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  • Touching the Eternal

  • A Retreat on the Heart of Spiritual Surrender
  • Written by: Eckhart Tolle
  • Narrated by: Eckhart Tolle
  • Length: 16 hrs and 57 mins
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Touching the Eternal

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Through the centuries, countless people from around the world have been coming to India, thirsty in their search for truth. Considered to be the birthplace of spirituality, India has produced more great mystics and spiritual teachers than any other country. What more fitting place for Eckhart to speak of the eternal Now? It is here on the banks of the holy Ganga, amidst the snow-capped Himalayas and the tremendous beauty of scarlet sunsets that a group of determined souls from around the globe met to sit together in silence. With Eckhart's guidance, the rigors of living in India served as teachers pointing to the release of attachment to form and to seeing deeper into the inner.

Join them in this transformational experience and allow yourself to be guided through words and stillness into the state of presence. This is the surrendered state of consciousness in which the very limitations of form become an opening into the divine. During this seven-day retreat, Eckhart speaks with humble authenticity, wisdom and humor on a wide range of subjects.

Lessons contained in this series: Children and spirituality, Conscious suffering, Self-esteem, Couple partnerships, Falling in love, Addiction, Guilt, Forgiveness, Prayer, Death and dying, Loneliness, Devotion.

©2011 Eckhart Tolle (P)2011 Eckhart Teachings

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  • mz
  • 12-09-20

Life changing Spiritual Teacher showing path to Enlightenment.

No need to go to any exotic or any other spiritual places.
His teaching is showing me the path to enlightenment
If we really want to become free from this form and this world and become mindful, full of loving kindness, free from ego and fear, free from past and future, we need to keep on listening, reading and practice it every moment at every place.

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  • V
  • 19-04-20

In to the Presence

Loved it. Sublime, Comprehensive & Enough to take you to the Presence.

If you are new to Eckhart, the pauses and silences in between the talk may need some get used to, but as he says the silence may be more important than words and it's an important part of the whole teaching.

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Brilliant as always.

A much needed read/listen for the times we live in. Eckart is truly gifted.

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  • David C. Newland
  • 16-06-15

The "grittiest" (and deepest) of Tolle on audible

At the very beginning of this retreat you know it is going to be different from Tolle's other books and retreats. Maybe is is the influence of being in India but this is definitely the "grittiest" of the Tolle recordings available at audible.

What do I mean by "grittiest?" I mean the most realistic, the retreat that most acknowledges that not everyone is at the same level yet. The tone is not darker, but it is more nuanced.

For example, at the very beginning of the retreat he begins a familiar Tolle refrain, "you do not need more time." If you have listened to Tolle before you know what he means by that, you have everything you need in your life right now, there is nothing that you will have tomorrow that you do not have today. You can become present in your life right now. Check! Got it! I have heard this and I understand.

But wait! In this retreat he says, "well some of you do need more time." This made me pause for a moment. Really? Some of us do need more time. Why? Tolle goes on to say, "Because you may need more suffering." Ouch.

He says that some people - even some people at the retreat - may not yet be ready to be present because they are too attached to thoughts, material possessions, ego, etc. This is not new, but the way he emphasizes that some people might actually need to suffer more is a little different from the eight or so other Tolle books and retreats I have read.

The retreat itself is grittier, too. He talks to the retreat-attendees there in India about the limitations and hardships of being in India. This is the retreat that delves the most into these things. Even the questions the retreat attendees ask seem a little grittier.

This is also one of the longer audible Tolle offerings (which I think is great! The more the better). And the music used in this one is the most spiritual and inspiring too me.

Do not let this be your first Tolle book or retreat. For that I recommend of course the book "The Power of Now" that started it all or the fun and lighter retreat "Freedom from the World."

However, if you are a Tolle veteran and want to get into something long and deep and very real, this audio retreat is exceptional.

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  • Cynthia
  • 18-02-15

Transformative!

This retreat goes deeper than A New Earth and helps the cosmic evolution taking place now. It's a transformative class.

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  • Robert Boerescu
  • 31-10-15

Meditation

Interesting experience listening to Eckhart. In the last chapter he speaks that he likes hugging and he would like to hug everyone before they go from the retreat. Last night he hugged me in my dream. I felt a cool breeze comming from him and I was in thoughtless awareness... I felt before this while dreaming about Shri Mataji.

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  • OK Reviewer
  • 24-09-17

Best Eckhart Tolleson Retreat on Audible!

Loved it! I've listened to about five others and this is the most complete. Thank you so much for this!

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  • Jennifer
  • 06-04-15

Deep and life changing

This book comes alive and changes your life. Wonderful that it is in the authors voice. You feel like you are at the retreat with everyone or yourself.

