Falling Below And Rising Above Thought - Eckhart Tolle

Falling Below And Rising Above Thought - Eckhart Tolle

“When you are very tired, you may become more peaceful, more relaxed, than in your usual state.

This is because thinking is subsiding, and so you can’t remember your mind-made problematic self anymore.

You are moving toward sleep.

When you drink alcohol or take certain drugs (provided they don’t trigger your pain-body), you may also feel more relaxed, more carefree, and perhaps more alive for a while.

You may start singing and dancing, which since ancient times are expressions of the joy of life.

Because you are less burdened by your mind, you can glimpse the joy of Being.

Perhaps this is the reason alcohol is also called “spirit.” But there is a high price to pay: unconsciousness.

Instead of rising above thought, you have fallen below it.

A few more drinks, and you will have regressed to the vegetable realm. 

Space consciousness has little to do with being “spaced out.”

Both states are beyond thought.

This they have in common.

The fundamental difference, however, is that in the former, you rise above thought; in the latter, you fall below it.

One is the next step in the evolution of human consciousness, the other a regression to a stage we left behind eons ago.'

'If you are not spending all of your waking life in discontent, worry, anxiety, depression, despair, or consumed by other negative states; 

if you are able to enjoy simple things like listening to the sound of the rain or the wind; 

if you can see the beauty of clouds moving across the sky or be alone at times without feeling lonely or needing the mental stimulus of entertainment; 

if you find yourself treating a complete stranger with heartfelt kindness without wanting anything from him or her  . . .

it means that a space has opened up, no matter how briefly, in the otherwise incessant stream of thinking that is the human mind.

When this happens, there is a sense of well-being, of alive peace, even though it may be subtle.'

'The intensity will vary from a perhaps barely noticeable background sense of contentment to what the ancient sages of India called ananda—the bliss of Being.

Because you have been conditioned to pay attention only to form, you are probably not aware of it except indirectly.

For example, there is a common element in the ability to see beauty, to appreciate simple things, to enjoy your own company, or to relate to other people with loving kindness.

This common element is a sense of contentment, peace, and aliveness that is the invisible background without which these experiences would not be possible.”

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