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Eckhart Tolle: Essential Teachings

Oprah and Eckhart Tolle

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Oprah Winfrey is delighted to introduce a new weekly podcast series from one of the great spiritual thinkers of our time: Eckhart Tolle. Eckhart’s wisdom will help you learn to quiet your mind, separate your ego from your true self and live a fully present life. Essential Teachings by Eckhart will provide a path to discover an enlightened state of consciousness. Oprah says Eckhart transformed her life and hopes these Essential Teachings will inspire you to seek your own higher purpose.

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  1. Essential Teachings Special:Finding Peace; Accepting What Is

    · 39 min

    Eckhart says the world is not here to make us happy, it’s here to make us conscious. If we are looking for fulfillment in a particular relationship, job or life circumstances, we may find disappointment instead.…

  2. Essential Teachings Special: Releasing Unconsciousness

    · 33 min

    Eckhart says sometimes we experience a gravitational force that seems to push us back into unconsciousness. When we feel overwhelmed by watching the news or experience a painful loss, these are the moments when we need…

  3. Essential Teachings Special: Transforming Our Suffering into Awakening

    · 38 min

    Eckhart talks with a live audience about the paradox of suffering and awakening. He says the ego, in its attempt to strengthen itself, creates distress and eventually brings about its own destruction. For many, this…

  4. Essential Teachings Special: Forgiveness and Awakening

    · 24 min

    Eckhart discusses forgiveness. He says most of us carry resentments or grievances. Eckhart calls them internal dark spots that block consciousness from emerging and strengthen the ego. True forgiveness he says, is not…

  5. Essential Teachings Special: Accessing the Dimension Beyond Thought

    · 35 min

    Eckhart explains why our goal is to learn to access the transcendent part of ourselves which is beyond thinking. Most people have no connection to this state until some crisis pushes them to dig deeper. Eckhart says we…

  6. Essential Teachings Special: Real Change Begins with Our State of Consciousness

    · 31 min

    Eckhart says the most important things we can do is transform our state of consciousness, realize our connection to the source and let go of our self-imposed limitations. He compares the transcendent realm to the sun.…

  7. Essential Teachings Special: Know Thyself: Remembering Who We Are

    · 36 min

    Eckhart quotes ancient Greek philosopher, Pythagorus who said, “Know thyself.” Eckhart says unfortunately our educational system is geared toward only one kind of knowledge: the intellectual. He explains how there is…

  8. Essential Teachings Special: Rising Above Life’s Challenges

    · 40 min

    Eckhart asks, “When life’s challenges strike, how do we respond?” He questions do we rise above worn-out patterns with new awareness or do we spiral into the old unconsciousness. He says we shouldn’t blame ourselves…

  9. Essential Teachings Special: Growing Up and Waking Up

    · 35 min

    Eckhart discusses the path to awakening. He says there are two stages to a person’s life: waking up and growing up. Many start to awaken, only to later discover large parts of their personality lag behind; they haven’t…

  10. Essential Teachings Special: Liberation from the Mind

    · 34 min

    Eckhart says the beginning of liberation is when you realize you are not the thinker. He says many people derive their identity from what the mind tells them. For those who have not yet awakened that is where they find…

  11. Essential Teachings Special: The Joy of Being

    · 35 min

    Eckhart discusses discovering the joy of being. He says in any given moment we have the chance to remain open to life, align with what is and experience a natural sense of peace and aliveness. Eckhart helps us release…

  12. Essential Teachings Special: The Deep I

    · 42 min

    Eckhart takes listeners through a live meditation inspired by a quote from Ralph Waldo Emerson: “The wick of individual life runs deep into the oil of pure being." Eckhart says we have great depth within. He encourages…

  13. Essential Teachings Special: The Stillness Within

    · 44 min

    Eckhart takes listeners through two live meditations about the stillness within. He says finding the transcendent dimension is the only thing that will satisfy us. He believes it’s not something we can achieve, it’s…

  14. Essential Teachings Special: Addiction to Thinking

    · 44 min

    Eckhart answers questions on several topics, including one about addiction. He says people are addicted to many substances. But the greatest addiction of all is thinking. It’s like a drug…and people can’t stop. They…

  15. Essential Teachings Special: Surrendering the Ego

    · 34 min

    Eckhart addresses topics like surrendering the ego, what to do with anger and how to confront our fears. Eckhart says fear arises when we become drawn into negative thinking and project it into the future. He goes on…

  16. Essential Teachings Special: Liberation Through Stillness

    · 50 min

    Eckhart leads a meditation and then answers questions from a live audience. He says the most important thing to achieve in our lifetime is stillness because without it we feel frustrated, angry and discontent. He says…

