Love the isness of the present moment no matter what.

In this podcast, Eckhart says, as we grow spiritually,

we approach the challenges in our lives differently.

We may encounter obstacles or difficult people but he says if we face the issue in front of us consciously

we've learned to accept the present moment with ease. He explains the ego, believes fighting against situations, is real power.

But the opposite is actually true.

The ancient Romans had a phrase, Amor Fati.

Eckhart says it means to love what is.

He explains true power comes when we love the isness of the present moment, no matter what. Whatever you do, obstacles will arise on your path. And when its ego motivated,

when you encounter an obstacle, you react to it and you become either angry or stressed or fearful antagonistic, you get,

sometimes often the obstetric appears

in the form of people to not want you

to do what you're doing, or whatever it may be.

Obstacles will appear.

In the new way of doing things, you look at an obstacle,

don't complain about it, you face it, and you become still, and then you either circumvent it, or you turn it around

and it becomes helpful in the same way that a martial arts, in certain martial arts, you use the force of your opponent and transform it into something that is no longer attacks you

but is turned around so the force of your opponent throws him and not you.

So the way in which you approach difficulties and obstacles changes,

you don't get discouraged, you don't complain about obstacles about these

delightful people that are preventing you from achieving whatever you want to achieve.

So there's a different way in which you approach these hindrances, obstacles

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