Comments on: “Interview” with Eckhart Tolle

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 23:56:00 +0000

I think originality is not something he has ever claimed to have. This “wisdom” that he speaks of is stuff that’s been pulsing through humanity for a very long time. He has found a way to express it that I think is particularly relevant for modern times.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 06 Aug 2011 19:00:00 +0000

Thanks! I’ve often fought that Tolle might think it was funny if he ever viewed this blog. Glad to see some of his fans feel that way.

By: Cathyshardt

Cathyshardt — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 15:14:00 +0000

I went to see Eckhart Tolle lecture in Vancouver. I am a fan. That said, your “interview” is hilarious! Thank you for a great chuckle this morning!

By: Henri

Henri — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 06:37:00 +0000

Dudes and all the dudes who still trying to figure Tolle out is this,he never claims to be original as you keep yapping on about …oh he’s not original…what the dude does and why he has had an impact and continues to have one is he has managed to simplify all these religious teachings and repackaged them in a non religious ( done away with the rigid norms,rituals,practises etc)accomodative non judgemental spiritualism.

By: pat

pat — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 01:01:00 +0000

That’s what I’m looking for too…..the inside scoop from a close follower. I remember when 60 minutes did a story on the Church Universal and Triumpant with Elizabeth Clare Prophet (ECP). They showed the “teachers” walking ahead of the students on some kind of hike. The teachers were dissing the students and the whole philosophy of the church and mocking their followers. ECP too. So, if anyone has any real poop on this guy, I’d love to hear about it.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 14:34:00 +0000

If that’s Tolle’s central idea, then my original point stands–he’s not very original.
I thought the Oprah interview was funny because it seems that Oprah really doesn’t know what he’s talking about.

Maybe it was too “deep” for her.

By: TitaniumTeddyBear

TitaniumTeddyBear — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 07:58:00 +0000

Dude, Tolle’s central idea is that we spend so much time wrapped up in our thoughts that we miss what’s actually happening in our lives.

It’s hard to argue that this isn’t true.

And if he’s teaching that people will feel better if they spend more time not-stressing, and focussing on the now, and then people do that, and DO feel better, then in what way is he a fraud? ;b…

I dig him, alot. The only idea he has that I disagree with is that our consciousness continues after we die. Other than that, it’s pretty much all good.

And his teachings changed my life too.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 01:47:00 +0000

I think guys like Tolle takes all the groovy ideas from Buddhism and takes out all that morality and self-training.
At least that’s what I think his one-consciousness is trying to manifest to my inner being of oneness.

By: Self Help Author

Self Help Author — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 20:46:00 +0000

I can feel myself establishing an authentic one-ness with your poop-conciousness and my Chakras are on frickin’ fire now.

Let the money-energy flow freely. Namaste.

Tolle takes the commonsense idea of living in the present, not worrying about the future or the past too much and then constructs an edifice of Metaphysical Poop on that modest foundation.

By: Robert Sinnamon

Robert Sinnamon — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 13:16:00 +0000

