How to stop NEGATIVE thoughts and overthinking: Eckhart Tolle - New Earth
Summary
TLDREste video explora cómo la voz constante en nuestra mente, identificada como el 'yo', puede controlar y afectar negativamente nuestra vida, causando depresión, ansiedad y más. Basado en el libro 'A New Earth' de Eckhart Tolle, el video ofrece cinco lecciones clave: reconocer que la voz no es quién eres, entender que el pensamiento constante es una enfermedad común, identificar las múltiples caras del ego, y proporcionar estrategias prácticas para recuperar el control de tu vida, como observar tus pensamientos, ser consciente de tu respiración y sentir tu cuerpo interno.
Takeaways
- 🤔 La mayoría de las personas son pensadores compulsivos y no reconocen la 'voz' constante en su mente, que puede ser perjudicial si no se controla.
- 🧠 La 'voz' en la cabeza no es quién eres. Eres el observador de tus propios pensamientos, algo distinto de la voz misma.
- 🌐 El pensamiento constante es una enfermedad común en la humanidad, y no se enseña a controlarlo, a pesar de ser una máquina poderosa.
- 👶 La identificación con objetos, roles y emociones es cómo se construye el 'yo' ficticio o el ego, que a menudo nos engaña haciéndonos creer que es quién somos.
- 😈 El ego se manifiesta en muchas formas en la vida cotidiana, como la necesidad de sentirse superior, el deseo de fama, el juego de roles y la competencia.
- 🤝 El ego es enemigo de la cooperación y tiende a reaccionar negativamente ante el éxito de los demás, creyendo que su éxito nos quita algo.
- 😞 El ego puede encontrar placer en la negatividad y la escasez, y puede hacer que nos sintamos malos y reacios a compartir o ayudar a los demás.
- 🏥 El ego puede usar la enfermedad como una forma de identidad, utilizando el sufrimiento para afirmar su existencia.
- 😡 La reacción y la queja son mecanismos del ego para afirmar su derecho y su identidad, a menudo al costo de la paz y la armonía.
- 🌟 Para recuperar el control de tu vida, es necesario observar tus pensamientos, ser consciente de tu respiración y sentir el cuerpo interno como puerta hacia la presencia y la conciencia.
Q & A
¿Qué es la 'voz en la cabeza' que menciona el video?
-La 'voz en la cabeza' es una constante fuente de pensamientos que parecen controlar nuestra vida y a veces nos hace sentir mal. No es quién eres realmente, sino algo que observas.
¿Por qué es peligroso dejar que la 'voz en la cabeza' no se controle?
-Dejar que la 'voz en la cabeza' no se controle puede llevar a problemas como depresión, ansiedad y en casos extremos, suicidio.
¿Qué nos enseña el libro 'A New Earth' de Eckhart Tolle sobre la conciencia?
-El libro nos enseña a reconocer la diferencia entre la voz en la cabeza (el ego) y el ser verdadero que observa esos pensamientos.
¿Cómo se relaciona el pensamiento constante con la enfermedad humana según el video?
-El pensamiento constante es considerado una enfermedad humana porque lleva a muchos problemas sin saber cómo controlarlo, como el estrés y la ansiedad.
¿Qué es el ego según el video y cómo se forma?
-El ego es una estructura mental que se forma a través de la identificación con cosas o roles, como la posesión, el género, el cuerpo, la nacionalidad, etc.
¿Cuáles son algunos de los ocho aspectos del ego que se mencionan en el video?
-Algunos aspectos del ego mencionados son la necesidad de sentirse superior, el deseo de fama, el juego de roles, la competencia, la negatividad, la escasez, la enfermedad y la reacción y quejas.
¿Cómo puede la negatividad ser parte del ego y cómo afecta nuestra vida?
-La negatividad se convierte en una parte del ego cuando buscamos placer o creemos que tiene un propósito útil, lo que puede llevar a la miseria y a la enfermedad física.
¿Qué sugiere el video que hagamos si sentimos que estamos sufriendo por falta de algo?
