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Eckhart Tolle answers a question about what remains after death. He says there is one consciousness, showing up as a ray, and that this consciousness is not born and does not end, so it sits outside time. A particular person, he says, is that ray, and the ray need not vanish at once into namelessness. He then separates a God that cannot be pictured, because that God sits past this dimension, from an outflow that shines in and makes the dimension people live in. Once that outflow enters, he says, God is met as a being that changes, and consciousness in the universe is in a long movement of change. What carries through death, in his account, is how awake a person has been while living, including at the end. The body, he says, comes apart. It is a short and quiet answer.
Key points
- Eckhart Tolle answers a question about what remains after death.
- Consciousness, he says, shows up as a ray and sits outside time.
- A God that cannot be pictured is distinct from an outflow that makes this dimension.
- Once that outflow enters, God is met as a being that changes.
- What carries through death, he says, is how awake a person has been.
Short quotes
As a ray of consciousness, consciousness is not subject to birth and deaths so it is timeless.
Eckhart Tolle, Eckhart Tolle on consciousness
He says consciousness shows up as a ray and sits outside time. Watch at 4:10
Then God, the emanation of God shines into our dimension and creates our dimension.
Eckhart Tolle, Eckhart Tolle on consciousness
He says an outflow of God shines in and makes the dimension people live in. Watch at 6:11
What is your level of consciousness throughout your life and as you die?
Eckhart Tolle, Eckhart Tolle on consciousness
He asks how awake a person has been while living, including at the end. Watch at 8:49
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