008 at 8:58 pm
Here is a link to Amazon.com for My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist’s Personal Journey.