-Si sentimos falta de algo, como reconocimiento o amor, el video sugiere dar lo que necesitamos a los demás, lo que eventualmente vendrá de regreso a nosotros.
¿Cómo pueden ayudarnos la observación de nuestros pensamientos y la conciencia para controlar el ego?
-Al observar nuestros pensamientos y ser conscientes de ellos, podemos separar nuestro verdadero yo del ego y comenzar a ir más allá de él.
¿Por qué es importante ser consciente de nuestra respiración según el video?
-Ser consciente de la respiración nos ayuda a crear espacio en nuestra mente, interrumpiendo la secuencia constante de pensamientos y anclándonos en el presente.
¿Qué es el 'cuerpo interior' y cómo se relaciona con la conciencia y el bienestar físico?
-El 'cuerpo interior' es un campo de energía vivo que se siente más allá de la forma física. Al ser consciente de él, nos anclamos en el presente y fortalecemos nuestro sistema inmunológico y capacidad de curación.
Outlines
🤔 La Voz Interior: Un Problema Subconsciente
El primer párrafo explora cómo la mayoría de las personas son pensadores compulsivos y no reconocen la existencia de una 'voz' en su mente que no se detiene. Esta voz, comparada con un virus, puede llevar a estados de depresión, ansiedad y incluso suicidio si no se controla. El objetivo del vídeo es aumentar la conciencia para poder silenciar esta voz y recuperar el control de la vida. La información proviene del libro 'A New Earth' de Eckhart Tolle. Se destacan cinco enseñanzas clave del libro. La primera lección nos enseña que la voz en la cabeza no es quién eres. La identificación con la voz y los pensamientos es tan fuerte que muchas personas no perciben que hay algo más allá de ella. Al observar estos pensamientos, uno puede distinguir entre los pensamientos y el observador, el cual es el verdadero yo.
🧠 El Pensamiento Constante: La Enfermedad Humana
El segundo párrafo aborda la idea de que el pensamiento constante es una enfermedad humana. La falta de conciencia sobre el pensamiento constante lleva a muchos problemas, como el uso incorrecto de nuestra mente, el cual es nuestra herramienta más poderosa. Se hace una analogía con un niño de cinco años conduciendo un automóvil, para ilustrar la idea de que la humanidad ha entregado el control de su mente a un 'mono'. Se menciona una historia del autor en la que se ve a una mujer en un tren que parece loca y se da cuenta de que él también está como ella, solo que en un grado menor. Esto demuestra cómo el pensamiento constante puede ser una norma subconsciente que afecta a todos.
🌐 La Voz en la Cabeza: ¿De Qué Está Hecha?
El tercer párrafo busca entender la naturaleza de la voz en la cabeza, también conocida como el ego. Se describe cómo el ego se forma a través de la identificación con objetos, posesiones, género, cuerpo, nacionalidad, raza, religión y profesión. Se explica que el ego es una construcción mental que se desarrolla a medida que el niño crece y se identifica con diferentes aspectos de la vida. La narrativa sugiere que el ego es una ilusión que se convierte en una parte integral de nuestra identidad, pero no es el verdadero yo.
