Enjoyment vs Stress | Eckhart Tolle Teaching

[@HIXHAM]

"You can’t always control what goes on outside, but you can always control what goes on inside" 🙌🏾

[@t888jmd]

Powerful quote 👍🏽

[@irinakushnir8338]

Most definitely

[@drhyshek]

@@robbiepeterh You're right. No one can control all of their thoughts and emotions. Try being on stage and see how well you do. And besides, this isnt about control. I think it's about experiencing things in the present moment.

[@allenchinn1961]

@@robbiepeterh you can actually go deeper within where human emotions don’t exist.

[@allenchinn1961]

@@drhyshek you don’t think Tolle is able to overcome his thinking and emotions in the present moment even when on stage?

[@david.walters]

You! Yes you reading this right now. No not some random person but YOU! I'm sending this message to YOU! Everything that has hurt you is over. Every test you've been put through, you have survived. You might not be exactly where you were aiming to be but today marks the start of your new life. Your mindset shifted to such a high level that it vibrated on a frequency that brought you right here. The universe has a way of taking you exactly where you want to be, at the perfect time and all that is required, is for you to align your mind. NOW, you're on the right track. Watch this over and over until it sinks in and share it with the people you want a better life for and heal and grow together. You're blessed and the new chapter of your life just started! No more negativity. No more sadness. Forgive yourself and learn to love who you've always been so you can sore to the highest level of yourself. This is awesome and I'm so excited for what's about to happen to you over the next few days. Wow! You really made it to this place. ❤️

[@graceacer9369]

Nice to meet you

[@robbiepeterh]

Congratulations you just wrote the most cringeworthy comment of 2021.

[@graceacer9369]

@@robbiepeterh sorry you're still cringing and only feel worthy of that. You can stop regressing now

[@nadjetbz7188]

May god bless you❤🙂

[@sirdushon]

THÄNK YOOOOOÜ !! 8888 I LOVE YOU AND THANK YOU FOR UTILIZING YOUR GIFT AND LIGHT !! 555555555555555

[@PsychedelicActualization]

"When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love." ~Marcus Aurelius ❤️🌱🙏🏽

[@Skyelement84K]

❤🌱📿

[@raresmircea]

When you’re having a 10 out of 10 hellish suffering like the many people who live with intractable major depression, or cluster headaches, or complex regional pain syndrome, etc. just think what a wonderful joyous world this is 🌸🙏🍀🥰🦋 Seeing the nasty stuff from time to time might actually do the world a lot of good 🤘

[@Nae641]

Don’t think just be!

[@raresmircea]

@@Nae641 "Don’t think, just be" is a very shallow and vague affirmation. One has to add a lot of context to it to make it into something worth paying attention. Otherwise it could be interpreted as thinking is bad and laissez faire is the natural and wise attitude, which is the dharma of flat worms, not of human beings.

[@TerriblePerfection]

I feel that way every morning! So grateful...to be lacking nothing, even in this crazy, never-ending lockdown. 🥰

[@markh7523]

As a 70 year old what is said at 14 minutes on this vid. has been my experience, Thank You

[@l.a.9008]

Thank you too. ♥️

[@Pimp-Master]

70... Get a job!

[@jimmyalotta5632]

@@Pimp-Master get help

[@aprilbrewer5921]

Power girl your name dosen't add up? What power?

[@carlbowles1808]

I'm 60 years old and totally agree with what you say.

[@thebuddhavisions9527]

It's funny how something so obvious - the inexistence of time - can take so much "time" to realize (oh the irony!). I love how relentless Eckhart is in pointing his listeners to the Now. The Now is Everything.

