Eckhart TolleNYT Bestselling author of the Power of Now

What Moods Are Actually Doing to Your Mind

31 May 2026 · 0 min

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In this brief monologue, Eckhart Tolle explains how a mood can instantly rise into the mind, prompting a cascade of deeply negative thoughts about oneself, one's life, others, and the world. He emphasizes that when awareness is absent, these negative mental states become traps, allowing unseen "energy fields"—negative emotional or psychic influences—to take over or even be attracted. The core message is that cultivating awareness prevents moods from overwhelming the mind with negativity.

A mood comes upon you and immediately rises up into your mind and makes you think, and all the thoughts will be deeply negative about yourself, about your life, about other people, about the world, whatever it may be. It's all horrible. And so people get trapped in the absence of awareness. Energy fields can take you over. You can even attract energy fields from the unseen that are deeply negative in the absence of awareness.