http://livingwithtolle.com The Teachings of Eckhart Tolle Applied to Daily Life | Podcast, Videos, and Articles Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:55:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 We explore "The Power of Now" and "A New Earth" and try to answer one practical question asked by many fans of Eckhart Tolle: How can you apply these teachings to daily life? In each podcast, hosts Greg Larsen and Leo Aristimuno guide you through relaxed conversations, interviews with special guests, practical spiritual practices, reflexive meditations, and simple recommendations for practicing presence and stillness in everyday life. For videos, articles, and information visit our web site please visit www.livingwithtolle.com Leo Aristimuno no Leo Aristimuno admin@livingwithtolle.com admin@livingwithtolle.com (Leo Aristimuno) Leo Aristimuno and Greg Larsen The teachings of Eckhart Tolle applied to daily life. Eckhart Tolle, Power of Now, New Earth, Meditation, Pain body, spirituality, Family, Zen, Happiness, Peace, Anxiety http://www.livingwithtolle.com/wp-content/images/RSS_graphic.png http://livingwithtolle.com TV-PG http://livingwithtolle.com/2011/08/08/living-with-tolle-10-the-pain-body/ http://livingwithtolle.com/2011/08/08/living-with-tolle-10-the-pain-body/#comments Mon, 08 Aug 2011 07:21:05 +0000 Leo http://livingwithtolle.com/?p=479 http://livingwithtolle.com/2011/08/08/living-with-tolle-10-the-pain-body/feed/ 43 eckhart,tolle,power,now,pain,body,awareness,practice,daily,living,depression On this episode of Living with Tolle we talk about the pain-body, a powerful spiritual insight Eckhart Tolle first introduced in The Power of Now. We explore how the pain-body manifests in life and strategies for dealing with the short term and long te... On this episode of Living with Tolle we talk about the pain-body, a powerful spiritual insight Eckhart Tolle first introduced in The Power of Now. We explore how the pain-body manifests in life and strategies for dealing with the short term and long term effects. What is the Pain-Body? The pain-body has been described by Eckhart Tolle as past emotional pain alive in your life today. The pain-body is a living entity or energy field that is attached to the authentic expression of your life. As such, it can be described as a parasitic energy field engorging itself on your life energy. Think of a tapeworm: it releases a chemical in the body that makes you crave food that feeds and engorges the parasite, but is actually bad for you. "The pain-body is a semi-autonomous energy-form that lives within most human beings, an entity made up of emotion.  It has its own primitive intelligence, not unlike a cunning animal, and its intelligence is directed primarily at survival. ~ Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth But the pain-body is not just a personal problem. The pain-body is a collective phenomenon. The pain-body is transferred to the individual through social and cultural conditioning. You experience the collective pain-body on a personal level and through the many ways it can manifest in your life. In fact, the collective pain-body survives through individuals remaining unconscious and contributing “pain” from personal experiences. Eckhart has stated that your greatest responsibility is to personally cleanse yourself of the pain-body, so you no longer add to the collective pain-body. Why is acceptance such a powerful spiritual practice in dealing with the pain-body? The pain-body has two states: active and dormant. When it is active, it is a sign that you are not conscious enough to keep from reacting to life from the pain. And even though it may be uncomfortable and counterintuitive, when the pain-body is active the only constructive response is to be in acceptance of what is happening in this moment. "The beginning of freedom from the pain-body lies first of all in the realization that you have a pain-body.  Then, more important, in your ability to stay present enough, alert enough, to notice the pain-body in yourself as a heavy influx of negative emotion when it becomes active.  When it is recognized, it can no longer pretend to be you and live and renew itself through you." ~ Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth If you enjoyed this podcast, you can share it with friends. Simply use the ShareThis button at the end of this post. Thanks! Key Highlights From Our Conversation Leo opens the conversation by talking about his recent feelings of depression. In short, daily life kicks in and overwhelms him. He describes a sense of “falling off the wagon,” specifically around his inability to feel present, to practice acceptance, and to connect with others in daily life, especially around his work life. Lack of time, work obligations, lack of joy all led him to a feeling of disillusionment with the spiritual teachings he’s been exploring. Even