[@oceansvijesti]

It truly is. The only place to be and to live.🙏🏻💙

[@nexstory]

"Now" is not a noun, but if anything, a verb and as such, there is no "the". Now is not a moment in time but rather a continuity of being and becoming where past, present, and future co-exist as one. Driving an auto across a bridge is a visual analogy for self, moving through space/time. The driver, as consciousness, performs as constant from its existential beginning, through the middle to the end. Self though always present nonetheless is in a constant state of back (memory) and forth (potential) till each journey's end. There is no "now", except as a book or set of lectures by a man (Tolle) who has cleverly bottled it as wine.

[@thebuddhavisions9527]

@@nexstory I wouldn't say the Now is neither a noun or a verb, it's unobjectifiable. Tolle understands this very well, but when using language one needs to make concessions for the listener, and as far as I'm concerned he is able to point to That Which Can't Be Named or Objectified (see, it's easier to just call it Now, others call it This) in a way that resonates much more than your car across the bridge analogy, which doesn't really resonate with me personally. It does resonate with you though, which is great, but it doesn't make it any more accurate or useful in any objective sense. I don't think there's a need to debate terms, nor is there a need to diminish a spiritual teacher's message even if one does not resonate with the words being used by said teacher. Have a good day :)

[@nexstory]

@@thebuddhavisions9527 Yesterday a bridge, today vast empty sky, all the while Tolle plays with his cats or sips some tea. Who can say? Now is not "the" time.

[@soulwaves20000]

You simpleton

[@mehrayine]

8:45 "you never actually experience time or the passing of time except in your head as a thought" mind blowing!

[@Rebecca-zr3lu]

God, thank you for life more abundantly in the here and now and throughout our lives in the mighty name of Jesus. Amen 🙏

[@HIXHAM]

"Stress is caused by being “here” but wanting to be “there.” -Eckhart Tolle

[@heyglasses]

stress is caused by this guy who is going around in circles without giving clear instructions on solutions than wasting the majority of his speeches by identifying other human problems. If one cannot teach an issue in a simplified manner than one does not know the issue well, or kidding themselves.

[@onreact]

@@heyglasses You seem to be very stressed indeed. Focus on what you are doing now (watching a video, writing a comment) instead of what you want to achieve as a goal (venting anger, becoming stress free). "The way is the goal."

[@sandrasaba8229]

@@heyglasses simple answer is Be okay with your feelings of stress instead of resisting them and telling yourself I shouldn't be stress. Know that all emotions are temporary they come and go. Just accept each emotion as they arise. Like I feel stress, so what . It will pass.

[@Skyelement84K]

Love that. So true

[@Skyelement84K]

He has a way w words...

[@mehrayine]

1:15 "Future never exists, Except as a thought" Amazing!

[@josephhrbrt]

You know who’s going to give you everything? Yourself

[@oceansvijesti]

Yeees! The only one who have power and who can give to us is ousrelves!💪🏻💙

[@community647]

Thinking of all the kind hearted souls watching this now ❤️

[@UniversalCrystals]

❤️🙏🏼

[@EBLOCK1995]

Eckhart Tolle is like the Emerald Tablets of Thoth, you can listen to it at over 100 levels of consciousness and always hear something different. It feels like you are talking to yourself

[@Joywish72]

Yes even if you return to it years later. Well said.

[@phoenixlight1111]

Exactly true. ✌️🕉️🌱

[@kathleenstetler609]

I join you in this. Yes.

[@oceansvijesti]

Hahaha great metaphor! It really is!!!

[@bayapapaya-]

Wow, I’ve described this about the elderly. I work at a nursing home and they are people I can connect with easily unlike people my age. I don’t feel the threatening energy of ego. Their physical mind deteriorates and all they can be is their true self beyond it all❤️perfectly said

[@bayapapaya-]

@bubblgm qn I just turned 30😊

[@everything5066]

The timing on this one in unreal

[@a-bovea-ve-rage]

I concur

[@EAMason-ev3pl]

That's the beauty!

[@torrancemcveigh4044]

Was thinking the exact same thing 😳😳 I've been searching for this kind of talk for days and could not find anything. The universe man!!!!! Crazy

[@onreact]

Yeah, Eckhart's videos always come at the perfect "time" - now.

