Living Luminaries On Happiness

[subbtopp]

oh dear dont think the popes ganna like this

[ericdasfacha]

great film.  period.

[hananiorganism]

who gives a flying fedora who read what books when and how...really the only thing to be concerned about is your own path your own truth and your own transformation....right now....

sort it out people.... lets not argue over who is mpre spiritual because i would win :oP

[HiAdrian]

Didn't like the movie. It was spinning in circles, nearly like a "spirituality infomercial". Many of the speakers where awfully shallow (sometimes dogmatic) people.

I liked Tolle, but Tolle has a friendly, relaxed presence, even if he hadn't said a single word. That's what matters.

[DILLIGAFFUM]

Happiness is a gigar called Hamlet.

[DolphinsSpirit]

Beautifullllllllllllll!!!!

[desertclair]

Eckhart Tolle's teachings are based predominately on what he learned from A Course in Miracles, which was dictated by Jesus to a woman in the 1960s. Jesus told his disciples he would have more to say later ... later is now.

[mrbollocks1979]

that is not true at all, his teachings are NOT predominately based on the Course of Miracles. It is one of his favourite channeled books but he became enlightened through experience. You cannot teach as eloquently and clearly as he without experience.

[desertclair]

Yes, it was his experience. However, it was after he studied many different spiritual paths that he had his experience. Everything he teaches can be found in A Course in Miracles. I'm sure it is his major source of his inspiration in addition to his experience. The Course is all about giving people their own direct "experience" of truth ... so that is not an accident he had an experience.

[desertclair]

Yes, it was his experience. However, the Course is all about giving people their own direct "experience" of truth ... so it is is not an accident he had an experience after studying ACIM. Almost everything he teaches can be found in the Course

[mrbollocks1979]

you are incorrect. watch "The Simple Truth" Eckhart Tolle interview and he explains explicitly his spiritual path. Precisely on the DVD from 9.30 to 11.45.

[desertclair]

I've seen that video. Eckhart explains his breakthrough experience, but he doesn't go into detail about everything else he did too arrive at that point. I'm sure he studied many diff spiritual works, because each of them has an aspect of truth within them. However, A Course in Miracles is the most current and inclusive spiritual work to date. That is why Eckhart mentions it so frequently, and most of what he teaches can be found in it also.

[mrbollocks1979]

*sigh*. I have heard Tolle mention countless times on the dvd and audio I have of him of how he only started studying after his enlightenment. Should I find more examples and post them because it will be a pleasure.

[mercurius0]

Tolle's official story is that his experience came spontaneously before he had studied any spiritual stuff. It was only afterwards that he read ACIM etc to try to better understand what had happened to him. That's what he says many times. Experience first, spiritual text afterwards.

[bangyboi111]

Why would god, the most superior and infinite being allow us to be deceived? Perhaps he is trying to test our faith? I highly doubt it. Life is not a game my friend, we not being played.

[newenglandtom]

Jesus Christ is the only hope for mankind. tolle's teachings are preparing millions upon millions to embrace the enlightenment of the antichrist. it will only be short lived.

soon Jesus will crush satan's head with His heal.

Jesus Christ the true messiah is coming. oprah and the new age movement is deceiving you. only the blood of Jesus can protect you from deception

[stillanego]

They speak as if they are Perfectly Happy and that they are gonna stay that way for all eternity. It is a group of people who are living very very comfortably and they can talk.

Where was the homeless guy or the paraplegic or the aids sufferer or the blind man. I want to hear their answers.

Such a fucking racket.

There are real Gurus and there are talkers and our job is to find the real thing.

[impatient1]

My uncle has AIDS and is a meditator. He is VERY happy. I have OCD and am very happy b/c of these concepts.

[azulra]

I am totally broke , alone and happy because happiness is not a consequence but a state of being, of inner freedom.

[soilofk]

@azulra Congratulations!!! I agree with you.

[SixSigmaGuru]

If you saw the film you would know that at the beginning, the guy playing the guitar is HOMELESS, and the guy playing the harmonica is also HOMELESS...that's where the homeless guy is..and there is your answer.

[stillanego]

Thanks.

I just get peeved at so much 'talking' in this world and often very little 'doing'.

I have no doubt this will be of great help to people too.

[lostnalone]

i think that some of these people have become very successful by telling others that you do not have to be successful to be happy. Very profitable;)

[themightycelestial]

I agree. The thing is, if they didn't become successful,

no one would hearing they're message.