🔑 Recuperar el Control de la Vida
El cuarto y último párrafo proporcionado ofrece tres consejos prácticos para recuperar el control de la vida: observar los pensamientos, ser consciente de la respiración y sentir el cuerpo interno. Se enfatiza que no se puede luchar contra el ego y ganar, sino que la conciencia es la llave para superarlo. Al ser consciente de la respiración y del cuerpo interno, uno puede crear un espacio en el que no hay una secuencia ininterrumpida de pensamientos y, en su lugar, se puede entrar en un estado de presencia y conciencia. Estos ejercicios ayudan a disolver el ego y a recuperar el auténtico yo, llevando a una vida más plena y consciente.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Pensamiento compulsivo
💡Voz en la cabeza
💡Ego
💡Identificación
💡Superioridad
💡Fama
💡Rol
💡Competencia
💡Negatividad
💡Escasez
💡Conciencia
Highlights
大多数人是强迫性思考者,当被告知他们的头脑中有一个永不停息的声音时,他们会否认或愤怒地否认它,这正是那个声音。
头脑中的声音就像一个病毒,它进入了你的大脑并控制了你的生活,如果不受控制,它甚至可以杀死你。
本视频的目标是提高对这种声音的认识,以便你能够让它安静下来,重新掌控你的生活。
书中提到,头脑中的声音并不代表你是谁,你是谁呢?是那个观察声音的人。
大多数人如此认同头脑中的声音和思想,以至于他们甚至没有意识到除了声音之外还有其他东西。
思考不断是人类最大的疾病,我们从未意识到不断思考是一个巨大的问题,直到读了埃克哈特·托勒的书。
大多数人的大脑和思想是如此强大,以至于它们需要更多的控制,但我们从未学会如何控制它们。
书中讲述了一个故事,说明了思考不断的问题,以及它如何影响我们的生活。
头脑中的声音是由什么构成的?它是由虚假的自我、一堆旧思想、虚幻的自我、虚构的自我构成的。
自我认同是自我存在的一种基本心理结构,它通过与事物的认同而形成。
自我在日常生活中的表现形式多种多样,包括需要感到优越、追求名声、角色扮演、竞争、消极情绪、稀缺感、疾病认同和反应性抱怨。
自我喜欢抱怨和感到怨恨,这比对其他人或情况的抱怨更能加强自我。
要重新掌控你的生活,你需要观察你的思想,意识到你的呼吸,感受你的内在身体。
观察思想是分离你的真我和你的自我认同的开始,意识到自我并不是你。
意识到你的呼吸可以帮助你进入当下时刻,打破由自我创造的连续思考的链条。
感受你的内在身体,它是一个充满活力的能量场,可以作为从自我创造的监狱中逃脱的门户。
Transcripts
most people are compulsive thinkers
when told that there is a voice in their
head that never stops speaking they say
what voice or angrily deny it which of
course is The Voice
the voice in the head is like a virus
that has entered your brain and has
taken possession of your life that voice
can literally kill you if you leave it
uncontrolled it has driven many people
to the point of suicide depression and
anxiety
my goal with this video is to increase
awareness so that you can shut up that
voice and take back control of your life
the information you will hear in this
video comes from a book titled A New
Earth by Eckhart Tolle this is the type
of book that I would personally force my
parents and everyone I love to read I
have five takeaways from the book for
you so let's get started lesson number
one
who are you
I have good news the voice in your head
is not who you are who are you then
the one who sees it most people are so
identified with the voice with the
thoughts in their head that they don't
even realize that there is something
else besides the voice
just stop for a second and look at your
own thoughts observe your thoughts as if
you are observing another person and
soon you will realize that there are
actually two entities the thoughts and
the one who watches the thoughts the one
who watches is you the other one is just
a creature that pretends to be you and
works very hard to convince you that it
is you but it is not you
lesson number two Humanity's biggest
disease constant thinking
I personally never realized that
thinking constantly is a huge problem
until I read Eckhart Tolle's books that
is why I wish his teachings were a
mandatory class at schools here's why
the normal State of Mind of most humans
contains a major dysfunction and not
knowing how to control it leads to many
problems for example we learn how to use
different tools and machines but never
learn how to control our most powerful
machine on this planet our brain and
mind the more powerful a machine is the
more control it requires for example you
wouldn't give control of your car to a
five-year-old kid but currently Humanity
has given control of the most powerful
machine to a monkey
thinking without being aware of the fact
that you are thinking is the main
problem of human existence since
everybody does it we believe that it is
the norm but it isn't there's a great
story in the book that explains this
perfectly the author says one time on
the way to University a woman in her
early 30s sat opposite me on the train
one could not help but notice her
because she appeared to be quite insane
she looked extremely tense and talked to
herself constantly in a loud and angry
voice she was so absorbed in her
thoughts that she was totally unaware of
other people or her surroundings
even after she was gone I was still
thinking about her when I was in the
men's room prior to entering the library
as I was washing my hands I thought I
hope I don't end up like her the man
next to me looked briefly in my
direction and I suddenly was shocked
when I realized that I hadn't just
thought those words but mumbled them
aloud
oh no I'm already like her I thought
wasn't my mind as constantly active as
hers there were only minor differences
between us the main underlying emotion
behind her thinking seems to be anger in
my case it was mostly anxiety she
thought out loud I thought in my head if
she was mad then everyone was mad
including me there were differences in
degree only
lesson number three the voice in the
