Name: The Best Eckhart Tolle Talk (1 hr 30 min) Power of Now, A New Earth (look up UG Krishnamurti)
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our weekly half hour to be able to delve into

to challenge the status quo; that's what this show is all about.

and thereby elevate the value of our experience here and now.

The here and now. You know, that's an expression that's achieved an almost...

you know, cult-like status in our lexicon. But,

as in any case when phrases are used and overused in a culture,

sometimes they tend to lose their influence and their impact,

and people just toss about "the here and the now" as a referent in time

without actually considering, I think, the magnitude

Today, right now, I want to share with you

somebody who has helped me, along with millions of other people,

to really understand just why that phrase,

the here and particularly the now, is not only vital,

My guest today should be called, I guess, the father of the now.

Because Eckhart Tolle is widely recognized

as one of the most original and inspiring spiritual teachers of our time.

And I was first introduced to your teachings back in

when actress Meg Ryan was on my show, and she told me about this book.

We were in a commercial break, I don't even know how the subject came up,

and how it was really having a big impact on her life.

And so I went right out and got the book right away,

and I put it in my magazine as one of -- on the OWN list,

and I think I even list it as a favorite thing for Christmas

The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment

would have to be one of the most transformative books in my life.

I was just saying before -- I was introducing you, Eckhart, that I wished

I had my original, original, original copy,

because I bought so many copies since the first copy,

but my original, original copy -- I had so many

yellow markings in it for highlighting every sentence,

I just thought, "Well, why don't I finish reading the book

there's so much I want to talk to you about.

so I just want to tell all of our listeners now,

seekers, and fans of his book The Power of Now,

that this conversation will be continued next week.

So today's discussion is really -- I'm going to try to focus it on

you -- in the very beginning of the book, you said

Quote, "I cannot live with myself any longer."

"This was the thought that kept repeating itself in my mind."

"And then suddenly I became aware of what a peculiar thought that was."

"If I cannot live with myself, there must be two of me:"

"The 'I' and the 'self' that 'I' cannot live with."

" 'Maybe,' I thought, 'only one of them is real.'"

I love this because it's really one of the first times I thought,

When you say, 'I'm going to tell myself something,'

That's the fundamental question, is it not?

most people are not aware that they have a

So there's a voice in the head -- that's internal dialogue

that most people are completely identified with.

And in my case, and in many peoples' case, the

voice in the head is a predominantly unhappy one.

So there's an enormous amount of unhappiness

that is continuously generated by this unconscious

the separation occurred inside me between the voice,

sense of self that had become identified with that voice in the head,

rather than something that consciousness had become through thinking.

and when I woke up the next morning, I was completely at peace

without understanding why. The understanding came much later.

it's essential for people to become aware that their thought processes

and the sense of self that is derived from their thinking,

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The Best Eckhart Tolle Talk (1 hr 30 min) Power of Now, A New Earth (look up UG Krishnamurti)

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