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/2011/08/10/podcast-episode-5-practicing-acceptance/ http://livingwithtolle.com/2011/08/10/podcast-episode-5-practicing-acceptance/#comments Wed, 10 Aug 2011 06:23:15 +0000 Leo http://livingwithtolle.com/?p=407 http://livingwithtolle.com/2011/08/10/podcast-episode-5-practicing-acceptance/feed/ 1 eckhart, tolle, power, now, new, earth, parenting, joy, presence, being, practice, fatherhood, peace, acceptance, On this episode of Living With Tolle we focus on "Acceptance," the first stage of "Awakened Doing," as explained by Eckhart Tolle in A New Earth. Practicing acceptance can help us cope with tragic loss, daily life, On this episode of Living With Tolle we focus on "Acceptance," the first stage of "Awakened Doing," as explained by Eckhart Tolle in A New Earth. Practicing acceptance can help us cope with tragic loss, daily life, and the challenges of personal awakening. Play Now or Listen in a new window (32 minutes) Right-click to save to your computer (44MB) If you enjoyed this podcast, you can share it with friends. Simply use the ShareThis button at the end of this post. Thanks! Key Insights From Our Conversation: Sharing transformative experiences with others feels good. The process of awakening, on a personal and spiritual level, affects you in unexpected ways. Personal Awakening is not about creating a fixed paradise, but about being in the process of continually creating paradise “Acceptance” can help you deal with and recover from loss and tragedies, such as hurricanes. The Ego creates itself through identification by attaching itself to form, to things around us, and even to our thoughts. When those are stripped away, we have an opportunity to realize “I am not my possessions” or “I am not my thoughts.” Even in the face of loss, you can still experience the present moment, inner aliveness, and the joy of being. An explanation of Awakened Doing: (from Chapter 10 of A New Earth) Step 1: Acceptance. Step 2: Enjoyment. Step 3: Enthusiasm. Begin with Acceptance: It is fundamental. [Watch Greg speaking about acceptance] How do you accept a flat tire? How do you accept cold soup at a restaurant? How do you accept your kids’ tantrums or daily messes? A state of non-acceptance is a state of resistance, which creates Negativity. Acceptance can help you listen to your kids, accepting their emotions, creating deeper empathy and better connections with them. How can we practice acceptance without “putting up with” undesirable situations and challenges? Acceptance is not about a passive resignation to life’s situations. Accept the situation, acknowledge the problem, then consciously correct the situation through acceptance. Though your conditioned way of being can react to problems by complaining, creating drama, anger, and frustrations, acceptance allows you to engage life’s challenges in more clear-headed, dynamic, and creative ways. Acceptance allows for clarity of mind. Don’t engage in drama, false stories, internal complaints, inaccurate interpretations of what’s happening around you. All this energy wasted in the drama can actually make the problem worse. Rather, accept the situation and the present moment as it is unfolding. The solutions you seek are more readily available through acceptance than through resistance. Questions to our audience: How is your inability to create acceptance wasting energy in your life? How is your resistance to life creating more anger or anxiety than necessary? How do you experience resistance in your life? How do you experience acceptance? What has happens when you have accepted the situation differently, more fully, without the resistance? Have our conversations helped you to reach that moment of acceptance? Please share your experiences and your feedback in the "Response" section below. As we continue to develop our site, your comments on everything from content to design will be very valuable. Thanks for listening. Peace. Leo & Greg Larsen and Aristimuno no 31:58 http://livingwithtolle.com/2011/08/10/living-with-tolle-11-honoring-your-intuition/ http://livingwithtolle.com/2011/08/10/living-with-tolle-11-honoring-your-intuition/#comments Wed, 10 Aug 2011 04:51:09 +0000 Leo http://livingwithtolle.com/?p=632 http://livingwithtolle.com/2011/08/10/living-with-tolle-11-honoring-your-intuition/feed/ 2 Eckhart Tolle, Power of Now, New Earth, Intuition, Fear, Family, Work, Living With Tolle, Practice On this episode of Living With Tolle we explore ways to cultivate your intuition through the teachings of Eckhart Tolle. We discuss how to trust your intuition to help inspire your decision-making process in everyday life situations. - On