head what is it made of okay so far we
learned that there's a voice in your
head that never shuts up and you are not
that voice but the one who watches it
now let's try to understand what this
voice is actually made of and how it was
created the author uses different terms
to describe the voice such as false self
bundle of old thoughts illusory self
fictitious self and the simplest and the
most used one in the book is ego in the
rest of the video I will refer to the
voice in the head as ego one of the most
basic mind structures through which the
ego comes into existence is
identification identification with what
identification with things when I
identify with something I make it the
same the same as what the same as I for
example if you pay attention to children
who are just starting to talk you will
see that they don't have a sense of I
their ego hasn't fully developed yet
that is why they refer to themselves in
the third case instead of using I they
say things like Johnny is hungry Johnny
wants water this is Johnny's toy
later on when the child develops ego
also develops and Johnny's toy becomes
my toy then my toy becomes my car my
house my clothes
Etc and so as the child grows up the
original I thought attracts other
thoughts to itself the child becomes
identified with gender possessions body
nationality race religion and profession
other things the eye identifies are
roles mother father husband wife likes
and dislikes look this explanation you
just saw about ego probably isn't enough
for you to fully understand what it
really looks like and how it appears in
your daily life but no worries the next
lesson will make it clear lesson number
four many faces of ego
I will give you eight examples where you
can see how ego appears in your life
number one the egos need to feel
Superior you're about to tell someone
the news of what happened guess what you
don't know yet let me tell you if you
are alert enough and present enough you
may be able to detect a momentary sense
of satisfaction within yourself just
before telling the news even if it's bad
news
it's due to the fact that for a brief
moment there is in the eyes of the ego
an imbalance in your favor between you
and the other person for that brief
moment you know more than the other the
satisfaction that you feel is from the
ego even if he or she is the president
you feel Superior at that moment because
you know more many people are addicted
to gossiping partly for this reason
number two ego and fame you've probably
said things like this
you know I have an uncle who works in a
very high government organization or my
father is a famous doctor or I have a
friend who is a well-known businessman
if you need help I can ask him
this phenomenon is called name dropping
the Casual mention of who you know is
part of the ego's strategy of gaining a
superior identity in the eyes of others
by associating itself with someone
important
when someone mentions your name they are
not interested in you at all but only in
strengthening their fictitious self
their ego they believe that through you
they can be more they are looking to
complete themselves through you or
rather through the mental image they
have of you as a famous person
number three role playing if you are
aware enough to observe how you interact
with other people you may detect subtle
changes in your speech attitude and
behavior depending on the person you are
interacting with the way in which you
speak to the chairman of the company may
be different in subtle ways from how you
speak to the janitor how you speak to a
child may be different from how you
speak to an adult why is that you are
playing roles you are not yourself
neither with the chairman nor with the
janitor or the child one of the most
common roles is the role of a parent
parents who are identified with the role
cannot let go of being a parent even
when the child grows into an adult even
when that adult child is 40 years old
parents can't let go of the notion I
know what's best for you
if unconscious assumptions and
motivations behind the parents desire to
manipulate their children were made
conscious and voiced they would probably
look like this I want you to achieve
what I never achieved I want you to be
somebody in the eyes of the world so
that I too can be somebody through you
don't disappoint me I sacrificed so much
for you my disapproval of you is
intended to make you feel so guilty and
uncomfortable that you finally conform
to my wishes I know what's best for you
I love you and I will continue to love
you if you do what I know is right for
you when you make such unconscious
motivations conscious you immediately
see how absurd they are the ego that
lies behind them becomes visible the
author says some parents that I spoke to
suddenly realized oh no is this what
I've been doing
if your parents are doing this to you do
not tell them they are unconscious and
in the grip of the ego that will likely
make them even more unconscious because
the ego will take up a defensive
position it is enough for you to