though intellectually the teachings make sense and have led him to a sense of awakening and greater presence, this “down” episode fundamentally challenges all he’s been working towards. He describes it as a feeling of having to go back and starting from the beginning. Greg points to the pain-body as a way to explain Leo’s situation. Thus begins a great conversation about the role of the pain-body on both a personal and a collective level and on the importance of acceptance as a powerful spiritual practice for dealing with the pain-body. (16:00) Many times people complain about the pain-body and don’t want it to come up. This is the ego complaining about the pain-body, but the energy of the complaint is what feeds the pain-body itself! So you have to go back to step one, which is acceptance. The best response is to be in acceptance when the pain-body is active, Larsen and Aristimuno no 30:43 http://livingwithtolle.com/2011/06/16/living-with-tolle-take-5-dating-fear-and-the-ego/ http://livingwithtolle.com/2011/06/16/living-with-tolle-take-5-dating-fear-and-the-ego/#comments Fri, 17 Jun 2011 03:57:58 +0000 Leo http://livingwithtolle.com/?p=869 http://livingwithtolle.com/2011/06/16/living-with-tolle-take-5-dating-fear-and-the-ego/feed/ 7 Eckhart Tolle, Power of Now, New Earth, Dating, Fear, Ego, Romance, Partner, Living With Tolle, Presence, Peace, Pain Body In this episode: You want connect with someone you are attracted to. You want to take the first step, but are overcome with fear. All this fear stems from the ego. Becoming aware of the ego is the first step towards overcoming your fears. In this episode: You want connect with someone you are attracted to. You want to take the first step, but are overcome with fear. All this fear stems from the ego. Becoming aware of the ego is the first step towards overcoming your fears. Play Now: Take 5 : Dating, Fear, and the Ego or Listen in a new window (12:36) Right-click to download(14.5MB) To send comments, share stories, and suggest real life situations of your own, simply use the comment section below to continue the conversation. Living With Tolle "Take 5" is a new series of podcasts full of practical tips to guide you through the challenges of daily life. In this series of short programs, we look at specific, real life situations that challenge our ability to stay present. Life Coach Greg Larsen and Leo Aristimuno guide us towards a state of awareness and presence through the fundamental teachings of Eckhart Tolle. We also continue to produce our longer, more in-depth podcasts once a month. If you find this podcast of value, we invite you to write a brief review on iTunes. Thank you! Aristimuno and Larsen no 12:36 http://livingwithtolle.com/2010/08/11/ts_thegay_pain_body/ http://livingwithtolle.com/2010/08/11/ts_thegay_pain_body/#comments Wed, 11 Aug 2010 16:59:55 +0000 Greg http://livingwithtolle.com/?p=2231 http://livingwithtolle.com/2010/08/11/ts_thegay_pain_body/feed/ 9 Eckhart Tolle, gay, homosexuality, homosexual, inner peace, LGBT, The Power of Now, A New Earth, Living With Tolle, Power, Now, Can the teachings of Eckhart Tolle help dissolve the personal and collective gay pain-body? Is being gay a help or hindrance to spiritual awakening? Does the label “Gay” limit a deeper experience of the true essence of life? Can the teachings of Eckhart Tolle help dissolve the personal and collective gay pain-body? Is being gay a help or hindrance to spiritual awakening? Does the label “Gay” limit a deeper experience of the true essence of life? On this recording of our August 3, 2010, teleseminar, we were joined by special guest Richard "Nick" Fyffe to explore what the teachings of Eckhart Tolle say about being gay, the possibilities for healing, being honest, living an authentic life, and spiritual awakening. In our conversation, we discussed how the process of labeling people (and ourselves) in general can often lead to an overidentification with the egoic label itself. We also talked about how the gay man, though a heightened sensitivity to difference, might in fact be closer to appreciating the different forms that are all expressions of a unified life force that bonds us all together as one. Nick is a Peace Minister with the non-denominational, interfaith Beloved Community. As a Minister of Spiritual Peacemaking, Nick works with other gay men who find themselves in the grips of Christian fundamentalism, and especially men who are now in traditional marriages and find themselves living a lie. This was a deeply moving interview with a ton of great insights for healing the gay pain-body and living your truth. We invite you to listen with an open heart, and to share this conversation with all those who may benefit from its message of hope, healing, and love. Peace, Leo & Greg About Our Guest Richard “Nick” Fyffe, Peace Minister, likes nothing more than regarding himself