Do Meditation Retreats cause an Ego Backlash?

[Vision]

On 7/7/2021 at 5:36 AM, Moksha said:

After his awakening, Tolle spent 3 years simply being. He sat on park benches and observed nature and people. Then he felt a profound need to ask the universe to accelerate his transition into doing. He was ready to act on the insights he had gained following his awakening, which eventually led to "The Power of Now".

@Moksha Was he homeless during those 3 years? What motivated his profound need to transition into doing? It just came spontaneously? 

[Moksha]

13 hours ago, Vision said:

Was he homeless during those 3 years? What motivated his profound need to transition into doing? It just came spontaneously? 

Yes, he was homeless for some time. He describes crashing with various friends when he didn't have a place of his own. During that period of his life, following his awakening, he was entirely engaged in the dimension of being.

At some point, he felt the Conscious compulsion to transition into the dimension of doing. He went into a small church in Europe, and asked the universe to help him. He describes it as a profound and overwhelmingly energetic response, which led to him moving to the west coast of the U.S., and writing The Power of Now.