Thursday, April 17, 2025

Being the one behind the thinking one

 


"Try a little experiment. Close your eyes and say to yourself: "I wonder what my next thought is going to be." Then become very alert and wait for the next thought. Be like a cat watching a mouse hole. What thought is going to come out of the mouse hole? Try it now."
~ Eckhart Tolle

3 comments:

ellen abbott said...

In my case it's probably going to be an earworm, a random lyric from a song I haven't heard in ages.

Barbara Rogers said...

Don't think about elephants! And then of course you can't help but think about elephants! So I am just going to stare into space and let that come into my thinking. Mmmm, don't think about space!

Kate said...

A few years ago I was doing a house/dog-sitting favour and applied for a scholarship (and got it) to one of Eckhart Tolle's online retreats. His way of teaching was very helpful to me then and ever since.