as a “regular Joe”….”I find it more and more “extraordinary” to be “ordinary”….How liberating it is to “come without credentials” without the labels that one imposes on oneself or the labels society loves to put in place”. Just a bit about Nick. Nick is from Ohio but has lived in Arizona for 6 years with his partner Brian. They have been together 10 years. After graduating high school, Nick married very young at age 18, and soon after had 2 sons. When he was “outed” as a gay, he divorced at age 23. Years and decades of self-judgment, family rejection and the loss of visitation with his sons, depression deepened and manifested in a self-induced Christian fundamentalist mindset. The combination of being gay and Christian launched him into a deep spiritual quest for relief from his depression. During this time Nick was engrossed in his working career of nearly 30 years with AT&T. Then came along Eckhart Tolle…..life changed…quickly at first, then some back sliding and little by little things started shifting. “I’ve allowed the thought (forms) of others to manage my entire life…and worse yet…I adopted them as my own”…..an intense study of Eckhart’s teachings followed, along with the teachings of Krishnamurt, one of Echhart’s often quoted spiritual teachers. This brings us to the present period when Nick was recently ordained as a “Minister of Spiritual Peacemaking” or “Peace Minister” after completion of seminary studies with the “Beloved Community Seminary” (a non-denominations interfaith seminary). Nick’s Peace Ministry has been focusing primarily on working with other gay men, who find themselves in the grips of Christian fundamentalism and especially men who are now in traditional marriages and find themselves living a lie. Those who married because their religion told them to do so or they followed societies traditional “Thinking”….JUST LIKE NICK DID. Nick can be reached at nickfyffe (at) aol.com. Update:  Here is part 1 of a presentation tapped at the Bodhi Tree Bookstore with special guests Nick Fyffe and Peter Bedard of www.CreateYourHealth.com. Sign Up for Our Free Teleseminar Series   Our teleseminars are free and are held on the first Tuesday of every month at 5:30PT/8:30ET. Aristimuno and Larsen no 1:06:00 http://livingwithtolle.com/2010/05/12/ts-find-relief-from-your-pain-body-with-emotional-freedom-techniques-eft-interview-with-jon-boyd-barrett/ http://livingwithtolle.com/2010/05/12/ts-find-relief-from-your-pain-body-with-emotional-freedom-techniques-eft-interview-with-jon-boyd-barrett/#comments Wed, 12 May 2010 05:14:04 +0000 Greg http://livingwithtolle.com/?p=1933 http://livingwithtolle.com/2010/05/12/ts-find-relief-from-your-pain-body-with-emotional-freedom-techniques-eft-interview-with-jon-boyd-barrett/feed/ 0 anxiety,awareness,eckhart tolle,Emotional Freedom,inner body,new earth,pain body,power of now,reflection,Reiki,Tapping Are you searching for relief from what Eckhart Tolle describes as your "pain-body"? On this recording of our May 4, 2010, teleseminar, we are joined by special guest Jon Boyd Barrett to discuss how practices such as Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT), Are you searching for relief from what Eckhart Tolle describes as your "pain-body"? On this recording of our May 4, 2010, teleseminar, we are joined by special guest Jon Boyd Barrett to discuss how practices such as Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT), Reiki, and Tapping, can help you release or dissolve the pain-body. Leo Aristimuno no http://livingwithtolle.com/2010/03/17/addiction_recovery_eckhart_tolle_peter_marinelli/ http://livingwithtolle.com/2010/03/17/addiction_recovery_eckhart_tolle_peter_marinelli/#comments Thu, 18 Mar 2010 03:44:34 +0000 Greg http://livingwithtolle.com/?p=1847 http://livingwithtolle.com/2010/03/17/addiction_recovery_eckhart_tolle_peter_marinelli/feed/ 34 Eckhart Tolle, Inner Peace, addiction, recovery, Living With Tolle, Power of Now, Sober, anxiety Are you suffering from an addiction to alcohol, drugs, sex, or eating? How can the teachings of Eckhart Tolle help support you? How can you find the spiritual path to recovery? On this recording of our March 2, 2010, teleseminar, Are you suffering from an addiction to alcohol, drugs, sex, or eating? How can the teachings of Eckhart Tolle help support you? How can you find the spiritual path to recovery? On this recording of our March 2, 2010, teleseminar, we discuss addiction and recovery with special guest Peter Marinelli. In this conscious conversation about addiction and recovery,  Peter shares from a deep place of experience and wisdom how the Twelve Step Program and the teachings of Eckhart Tolle have helped and inspired him to find a deeply spiritual path to recovery. It is evident he "walks the talk" when it comes to practicing spiritual disciplines for cultivating permanent sobriety. Peter shares stories about his own process of recovery.  