this episode of Living With Tolle we explore ways to cultivate your intuition through the teachings of Eckhart Tolle. We discuss how to trust your intuition to help inspire your decision-making process in everyday life situations. Key Insights From Our Conversation: We begin the conversations exploring how the question “how am I being called to serve?” can be answered through "intuitive knowing," a process in which we listen to our intuition. Typically, with that answer comes a sense of expansion and a positive feeling. But soon we begin to hear the voice of the ego that second guesses our own intuition with words like: “you could never do that,” or “you don’t have enough money to do that.” This can thwart or challenge your intuitive sense around how you're being called to serve. So, is the guidance you are hearing that of your intuition or that of your ego? A good way to know this is to sense how the thought makes you feel. Do you feel expansive, positive, creative, or do you feel constricted, contracted and closed off to your creativity. Remember, the goal of the ego and pain body is to thwart your intuition if it does not feed the ego! Leo shares his experience at a recent meeting at work, how intuition was guiding his decision to participate, and the energy that kept him from contributing – the energy of internal doubt. Once he was able to let his intuition speak, there was an expansion of his ideas and the ideas in the room. How do you foster and nurture intuition? Greg shares a key insight from the works of Tolle – the body is a portal into the now. Unlike your mind, which can project a phantom self into the past and future, your body is completely grounded in the present moment. You body is fully anchored in the now. The key is to give your conscious attention, or your energy, to your body – instead of allowing you energy to be consumed in thoughts about the past and future. A fundamental practice is to give you attention to what Tolle describes as your “inner-body.” This spiritual practicing involves tuning into the inner energy field of the body and sensing an inner tingling sensation, or inner “aliveness.” (There is a video on the website that will guide you in the process of connecting to the inner body.) Intuition is a response of the body, the intelligence of the body and how it perceives the energy of another person, along with what is being spoken. The body interprets the vibration and the information. So trusting your intuition is really a process of trusting the intelligence of the body, even though the ego is generating thoughts that are second guessing your intuitive responses. The ego is trying to protect itself, and your intuition can be a threat to the ego. Awareness of your thoughts is key. A great practice to determine the source of your thoughts, whether your intuition or ego, is to ask the questions: what is the nature and quality of these thoughts. If they are expansive, foster creativity, connection and service, it would be a good guess they are coming from your intuition. If your thoughts are contractive, selfish, constrictive, fearful or limiting, they are probably emerging from the ego.  What experience are your thoughts creating? How can your intuition guide your productivity? Greg shares that with all the information coming at us in today’s world, using your intuition to evaluate the “value” of the information coming across your awareness will be an invaluable tool for increasing your personal productivity. In the past, you may have been able to look at each piece of information and analyze it, to really digest the information, but now there is just too much. It is far more effective to use your intuition to sense the value of what you are doing right now, and also how those actions resonate with how you are being called to serve. Greg also shares how your intuition can be of value in your dealings with clients. By sensing the state of your client, L. Aristimuno and G. Larsen no 31:50 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/2011/04/11/ts-beyond-eckhart-tolle-interview-with-michael-jeffreys/ http://livingwithtolle.com/2011/04/11/ts-beyond-eckhart-tolle-interview-with-michael-jeffreys/#comments Mon, 11 Apr 2011 19:45:18 +0000 Greg http://livingwithtolle.com/?p=2658 http://livingwithtolle.com/2011/04/11/ts-beyond-eckhart-tolle-interview-with-michael-jeffreys/feed/ 6 A New Earth,eckhart tolle,Michael Jeffreys,power of now Do you feel an urge to expand your experience and spiritual knowledge? Do you wish to explore teachings that complement your understanding of presence and of Eckhart Tolle's Power of Now? Are there other teachers or teachings that could help you deepen... Do