As a child I would spend several moments, just looking at my ceiling (mum would always ask me what was I looking at?) or if I was lying down in the rear seat of the car, I would look at the sky from the rear glass and imagine there was nothing, absolutely nothing and that there never was or is anything. This kind of blew my mind and I later realised, these were unconscious practices on the spiritual path itself. Now I can see these were lovely moments of “no thought”. Not “no thought” as in some dull non thinking way, but somehow an expansion and “completely filled” moments, often beyond what I could absorb.
Today’s video addresses our addiction to thoughts. And suggests ways in which we can break this excessive habit of “thinking”. Thinking and our thoughts, according to Eckhart Tolle, give us our pseudo sense of self and thus most are unwilling to let it go. One suggestion is to bring in “presence”. Thoughts can come and go, but our awareness, our presence, can be anchored in the present moment, mindfully. He demonstrates this to the questioner beautifully in the talk. Continually become more aware of the present moment.
Dennis Taraporewala 