Having read and studied numerous spiritual books including the bible, I find that what Eckhart Tolle teaches to be very valuable.
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I can't see how folks admire ET. Its not intellectually coherent. He uses the mind to attack the mind. He doesn't live what he preaches. The guy is now running a multimillion dollar empire! There are many psychologists who teach Mindfulness, without the gibberish, and that can help. Cognitive Therapy is much better too. I happened to see an Oprah show the other day, and didn&#
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If you say so, Mikko ... (rolling my eyes)
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Eckhart Tolle is a fine spiritual teacher.
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Hi Anticult, yeah, same old drivel, but I suppose it is not surprising that our mass junk-consuming society literally "eats it up"...it is very sad and alarming.. and yes, i agree, it is disgraceful...so many people are such Sheep! later, shad
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Ugh, that Oprah show about Beyond The Secret was painful to watch. Its interesting that they target women 100% with this stuff. Only one male on the entire show, and it was more of a joke. The entire show can be summed up with... The Confirmation Bias. Testimonials Not one shread of real evidence. Zero. One of Oprah's experts, is Martha Beck. She appears to be a former Mormon
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Shad, I think it is similar to Manufacturing Consent, by Chomsky. Its the first step, softening up the mind, fertilizing the soil for the Suggestions to come. Did anyone read that drivel by Eckhart Tolle above? Its a bunch of manipulative New Age jargon. Oprah today is having ANOTHER show about "The Secret" and also connecting it to Eckhart Tolle. Unbelievable, she is ramming thi
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Joe 23 I know that I am not a "mean-spirited, ill-informed knee-jerk", just as I know that I do not have to swallow arsenic to know that it will kill me! party on! Shad
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Yep "Anticult", the photo of Tolle kind of creeped me out, and then I remembered something about a group in Richmond, BC (an hour's drive from where I live), who were practicing the same kind of rubbish as The Secret and Landmark, taking thousands and thousands of $$ from people. But I wonder if he is just one of the graduates of places like Landmark, Insignt etc. They have to ke
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The promo for the ET-Oprah "course" tells people to read the book, and "it's ok if you don't understand it all", they will explain it to you later. That is a classic cultish technique. Below is an "excerpt" in a teaser for the course, to get you to buy the book, and sign-up to Oprah's World. (They still have not stated whether or not it is free
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Oprah is starting an entire online "course" with ET Eckhart Tolle. It looks to be 10 weeks long, and starts next month, or something. She is promoting the hell out of this thing. Her catch-line is GET READY TO BE AWAKENED. That is a line from hypnosis. Of course, the irony is that ET is the opposite if getting awakened, its putting your mind to sleep. I have heard some specula
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when I heard that Oprah was pushing this Tolle guy I immediately thought back to that the big blooper she made with that young fellow who wrote a book about being addicted to drugs, and he turned out to be a big liar...Oprah ended up with egg on her face. The same might happen again; i think her staff are not doing their background checks on some of these people. I also think, (in my not so
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Hi JOL, if my emoticon worked it would show a little yellow jiggling face, as in *chuckle* good point, if somewhat, umm, (can't find the word)..."zennish"? regards, shad
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Can someone please define 'NOW'? I mean, when is now? Ooops, it's just gone! Oh, you say read this book to arrive at now. So, it's in the future?
