I have read this book but now find myself just completely confused. I am of the impression that I should life as some sort of monk meditating permanently, just accepting what is and being happy, being content, watching the thinker, feeling the body. I feel like the book is telling me that any desire I have is purely my egoic mind and it is not myself, my conscious self. Also, nothing material in this world is important. A big house, a flash car, I do not need to have these as they are just material things created by the egoic mind. To be truly happy is to just be, live a boring boring boring life. I am confused! Also, what about a personality, is that not just the ego? Is that really me? What about thinking? Everytime I now think, even though I feel conscious about it, I am thinking it is just the 'thinker', the egoic mind and do not know for sure if I am consciously making that thought or unconsciously making it. I feel terrified to think anymore.
How can you just be and have goals at the same time? Are goals not created by the ego? A conscious person is happy with what is, right? So why would they have any goals, a desire to change their situation? It just doesn't make any sense to me. I feel like this Eckhart Tolle is part of some sort of cult and is trying to convert us all.
How can you just be and have goals at the same time? Are goals not created by the ego? A conscious person is happy with what is, right? So why would they have any goals, a desire to change their situation? It just doesn't make any sense to me. I feel like this Eckhart Tolle is part of some sort of cult and is trying to convert us all.