Eckhart TolleNYT Bestselling author of the Power of Now

The Real Purpose Behind Every Spiritual Retreat

18 Nov 2025 · 0 min

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Short excerpt from an Eckhart Tolle YouTube video explaining that the true purpose of a spiritual retreat is to withdraw from one’s "usual self" — the mentally and emotionally constructed identity — and that surface-level life activities can help initiate letting go of identification with that constructed self.

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