This Is Part of Your Awakening Process | Eckhart Tolle

If you feel like you have gone backwards lately, there is something you should know. It is supposed to happen. Eckhart Tolle explains that consciousness does not simply rise, year after year, in a neat line. It moves forward, and then it regresses. You can see it in history, and you can see it in your own life. Think of a period when a challenge arrived, a marriage ending, money lost, a home gone, and you were pulled into reactivity. Despondent. Angry. Shouting, out loud or in your head. Making life unpleasant for yourself and everyone near you. That was a regression, and almost nobody admits to them. But the regressions are not failures. They are part of the pattern, and they are necessary. There is a French expression Eckhart is fond of. Reculer pour mieux sauter. You step back in order to jump better. Here is the secret underneath it. The very thing that seems to block your growth is the thing that creates it. Consciousness has to come up against something. A gardener piles more soil on a sprouting seed on purpose, because the plant grows strong by pushing through it. A plant raised in a greenhouse, protected from everything, stays weak. It never needed the strength, so it never found it. Which is why many of us would not be who we are without the very challenges we would never have chosen. Eckhart goes much further into this in the full session. Join Eckhart Tolle Now to watch. 👇 Sign up for a free trial: https://bit.ly/etnow-freetrial ✨🌟Take Your Practice Deeper with Eckhart Tolle Now🌟✨ You’ve already started your journey with Eckhart Tolle’s teachings on YouTube—now it’s time to take that journey even deeper. We’re excited to offer you an exclusive year-long discount to join Eckhart Tolle Now for just $139—that’s only $11 per month for a full year of transformative teachings and practices. ✨Here’s what awaits you as a member of Eckhart Tolle Now: ▪️Private Community: Connect with like-minded individuals in an exclusive, supportive online platform dedicated to living in Presence. ▪️Monthly Video Practices: Guided teachings each month to help you live a life of greater peace, clarity, and mindfulness. ▪️Member-Only Discounts: Get special offers on Eckhart’s newest teachings and online courses, plus access to exclusive content. ▪️Over 300 Hours of Teachings: A treasure trove of videos covering relationships, stress relief, parenting, and more, to support your growth. ▪️Q&A Sessions with Eckhart & Kim Eng: Direct answers to your questions from Eckhart and Kim to deepen your understanding and practice. ▪️Recorded Retreats & Events: Access video recordings from Eckhart and Kim’s global retreats, bringing you the essence of their transformative events. ▪️Conversations with Spiritual Luminaries: Enjoy deep, insightful conversations between Eckhart and other renowned teachers, including Jack Kornfield, Marianne Williamson, and Neale Donald Walsch. Learn more here: https://bit.ly/etnow-freetrial ▶️ Subscribe to Eckhart's Channel: bit.ly/ETYouTubeSub 🔒 Become a Channel member and get added perks: bit.ly/JoinETYT --- 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 (now Watkins Mind Body Spirit) 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.