In chapter six of “A New Earth” titled “Breaking Free” Echkart Tolle discusses the idea of how we can break free from the pain body. Tolle suggests that the first step to breaking free is to being aware that we actually have a pain body. When we become alert we will start to notice the influx pf negative emotion that occurs when the pain body becomes active. When you no longer identify with the pain body it cannot control your thinking or renew itself by feeding on these thoughts. This does not mean that your pain body will disappear straight away. But because you are no longer providing it energy it will eventually wither and dissolve. [Read more…]

In chapter five of “A New Earth” Eckhart Tolle discusses the pain-body. Tolle begins the chapter by suggesting that the body has a mind of its own. The degree that people are trapped by their mind varies from person to person. Some people are able to enjoy periods when they are free from the egoic state and able to enjoy peace and joy. Others are constantly trapped in this state and are alienated from both themselves and other people. [Read more…]

Eckhart Tolle begins chapter four “Role-playing: the many faces of the ego” by discussing the roles that people play. Tolle points out that most people are unaware of the roles that they are playing in life in order to have their needs met. Any conceptual sense of the self is ego. That can be either positive or negative. [Read more…]

Eckhart Tolle starts chapter 3 titled “The core of Ego” by pointing out that most people identify so completely with the voice in their head that they could be described as being entirely possessed by their mind. Because of this they believe that their thinking mind to be who they truly are. This is described as the Egoic mind. Eckhart Tolle suggests that when you use the word I it is the ego that is talking. This egoic mind identifies itself with opinions, positions, cultural and racial affiliations. While on the surface there may be differences between egos the underlying structure is the same for all people. They are based on identification and separation. [Read more…]

Tolle starts Chapter Two: Ego the State of Humanity by pointing that the true nature of everything is essentially unknowable. This includes the rocks, the sea, birds, humans and everything else that exists in the universe. Each of these things has what he calls “unfathomable depths”. If we could see the true nature of these things it would lead us back to the source or god. Tolle suggests that we really focus on a single item for a prolonged time and really see its beingness. He points out how Van Gogh was able to capture the true nature of a chair through this process. That chair is now valued at $25 million. [Read more…]