Jim Tolles

I'm a spiritual teacher who helps people find freedom from suffering.

central oregon, deschutes, palisades

Run the Other Direction

One day a local farmer known as ClearSky was tending to his fields when a great crowd of people came running out of the woods. They shouted, “There’s a bear! A bear is coming!” ClearSky knew what to do. He immediately took off in the opposite direction of the crowd, heading into the woods where […]

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mountain, snow, blue sky, evergreens

A Critical Question

As someone gets close to a key moment of letting go, there’s a critical question that often comes up. The question is actually an objection from the ego. It goes something like this: “If I let go of all that I think I am, then who am I?” Sometimes it may go like this: “If

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