[@JamieMitchellDesign]

Was all planned by universal intelligence 😉

[@AnotherDayLeveledUp]

I always hear exactly what I need to at the right time listening to Eckhart! I consider him Yoda in human form😎Starting a business and not getting lost in arriving is the major key in sustainability and a peace of mind🙏

[@juliafedorova3982]

YES!!! Exactly how I feel! He was talking about finding a picture of your younger self and I literally JUST got a text from my dad with a photo of me when I was 21. AMAZING! It's like this video was waiting for me to find it. My being needed to hear this reminder, to reset, and to return to myself. Tolle is a gift to humanity.

[@varshamuzik2149]

Whoever reading this May all your dreams come true 🤗

[@nadjetbz7188]

Tnx❤❤

[@minichanz]

Thank you... All my dreams are coming true and have come true

[@JesseReza-g4l]

all dreams are personal and therefor demonic and false.

[@willm5814]

I remember realizing that the past doesn’t exist, that was very freeing

[@youarelife3437]

When the ego mind plays games with you remember these Benefits of being in the present - 1. Burns away past karma, addictions and suffering. 2. Brings you in alignment with the Universe here and now. 3. Which brings you on to your life purpose and destiny. 4. More depth, seeing beauty in things and feeling emotions. Also control over emotions. 5. Removes you from stress and challenges. 6. Attracts abundance in your life. 7. More aliveness, more energy. 8. Healing and immunity boosts with the inner body. 9. Using the Law of attraction gets more fuel.

[@ArianaReflects]

❤️If you are reading this - I hope you have a beautiful day on planet earth today😊❤️🌍

[@rachelmorrison362]

Thanks you too

[@venusleoz826]

The earth is flat and motionless.

[@sagar1257]

I see your comment i liked. 😁🌎🌻

[@nadjetbz7188]

Thank youuuuu...for you tooo❤❤❤

[@ArianaReflects]

@@sagar1257 😊👋

[@StarOnTheWater]

I need to hear this 24/7 please. Worst heartache of my life and here I am just cracking up laughing because it's all in my head. I wish this awareness would last.

[@JackieOgle]

This is so true. It's amazing how we are all experiencing " time" together and instead of just being happy in the moment, we miss it. This is so profound.

[@sp-gw7zl]

My Nan had this light 💖 I will always remember her that way.

[@oceansvijesti]

🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻💖

[@Musikgarten.mit.Monika]

I just enjoy it so much to listen and to look at Eckehart Tolle. I always think of him as an enlightened elf. Such a beautiful being. So much lightness. How lucky I am to be able to watch all that here on KZbin. Thank you!

[@Bigger-Circuitry-Bigger-SOUND]

the first thing to listen when u wake up, is this video 🙏

[@JustForFun-zg5nz]

I love how he laughs at himself. Like he fully understands how ignorant we are but he tries not to offend us.

[@Rawdream13]

:)

[@soulwaves20000]

Shut up

[@MP-km7xg]

Yas 😂

[@vengeance9255]

lol

[@randomgirlxoxoxo]

Lol true, but at least we are not ignorant enough to have realised we are unconscious

[@tapesone2]

Thank you kind sir. You help me see a lot. I have suffered with this very feeling for a few years now. Thank you for the amazing insight as always.

[@vc2219]

The man is a God send.

[@joehenshall8735]

We all are

[@onreact]

In essence we are God.

