He asked Eckhart how to stop being consumed by jealousy

How do you stop jealousy when the thoughts will not leave you alone? Someone at a retreat asks Eckhart Tolle exactly that. Jealousy in a relationship, emotional insecurity, a mind that keeps building scenarios, and thoughts intense enough to be hard to live with. Eckhart does not begin with advice. He begins with why it hurts so much. Jealousy is a thought and an emotion arriving together, and the emotional field of the body cannot tell the difference between a thought and an actual event. So when you picture the betrayal, your body responds as though it has already taken place. You are not imagining the pain. You are feeling real grief over something that has not happened, and it will keep arriving as long as the thought does. There is a second problem. The ego projects. It decides the other person may be betraying you, then goes looking for evidence, and the more attention the story gets, the more it grows. What he suggests is not suppression, which does not work. It is recognition. Bring presence and close self-observation to the moment the feeling arises, so you catch the thought as it appears and see it for what it is. Not the truth. A particular pattern in the conditioned mind, a jealous thought, arriving again. Named early enough, it cannot take possession of you or pull other thoughts along behind it. Eckhart goes much further into this in the full session. Join Eckhart Tolle Now to watch. 👇 Sign up for a free trial: https://bit.ly/etnow-freetrial ✨🌟Take Your Practice Deeper with Eckhart Tolle Now🌟✨ You’ve already started your journey with Eckhart Tolle’s teachings on YouTube: now it’s time to take that journey even deeper. We’re excited to offer you an exclusive year-long discount to join Eckhart Tolle Now for just $139: that’s only $11 per month for a full year of transformative teachings and practices. ✨Here’s what awaits you as a member of Eckhart Tolle Now: ▪️Private Community: Connect with like-minded individuals in an exclusive, supportive online