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Eckhart Tolle invites us to explore the typical day-to-day state of consciousness for most people, a state of being where we hope that the future will be better, or fear that it will be worse, than what is happening at this moment. Eckhart leads us to the astonishing realization that the future ultimately only exists as a thought in your head. He also elaborates on the sense of incompleteness we instill in ourselves by identifying with our thoughts, which always concern the past & future, creating unease with the present moment. In this talk, Eckhart describes how the more time dominates your life, the more identified you are with thought, including:
- The way in which the concept of time is used by the mind to explain change
- The conceptual identity we rely on to construct our sense of self
- How this identity creates distance between 'self' and 'other'
- How the human urge to create conflict provides a substitute for a true feeling of aliveness
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About Eckhart Tolle
Eckhart Tolle is a spiritual teacher and author who was born in Germany and educated at the Universities of London and Cambridge. At the age of twenty-nine, a profound inner transformation radically changed the course of his life. The next few years were devoted to understanding, integrating, and deepening that transformation, which marked the beginning of an intense inward journey. He is the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller The Power of Now, as well as the highly acclaimed follow-up A New Earth, which are widely regarded as two of the most influential spiritual books of our time. His profound yet simple teachings have already helped countless people throughout the world find inner peace and greater fulfillment in their lives.