He dropped out of school and did not pursue a formal education again until he went to England to study at the universities of London and Cambridge. Eckhart Tolle was raised in a Catholic family in Germany and moved to Spain at the age of 13, to live with his father, after his parents separated. I also wanted to understand how his own life gave rise to his insights and how they continue to develop through his experiences now. I wanted to probe his ideas to understand the powerful reach he has acquired. Today he lives in Canada with Kim Eng, his partner in business and life for over a decade. He spent decades as a semi-nomadic teacher, leading something of a hermit’s existence. TIPPETT: Now in his 60s, Eckhart Tolle himself was a deeply private person for most of his life. And suddenly you pay more attention to this. And so when you realize, OK, where is my life? Essentially, it’s here and now, and it will never not be here and now. But the other moment never actually comes because when the so-called future comes, it appears again as the unsatisfying present.
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TOLLE: When people value the next moment more than they value what is, they are dissatisfied with what is but they are hoping some other future moment is going to free them from this dissatisfaction. But we only know the past through the lens of the present moment, and when the future is actually upon us, it will also be another now. Human beings have a tendency to obsess over the past and the future. And he prescribes a direct route to this new way of being - the shift in awareness to what he calls “the power of now.” Tolle emphasizes that in our firsthand experience of life, now is all there ever is. Becoming aware of this, Tolle says, is the only way we can truly ever direct our experience of the world and our presence within it. That is, the notion that we confuse reality with the racing thoughts in our heads, the stories we’ve internalized from our families and culture, and the emotions that animate us as a result. Tolle echoes the Buddhist analysis of the mind as a primary source of human suffering. The philosophy that Eckhart Tolle brings to readers and live audiences draws on and synthesizes core teachings of many religious and spiritual traditions, including Christianity, Taoism, Hinduism, and especially Buddhism. She conducted a 10-week online seminar with Tolle that has been downloaded 27 million times. Then in 2008, Oprah Winfrey chose his follow-up work, A New Earth, for her book club. Today, “The Power of Eckhart Tolle’s Now.”Įckhart Tolle began to gain attention as a spiritual teacher with his 1997 book, The Power of Now.
And his vision fundamentally challenges the notion that Descartes captured in a sentence: “I think, therefore I am.”įrom American Public Media, this is Speaking of Faith - public radio’s conversation about religion, meaning, ethics, and ideas. He believes that a planetary shift in consciousness is underway. Long a reclusive figure with a quietly expanding following, Tolle has recently become a household name and a global best-selling author. This hour, my 2008 interview with Eckhart Tolle, one of the most influential spiritual teachers in the world today. Where you can face life without the interference of the mind, still being able to use the mind when it’s needed but not being used by it. This means you rise above thinking to a large extent in your life. His philosophy fundamentally challenges the notion that Descartes captured in a sentence: “I think, therefore I am.”ĮCKHART TOLLE: What we are talking about here is a state of alert attention to what is where compulsive thinking no longer operates. We’ll probe the core ideas that have generated so much excitement and get a close-up sense of the man behind the books. Millions of people of every age and walk of life are being affected by his teachings and philosophy. Today, “The Power of Eckhart Tolle’s Now.” KRISTA TIPPETT, HOST: I’m Krista Tippett.
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