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Eckhart Tolle speaks often about the need to “get out of the seeking mode” — a core teaching in The Power of Now and A New Earth.
🧘♂️ What Tolle Means by 'Getting Out of Seeking Mode':
Seeking mode is the endless inner drive to find fulfillment, peace, or identity in the future — whether through achievements, possessions, relationships, or even spiritual goals.
Tolle explains that this mindset keeps you:
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Stuck in time — always looking ahead or back
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Disconnected from presence — the only place where true peace exists
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Rooted in ego — which thrives on "becoming" rather than "being"
💡 Key Quotes from Tolle:
“You are already complete. There is nothing to seek.”
“As long as you are in a state of seeking, you imply that what you are looking for is not here.”
🛑 Why Seeking Becomes a Trap:
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Spiritual seeking can become another ego identity: “I am someone on a path, improving, growing...”
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It subtly reinforces the idea that Now isn’t enough.
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True presence is not achieved, it’s recognized — by stopping, not striving.
✅ Getting Out of Seeking Mode Means:
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Dropping the idea that something is missing.
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Becoming aware of the present moment without needing it to be different.
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Realizing that peace, fulfillment, and freedom are already here — beneath the mental noise.
🌱 Practice:
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Pause. Breathe. Notice thoughts about “getting somewhere.”
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Say internally: “I don’t need to seek right now. I can just be.”
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Feel your body. Notice space. Presence is available, now.
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