[@sarahgartner253]

Every time i open youtube, a video of ETs pops up which is exactly what I needed to hear. Thid happens daily. So magical

[@susieseward8451]

Yes it is magical Grateful for our technology that allows us to communicate & Thanks Eckhart

[@sarahgartner253]

@@susieseward8451 so true. Everything can be used to great gain if used with presence

[@highvibrationcoaching2149]

Thank you for my spirit, thank you for my life, thank you source, thank you thank you thank you! * 3 times a day and watch what happens! Appreciatively, Neil

[@joebhoy80]

You would never see ekhart running for a bus..peace and love to you all 🙏

[@seemranhoro]

🙏😁

[@giuseppedinenno9234]

Please pray Mr.Tolle that I re-unite with my wife and daughter.Thank you.

[@fadiaotman9027]

May God bless u and reunite u wt ur wife and daughter....

[@spaceman5734]

You will. there is no need to pray for that for it is part of your being. They are in a great place waaiting for you. Enjoy your time left on earth........if not, you may come back in a different body.

[@mars1783]

I'm so relieved lately, I haven't had a full blown panic attack in several weeks, my anger is lessening and my Vision for the future is clear. Thank you Dear E. Tolle n friends.

[@ruthesthercasey-garcia9190]

Thank you ET for this talk/teaching on " aliveness, time & the present moment"... for making funny faces, your muffled laughter, hand gestures and helping me at 66 to gaze upon photos of over 30 years ago and be grateful for who I am now. (aka having learned & practiced to " Give time... Time "). You look SOoo rested🤓 I ALWAYS enjoy watching & listening to your videos... but there was something different & very special about this one. 🤗😘 I wish you a very healthy, happy & prosperous New Year 😽🌹🌻🍀🦋

[@sarajr4927]

Wouldn't it be wonderful to be able to give YT videos a big heart instead of just a thumbs up?! Thank you, Eckhart.

[@liesbetrogiers2548]

[@terryhoffman2760]

Mark h. At 72 Eckhart Tolle has changed how I view everything.

[@anaherron997]

Love you Mr. Tolle ❤️ You’d never know how much your teachings have helped me to awaken

[@willywagtail8607]

Become truly still inside...stillness is the answer..learn everything you possibly can about stillness & you will experience & know for yourself.. ❤

[@PursueYou_SpiritualBadass]

A lack of presence is what is the root of anxiety

[@hepcat5199]

HUGE wisdom in this video. I’ve watched it 5 or 6 times already. Thank you ET!!🙏

[@jacquelineking4008]

OMG hep 🐈 cat! My father in laws' nickname for himself in the 50s while courting my dear husband's Mother.. 😎 cool name, dude.. blessings..oh yeah,great comment.just stumbled upon this grooviness..

[@sameerkhalid8985]

Sending this message to you in the neverland that does not exist - the future.

[@dimitristsiyanis5349]

its extremmely important to discover that presence, is here no matter what....it took me 12 years to realise it, actually, and not mentally

[@EAMason-ev3pl]

❤️

[@UniversalCrystals]

Real life Yoda 🧙🏼‍♂️🙏🏼💫

[@ROAGECOM]

Wrong. Roage is far more advanced than Eckhart Tolle. Eckhart was born a biological female.

[@nadavukovic5037]

Herbst-zeitlosen Wie die Bäume ohne Wurzeln, die Erntelosen, immer auf der Flucht ins Paradies... Die Bäume der Zeitlosen... Ihre Ernte wie das Lachen der Goldenen Äpfel und dunkler Trauben, wie das Licht der Sonnenstrahlen, im Herzen des Menschens so tief wie das All...

[@Unbrokenmystory]

You've just made my body light shine😢💥 this video from the beginning made me relax, from the statement made explaining stress, I believe I've learnt the best way to see things in my life because I have been stressed and frustrated thinking about a future that doesn't exist but only in my mind😭💥💥💥

[@jovana156]

What a clean simple profound soul. Astonishing Man.

[@shjilani]

Touching inner life , the working of the mind , so deeply , comprehensively & beautifully . This mode of communion has truly a fragrance of the divine .

