Edward John
1 min readJan 14, 2022

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"I can imagine that. It will be funny, and maybe even more informative, because it might be more honest about the real problem: what he says triggers you and you are answering from that place."

No, because I do like some of the things Tolle has said. The very first sentence of that article is "Eckhart Tolle has said some wise things that have helped many people."

And in my other article about him I said:

"Eckhart Tolle has said some helpful things. The essence of his teachings is valid. If you are focused more on the present moment rather than thinking about the past or future, you will get more out of life. You will actually be there as life is happening to you.

“But we should be careful not to accept everything he says as 100% truth, because there are some problems."

It's just about critical thinking. Not accepting EVERYTHING someone says as true just because you've liked some of the things they've said.

"Or, I can choose the other way around: everything is an illusion. Even my wants. Even my self-perceived superiority."

Or we could go even further and say that the self itself is an illusion. But that doesn't mean problems aren't real and that suffering won't happen if problems aren't prevented or adequately dealt with.

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Edward John
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