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The Illusion of Time Audio CD – May 1, 2011

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Eckhart Tolle invites us to explore the typical day-to-day state of consciousness for most people, a state of being where we hope that the future will be better, or fear that it will be worse, than what is happening at this moment. Eckhart leads us to the astonishing realization that the future ultimately only exists as a thought in your head. He also elaborates on the sense of incompleteness we instil in ourselves by identifying with our thoughts, which always concern the past & future, creating unease with the present moment. In this talk, Eckhart describes how the more time dominates your life, the more identified you are with thought, including: - The way in which the concept of time is used by the mind to explain change - The conceptual identity we rely on to construct our sense of self - How this identity creates distance between self and other - How the human urge to create conflict provides a substitute for a true feeling of aliveness

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Time is not experienced, only the Now is experienced. In this talk, Eckhart brings a sense of clarity around our experience of time. He describes how the unconscious mind is always unhappy in the present moment because it is always looking to the future for something better. He explains how the mind creates a story of me to build up a false sense of self, the ego. The ego always hopes to find what seems to be missing in the present moment by looking towards the next moment which never arrives except as the Now. This unconscious state of being relies on our thinking mind, on our understanding of past and future as important, crucial elements to our existence. Eckhart describes past and future as only thought-forms , concepts created by the mind which are used to understand change. The mind-made sense of self , or ego, is always searching for meaning. At the most basic level, the creation of a self implies that there must also be the other . Eckhart explains that the more one identifies with thinking, the more the ego is in control. Thus, it becomes more difficult to sense your own aliveness, the shared consciousness of all life. Eckhart describes how the ego struggles to create meaning in an unconscious world by seeking it out through interactions and behaviors that provoke responses. For example, he notes that conflict can be one way for people to feel alive, if only on a negative level. Pain, suffering, and human drama can create a secondary sense of aliveness, which he explains is a substitution for the real sense of aliveness - that which comes from simply feeling the timeless consciousness that you are, which resides beneath all forms, including thought. --Natalie Schreiber

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English
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Eckhart Teachings
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May 1, 2011
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7.87 x 5.51 x 1.57 inches
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1894884906
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978-1894884907
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Eckhart Teachings (May 1, 2011)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1894884906
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1894884907
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.2 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.87 x 5.51 x 1.57 inches

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Eckhart Tolle was born in Germany. When he was 29, a profound spiritual transformation virtually dissolved his old identity and radically changed the course of his life. He is now a counsellor and spiritual teacher, and the author of The Power of Now, Practising the Power of Now and Stillness Speaks. He lives in Vancouver.

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SamaraNu

You don't have to be a Tolle fan...

Reviewed in the United States on July 15, 2013

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...to appreciate and enjoy these CD's. There are two in the set. There is no religiosity in any of Eckhart Tolle's works - only a gently humorous and deeply compassionate spiritual teaching. He is not a guru, nor is he any kind of messiah - simply a good teacher and guide.

In this set - The Illusion of Time - he helps me to understand the true nature of time and what, for many of us, is an unhealthy misunderstanding of it. The basic premise is that we tend to live in the past and the future, while all that is ever happening is happening in the NOW. Very Buddhist, in a way, but richer, gentler and more humorous as far as I am concerned. Give it a try. Also, try his books. Those were my intro and I find them very helpful - The Power of Now and The New Earth are my faves.

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Greta

These CD's were wonderful! I listen while I'm driving and it's so ...

Reviewed in the United States on August 31, 2017

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These CD's were wonderful!
I listen while I'm driving and it's so great to get great information while relaxing (driving is something I like to do)
I just can't get enough of this info and it helps me SO much to live a life in my own truth.

Reviewed in the United States on July 20, 2019

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I listen to this everyday on my hour drive to work. Over n over and I always hear something new.
ET describes the true reality.

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JMF

If we could all live like he talks about we would be happy people

Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2014

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This is deep information so I really have to listen to what Eckhart is saying. If we could all live like he talks about we would be happy people.

Reviewed in the United States on April 29, 2014

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I very much like this cd, as it is easy to understand, funny but serious too. It makes one stop and think of our life as most of us live it now, and that maybe we need to learn to live more into the moment, with more consideration of those we share this planet and life with, as we are all one.

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Larry E. Wilson

Time and space

Reviewed in the United States on January 11, 2014

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Time and space are illusions and this 2 disk set helps us to better understand the concept of time. Which, byt the way, is a creation of mankind so that we have some sort of reference for our activities. Animals don't use time and don't need time. So, if you have time buy this audio set and listen to it.

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Martha K. Dane

Eckhart Tolle

Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2019

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Made a wonderful gift.