recognize that it is the ego in them
that is not who they are
egoic patterns even long-standing ones
sometimes dissolve almost miraculously
when you don't oppose them
be aware also of your own unconscious
assumptions or expectations of your
parents my parents should approve of
what I do they should understand me and
accept me for who I am
really
why should they
the fact is they don't because they
can't they are not yet able to
disidentify from their role yes but I
can't feel happy and comfortable with
who I am unless I have their approval
and understanding
really
what difference does their approval or
disapproval truly make to who you are
all such unexamined assumptions cause a
great deal of negative emotion and
unnecessary happiness
number four ego and competition
I want to help you but if I help you I
will be creating competition for myself
or if I help you to enter this Market
your channel will be bigger than mine or
your entering this Market means I will
be getting fewer views
these are the types of answers I
sometimes get when I ask for cooperation
from other YouTube channels as many of
you know I've been translating this
channel into other languages and
cooperation is one of the best ways to
successfully launch a new channel
sometimes no matter how much I explain
the benefits of the cooperation and how
much I can help them in return they
still hold back their help they feel
like me entering the market and being
successful means they will become less
successful which is absolutely not the
case I know this for a fact at least on
YouTube space
the author says that people unknowingly
sabotage their own work when they
withhold help or information from others
or try to undermine them so that they
don't become more successful or get more
credit than me
cooperation is alien to the ego except
when there is a secondary motive the ego
doesn't know that the more you include
others the more smoothly things flow and
the more easily things come to you when
you give little or no help to others or
put obstacles in their path the universe
gives little or no help to you because
you have cut yourself off from the hole
the ego's unconscious core feeling is
lack so it reacts to someone else's
success as if that success had taken
something away from me it doesn't know
that your resentment of another person's
success prevents your own chances of
success
number five ego and negativity whenever
you are in a negative state pay
attention and you will see that there is
something in you that wants the
negativity it perceives negativity as
pleasurable or believes it will get you
what you want otherwise who would want
to hang on to negativity make themselves
and others miserable and create disease
in the body
so whenever there is negativity in you
if you can be aware at that moment that
there is something in you that takes
pleasure in it or believes it has a
useful purpose you are becoming aware of
the ego directly
if in the midst of negativity you are
able to realize at this moment I am
creating suffering for me it will be
enough to raise you above the
limitations of conditioned egoic States
and reactions it will open up infinite
possibilities
number six ego and scarcity they don't
appreciate me enough despite all I did
for them
I deserve a pay raise but my manager
doesn't give it to me
I work more than my colleague but still
earn less than him
the author says that if the thought of
lack whether it be money recognition or
love has become part of who you are then
you will always experience lack the fact
is whatever you think the world is
withholding from you you are withholding
from the world you are withholding it
because deep down you think you're small
and that you have nothing to give try
this for a couple of weeks and see how
it changes your reality whatever you
think people are withholding from you
praise appreciation assistance loving
care and so on give it to them you don't
have it just act as if you had it and it
will come then soon after you start
giving you will start receiving you
cannot receive what you don't give
outflow determines inflow whatever you
think the world is withholding from you
you already have but unless you allow it
to flow out you won't even know that you
have it
number seven ego and illness
you know I am the sufferer of this and
that illness I'm sure you've heard such
sentences from people around you these
people make illness part of their
identity sometimes they use this
identity proudly this is because egos
only differ on the surface deep down
they're all the same in what way are
they the same they live on
identification once the ego has found an
identity it does not want to let it go
if identity is lost the ego quickly
finds a new form the fact that this new
form is a deeply unhappy one doesn't
concern the ego as long as it has an
identity good or bad you can easily
identify with a problematic body and
make the body's imperfection illness or
disability into your identity
number eight reactivity and complaining
there are many people who are always
