What is Meditation?: Realizing the Life That You Are

by Eckhart Tolle

Overview

The essence of meditation is not something we do; rather, it is simply to be, fully present and aligned with life in the moment. This is the central teaching of Eckhart Tolle’s What is Meditation? In this audio session, Eckhart helps us transcend our beliefs and ideas about meditation—including the tendency to turn the practice into a means to an end—in order to realize directly our formless nature as being that is primary to any doing.

What is Meditation? explores:

• What your sitting practice can—and cannot—do for you

• Acknowledging the "pulling power" of thoughts

• Engaging with the reality of consciousness itself

• The arising of "space consciousness"—and how this opens us to joy, creativity, and peace

• Honoring life by saying yes to what is

Whether you’ve struggled with meditation or you’re taking an interest in it for the first time, What is Meditation? gives us a new understanding of why we practice—and an inspirational guide for making life itself our daily meditation.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781894884822
Publisher:	Sounds True
Publication date:	08/01/2015
Edition description:	Unabridged
Product dimensions:	5.66(w) x 5.16(h) x 0.66(d)

About the Author

Eckhart Tolle is widely recognized as one of the most inspiring and visionary spiritual teachers in the world today. With his international bestsellers, The Power of Now and A New Earth—translated into more than 50 languages—he has introduced millions to the joy and freedom of living life in the present moment. The New York Times has described him as “the most popular spiritual author in the United States,” and in 2011, Watkins Review named him “the most spiritually influential person in the world.”

Eckhart’s profound yet simple teachings have helped countless people around the globe experience a state of vibrantly alive inner peace in their daily lives. His teachings focus on the significance and power of Presence, the awakened state of consciousness, which transcends ego and discursive thinking. Eckhart sees this awakening as the essential next step in human evolution.

Hometown:

Vancouver, BC, Canada

Date of Birth:

February 16, 1948

Place of Birth:

Lünen, Germany

Education:

University of London; Cambridge University