Space, the Final Interior: An Evening with Eckhart Tolle

"You are the Space for what is arising..."

That's what Eckhart Tolle said about an hour and a half into his two hour talk at UCLA's Royce Hall this evening.  Of course he went through a step by step build up to that statement explaining the unconscious mechanics of thinking, the importance of attention, and the obviousness of the NOW.  But the way he said, "you are the Space for what is arising," landed deeply on me tonight.  I felt it this time - just how beautiful it is to be Spacious - to allow - to let what is be.

It felt deeper than previous moments when I felt such a (non) thing.  I guess what I felt before was really just a gap.  Here's where words sound lame describing the feeling, the awareness.  Suffice to say it was deeper, transcendent, ...more fun.

And Tolle was fun too.  His humor was refreshing, light, and endearing.  He would chuckle sometimes when he talked about thinking as if it was this amusement he discovered, this benign absurdity.  He simply couldn't help himself but to find a certain humor to the seriousness of the mind and it's constant cravings and grasping.  Wow, what that must look like?  I'm mean, sure, I've giggled at my thoughts a few times in life but here's a Being that really gets it - the illusion of thoughts, the utter fallacy of the "conditioned mind."  With his humor, he was making connections with the audience and me in a deep way regarding the idea of fallacious thinking.  It just had a resonance this time, more impact then before.

The way he led us to the sense of "who you are" - the awareness of what is - had so much more impact in person than in his books and audio presentations.  The charm and lightness of his being isn't something that comes through those other means but in person it is pure sweetness.   It is a palpable presence and it is completely charming and alluring.

I had moments of gratitude and love for people in the room and I was not doing it.  It was just happening inside of me, bubbling up like an effervescent spiritual vapor tickling my observance.  Fascinating and fun.  Freeing, actually, subtly relieving me of my alleged duty to involve myself in mentation.  It felt good! 

It was a frickin' two hour vacation!  To where?  Here, Now - all there ever is - and it's still happening right now          and now             and now.  How beautiful!

I am the Space for what is arising.  Always have been, always will be...Now and Always.

Thank you for a lovely and enlightening evening Eckhart Tolle...

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