waiting for the next thing to react
against to feel annoyed or disturbed
about and it never takes long before
they find it this is an outrage how dare
you I resent this they are addicted to
upset and anger as others are to a drug
by reacting against this or that they
assert and strengthen their ego when you
complain by implication you are right
and the person or situation you complain
about or react against is wrong there is
nothing that strengthens the ego more
than being right the ego loves to
complain and feel resentful not only
about other people but also about
situations the implication is always
this should not be happening I don't
want to be here I don't want to be doing
this I'm being treated unfairly and the
ego's greatest enemy of all of course
the present moment which is to say life
itself
lesson number five
solution how to take back control of
your life I have three practical tips
for you number one observe your thoughts
you cannot fight against the ego and win
just as you cannot fight against
Darkness the light of Consciousness is
all that is necessary you are that light
the moment you put light on the ego it
dissolves so all you need to begin to
separate your true self from your egoic
self is to observe your thoughts the
author calls this watching The Thinker
the ego isn't right or wrong it's just
unconscious when you observe the ego in
yourself you are beginning to go beyond
it don't take the ego too seriously
either when you detect egoic behavior in
yourself
smile at times you may even laugh above
all know that the ego isn't personal it
isn't Who You Are if you consider the
ego to be your personal problem that's
just more ego whenever you are present
and notice the voice you will also
realize that you are not the voice but
the one who is aware of it the moment
you become aware of the ego in you it is
no longer the ego but just an old
conditioned mind pattern this will lead
to a collapse of the ego
number two be aware of your breathing
the author says
someone recently showed me the list of
courses and seminars from a large
spiritual organization when I looked
through it I was impressed by the wide
choice of interesting seminars and
workshops it reminded me of those
Scandinavian buffets where you can take
your pick from a huge variety of
enticing dishes
the person asked me whether I could
recommend one or two courses
I don't know I said they all look so
interesting but I do know this I added
be aware of your breathing as often as
you are able whenever you remember do
that for one year and it will be more
powerfully transformative than attending
all of these courses and it's free
I personally think this is one of the
easiest and yet the most effective tips
especially for beginners
simply be aware of your breathing notice
the sensation of the breath feel the air
moving in and out of your body
notice how the chest and abdomen expand
and contract slightly with the in and
out breath one conscious breath is
enough to make some space where before
there was the uninterrupted succession
of one thought after another one
conscious breath two or three would be
even better taken many times a day is an
excellent way of bringing space into
your life
number three feel the inner body no
matter what your body's appearance is on
the outer level beyond the outer form
there's an intensely alive energy field
if you're not familiar with inner body
awareness close your eyes for a moment
and find out if there is life inside
your hands don't ask your mind it will
say I can't feel anything it will
probably also say give me something more
interesting to think about so instead of
asking your mind go to the hands
directly by this I mean becoming aware
of the subtle feeling of aliveness
inside them it's there you just have to
go there with your attention to notice
it you may get a slight tingling
sensation at first and then a feeling of
energy or aliveness if you hold your
attention in your hands for a while the
sense of aliveness will intensify some
people won't even have to close their
eyes they will be able to feel their
inner hands at the same time as they
watch this
then go to your feet keep your attention
there for a minute or so and begin to
feel your hands and feet at the same
time then incorporate other parts of the
body legs arms abdomen chest and so on
into that feeling until you are aware of
the inner body and its aliveness
what the author calls the inner body
isn't really the body anymore but Life
Energy the bridge between form and
formlessness
make it a habit to feel the inner body
as often as you can after a while you
won't need to close your eyes anymore to
feel it body awareness not only anchors
you in the present moment it's a doorway
out of the prison that is created by the
ego it also strengthens the immune
system and the body's ability to heal
itself
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but it helps the video get recommended
to others thank you very much for
watching and have a nice day
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