He explains how seeking information is not enough. Rather, it is seeking an experience with the information, and seeking an experience with the God of your understanding, that leads to inner transformation. Peter is very versed with the teachings of Eckhart Tolle and the power of discovering silence, stillness, presence, and the now for growing spiritually. This interview has generated a lot of buzz and we highly recommend making some space in your life to take a listen! Peace, Leo & Greg Now for more on our guest: Peter Marinelli has been sober over 21 years and has dedicated his life to helping others recover from alcoholism and drug addiction. As an international circuit speaker, Peter has given hundreds of talks across the US and Europe on subjects related to recovery. He has spoken at numerous treatment centers, universities and before medical organizations to both suffers and clinicians alike. Peter has also been invited to speak for the National Council on Alcoholism and been a guest on talk radio (Afflicted and Affected) and done workshops on Spiritual Transformation for various religious organizations. Peter has spent the majority of his sobriety in the Treatment Industry and his mission is to help addicts and alcoholics recover from their fatal illness. Sign Up for Our Free Teleseminar Series   Our teleseminars are free and are held on the first Tuesday of every month at 5:30PT/8:30ET. L. Aristimuno and G. Larsen no 1:01:54 http://livingwithtolle.com/2009/04/02/lwt-13-the-pain-body-in-others-spring-fund-drive/ http://livingwithtolle.com/2009/04/02/lwt-13-the-pain-body-in-others-spring-fund-drive/#comments Fri, 03 Apr 2009 03:44:04 +0000 Leo http://livingwithtolle.com/?p=1104 http://livingwithtolle.com/2009/04/02/lwt-13-the-pain-body-in-others-spring-fund-drive/feed/ 26 Eckhart Tolle, Power of Now, New Earth, Intuition, Fear, Family, Pain Body, Living With Tolle, Practice, Acceptance On this episode of Living with Tolle we discuss other people’s pain bodies. What can you do when you see the special people around you suffering and you want to help? What can you do to support them in their awakening? This month, On this episode of Living with Tolle we discuss other people’s pain bodies. What can you do when you see the special people around you suffering and you want to help? What can you do to support them in their awakening? This month, we're also holding our Spring Fund Drive! Play Now Episode 13: The Pain Body in Other People & Spring Fund Drive or Listen in a new window (40:37 minutes) Right-click to download to your PC, or [ctrl + click] to save to Mac (46.5MB) Summary and Key Insights From This Episode You Can Help Us Grow We begin this podcast by talking about our Spring Fund Drive. During the month of April, you, our listeners, can help us grow by making a donation online. To show our gratitude, we are offering two special thank you gifts for those who donate: a video meditation and a tele-seminar led by Greg. Thank you in advance for all your support and for helping us continue to grow. The Pain Body in Those Around Us (at Minute 9:00) We begin the discussion by sharing that a lot of recent listener feedback has been around the topic of other people’s pain-bodies. The common refrain in all of these inquires has been: “I see them suffering and I want to help.” As we awaken, through the teachings of Eckhart Tolle or other teachings, and cultivate a deeper level of awareness into the causes of our suffering, we naturally want to extend this wisdom or knowledge to those that we love and see suffering. And if the teachings of Eckhart Tolle have triggered your awakening and his insights into the pain-body have been part of a deeper shift, then seeing someone suffer senselessly is not easy to deal with. Clear insights into the workings of the pain-body in your own life can lead to revelations into your condition and finally enable you to create what Tolle calls “space.” You are finally able to witness the pain body creating havoc within you and for the first time in your life, you can practice being “space” instead of the conditioned reaction. As you create a greater degree of space, then less of your life energy is tangled up in the pain body. How do I share my insights with those I love? If you have experienced an awakening, but your spouse, partner, child or parent has not, then how do you share the teachings or insights with them so that they get it? You may be in a similar situation. Most people report that the other is not interested or won’t listen at all. They remain stuck in their unconscious ways and do not want your input or advice. So the best thing you can do is take your focus off of them and re-direct it back to yourself. If your pain body is being triggered by another person’s pain-body, then the problem is not their pain body but yours. You need to grow in presence power so