you feel an urge to expand your experience and spiritual knowledge? Do you wish to explore teachings that complement your understanding of presence and of Eckhart Tolle's Power of Now? Are there other teachers or teachings that could help you deepen your understanding of presence or enlightenment and support you on your spiritual journey? On this recording of our December 7, 2010, teleseminar, Leo and Greg were joined by special guest Michael Jeffreys, organizer of the Santa Monica Eckhart Tolle Meetup and author of "Success Secrets of the Motivation Superstars." We discuss our spiritual journeys and what teachers or teachings have been a part of our awakening. Aristimuno and Larsen no 1:10:18 http://livingwithtolle.com/2010/06/30/ts-cooking-with-presence-interview-with-alma-schneider-of-take-back-the-kitchen/ http://livingwithtolle.com/2010/06/30/ts-cooking-with-presence-interview-with-alma-schneider-of-take-back-the-kitchen/#comments Thu, 01 Jul 2010 00:34:43 +0000 Greg http://livingwithtolle.com/?p=2047 http://livingwithtolle.com/2010/06/30/ts-cooking-with-presence-interview-with-alma-schneider-of-take-back-the-kitchen/feed/ 0 Cooking, Alma Schneider, Take Back the Kitchen, Eckhart Tolle, Anxiety, Family, Nutrition, Parenting How can the teachings of Eckhart Tolle help you cook with presence? When you are in your kitchen, are you anxious about the future or the past? On this recording of our June 1, 2010, teleseminar, we are joined by special guest Alma Schneider who shares... How can the teachings of Eckhart Tolle help you cook with presence? When you are in your kitchen, are you anxious about the future or the past? On this recording of our June 1, 2010, teleseminar, we are joined by special guest Alma Schneider who shares how cooking with presence can help people overcome negative thoughts about the kitchen. Aristimuno & Larsen no 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/2010/01/25/lwt-teleseminar-the-eight-limbs-of-yoga-and-the-teachings-of-eckhart-tolle-with-brendon-lumgair/ http://livingwithtolle.com/2010/01/25/lwt-teleseminar-the-eight-limbs-of-yoga-and-the-teachings-of-eckhart-tolle-with-brendon-lumgair/#comments Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:44:11 +0000 Greg http://livingwithtolle.com/?p=1660 http://livingwithtolle.com/2010/01/25/lwt-teleseminar-the-eight-limbs-of-yoga-and-the-teachings-of-eckhart-tolle-with-brendon-lumgair/feed/ 3 living with tolle, eckhart tolle, yoga, meditation, new earth, power of now Do you want to learn how yoga can help you grow in presence power, bring your body and mind back into natural alignment, and deepen your experience with the teachings of Eckhart Tolle? Join us and special guest, Brendon Lumgair, Do you want to learn how yoga can help you grow in presence power, bring your body and mind back into natural alignment, and deepen your experience with the teachings of Eckhart Tolle? Join us and special guest, Brendon Lumgair, as we discuss how yoga can help you create “space” in your life and serve as a system for spiritual growth. All this and more on the recording of our January 5th teleseminar. Aristimuno and Larsen no 1:10:00 http://livingwithtolle.com/2009/11/21/lwt-teleseminar-how-to-access-deep-restful-sleep-energy-with-brendon-lumgair/ http://livingwithtolle.com/2009/11/21/lwt-teleseminar-how-to-access-deep-restful-sleep-energy-with-brendon-lumgair/#comments Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:07:28 +0000 Greg http://livingwithtolle.com/?p=1583 http://livingwithtolle.com/2009/11/21/lwt-teleseminar-how-to-access-deep-restful-sleep-energy-with-brendon-lumgair/feed/ 11 Brendon Lumgair,eckhart tolle,new earth,peace,power of now,rest,sleep,teleseminar,TELESEMINARS,The Power of Now Are you having trouble sleeping or falling back asleep? Do you want to understand why you lay awake at night? Do you want to overcome insomnia? Join us and special guest, Brendon Lumgair, as we discuss how to access Presence in the midst of nighttime r... Are you having trouble sleeping or falling back asleep? Do you want to understand why you lay awake at night? Do you want to overcome insomnia? Join us and special guest, Brendon Lumgair, as we discuss how to access Presence in the midst of nighttime restlessness. Leo Aristimuno no http://livingwithtolle.com/2009/11/15/living-with-tolle-16-nature-life-and-presence/ http://livingwithtolle.com/2009/11/15/living-with-tolle-16-nature-life-and-presence/#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 02:42:43 +0000 Leo http://livingwithtolle.com/?p=1271 http://livingwithtolle.com/2009/11/15/living-with-tolle-16-nature-life-and-presence/feed/ 0 Eckhart Tolle, Power of Now, New