“Who am I?” For those on the path of spiritual awakening, this may be a very familiar question. Yet, for that very reason, it’s easy to forget what a profound doorway it can be. From our earliest years, most of us are taught unconsciously, mostly through the beliefs of those around us, that we are what we think, feel, remember, and perceive—in other words, that we are the activity of the mind. But as Eckhart Tolle points out, all of these things that you think are “you” are only happening to you

How to understand Eckhart Tolle's teachings: what do Eckhart Tolle's quotes on “presence" mean? — The Musing Mind