• At the Source of Being

  • Teachings on the Arising of the Awakened State
  • By: Eckhart Tolle
  • Narrated by: Eckhart Tolle
  • Length: 7 hrs and 23 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (169 ratings)

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At the Source of Being

By: Eckhart Tolle
Narrated by: Eckhart Tolle
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If you go about your day trapped in the realm of thinking, it's difficult, if not impossible, to free yourself from stress and anxiety - and the interpersonal suffering that goes along with it. But if you're rooted in the now, explains Eckhart Tolle, you're already standing in a place of deep fulfillment. At the Source of Being brings you a five-part intensive retreat with Eckhart Tolle, presenting more than seven hours of in-depth guidance in the central aspects of his simple yet life-changing teaching.

Recorded amid the natural beauty of an Australian rainforest, Eckhart discusses a range of topics including:

  • How our obstacles can become an opening for spiritual growth
  • Attending to the all-pervasive aliveness that surrounds us
  • The realization of our "formless" identity
  • The only question that matters: Am I present at this moment?
  • The meaning of "saying yes to what is" - and the art of stating a "high-quality no"
  • Being the space in which things happen
  • That which cannot be threatened
  • Stillness and true relationship
  • Meeting situations with intense consciousness instead of reactivity
  • Eckhart's personal "self-destruction" story
  • How presence transforms our experience of uncertainty
  • Eroding old habits through the practice of detachment
  • Pre-egoic thinking and the archetype of the fool

"The only true cause of upset is losing yourself in the world or in your mind," teaches Eckhart. "Mastery arrives when there is total attention to being without a secondary motive." At the Source of Being is rich with insights and inspiration for integrating your "presence practice" into every aspect of daily life. Includes a helpful question-and-answer session with retreat participants.

©2015 Eckhart Tolle (P)2015 Eckhart Tolle

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The quality of audio is very poor. Background noise is very loud. Hard to understand the speaker.

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Inaudible recording

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What Tolle has to say might be very worthwhile (it probably is), but the recording is so bad one can't tell. I really expect Audible to do a better job moderating their content.

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Good messages put poor audio quality

very nice material but it was poorly recorded compared to the other audio series which made it a bit hard to listen to

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Eckart, beautiful as usual

A great retreat. Enlighnet words of a great spiritual teacher. Only the audio has some noisy problems.

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Always Hits the Soul

Eckhart's words are filled with Loving truth. This is a series of lectures from his retreats. It's wonderful to be able to listen if your not able to attend. The sound quality is not very well at all, but to me it was worth dealing with to hear what he has to say. Beautiful reminders of Presence.

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amazing

Every talk Eckhart gives is beautifully different but always about the same indescribable one life that we all share. if you are a ripe apple, this will be the wind that knocks you into presence

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Timeless knowledge

Ekhart has a way of bringing the every day presence into light - into consciousness so that the world of form remains in perspective

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Beware! Audio quality is very, very poor!

I own dozens of Eckhart Tolle talks and retreats on audio -- I love to listen to them over and over. So I was excited to see this, a rare audio that is many-hours long (his newest titles are between 1-3 hours). This one is very poorly recorded though -- the preview doesn't really showcase how bad the whole recording is. I usually don't mind some background noise, including environmental and the audience. That's just par for the course. During Eckhart's early retreats, you get a lot of that. But this recording had some really bad digital buzz and fuzz, and Eckhart's voice sounds like he's coming from a deep well. Even with the volume turned way up, I had trouble hearing him. Trust me -- skip this and use your credit for a different title. I returned this the very next day.

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could not hear.

This is the worst book That I've ever Heard Just noise I can't believe They even sold it very poor judgement To releases This audible book. Absolutely worthless And senseless When there part This for quality is all about the money It is what it is if you buy this book Then you'll know. Echart help nose so about this audiobook I believe He would agree I know he's beyond this But I'm not. I hate to have to say it But it has to be done. Someone did a very poor job

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bad

awful audio was very bad and couldn't understand what he was saying didn't like it

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