  17. Essential Teachings Special: You are the Light of Consciousness

    · 51 min

    Eckhart talks with a live audience about the new consciousness he sees emerging around the world. He says one of life’s great mysteries is that the universe is conscious. While scientists struggle to define it and we…

  18. Essential Teachings Special: Beyond the Conceptual Self

    · 45 min

    Eckhart talks with a live audience about letting go of our false sense of self. He says when we base our identity on externals: our looks, what we do and where we live - that’s the ego. In that state, we’re either…

  19. Essential Teachings Special: Presence: The Natural Path that Leads to Life

    · 52 min

    Eckhart talks with a live audience about freeing oneself from the mind to find presence. He says, we must become aware of the harmful thoughts that hold us hostage. Life’s crises need not drag us into unconsciousness.…

  20. Essential Teachings Special: Accept Each Moment as if You Had Chosen It

    · 50 min

    Eckhart talks with a live audience about the process of becoming aware. When challenges arise, he says go with it. Learn to accept each moment as if we had chosen it. He explains that if you do this, what at first…

  21. Essential Teachings Special: Bringing Consciousness to This World

    · 1 h 01 min

    Eckhart talks with a live audience about his belief that we are meant to bring consciousness to this world. To do that, we must keep the pathways clear. We rise above thought, not fall below it, which is what happens…

  22. Essential Teachings Special: The Next Stage of Human Evolution

    · 44 min

    Original Air Date: September 30, 2021. Eckhart talks to a live audience. He says most of us are going through a transition in consciousness which he calls awakening. He sees that as the next stage of human evolution.…

  23. Essential Teachings Special: Awakening Right Where You Are

    · 58 min

    Original Air Date: September 23, 2021. Eckhart talks with a live audience and urges participants to wake up from the delusion that the things we think will make us happy… won’t. Even if we get everything on our…

  24. Essential Teachings Special: Releasing Barriers to Presence

    · 55 min

    Original Air Date: September 16, 2021 In this podcast, Eckhart talks with a live audience about clearing away the obstacles to presence. Eckhart says the entire universe is awakening and is in the early stages of…

  25. Essential Teachings Special: Presence, Healing and Wholeness

    · 50 min

    Original Air Date: September 9, 2021 Eckhart answers questions from a live audience including healthcare professionals: doctors, nurses, and therapists. They ask questions about how to deal with the expectations of…

  26. Essential Teachings Special: Wisdom And Stillness

    · 53 min

    Eckhart talks with a live audience about the importance of cultivating wisdom. He says the first step is acknowledging the magnitude of all that we don’t know. Then we step out of our “thinking mind,” with its chronic…

  27. Essential Teachings Special: Inner Spaciousness

    · 48 min

    Eckhart talks to a live audience about bringing meditation practice, inner spaciousness and what he calls presence, into our everyday lives. However, he cautions against making meditation one more chore on our “To-Do”…

  28. Essential Teachings Special: Love and Connection

    · 52 min

    Original Air Date: August 19, 2021 Eckhart talks with a live audience filled with both patients and healthcare professionals, about the new consciousness emerging in medicine. Eckhart explains why there has been a lack…

  29. Essential Teachings Special: Conscious Relationships

    · 44 min

    Original Air Date: August 12, 2021 Eckhart talks to an international audience in Greece. He brings his renowned wisdom to everyday concerns: like how to quiet an over-active mind, what is the best way to set boundaries…

  30. Essential Teachings Special: Love and Connection

    · 49 min

    Original Air Date: August 5, 2021 Eckhart Tolle meets with an international audience and answers questions on topics we can all relate to such as: are love and consciousness the same thing? Why do our egos drive us to…

  31. Essential Teachings Special: Eckhart’s Inner Journey

    · 48 min

    Original Air Date: July 29, 2021 Eckhart Tolle shares the story of his own personal journey and the spiritual transformation that led to his groundbreaking work. He recalls his childhood in Germany and Spain, his…

  32. Essential Teachings Special: Inner Peace

    · 47 min

    Original Air Date: July 22, 2021 Eckhart Tolle talks about the path to Inner Peace. He emphasizes that our inner state is not contingent on outer circumstances. Our job is to align with what he calls the “Is-ness” of…

  33. Essential Teachings Special: The United States of Awareness

    · 45 min

    Original Air Date: July 15, 2021 Eckhart Tolle talks with a live audience about a phenomenon he sees unfolding: which is the awakening of individuals around the world. He jokes that he could call them The United States…

