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Eckhart Tolle: Essential Teachings

It Is Always Now

Eckhart Tolle: Essential Teachings

Oprah

Society & Culture

4.64K Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2024

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Eckhart talks with an audience in Brisbane, Australia. He explains the reason for their gathering is to accelerate their awakening. He says everything we experience occurs in the Now and it will never not be Now. But he says most people don’t realize that because their attention is elsewhere absorbed by the past or future. He explains we believe we are a product of our history, childhood and family background. Eckhart says we are more than that and the difficulties we encounter can be the catalyst to awaken now. He says had he not gone through a painful childhood and years of unconsciousness, he would never have grown spiritually. He explains it was his suffering that pushed him to a new level of consciousness. He says we are living through crises now because challenges propel us toward evolution. Want more podcasts from OWN? Visit https://bit.ly/OWNPods You can also watch Oprah’s Super Soul, The Oprah Winfrey Show and more of your favorite OWN shows on your TV! Visit https://bit.ly/find_OWN

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0:00.0

It is always now.

0:03.0

In this episode, Ekar talks with an audience in Brisbane, Australia.

0:07.0

He explains the reason for their gathering is to accelerate their awakening.

0:11.0

He says everything we experience occurs in the now and it will

0:15.4

never not be now. He says most people don't realize this because their attention is

0:21.2

elsewhere. Absorbed by the past or future.

0:25.0

He explains, we believe we are a product of our history,

0:29.0

childhood and family background,

0:30.0

yet we are more than that.

0:32.0

Eckhart says the difficulties we encounter

0:34.8

then can be the catalyst to awaken now.

0:37.5

He says, had he not gone through a painful childhood

0:40.6

and years of unconsciousness, he would never have grown spiritually.

0:44.0

He explains the paradox this way.

0:46.0

His suffering pushed him to a new level of consciousness.

0:50.0

He says we are living through crises now because challenges propel us toward evolution.

0:57.0

I'm checking if everybody is present.

1:08.0

There may be one or two who are not completely present.

1:18.0

but that's okay. By the end of this evening,

1:21.0

they either will be or they will have left.

1:27.0

In disgust.

1:30.0

Because nothing the speaker said made any sense.

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