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Eckhart Tolle: Essential Teachings

Opportunities For Surrender

Eckhart Tolle: Essential Teachings

Oprah

Society & Culture

4.64.3K Ratings

🗓️ 29 June 2023

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

In this podcast, Eckhart begins with a few thoughts on meditation. He talks about the Chinese philosophy of Taoism (dow-ism). He says one of its key principles is Wu Wei (woo way) which he explains loosely translated, means non-action or “to sit quietly and do nothing.” Eckhart follows up with a quote from French philosopher Pascal who said, “All the troubles of humanity can be traced back to a person's inability to sit quietly in a room.” Eckhart says we’re so immersed in the outer world that we don’t even think to look inward. He reveals it’s our job to rescue our awareness from this hostage-like-state of unconsciousness. Eckhart says to start by taking small steps in our daily lives and that all of life’s crises big and small are meant to be opportunities for surrender.


 

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0:00.0

Opportunities for surrender.

0:03.0

In this podcast, Eckhart begins with a few thoughts on meditation.

0:08.0

He talks about the Chinese philosophy of Taoism.

0:11.0

He says one of its key principles is Wuwei,

0:14.0

which explains loosely translated means non-action

0:18.0

or to sit quietly and do nothing.

0:21.0

Eckhart follows up with a quote from French philosopher Pascal

0:25.0

who said,

0:26.0

The troubles of humanity can be traced back to a person's inability

0:31.0

to sit quietly in a room.

0:34.0

Eckhart says we're so immersed in the outer world

0:37.0

that we don't even think to look inward.

0:39.0

He reveals it is our job to rescue our awareness

0:43.0

from this hostage-like state of unconsciousness.

0:47.0

Eckhart says to start by taking small steps in our daily lives

0:51.0

and that all of life's crises big and small

0:55.0

are meant to be opportunities for surrender.

1:00.0

Is this what is called a meditation?

1:04.0

Maybe it is.

1:07.0

Natural meditation.

1:10.0

Sitting quietly.

1:13.0

There's an ancient Chinese saying from Taoism.

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