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Hi Corboy, thanks for your comments, you make some interesting points... I have not met many truly enlightenen and (transcendent) personality in my short visit to this planet earth, but the ones who have taught me the most (and best) have not charged me a penny.... what more can i say, regards, the shad
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Hi Coz, when I heard Oprah sending out a "shout-out" for people to jump on the band-wagon for this new "movement" and I heard the name "Eckhart" my red flags started waving, bells went off in my head, so I immediately "goggled" his name...I see he is living in BC (help!)... ..then yesterday a friend of my sister phoned me and was raving on about his boo
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QuoteThe AnticultWow, great, I did a search and there was already some threads here about this Eckhart Tolle guy. Well, guess what. The Secret was not enough for Oprah. Now she is going to promote another one to her legions of followers. Oprah is now pushing Eckhart Tolle. One wonders does Oprah take any time at all to THINK about this stuff, or is it that it just sounds good? Why does s
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Wow, great, I did a search and there was already some threads here about this Eckhart Tolle guy. Well, guess what. The Secret was not enough for Oprah. Now she is going to promote another one to her legions of followers. Oprah is now pushing Eckhart Tolle. One wonders does Oprah take any time at all to THINK about this stuff, or is it that it just sounds good? Why does she always promote
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the article about the little girl was a joke. seriously, i actually thought it was a parody of that wide-eyed, 1930's style, "reefer madness"-type paranoia. "eckhart tolle is killing our children!!" To date around 4 million people have read the power of now and one little girl goes out in the woods and gets killed and it's because of the book?? peopl
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QuoteSitUbuSitI find the level of emotion in what I have read so far to be revealing. First, Tolle is not 100% correct, but be watchful to not toss the baby with the dirty bath water. Second, just because someone is not 100% correct does not mean they are 100% wrong either. I can testify to you of a personal understanding of my own self and how I work that has partially resulted from Tol
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i know i'm a little late to the party here, but... its amusing to watch the mean-spirited, knee jerk, ill-informed ridicule of Tolle from a group of people who already made up their minds that he was wrong before even being exposed to him. I read two of his books and found them both very helpful, as have millions of other people. it might shock you to hear that we are not all morons. (and
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"If thoughts produce emotions and the emotions hurt and if I choose my thoughts, what is driving me to hurt myself with painful thoughts and emotions?" SitUbuSit, I'd like concrete, real-world examples of how a person who, for instance, is grieving the loss of loved one, would be driving themselves to hurt with painful thoughts of loss. Are sadness and anger conside
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Cosmophilosopher, I picked up an ET CD from the library last week and just got the chance to play it. OMG! Germanish-Britishish-Gibberish. I can't imagine driving my car and listening to this. I never would have picked this up but I really needed a good laugh. Hope
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SitUbuSit: Your post is barely coherent and rambling. What is your point posting here? Can you make a succinct point?
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I find the level of emotion in what I have read so far to be revealing. First, Tolle is not 100% correct, but be watchful to not toss the baby with the dirty bath water. Second, just because someone is not 100% correct does not mean they are 100% wrong either. I can testify to you of a personal understanding of my own self and how I work that has partially resulted from Tolle's writ
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Thanks. QuoteshimonTeh Miracles center link they do not have any Hawkins audios on it, you are mistaken, there is nothing to listen on there. That one has been deleted as well, strangely. He gave a talk on July 26, 2006 ( ). Perhaps if you contacted them they still have it somewhere or could get it to you if you wanted. QuoteshimonThe google video, I did see it before it was taken down. I
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Hi Phoenix Potter, I find your posts so awesome and informative, you rock man. I cant wait to read what you write. It is so helpful and refreshing to hear these perspectives. I cant wait to hear what is happening right at this moment. Please do share when you know more. Everything you share is so enlighteneing and thought provoking. I have gained so much already by reading you. Teh Miracle
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Below are the "39 criteria for identification of teachers and teachings with integrity" according to Hawkins. I address each. Identification and Characteristics of Spiritual Truth, Integrous Teachers and Teachings By Sir David R. Hawkins, MD, PhD 1. Universality: Truth is true at all times and places, independent of culture, personalities, or circumstances. Hawkins’ AK testin
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I tried to get information about the gurus of the Sedona Method via the internet, and ran into the same problem. Only glowing testimonials of how wonderful it was. Nothing even slightly critical of either the method or the gurus. I actually wasted quite a bit of money buying the tapes, books, and even took a couple of 2-day seminars. I can't say that it made a significant difference in
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QuoteSarahLhttp://www.nowsymbol.com/ For $6 plus $2 for shipping and handling we can buy a NOW symbol for our cars, for some reason we are instructed to place it on the left rear trunk area. The NOW Symbol Formed by two simple characters, the NOW symbol signifies the present moment. > represents the completed past. < represents the future, which is unknowable. The gap b
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