If you’re attracted to both these teachings you may be having trouble seeing how they fit together…
On the one hand Eckhart Tolle teaches that the source of all your troubles is your own ego. You’re lost in thought. You lack awareness or consciousness of your true, essential nature.
This is in line with the majority of spiritual teaching…
On the other hand, Abraham-Hicks and The Secret teach “You can have whatever you want.” “The universe is abundant.” “Place your order by putting yourself in the vibration of already having it, and it will be yours.”
At first it seems as though the two teachings are so different that there’s no reconciling them. One seems altruistic and the other, kind of selfish…
But in fact, the two teachings can be reconciled and both Jesus and Buddha taught that both these things are true.
In other words, we are both creative beings, who create primarily with thought and our essential nature is love — or the “one-life” that is the source of everything.
After all, if you think about it, nothing happens in life without it first happening as a thought. Or as Einstein put it “Nothing happens until something moves.” A great line.
So why doesn’t Eckhart Tolle also tell us how to get what we want?
Well, since the main problem really is the ego, and since we’re all creating anyway, the question is “Are you creating from the ego level, or from a higher level of awareness?” “Are you creating consciously, deliberately, or randomly?”
That’s very important as you can imagine. Spiritual teachings don’t deny that we have to create in this life. Nothing happens until something moves. They are just saying that the important thing is your state of consciousness.
The current state of the world is caused by ego consciousness, and the end result isn’t, by and large, very pretty — many, many problems and much suffering.
So, “Seek first the kingdom of God,” — deal with your ego, but also be aware that you create your life by what you think. Both are true.
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Hi Michael,
Have you noticed that Abraham has changed tack quite significantly recently and now the emphasis is so much more on “alignment,” “allowing,” “getting into the vortex.”
To keep it simple and practical I feel it’s best to work on “alignment” and beyond that… be REALLY careful what you’re thinking!!
A higher state is required to even be able to control thinking. Hence “Seek first the kingdom of God.”
Perhaps Abraham’s plan was to draw people by offering what they want i.e. “stuff” and then expand from there to the true message which I think is what we’re hearing now.
Thanks for you comment.
All the best,
Mike
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I really enjoyed your comparison of the teachings of Eckhart Tolle and Abraham-Hicks. I, too, have wondered if they are compatible because I have received a lot of wonderful insite from both. I think when you consider that they are both saying that your state of consciousness is primary, that they are compatible. They are both very beautiful teachings even if they don’t overlap completely. I am very grateful to have found both.
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Why thank you Walt for your lovely comment. Yes, knowing without knowing why you know, is a strange and wonderful effect of a spiritual life wouldn’t you say?
So many mysterious effects from just connecting to ” ” …. and we won’t give it a name :-)
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Hi Mike,
I came across this web page by ‘accident’. Anyhow, it is with almost ‘knowing’ pleasure that I read it and with delight convey to you that what you have written here is what I (and most likely many others) feel innately (if they are in that vibratory range).
Thank you for manifesting your thoughts for others to witness and help confirm that they are joined by ‘like-vibrating’ vortices. Our connectedness cannot be denied when we witness such repeated evidence on almost a daily basis.
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Hi Mike,
I see the difference this way:
Abraham tells us to be like Polyanna, focus on the positive aspects all the time or meditate. Don’t focus on the negative because that will lower your vibrations.
Eckhart is saying go from the ego-level to the “inner space”-level and everything will be fine.
Abraham also tell us, not that often, to clean up our vibrations.
For me they are just using different ways to be your Inner Being, to be in the now.
But what is confusing is that Abraham doesn’t talk about the ego at all.
I see it this way: You can use your ego-wants to connect with your Inner Being. If you focus on what you want (even if it’s an ego-want) and why you want it you will come closer to your Inner Being, to who you are, the higher vibrations.
Eckhart (and Byron Katie) is saying: love what is
and Abraham is saying: Don’t focus on what is, focus on what you want.
For me that means: don’t focus on anything if you have an negativ attitude towards it.
And Eckhart say: go to your inner space or just say yes to it. And B. Katie says: question your negative thougts about it and you will love it.
For me I do a mix between the two methods.
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