Eckhart Tolle ABC Interview

Eckhart Tolle at ABC News Feb. 15, 2009 Interview

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[whatthehell728]

To add; I have read his books, watched his videos and listened to his cds. The now is where it's at.Just this poorly structure "society" makes it very difficult to practice.The ego and brain chatter don't help much either. I guess this tv guy would have a hell of a time with the ego thing,or for that matter living in the now.He would likely be out of a job. Theres an idea!

[BayviewFinch]

@Jaboie - That's a bit wrong. His time on the park bench was mostly in a blissful state of not thinking.

[ken107]

i love Paris, i'm quite surprised that she is spiritual, though i always knew she wasn't an airhead, on the contrary possibly quite intelligent

[DrSo1]

I know this is my ego speaking, but Eckhart is great! The host is quite dumb, and selfish too

[tvswnet]

@Jaboie Yes, but he says he sat there being, as opposed to thinking. Thoughts will happen, but his whole contention is that the more we think, the less we ARE (and the more we miss of "reality" by creating the thoughts). I've had both experiences (Tolle's & like your friend), and they're different 8-) His stuff can be very hard to put into a workable context though, that's true. That said, we can BE more than we think we can...because we're thinking we can/can't instead of BEing ;)

[Jaboie]

@tvswnet He speaks of the bench in the park that he would sit for hours and think. He said he was enjoyed sitting on it. An old friend of mine had a park bench that he would sit on and smoke his medical marijuana and just think for hours. So I said Tolle enjoys sitting on the thinking bench too. Like my friend did.

[tvswnet]

@Jaboie What do you mean? He's opposed to most types of thinking...his books are about how to stop the incessant thinking and whatnot and key into the present.

[roxanneworld11]

@taxfundi How could any of us waste time? Time can be helpful but it's not real. It's based on the relationship[s] of *at least* 1 thing to *at least* 1 other thing....consider heavenly bodies: planets, stars., etc....if they stopped moving, in our awareness, nothing 'existing-in-time' would seem true...One Love~One World [ultimately]. and this is only my inspired opinion..yours is equally as valid, always..<3

[roxanneworld11]

As a Christian it has become clear to me that the the definition of exactly what that means, it's totally subjective. My school-of-thought+also the denomination I 'grew up in' clearly offer a perspective other than what fundamentalists believe. Eckhart Tolle, Byron Katie+Nisargadatta & many others offer what, for me, helps fill in gaps of understanding..Integration of what I learned in church+other possibilities, is what has helped me choose Life today.

[Jaboie]

Tolle enjoys sitting on the thinking bench too. The thinking bench is indeed bliss.