Yesterday I asked people what they thought of Eckhart Tolle.<\/p>\n
I wrote that question with the intention of writing a critique of Eckhart Tolle, but as I revisited the depths of his Wikipedia page I found myself very much aligned with where’s coming from, based on a number of key quotes and the breadth of the traditions he’s pulling from. Perhaps I will read A New Earth in 2014.<\/p>\n
Favorite quotes:<\/p>\n
1) “The only function of such a teacher is to help you remove that which separates you from the truth … The words are no more than signposts.”<\/p>\n 2) “The most significant thing that can happen to a human being [is] the separation process of thinking and awareness” and that awareness is “the space in which thoughts exist””<\/p>\n 3) “Tolle says that “the primary cause of unhappiness is never the situation but your thoughts about it”<\/p>\n He is however still missing one of the pieces I intended to critique, which is THE crucial next piece for spirituality to be relevant to our modern times:<\/p>\n The evolutionary perspective and moral imperative on the other side of ego transcendence.<\/p>\n Eckhart Tolle’s overemphasis on the now and the present moment blinds people from the Big History we are very much a part of, and the Big Future we are very much tasked with creating.<\/p>\n That responsibility that only grows stronger the more AWAKE we become.<\/p>\n The present matters.<\/p>\n But so does the past and the future.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"