Allow This Moment to Be as It Is | Let Go and Surrender with This 20 Minute Meditation with Eckhart

Eckhart Tolle5 minutes read

The text discusses the importance of experiencing stillness and being present through meditation, contrasting it with continuous conceptual thinking that can lead to conflict and dissatisfaction. It emphasizes the balance between doing and being, highlighting the source of life, creativity, and joy within oneself when connecting with stillness.

Insights

  • Emphasizes experiencing the moment without expectations in meditation, shifting focus from doing to being still, underscoring the balance required in a conscious life.
  • Stresses the importance of connecting with the dimension of stillness within oneself, highlighting its role as a source of life, creativity, joy, and meaningful interactions, contrasting it with continuous conceptual thinking leading to conflict and insufficiency.

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Recent questions

  • What is Sound Straw?

    A tool for joining meditation sessions.

  • How is meditation described?

    Not about becoming still but being still.

  • Why is connecting with stillness important?

    Source of life, creativity, joy, and meaningful interactions.

  • What is the significance of noticing stillness alongside words?

    Emphasizes being present and alert without thinking.

  • How is meditation encouraged in the summary?

    Welcoming participants to experience the moment without expectations.

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Summary

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Embracing Stillness: Meditation for Present Living

  • Live meditation session welcoming participants, including those joining through Sound Straw, emphasizing the importance of experiencing the moment without expectations.
  • Meditation is described as not about becoming still but being still, highlighting the balance needed between doing and being in a conscious life.
  • Encouragement to notice the dimension of stillness or spaciousness alongside words, emphasizing the importance of being present and alert without thinking.
  • The significance of connecting with the dimension of stillness within oneself, as it is the source of life, creativity, joy, and meaningful human interactions, contrasting it with the continuous conceptual thinking that leads to conflict and a sense of insufficiency.
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