[@gannon5409]

Everything in life comes and goes. Find that which does not come or go. And it can only be found right Now. 🌸🙏🏼🌸

[@Gk2003m]

Haven’t yet watched this. I will. One comment first: indeed the future does not exist. Nor does the past. All that exists is right now, and the only way to truly live is to fully embrace right now. That said: the odds are that if you’ve lived this long, you’ll continue to live awhile longer. So balance your embrace of right now with an embrace of the likeliness of living into the future, and plan for it.... and your embrace of the here and how can be even more complete.

[@ReynaSingh]

Thank you for this reminder Eckhart 🙏 Blessings everyone

[@user-lt6er2ud2i]

Blessings Reyna 🕉

[@luismoref]

Very funny how you posted a video about time and now comes this video from eckhart's. Thank you both.

[@jag1733]

you are so beautiful girl

[@margeryfranko1850]

Eckhart I appreciate you. Thank you for Your Time 💜💙🙏🏾💚💛 Love, Joy, Happiness, Peace, Unity, Faith, Hope and Light Everyone 💜💙🙏🏾💚💛

[@patriciamontoya9049]

Love it! OUR Future is OUR Present. Yesterday is history Tomorrow is a mystery. Today is the present. That is why "We" call it the Present. Love it. Thank you. Love you all as I love GOD and Me. Blessings

[@semeriyalegesse4543]

Thank u God for bringing eckhart into my life

[@estarbien1146]

Eckhart, so glad to hear from you. I haven't heard from you in a While. Now Im hearing to you again and I must say I'm so glad to be Back... and find you. Thank you. See you around.

[@ledacedar6253]

I never liked what I felt was a main stream imposition, but at 65+, thx to silence amidst the Covid virus terrorism- I've learned to follow my joy, my inner peace with a grounded connection to my somatic, sensory body. The heightened stability gave space of reliable, ongoing silence giving the nervous system space for recovering enough, to challenge & explore the irrationality of the ptsd caused angry defensiveness, which I am certain has given lots of like afflicted, to grow in self trust via listening to the inner world of senses, especially where such roots are consciously deepened & widened.

[@rudig5698]

Thank you Eckhart for sharing this! You’ve even inspired me to start my own KZbin channel!🥺❤️

[@An_darna]

Herzlichen Dank Eckhart. ❤️🙏🏻 Dies Videos sind unbezahlbar und sehr sehr wichtig! 🔆🍀

[@Skyelement84K]

Wunderbar

[@rogerlin9602]

If you are not enjoying the doing, because you are so focused on becoming and arriving, that is the nature of stress. You are continuously focused on the next moment. You are torn away from the present moment to the future which never exists. Your life is out of balance even if you achieve the goal. That is not mastery of life. When you are fully focused on the present moment, what arises is the being dimension. That is the essence of everything. That is joy. Doing requires time. Paradoxically, you never experience the passing of time except in your mind as a thought, as anticipation of the next moment. Thanks Eckhart. 8 August 2022. 🦋🦋🦋

[@Naomii549]

Liking before watching

[@onreact]

You are not in the present moment when you do that. You want to be at the end of the video while you are at the start or you want to achieve a goal by commenting as fast as possible.

[@emils-j.3586]

@@onreact You are always in the present moment.

[@onreact]

@@emils-j.3586 Yes, you are, but you don't always notice.

[@ikemefunaokonkwo3802]

That is the Ego talking

[@Smoorepainter]

OK, just wondering if you can expand on that a little...like say something meaningful!

[@now3210]

Feel the Space you occupy in Present Moment, the Now, with a Silent, Still mind, then your Being will be you from your inner body.

[@annabellacrewe8858]

Thank You. I Listen to Echkart every day. Saw Your message just at the right time - having a blah day🌻

[@mathehanyane6246]

My Eckhart. Mr Tolle, I adore u so so much and I've missed hearing ur wise, helpful words. Ur voice alone is very soothing and heartening. And when u laugh I laugh too. U're such a gift to the world.