you can be “space” for the other person. When their pain body is active or acting out, can you be in complete acceptance and offer the “space” to be, for the energy of the pain body to rise and fall? The pain-body in most people will always return to a dormant state, and so it is a matter of not reacting and allowing that energy to subside. Leo emphasizes that this is not about getting people to “believe in Tolle.” He shares about his own past transformational experiences and the resistance me met from those around him after such growth. Keep in mind that after any sort of deeply transformative experience, the other people in your life will still be at their current level of transformation. How can being in acceptance of the situation help? If the other person is not willing to change, or if they have not entered their season of awakening, then resisting their current state of consciousness will only drain you of energy. If you are exerting all of your energy in an attempt to force the person to bend when they are not ready to bend, you will expend much of your precious life energy. If you were to take that life energy and re-direct it back into your own conscious growth, Aristimuno and Larsen no 40:37 http://livingwithtolle.com/2009/03/03/living-with-tolle-take-5-kids/ http://livingwithtolle.com/2009/03/03/living-with-tolle-take-5-kids/#comments Tue, 03 Mar 2009 06:47:27 +0000 Leo http://livingwithtolle.com/?p=852 http://livingwithtolle.com/2009/03/03/living-with-tolle-take-5-kids/feed/ 2 Eckhart Tolle, Power of Now, New Earth, Tantrums, Family, Anger, Living With Tolle, Practice, Presence, Peace, Parenting, Kids, Children, Pain Body, Greg Larsen In this episode: How to maintain presence when your kids challenge you with tantrums. - Living With Tolle "Take 5" is a new series of podcasts full of practical tips to guide you through the challenges of daily life. - In this series, In this episode: How to maintain presence when your kids challenge you with tantrums. Living With Tolle "Take 5" is a new series of podcasts full of practical tips to guide you through the challenges of daily life. In this series, we look at specific, real life situations that challenge our ability to stay present. Life Coach Greg Larsen and Leo Aristimuno guide us back towards a state of awareness and presence through the fundamental teachings of Eckhart Tolle. We also continue to produce our longer, more in-depth podcasts once a month. Your iTunes reviews, subscriptions, and support continue to help us blossom! We are now the #1 podcast in the iTunes Self-Help Category! Thank you! Play Now: Take 5 : How To Maintain Presence With Your Kids or Listen in a new window (8:31 minutes) Right-click to save to your computer or MP3 Player (9.7MB) You can send comments, share stories, and suggest real life situations of your own. Simply use the comment section below to continue the conversation. Aristimuno and Larsen no 8:31 http://livingwithtolle.com/2009/02/24/reflecting-on-avoiding-confrontation/ http://livingwithtolle.com/2009/02/24/reflecting-on-avoiding-confrontation/#comments Tue, 24 Feb 2009 04:23:40 +0000 Leo http://livingwithtolle.com/?p=844 http://livingwithtolle.com/2009/02/24/reflecting-on-avoiding-confrontation/feed/ 8 http://livingwithtolle.com/2008/09/12/lwt-episodepodcast3-overcominganxiety/ http://livingwithtolle.com/2008/09/12/lwt-episodepodcast3-overcominganxiety/#comments Fri, 12 Sep 2008 05:10:08 +0000 Leo http://livingwithtolle.com/?p=304 http://livingwithtolle.com/2008/09/12/lwt-episodepodcast3-overcominganxiety/feed/ 1 eckhart tolle, power of now, new earth, anxiety, inner peace, presence Anxiety. What is it? How to deal with it? Tips for harnessing nervous energy and practicing presence to powerfully engage in the game of life. - Key Insights From Our Conversation: Leo shares his anxieties about having a baby. Anxiety. What is it? How to deal with it? Tips for harnessing nervous energy and practicing presence to powerfully engage in the game of life. Key Insights From Our Conversation: Leo shares his anxieties about having a baby. Managing the “butterflies” or nervous energy as an actor or speaker Harnessing the influx of life energy as a performer Managing “stage fright” and consciously choosing an inspired performance Cultivating the dynamic intelligence of the body Practice being present to prepare the body for “game time” in life Be a professional at being present – to give your best performance Becoming your own “life saver” Acceptance and cultivating presence enables you to powerfully engage in life Feeling good in the body Join the Conversation (Share a Comment) What situations in your life cause you anxiety? Have you been paralyzed or inspired by anxiety? How have you harnessed the creative energy behind anxiety? Does regularly cultivating presence on a regular basis help you when it's game time? Aristimuno & Larsen no 28:21