Eckhart Tolle review
Eckhart Tolle’s book is an attempt to awaken you to your life’s purpose but there are no meaningful instructions to take you there. Eckhart is focused on a symptom of the problem that he believes is the problem, “the ego” and I would suggest that this manifestation of the problem is certainly a red flag. However there was never a doctor who could cure patience’s problem by treating their symptoms. Like many doctors, Tolle misdiagnoses the patience and falls victim to the very thing that he makes confident assertions about. Eckhart suggests a treatment to close the hole of self only to discover there are always more openings.
“I think therefore I am” – thought is a product of the mind and without the mind there would be no perception of self or the body you possess. It was God who said “Come now, and let us reason together” (Isaiah 1:18) because He engineered your body and wants you to operate in the mechanics of His design so He can receive the glory. If we do not obey before we know (faith) it will be the mind that is responsible in producing the misperception of who you are, this illusory sense of identity. This illusory sense of self or the arrogance that could be called the ego that Albert Einstein referred to as “an optical illusion of consciousness”. And Tolle’s statement “That illusory self then becomes the basis for all further interpretations, or rather misinterpretations of reality, all thought processes, interactions, and relationships, your reality becomes a reflection of the original illusion,” is certainly true. Tolle may not have the answer but I believe he has a good understanding of the problem. Tolle also quotes Jesus in an attempt to give validity to his theology along with many others, but it was only Jesus who said in John 14:6 “I am the way and the truth and the life; no one comes to the Father, but through Me.”
Eckhart’s solution to dissolve this illusion all come down to the word “‘if’ you can recognize illusion as illusion, it dissolves. The recognition of illusion is also its ending.” Nobody would disagree with his deduction. But a simple illustration of a man walking through a desert without water can test his deduction. It is not until he receives a drink of water can he believe that what he sees is nothing more than an optical illusion stemming from he imbalance state of body and mind.
If the mind or the brain is still in the same physical state that produced this illusion of self then it has no ability to see itself relative to truth. The fact that the mind in its unbalanced physical state has produced an ego is irrelevant and to try to recognize the countless illusions the mind is capable of generating is in itself absurd.
Unbelief comes from a polluted mind or a body that lacks the energy to maintain a balanced state. A mind cannot change its state without acting on the knowledge of the truth but the mind will not recognize truth as knowledge because it has been chemically programmed to reconfigure truth.
Purification comes with a cost of suffering, by the effects of a chemical withdrawal, in order to break our self-conceived ideas on how we see reality. A mind that has not been re-wired has no ability to be enlightened by divine teaching, because it is already programmed to arrange any new knowledge within its own pre-established formula, as to preserve its addictions, and therefore cannot discern the between the holy and the profane. Romans16:18 For such men are slaves, not of our Lord Christ but of their own appetites; and by their smooth and flattering speech they deceive the hearts of the unsuspecting. Tolle and many other men come across so convincing because they have no idea they are completely controlled by their addictions to their own appetites. Our so called wise and learned men come across completely sincere because they have no idea their judgment has been impaired. Their rational seems logical and is received with applause because they are appealing to an audience who baths in the same pool of impediments. 2 Cor10:12 For we are not bold to class or compare ourselves with some of those who commend themselves; but when they measure themselves by themselves, and compare themselves with themselves, they are without understanding. Pro16:25 There is a way which seems right to a man, But its end is the way of death.

Joh8:34 Jesus answered them, “Truly, truly, I say to you, everyone who commits sin is the slave of sin. Only a relatively short period of time is needed in practicing sin, (or letting the flesh choose) before the brain sets up receivers to accommodate this new chemical addiction that reinforces the appetite. Like a drug addict on the street you are trapped and enslaved to serve your habit by the law of cause and effect.
It is easy to sit back and tell someone that they do not have and answer to the problem and never using our own logic or deduction of reasoning to find the answer. Jesus tells us that we need to follow Him through regeneration, Mat19:28 Truly I tell you, that you who have followed Me, in the regeneration … We were once there as little children. One of the parts which will be renewed is the mind, Rom12:2 “… but transformed by the renewing of your mind … All regeneration and renewing is centered around “things” in you that are not of your DNA but make up almost 50% of your dry body weight. They turn out to be little separate creatures that are the engine that drives every one of your cells, including your brain cells. Without them, we would not move a muscle, drum a finger, think a thought. 1 Cor1:27 But God chose the foolish things of this world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong. He chose the lowly things of this world and the despised things and the things that are not – to nullify the things that are so that no one may boast before him. The problem is these creatures replicate, privately, in their own fashion and if you do not provide the environment they need to regenerate you will never have a mind or thought process “that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect” (Rom12:2). If man could live on bread alone we would not need the word of God but bread alone brings only depravity.
For an in-depth comprehensible study on the environment needed and how the Spirit logically lead me to this place of surrender please go to http://www.freedomcatchthespirit.com