[@thuvu1972]

That is why we live for the here and the now

[@scottishbodybuilder6700]

Love to all who listening ❤

[@imsookyoo2286]

Thanks you, you are so alright. When i hear you, it calms me down. I'm happy when i listen to you. Thank you so much, that i might listen to you.

[@shaikshah8159]

When ever I see his face I can understand the definition of enlightenment.

[@thejukeboxhero6387]

YOUR STILL ALIVE. I MUST BE MORE CONSISTENT WITH MY PRAYER.

[@natashamakhdoomi3666]

Thank you Eckhart for reminding us the presence in each of your talks! Feeling and knowing the moment is the best deed which never results in anxiety! When you talk I do really enjoy the moment regardless of time! I wish I could the same all the time! But I do try!

[@omkarkhodade1928]

Thank you Eckhart tolle for this video because you reminds us the present moment is only moment we have..

[@UM8831-u8m]

Each and every word uttered grace showers 🙏 thank you.

[@cvetkapisek8785]

Yes thankfulnes for today is empowering me to be gracious for everything and my being. This is the most important, because if I am aware of myself as a beingness, conscious of my consciousness this is the real self. I am happy for this imput of Eckhart and all of your commentaries, I am sixty, by the way. Doesn t matter, but that I am aware....so thanks very much ....

[@parvatiom8624]

THANK YOU for this video! I found my personal key for balance and entering the now two years ago with forming minimalist habits - the less distraction the more liveliness :)

[@steveelam4810]

New to this man but perfect timing for this season of life

[@john37875]

subtitle gives me deeper understanding. thank you so much for making subtitle.

[@Spirita12]

It's mind & body. Think of trauma etc. Also helpful: 'The body holds the score' written by Bessel A. van der Kolk.

[@rainermalia4151]

I love Bessel. Wonderful recommendation.

[@tamariotkhmezuri3565]

How beautiful is listening you Eckhart! 😍

[@christinestone3552]

Been learning this a lot lately…the balance of now and the anticipation of future changes of my current situation…thank you for pointing this out Eckhart 🙏

[@dolorestroeller4734]

The STRESS.. The STRESS... is the future thoughts!!!! omg my whole day was exactly that because I worried the entire day about the later in the day plans... and yes they went south for a bit then did a u turn and worked out, but what a mess the thoughts created for more then half the day...

[@allsorts7049]

It’s great doing the Landmark stuff and using it in your life . However we can forget so his is a great reminder .

[@TFuSionCobra]

Hey Eckhart thanks for all your videos and books they have helped me tremendously

[@vivienrhodes4248]

Don't let your spirit lose its vibrance

[@dezzagarciaangeldaniel3282]

Yoda is the Spirit animal of Eckhart no doubt

[@allsorts7049]

Definitely a bigger universe inside of us .

[@gargeepandey803]

Enjoying the activities that occupy most of our time.

[@jennyb3732]

Love you Eckhart . Your wise words and your humour! Thanks Pal!!

[@randomgirlxoxoxo]

Sat in bed eating bread and butter whilst watching Eckhart. I am enlightened lol

[@abhishekchattopadhyay2312]

Eckhart your acts and mimes are also very funny and joyous !

[@shikhasharma393]

Thank you Eckhart for your wonderful teachings! Completely blessed 🙏🏻♥️

[@marigoldpluss]

He always makes me smile in this moment ☺

[@RamSamudrala]

Sometimes when being arises I feel a shiver, goosebumps. I wonder if that's normal.

