Continuous doing leads to forgetfulness of being.

In this episode, Eckhart talks about the fact that many people live in a continuous state of waiting for the next thing that will magically transform their lives.

A relationship, a job, a house, or more money.

He says we're misguided when we believe something outside ourselves

will provide lasting fulfillment. believe something

outside ourselves will provide lasting fulfillment. This mindset is considered normal,

but Eckhart says normal won't free us from our inner turmoil. He says

even during the best of times, we feel something important is missing from our lives

Eckhart explains when we're continuously doing, waiting for the next thing

we become forgetful of being,

and this leads to suffering.

And Eckhart says the being dimension

is fundamental to living a fulfilled whole life.

He says, awareness of our interstates is the first step in getting there.

Welcome. Glad you could make it. I assume nobody's in a hurry to get anywhere and I also assume nobody is waiting for anything to happen and here we have already arrived at a shift in consciousness

because most people without knowing it unconsciously, habitually, are always waiting for the next thing to happen.

It's so deeply ingrained, and habitual, they don't even realize it.

It's absolutely normal.

But normal isn't good enough anymore.

Normal doesn't free you from suffering and unhappiness.

One could go so far as the same normal is suffering, unhappiness, dissatisfaction,

sense of deep sense of

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