Eckhart Tolle explores the gap between your constructed identity and pure awareness underneath it. He argues that accessing this deeper dimension transforms how you create and relate to others, moving beyond the persona you think you are.
Existence is an interesting word. To exist comes from Latin, exist. Ex means out, just in the word exit or ex exist. To stand out, exist. From sense of. To stand out is to exist. Something is manifested, it has a form existence. You exist as a person, but the essence of who you are does not exist, is not has no form, though manifested form. And this is why I often say the important thing. You are a human being. There are two dimensions to who you are. There's the dimension of the temporal, of the dimension of. Of past and future. Where we, where our life unfolds. That's the human and you are the being. That is the transcendent dimension of who you are. And to become aware of awareness is to become. That's another word for being, to be. You become aware that you are. And thinking must stop for a moment in order to become aware of that which transcends all form. Another word for this is self transcendence. Self transcendence, that is the liberation from a limited and ultimately fictitious sense of identity. As much as possible in your daily life. As much as possible in your daily life. Practice moments of pure awareness. Doesn't matter for how long. Moments of pure, like now, this moment, as I stop speaking for a few seconds before I start speaking again, Be aware that you are aware. So one could say you disappear as a person, but you are there very powerfully as a presence. You disappear as a person temporarily, but in a very powerful way. That there is a presence which you cannot define. And this, you then access this dimension. That is one way of putting it's pure. Pure power, pure intelligence. All, anything created arises out of that. And as you invite that into your life, it can and will transform even the way in which you live as a person. And that happens without you thinking that you need to transform yourself. A transformation happens even to the person, although the person obviously will always have certain limitations. You are good at this, but you're not good at that, and so on. The person obviously cannot be perfect. There's always certain characteristics that define a person. It has form that's understood. But that dimension, as you access, that flows into the conditioned entity that we call the person. And can even can use the personal mind and express itself through that. In other words, inspiration can happen, will happen more easily, intuition happens more easily. A creative ability develops more easily. Obviously you need to have some mastery, some expertise in some fields. Then it can be this creative energy from the trans. The unconditioned realm of being or consciousness can flow into what you do and transform and empower it. Of course you need to already in the case of activity, you need to have already developed something that it can flow into. In my case, it cannot flow into becoming a fantastic swimmer or tennis player. It's not going to happen. It's not going to empower me on that level. It's too late for that. Nor is it going to come up in me with the the creative realization finding the unified field theory in physics that Einstein unsuccessfully looked for. The unified field theory. It's not going to come through this mind because it has not developed that particular avenue through which spirit or consciousness could express itself creatively. But it is expressing itself creatively through these words. So not through nuclear physics or sports. It can impact in case of this particular person or whatever it may be where people develop the great new like Elon Musk create some great the latest thing about electric cars or whatever. I'm not going to be able to do that. This. This is not how the creative energy can express itself through me. Not nor I'm going to be a great dancer. It's much too late for that too. But you might or it might not be express itself in any of those ways too. It is possible that the as. As you access that dimension, the power of now as you access that dimension within yourself creatively through these words. So not through nuclear physics or sports. It can impact in case of this particular person or whatever it may be where people develop. It may not even express itself through some creative endeavor. It could be something else. It could the way in which you relate to other humans changes affects everybody that you come in contact with. The great new like Elon Musk. Great some great the latest thing about electric cars or whatever. I'm not going to be able to do that. This. This is not how the creative energy can express itself through me. Not nor I'm going to be a great dance. Much too late for that too. But you might or it might not be express itself in any of those ways too. It is possible that the as as you access that dimension, the power of now as you access that dimension within yourself. It may not even express itself through some creative endeavor. It could be something else. It could the way in which you relate to other humans changes affects everybody that you come in contact with.
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