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Eckhart Tolle - A New Earth
By admin | March 16, 2008
Awakening to your Life’s Purpose
I am glad that I tuned into Oprah.com to listen to their review of Chapter 2. Having people from all over the world call in to ask questions and clarify what he wrote in the book is indeed very helpful. Someone called to ask about her pain with the illness that she is suffering. Her question was how can I stay focus when I have the pain and how to feel peace. I was very eager to hear what Eckhart & Oprah had to say. When a friend is suffering from illness we just do not know what to say to help them except kept asking them more about their illness thinking that, that is the right thing to do to show concern.
Eckhart said that unconsciously you have identified that “I am the sufferer of….; Took them to be who you are.” She was adviced to no longer talk about her illness to anyone accept to the doctor. According to him, the more you talk about it, the more you empower the processes. Instead, say no worries, I am making good progress. Don’t encourage people to talk about it. That will have influence of your thought processes. Choose to focus on well being. One way is to be around nature. We have psychological pain and physical pain. Don’t resist it. Don’t create psychological pain with physical pain.
Synchronicity
A friend called to say that our mutual friend has breast cancer. Young lady with two young kids. I managed to call her and asked her the very question that I am not supposed to ask, about her cancer. She is due to have mastectomy next week. She is a lady of leisure ever since she had a helper. She said she has nothing to do. I shared with her about Eckhart Tolle’s every Tuesday live podcast in Oprah.com. At least, I know how to direct her to some new knowledge.
That reminded me of where I was before. I had everything and yet nothing. Unhappy, unfulfilled, bored, no enthusiasm in life. In my family of 8, half had cancer. My father did not survive. The other 3 siblings are well. I hope by sharing my experiences, people find preventive ways to live happier lives. Having a sense of purpose in life does make a difference in the way we look at life and find fulfillment with who we are. No wonder there is a saying, “An idle mind is the devil’s workshop”. The process of learning how to be present to what is, the ego, the observer mentioned in Eckhart’s books will keep us engaged in evolving to the new realm of possibilities.
Lets remind each other to live in the now.
Topics: Life Coaching |
April 2nd, 2008 at 11:50 am
Great post and sharing Dolly!
Bring it on!
May 5th, 2008 at 9:08 pm
I’ve been reading his book too and listening in on the live web events. I’m loving this book!