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  • Joann Chambers
  • 31-12-16

Powerful transmission

I love that this is a live transmission. You can feel the depth in his words as he speaks. It comes through him so effortlessly and with ease. I listen at night when I cannot settle my mind and it takes me very quickly into my own space of presence. Truly a masterpiece and a powerful transmission of higher truths.

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  • Amazon Customer
  • 31-03-15

The Indian Twist

It was interesting to hear his story being taught in India. E.T. Is E.T. You either get him or you don't. The story doesn't change but the details and the signposts do so it is always refreshing to dive in.

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  • HUSEYIN H. TAVILOGLU
  • 30-12-15

Love of duality I am feeling.

Eckhart Baba produces sounds that puts one in profoundly "transforming" state of something so beautiful. He is a living consciousness therefore more valuable then any great spiritual character of the past!

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  • Marilyn E. Kidd
  • 18-02-15

Tole rocks.

His teaching is all one needs to have freedom from them world. This Audio Reminded me of my adventures in India.

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  • Joanne
  • 24-06-15

Waves of bliss

If you could sum up Touching the Eternal in three words, what would they be?

Peace, presence, uplifting

What did you like best about this story?

Eckhart Tolle's calmness can be felt even through an audiobook, i loved that.

Any additional comments?

I loved his sense of humor. Even though there is a lot of information to digest, the lightheartedness of Eckhart Tolle somehow lightens the sometimes serious nature of spiritual conversations and makes it easy to relate to the teachings.

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  • d bailey
  • 28-02-15

Always Amazing. .. Eckhart Tolle.

26 hour talk at a retreat. love every minute!! Always leaves me feeling at peace. 💜

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  • James Smith
  • 26-06-16

Disappointed :(

Chose this over The Power of Now or A New Earth. Chose wrong. The length is deceptive as much of it is a bell and Indian song. As the price reflects the length, this is misleading. The quality could have been better: If they can edit in song they could have played with the sound effects a little.

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  • Andrew
  • 01-12-15

Classic Eckhart Tolle

What did you like most about Touching the Eternal?

I found listening to this to be rewarding in many ways. If you like listening to Eckhart then you will likely love this too. If you are not used to Eckhart recorded live then prepare yourself for some silences. Also his unique sense of humour. Otherwise be up for the challenge and enjoy the ride.

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  • Phil
  • 22-10-15

good

like being at a retreat really. if you don't like the notion of travelling this is a good workaround.

tolle has a sly wit as well amongst his wisdom

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  • Joseph
  • 12-09-15

Life changingly good stuff

Everything Eckhart Tolle does is awesome and worth checking out if you have had enough of life being a struggle and want to transform it, this guy can show you the way. Laughed and cried over three incredible days of listening to this.

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  • 07-07-15

Very good

I found it easy to enter presence listening to this recording even though I could only listen 1 hr a day or less.

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  • Ian Mountford
  • 29-06-20

Classic Eckhart

Everything Eckhart has to say is spot on as always. There is a disappointing amount of background hiss on the recording, and I would have preferred it without the song excerpt at the beginning and end of each chapter. Still, a lot of top quality wisdom for the money.

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  • Kosta Kolimechkov
  • 24-10-16

I no longer have any more questions.

If you ask me what did I learn, then would have to say "nothing". Thank you.

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  • ms
  • 11-07-16

brilliant thank you

easy to listen to, many insights, I will listen to this many times....some very deep points made...

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  • Mr. M. Piotrowicz
  • 21-05-15

Most amazing

If we can say that anything matters at all in life, in audio books,.... Anything that can be communicated at all - THAT IS IT!

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  • Erina
  • 28-12-16

Profound and simple teachings

If you could sum up Touching the Eternal in three words, what would they be?

life changing and funny

Would you listen to another book narrated by Eckhart Tolle?

ABSOLUTELY!

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

No, as it requires contemplation before moving on. To listen in one sitting would be like eating multiple xmas dinners in a row! One needs to listen bit by bit to allow it to digest.

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I thoroughly enjoyed it. EXCEPT for the singing at the beginning and end of the chapters that became rather annoying after awhile.

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  • merelogic
  • 04-08-19

it's rare

it's rare to find such gems! Eckhart is a living legend , so masterfully identifies the false in us and elegantly points towards our true Formless nature. it's just magical...16 hours of pure Bliss!!

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  • Federico Nardone
  • 07-05-22

¡Amor, Paz y Luz!

¡Una increíble experiencia!, sintonizar con la energía de esta grabación te hace transportar a India y vivir, en el único y real Ahora, el poder del Amor, la Paz y la Luz que Eckhart hace brillar dentro de cada uno! Gracias Maestro! 🙏🏻