The Greatest Spiritual Practice Is Letting Go Of Thought

Eckhart Tolle: Essential Teachings

Oprah

Society & Culture

4.6 • 4K Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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In this episode, Eckhart talks more about transcending the heavy burden of self. He says most people can’t stand themselves and yearn to be free…even if the desire is unconscious. He says the relentless barrage of thinking pushes many to seek relief… through substances like… alcohol, marijuana or other drugs. He explains for a fleeting moment we may find a reprieve… until the high wears off…and we’re back in the turmoil again. Or we post on social media…hoping to find love and acceptance there… racking up “likes.” But that too often backfires. Eckhart says we’re reaching for the wrong thing. We will never find what we seek in our limited thinking, or our superficial ideas about ourselves and the world. Eckhart says the greatest spiritual practice we can do is to let go of thought. Want more podcasts from OWN? Visit https://bit.ly/OWNPods You can also watch Oprah’s Super Soul, The Oprah Winfrey Show and more of your favorite OWN shows on your TV! Visit https://bit.ly/find_OWN

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0:00.0	The greatest spiritual practice is letting go of thought.
0:04.0	In this episode, Eckhart talks about transcending the heavy burden of self.
0:10.0	He says most people yearn to be free even if the desire is unconscious.
0:14.8	He says the relentless barrage of thinking pushes many to seek relief through substances like alcohol,
0:21.4	marijuana, or other drugs.
0:23.4	He explains, for a fleeting moment we may find a reprieve until the high wears off and we're
0:29.2	back in the turmoil again.
0:31.5	He says some people post on social media hoping to find love and
0:35.2	acceptance there. He says we're reaching for the wrong thing. We will never find
0:40.9	what we seek in our limited thinking or our superficial ideas about ourselves
0:46.7	and the world.
0:47.9	Eckhart says, the greatest spiritual practice we can do is to let go of thought.
0:56.6	Everybody is longing to become free of thinking
1:00.1	unconsciously most people because they can't stand themselves anymore.
1:04.6	So they take all kinds of substances in order to get away from themselves
1:09.2	temporarily for a little while.
1:11.5	And they experience moments of little or no thought and for some
1:19.5	people that can be a fast glimpse into not suffering continuously
1:25.7	from the burden of this mind that doesn't leave you alone.
1:31.0	Always there's something to complain about and criticize and all kinds of and then they have a little puff of this thing
1:39.0	dried leaves that are now becoming legal but I've always been illegal for some reason.
1:45.0	They take it off.
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