[@rawadsheikh476]

Bless all of you sending love 💘 ❤ 💕

[@Probe2John]

Really grateful for everything Eckhart Tolle is putting across. However, I think I'll still enjoy drugs, alcohol and casual relationships even if I become more present. 🙃

[@powerforthought6080]

Sending love to all

[@silviaelenaaragones2340]

Only by hearing Eckhart became our now so enjoyable ¡

[@jy75ammarin98]

Thank you ✨😇✨ LOVE peace to all beautiful Souls we are one 🌏

[@marinachene5853]

so inspiring ! Keep your goal in mind but enjoy the way to get there...enjoy the time ....just like the the of yoga I am teaching

[@teresadeagle3079]

Love you Eckhart..You're so enlightened..Lotsa Love

[@RamSamudrala]

There are things one can do to directly experience time and there is entropy that gives rise to time's arrow and directionality which is what people (including Tolle) are talking about when they say time. (The flower wilting, etc. are energy transformations.) Yet there is so much to reality that we experience only indirectly, doesn't mean it is not real. Even the being by others is something we can't experience, we have to take other people's word for it. You only know about certain experiences for yourself not for others. Time is transformation, constantly of the state of the universe itself into one of greater disorder. Locally the transformation may result in order but that requires effort.

[@Peacefulrelaxvideos]

If you’re reading this, know that you are worthy. A beautiful creation. Don’t lose hope. Hang in there I hope my videos can help you relax🇨🇦

[@MegaHi2345]

this mans an absolute alien. who else would call it a "human mind" as much as he does

[@k-3402]

Become one with the alien mind

[@fc4660]

I’m not sure how the present moment fits when you have a family and job to plan ahead for. Making sure you cover it all and do what is expected of you.

[@Joggeson]

I feel you on this one as I'm in a similar situation but Eckhard talks about this in the power of now. If I remember it correctly then he suggests to use time on a simple level, for example making appointments or making plans in the future but simultaneously realizing that it's just a concept and social convention. In the end you make plans in the here and now and while it's good to have general direction you shouldn't be focused on what is happening in the future. If there is a problem to solve which requires planning then focus on this and go fully into it in the here and now and find a solution. After all the future is just another present moment arriving and everything happens in an eternal now. I know all of these things are easy said. I currently have to sell my parents house, while managing my studying, while dealing with my fathers brain aneurysma popping early last year, leaving him in a state of not being able to speak and get out of the bed. I often think about certain things that lie in the future and after all this thinking process doesn't help in any way. Either fix your problems in the here and now, plan them and put a mark behind it or simply accept that you can't change certain things.

[@onreact]

Good point. Sometimes it may seem that presence, meditation or spirituality are only for those lucky few who have "enough time". The truth is though that those who just "do what is expected of them" need it the most. Planning is great to ensure everything works as smoothly as possible but as you probably know yourself plans often do not work out. Let me give you one example from Triple P (Positive Parenting Program): in it parents are taught to give attention to kids immediately instead of ignoring them until they start to nag, cry, shout or damage things. Most parents do that wrong and thereby unconsciously teach their kids that only when they misbehave they will get attention. So as a daily meditation for achieving presence give your kids your full attention immediately from now on. In most cases thy will be satisfied quickly and you will save "time" actually. At work you are also more productive when present or in the flow instead of multitasking and being distracted by thoughts of what you need to do next. So make it a meditation at work to do just one thing at a time. In general don't just live the life others "expect of you". Make sure to stay true to yourself. When you're unhappy and stressed you will just make everybody else unhappy and stressed too.

[@bernardsmith1230]

It's no wonder people like this don't have kids. If you research there have been many people extremely negatively effected by eckarts teachings. It's escapism and a form of formlessness hypnosis. It's not to say that it's all bad but all these spiritual new age very rich self proclaimed guroos need to be approached with alot of skeptisism

[@Joggeson]

@@bernardsmith1230 that’s just not true. I don’t know where you have done your research so I strongly would suggest you present your sources. I don’t think it’s bad to have no Kids. I think you’re stuck with certain concepts that aren’t compatible with spiritual teachings and the resistance that arrives is expressed like this. Where exactly do you view this as escapism and hypnosis?

[@lordcovid7684]

@@bernardsmith1230 i believe having kids must be rewarded by nature