[mercurius0]

true, but alot of them are not successful and have no need for money. eckhart tolle spent 5 years sitting on park benches with no job and no friends, perfectly happy and content in the joy of being before he decided to teach others about how to get there as well..... (even though there is no where to "get")

[BlackstarY2K]

what about the starving people all around the world?can they be happy?

I THINK NOT

THIS IS A FANTSCY

[ZOOTGIBSON]

It is not a fantasy, it is the only reality. The reason there is so much suffering in the world is because of mans greed and perpetual dissatisfaction.

[BlackstarY2K]

ZOOTGIBSON

That is the point i'm making,its Man's greed that other countrys are starving thats the reality.i have watched this film and i liked it but it's only for the west it's not global truth.

[PersephoneSwimming]

i really think that's a valid point. about it being only for the west. but only at one level. i do think that at a more ultimate level, it is global and beyond global but actually universal. because... ULTIMATELY only our thoughts create suffering. nothing else could create suffering, because suffering is fundamentally the perception that what is is not good.

[ZOOTGIBSON]

The message conveyed in the film is not only for the west, it is a universal truth that applies to all people in all cultures. Ultimately though, the only thing we can do is apply these teachings to our own lives, by the law of resonance any changes we make within will effect people around us.

[PersephoneSwimming]

firstly, we are all starving. second of all, you can't know what other people are experiencing, even if you perceive them as some quintessential model of the ultimate suffering... some "starving" people may be happier than some well-fed people. man does not live on bread alone....

[BlackstarY2K]

PersephoneSwimming.

We are all starving? that don't make sence explain what u mean.

Your second point is true we can't know what other people are experiencing.The movie is for the West it's not Global truth as the film is trying to point out.

[PersephoneSwimming]

hi blackstary2k. what i mean is, pain is pain. you could be starving or you could be a billionaire with dementia or you could be a baby who can't reach her bottle... everyone experiences pain relative to their situation in life. and you cant really compare it because to him/her, their pain is the only pain they really care about stopping (until they have the realization....)

[PersephoneSwimming]

and the realization is: that we are all one being. and that collectively we are indeed all starving because we are trying to find happiness in this world where nothing lasts and everything falls apart and where we feel lonely and separate and confused. at least, this is what i understand to be true! what do you think? also, i just ate some soft serve vanilla ice cream and it was DELICIOUS!!!!!!!

[PersephoneSwimming]

also, on "we are all starving"-- ALL physical suffering is a metaphor for the suffering of the human spirit, and since we are all one spirit, then we all experience the same essential soul-suffering, it just gets expressed in different physical forms in our lives. again, this is what i am learning. BTW where did you see this movie? at a theater or on DVD? i really want to see it....

[sudnaidu]

Blah Blah Blah...Visit a villiage filled with starving people, rape is common, violence rules...Can you be happy over there?

Ignorance is bliss!!! Especially in the sheltered modern world!

I enjoy agression, I enjoy sadness, I enjoy happiness, I enjoy all the emotions. That is what life is about I think, express yourself, enjoy doing things, activity, action, movement. Not sitting idle in a meditative "bliss" ignoring all the pain and suffering that is all around you...

[jnuser]

read "Man's Search for Meaning" by viktor frankl and then give an opinion...why don't you help those starving kids instead of using them in your stupid arguments...It's easy to have an opinion but easy to make a difference...

[kumasuke1]

Beautiful, direct simple truth of life. Happiness is such a simple thing but hard to grasp. This moment right here and now is where we can all start to grasp it. Thankyou for posting this video!

[brentpourciau]

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[abblocuats]

would love to get a copy of this movie.. any one can help please???

[Bolgi]

Great!.Is this a movie?

[liloumace]

great video. thanks. love E. Tolle!!

[dreams2manifest]

Awesome!

[billgbg]

Eckhart Tolle: I can't read The Power of Now

enough times. His reminding us of the nowness is a great contribution...just that simple reminder!

[ikbeninbalans01]

The LugIt Adores you and Thank You

[JUSTRELAXANENJOY]

WOW - just stunning - very impressive!!

- Is this a film excerpt or what (available on DVD / where?) ?

[lavendersage777]

Thanks for helping to spread the word on how to BE with what is. Most of the time I can accept life and trust that things are as they should be which brings me peace. I sometimes also have painful moments when I see that others are in so much distress and I am pained that Nature is being abused for short term profit. Yet I love life and the mystery of it all.