Tonight I watched the recorded April 9th Episode of The Oprah Show: A New Earth Phenomenon: An Hour That Can Change Your Life. Have you heard of this? Well, let me tell you... I LOVE this stuff. This is EXACTLY why I went into Psychology. I am absolutely PASSIONATE about this exact kind of thing.
Who is this guy... Eckart Tolle? I had never heard of him until now. His motto?: "The world can only change from within."
According to Tolle (in psycho babble terms) when you lose everything (such as going bankrupt) you become free of the 'ego' because the ego has nothing left to identify with and the basis of your life becomes the present moment. And this is the basis for everything... to come to an acceptance of the present moment.
I wish I could find some of the excellent quotes from the show... all from Tolle's book.
I really liked the story of this girl who always compared herself to others UNTIL she learned how to be present in her own life. And this allowed her to let go of the need to be better than others. It all rests within' the mind. IT ALL RESTS WITHIN THE MIND.
In this show they also explored death and Eternal Life and being Christlike. Great show.
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I just read this book! I think you'd love it! Since reading it, I've really tried to turn my focus into being present. It talks a lot about how our egos really hold us back. You ought to go get this one! I guess there is also an oprah online class on monday nights. I haven't listened to them but I think I might get the podcast's, because I think the book would make even more sense!
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