  34. Essential Teachings Special: What Is Essential Is Invisible To The Eye

    · 54 min

    Original Air Date: July 8, 2021 Eckhart Tolle begins his talk joking with a live audience about a video game reviewed in the New York Times called Stillness. He laughs and wonders if his work is having an impact on…

  35. Essential Teachings Special: Purpose of Existence

    · 49 min

    Original Air Date: July 21, 2021 Eckhart Tolle touches on the purpose of human existence which he sees as evolutionary, awakening, to become fully human. He then answers related questions from a live audience on a…

  36. Essential Teachings Special: Dealing With Expectations

    · 50 min

    Original Air Date: June 24, 2021 In this podcast, Eckhart Tolle answers questions from a live audience about issues we all can relate to… like what to do when we compare ourselves to others, how to turn family…

  37. Essential Teachings Special: The Time is Always Now

    · 53 min

    Original Air Date: June 17, 2021 Eckhart Tolle talks with a live audience about the importance of living in the now. Drawing on ideas from his best-selling book, The Power of Now, Eckhart encourages participants not…

  38. Essential Teachings Special: Transcending Our Stories

    · 46 min

    Original Air Date: June 10, 2021 Eckhart Tolle talks with a live audience about our tendency to manufacture stories...about ourselves and others; our desperate need to be right and to make others wrong. Eckhart says…

  39. Essential Teachings Special: Practice of Presence

    · 43 min

    Original Air Date: May 21, 2021 Eckhart Tolle elaborates on the paradox of order and chaos that exists in our world. For many of us, especially this past year, living through the pandemic has wreaked havoc on our…

  40. Essential Teachings Special: Transforming Our Consciousness Through Adversity

    · 32 min

    Original Air Date: May 27, 2021 Eckhart Tolle says that we should not panic when life’s difficulties arise. He says adversity actually plays a critical role in the evolution of our consciousness. Without it we would…

  41. Essential Teachings Special: Challenging Times Can Awaken Us

    · 37 min

    Original Air Date: May 21, 2021 Eckhart Tolle shares his wisdom on living through challenging times. Whether it’s political upheaval, the pandemic or a personal crisis, Eckhart explains why adversity can actually help…

  42. Essential Teachings Special: The Paradox of Order and Chaos

    · 44 min

    Original Air Date: May 21, 2021 Eckhart Tolle elaborates on the paradox of order and chaos that exists in our world. For many of us, especially this past year, living through the pandemic has wreaked havoc on our…

  43. Essential Teachings Special: Challenging Times Can Awaken Us

    · 37 min

    Original Air Date: May 21, 2021 Eckhart Tolle shares his wisdom on living through challenging times. Whether it’s political upheaval, the pandemic or a personal crisis, Eckhart explains why adversity can actually help…

  44. Disorder Precedes Transcendence

    · 32 min

    In this podcast, Eckhart talks with an audience in Hawaii and then answers questions. Someone asks if the human race is going to survive. Eckhart explains if humanity is aligned with the purpose of the universe, which…

  45. What We Call My Life Is a Mental Fiction

    · 34 min

    In this episode, Eckhart elaborates on the narratives we create called My Life. He says these stories are really a work of fiction. It’s like we’re following a script. We play our part and go through all the motions.…

  46. Reclaiming Consciousness from The Mind

    · 40 min

    In this episode, Eckhart talks about the Being dimension which is where we find our true essence. However, for many of us Eckhart says our beingness gets lost in thinking. Our job is to separate the two. We reclaim…

  47. Pain Is the Touchstone To All Spiritual Growth

    · 31 min

    In this podcast, Eckhart talks about how difficult life circumstances often trigger awakening. Whether it’s a life-threatening disease, loss of a loved one or break up of a marriage he says pain is the touchstone to…

  48. We Are Part of a Vast Evolutionary Movement

    · 35 min

    In this episode, Eckhart explains that it is the destiny of all people to awaken from the conditioning of their minds and to free themselves from compulsive thinking. He explains when we resist awakening, we create…

  49. There Is Beauty in The Simplest Things

    · 35 min

    In this episode, Eckhart talks with an audience in Prague. He explains what happens as we become more conscious. He says we suddenly recognize our Beingness, in addition to the human aspect of ourselves. We become…

  50. Liberation From the Ego Is The End Of Suffering

    · 39 min

    In this podcast, Eckhart talks further about a necessary shift in consciousness. Buddhism, Judaism, Islam, Christianity and Hinduism all point to this message. Collectively, we’ve been reaching toward enlightenment for…

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