According to an interview Eckhart Tolle gave to the British press in 2003, his inner transformation came about as a result of not being able to bear himself due to his depressive thoughts. When he considered what this meant, he began to think that his concept of 'self' was at the heart of the issue since this was a mind-made concept. According to Tolle, the heaviness and problems associated with his self-constructed self evaporated when he abandoned the entire idea. “The peace [I felt following the transformation]... was there because there was no self,” he said.