Eckhart Tolle

Tape 5 

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And then you shift from that when you go into the inner...when you sense the inner energy field of body.  You already go beyond form identity because form identity is also really an image, you have an image of 'me' - this physical vehicle.  You see it in the mirror or you look at it from up here, and see parts of it.

August 24th

Thought is similar to a sense

You experience the present reality of life through the sense of smell.  Yet it would be ridiculous to suggest that you should close off all other senses and only smell the present reality.

You experience the present reality of life through the sense of sight.  Yet it would be silly to suggest that you should close off all other senses in favor of sight only.

You experience life through taste and touch.  Yet it would make little sense to choose taste or touch as a way to experience the present reality to the exclusion of all other senses.

Experiencing the present reality of life through only one sense is a partial view of reality.

Thought is similar to a sense.  When thought is taken to be reality rather than just another way of experiencing the present reality, the being dream of a separate self arises.  You totally believe the whole story of thought, including its interpretations, beliefs, ideas, religions, philosophies, judgments, opinions, and personal motivations.  The exclusive experiencing of life through only the 'sense' of thought presents a partial view of reality.

There is something here, call it awareness, that is aware of thoughts as temporary appearances in reality.  This awareness knows that thought is a limited, partial view of life.  In seeing thought as similar to a sense, there can be a waking up out of the exclusive, partial viewing of life through thought.

Michael Brown

From PART V: 2. 

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As we elevate our life experience into one in which we are an example of a self-facilitator in action, and adopt this as our way of being in this world, we are already playing this role for others. It is unnecessary to put a sign on the door, place an advert in a publication, or be listed in any healing directory to fulfill our purpose. It is unnecessary to tell another soul.   

Chapter 85

'I am': The Foundation of all Experience

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Q: Nothing more is needed, of course. But you are talking of the knowable.

M: Of the unknowable only silence talks. The mind can talk only of what it knows. If you diligently investigate the knowable, it dissolves and only the unknowable remains. But with the first flicker of imagination and interest the unknowable is obscured and the known comes to the forefront. The known, the changeable, is what you live with -- the unchangeable is of no use to you. It is only when you are satiated with the changeable and long for the unchangeable, that you are ready for the turning round and stepping into what can be described, when seen from the level of the mind, as emptiness and darkness. For the mind craves for content and variety, while reality is, to the mind, contentless and invariable.