Eckhart Tolle is the real deal ☯️ 

Eckhart Tolle is the man. Dear fellow miraculous Earth being, I've recently fallen in love with the work of Eckhart Tolle. He's the real deal, near as I can tell. I first read his book [A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose]( about 6 years ago, and while it made an impact on me, I don't think I was quite ready to deeply internalize and experientially understand its liberating lessons. “I have lived with several Zen masters — all of them cats.” ― Eckhart Tolle More recently I revisited his work, reading [The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment]( and I was blown away. There is an intrinsic authority in his words that cuts through the superficial layers of the self and resonates with the deeper, more expansive Self. Tolle has a gift for illuminating the way in which the monkey mind—the thinking mind—seeks to ensnare us in its self-created drama. With wit and wisdom, he points the path toward discovering that we are not our thoughts, but rather the space in which thought is arising. It's difficult to overstate how liberating it is to begin experiencing this reality and not taking any thought so seriously. [The Power of Now]( is a bullshit-obliterating laser beam of clear perception, and I maximally recommend it. To get a taste test of Tolle's sagacity, I recommend [his free audiobook / series of guided meditations on Spotify]( as well as [this video of him discussing the Tao Te Ching and liberating oneself from the thinking mind](. I'll leave you with three potent quotes from The Power of Now: “Time isn’t precious at all, because it is an illusion. What you perceive as precious is not time but the one point that is out of time: the Now. That is precious indeed. The more you are focused on time—past and future—the more you miss the Now, the most precious thing there is.” ― Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now “All negativity is caused by an accumulation of psychological time and denial of the present. Unease, anxiety, tension, stress, worry — all forms of fear — are caused by too much future, and not enough presence. Guilt, regret, resentment, grievances, sadness, bitterness, and all forms of nonforgiveness are caused by too much past, and not enough presence.” ― Eckhart Tolle, The Power of Now “If you get the inside right, the outside will fall into place. Primary reality is within; secondary reality without.” ― Eckhart Tolle, [The Power of Now]( Love, Freedom, Peace, Joy, Jordan Bates Carl Jung once observed, “The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.” We created [30 Challenges to Enlightenment]( to help you do this. To become the strongest, wisest, and most honest expression of yourself. As you know, taking action is hard and scary. It’s much easier to cling to what you know, to what is stable and comfortable. And yet, on some level, you realize that the treasure you seek cannot be found in your familiar routine. You’re reading this because you want something more: Adventure. Authenticity. Confidence. Purpose. Enlightenment. Whatever it is you’re seeking, your well-worn patterns can’t get you there. They can only bring more of the same. And that’s why we created this epic course: to break you out of your old patterns—to give you room to become a stronger, wiser, more heroic version of yourself. One of the most powerful aspects of this course is that it is divided into six unique quests, which are based on the stages of enlightenment described in the Zen tradition. The quests form a natural progression toward self-actualization and spiritual realization, providing meaningful direction to your journey. This is just one element which sets it apart from everything else out there. Each quest provides another stepping stone to increasingly liberating perspectives, greater awareness, and more enlightened states of being. Our aim was to create a kind of “PhD in self-development.” The philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche understood the utility of temporary challenges as well as anyone, and he was one of our greatest inspirations in building this course. Nietzsche recognized that in order to become stronger and wiser, it was necessary to overcome yourself—to leave behind your established ways and paradigms. Nietzsche thought we should engage in perpetual self-conquering, regularly transcending our current conditioning to become something more. In pursuit of this end, he developed the idea of a “gymnastics of the will”—a practice of undertaking temporary experiments of willpower, with the intention of strengthening, mastering, refining, and deepening our being. Friedrich Nietzsche understood that our conditioning runs deep. Even if you admit that you want to change your life, it’s damn difficult to override your habitual programming. The solution to this problem, for Nietzsche, was to regularly attempt a variety of life experiments—experiments that would push one to act contrary to one’s conditioning. If we could just make a habit of attempting life-transforming challenges, Nietzsche thought we would unearth our own greatness, that which lies beneath our conditioning, and become resilient masters of life. Courageous souls delight in transcending limitations and becoming their Higher Self, not merely dreaming of doing so. And they are rewarded. They unearth the hidden jewels of human existence. They manifest a life that aligns with their Highest Excitement. Are you such a person? Will you accept the call to become what you are? [I ACCEPT]( Copyright © 2019 HighExistence, All rights reserved. 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