Be in the world, but not of it. In this podcast, Eckhart discusses the horizontal

and the vertical dimensions of consciousness. Eckhart explains the horizontal

is the realm of our everyday lives,

where we experience the world with our senses, doing, and thinking.

He says, there's also the vertical or the transcendent, which is where the root of our being exists.

Eckart says, it is our job to bring the two together, to have a foot in both worlds.

Eckart says, as we grow in awareness we will realize we are but temporary manifestations

of this vast consciousness that is the miracle of life.

He says while we are here on Earth,

we must learn to be in this world, but not of it.

So I sometimes use the expression space consciousness and object consciousness.

Object consciousness is thoughts and sense perceptions that become mental objects.

That's all object consciousness.

One thing after another. The human mind for many people is very cluttered with stuff.

I have to think about this and then I have to think about that.

And it's so, it's becoming so cluttered.

It's more cluttered now than it's ever been before

because the clever human mind has created devices

that amplify the clutter, the mental clutter.

Facebook, Twitter. Amplify the clutter, the mental clutter.

Facebook, Twitter,

do-tung, tung,

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