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The coma is probably the one situation in which you just cannot access that consciousness. I think there are also other states of impaired cognition, such as delirium (caused by dehydration, for instance), in which the brain (i.e. the human form) would make it very difficult, if not impossible, to r...

You ask a very valid and relevant question. I've faced the same dilemma as I've grown to apply Eckhart's teachings to my own life. What I found is that the teachings are often in direct contradiction to the way one needs to function in modern life. As you mentioned, playing sports is a great example...

First off, that 80% number can only be a rough estimate, at best. I guarantee you that no one will ever come up with technology advanced enough to be able to measure such a thing accurately. It is just a widespread myth, like so many other glorified ideas and ideals floating around in the world of s...

If I got a dollar for every time a person here says that they are enlightened then immediately proceed to talk about their problems, I'd be $50 richer. That's quite a statement, but let me try rephrasing it - if I got a dollar for every instance someone on this site simply parrots what Eckhart says...

I'd love to see Tolle boogie more, laugh more, show what he looks like as the arrow flying through the air ... etc his description of enthusiasm. I think all the suffering has beaten the enthusiasm out of him. You can hear it in his voice - he's got no vitality left. He likes to say that, sitting i...

Eckhart has helped many. For a meager fee of millions. What about all those he's helped who never paid him a fee of millions? Who never gave him a dime? Or those who only bought a book, most of whose value went to the store where it was bought and the publisher who printed it? For a few cents remun...

Out of curiosity, I googled "Eckhart Tolle criticism" just to see if there was some truth among the words of those on the other side of the fence. A lot of what I saw was just complete and ignorant denial of everything he says, which was to be ignored of course. But one article somewhere said someth...

I'm a man in the same age group and I get what you're saying. I understand that you may feel a pressure from the standpoint of biology and from society - to be in a relationship and have children "by now". I understand that everywhere you look, you may see others in your age group that have it and f...

I don't remember where I read this, but I believe it was in a Psychology book. It said something like this - We all make the best decision possible with the information at hand, at any given time. No one says "Let me make a bad decision this time." Later, when you have more information and can see t...

After all this soul searching, I think I've come to a similar conclusion. I wish I didn't know so much. I wish I could be that ignorant idiot and actually laugh at the idiotic soap operas that have people chained to their TVs. I wish I could see one good thing about Facebook. I think I also lament t...

I think Eckhart is just a really sad and lonely human being if he thinks that feeling alive doesn't involve anything in form. I'm beginning to feel more and more sad for him than anything else really. Sorry Eckhart, you make a lot of sense, but I wish you would just enjoy life more. Feeling the warm...

I think that the only true test for truth is experience. Only when you live it do you truly know it. We can repeat, like a broken record, "Life is in the present moment." But that doesn't prove true till it is actually lived or experienced. When you build a new bridge with the goal of adding a new r...

"hierarchy of needs" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow%27 ... y_of_needs.

- People to share joys and sorrows with.
- Good physical health.
- Being able to indulge in hobbies or interests.
- Material comforts.

I never realized how sane I am till I got to know other people

To be honest, I feel more seperateness than oneness, especially around people. I feel the jarring pain others are in sometimes and remember what that’s like. I can be in the moment in the natural world and get absorbed in details and feel great awe and gratitude, but I still feel seperate. I think ...