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In this brief excerpt from his talk, Eckhart Tolle explains that true self‑knowledge is not achieved through concepts but through a direct, non‑conceptual knowing he calls gnosis. He describes how the egoic mind, driven by fear, tends to flee into thinking when confronted with the dimension of pure awareness that lacks thought. Remaining in that state requires courage, especially during the transitional moment when the familiar sense of identity dissolves and one may feel lost. Despite this uncertainty, there is an underlying deep knowing of one’s being that is beyond concepts.
