Eckhart TolleNYT Bestselling author of the Power of Now

Eckhart Tolle on the Power Within You

14 Sept 2026 · 1 min

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In this brief teaching, Eckhart Tolle explains that the stillness of presence within each person is the source of all creative power in the universe. He says that every thought and action emerges from this inner presence, which transcends the personal ego. Using the metaphor that the personal self is merely a temporary garment, he describes how recognizing the power of presence leads to a direct experience of God‑realization, freeing one from identification with a limited self. This realization also reveals the essential unity of all beings, eliminating any sense of superiority or separation.

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An emanation. If you can feel within yourself, in the stillness of presence, you feel that the power of presence in you, that's the power out of which everything comes, every thought comes out of that, everything comes out of that, and you feel that that is the creative power of the universe. You feel the power of presence in you, Far transcends who you are as a person. As I said, the person is a garment. The presence has disguised itself in this temporary garment, and you feel the power of presence in you, and that is God realization in you that liberates you from being trapped in a personal sense of self. And then you would never feel that you are greater than anybody else, because that is the essence of all beings.