Earth, Awareness, nature, children, Life, presence On this episode of Living with Tolle, our conversation centers around natural beauty. We discuss how nature reflects back to us how to be present in the moment. We explore how Nature can also be a portal to the now by inspiring breath-taking moments of... On this episode of Living with Tolle, our conversation centers around natural beauty. We discuss how nature reflects back to us how to be present in the moment. We explore how Nature can also be a portal to the now by inspiring breath-taking moments of no thought. We talk about connecting to the inner aliveness in nature, in pets, and in young children, a practice that can help us honor the life force in other human beings around us, and ourselves. We begin this podcast by sharing our new projects: Greg’s discusses his new song Better Friends, his new recording, music video and website www.happyashumanlypossible.com. Be sure to share it on this Father's Day! Leo introduces his two newly launched Eckhart Tolle iPhone Applications: Read about them and view video demos *here* Buy them now at the iTunes App Store: The Power of Now Inspiration Deck for the iPhone The Power of Now Meditation Deck for the iPhone Play Audio Now Episode 16: Nature, Life, and Presence or Listen in a new window (27:10 minutes) Right-click to download to your PC, or [ctrl + click] to save to Mac (31.1MB) Watch the Video of This Episode: [flash medium=7 f={shownavigation=true&showstop=true&showdigits=true&usefullscreen=false&autostart=false}] Key Insights From This Episode: Natural beauty reflects back to us how to be present in the moment. Nature can be a portal to the now by inspiring "breath-taking" moments of no thought – drawing out the presence within us. The lack of ego in nature makes natural beauty available, aware, giving and receiving. Nature is all around us in the form or plants or flowers, trees, water, and giving your conscious attention to these forms of natural beauty will allow you to engage these forms without thought – to sense their aliveness, beauty, and design. Whether you live in a large city or the country, how can you begin to interact with nature in a more conscious way? Pets are reflections of presence – reflections that evoke presence to emerge within us. They are mirrors and reminders of our own natural ability to live from the present moment. Leo shares his experience with his eight month old son and how babies also serve as precious reminders of our natural state – with no back story or compulsive thinking about the future. Indeed, The life force within a baby that is so captivating or breathtaking, is the same force of life within your spouse, boss, friend, and yourself. By consciously appreciating the presence and aliveness of nature, pets, and small children, we naturally begin to honor the inner life force within other human beings – and ultimately within ourselves. Questions for deeper reflection: What forms of nature are in your daily surroundings? How can you be conscious of nature, pets, or children, so they can serve as true reminders of presence? How can you make a special effort this week to spend time in nature and take a breaks away from the structures of the egoic mind? How can you make changes in your environment and daily routines for more conscious interactions with nature? If you enjoy our podcast, please visit the iTunes store and write us a brief review. Thanks! Peace, Leo & Greg Aristimuno and Larsen no 27:05 http://livingwithtolle.com/2009/10/15/the-illusion-of-thought-teleseminar/ http://livingwithtolle.com/2009/10/15/the-illusion-of-thought-teleseminar/#comments Thu, 15 Oct 2009 04:19:55 +0000 Leo http://livingwithtolle.com/?p=1511 http://livingwithtolle.com/2009/10/15/the-illusion-of-thought-teleseminar/feed/ 4 Eckhart Tolle, Living With Tolle, Illusion, Thinking, Thought, anxiety, Life, presence, A New Earth, form, Power of Now How often do your thought & mental stories prevent you from taking action? Does incessant thinking create anxiety & prevent you from enjoying the present moment? Does the smoke screen of your thoughts prevent you from knowing your true yourself? How often do your thought & mental stories prevent you from taking action? Does incessant thinking create anxiety & prevent you from enjoying the present moment? Does the smoke screen of your thoughts prevent you from knowing your true yourself? All this and more on the recording of our October 6th Teleseminar. On page 21 of A New Earth, Eckhart Tolle points to a key transformation central to all of his teachings: “...at the heart of the new consciousness lies the transcendence of thought, the newfound ability of rising above thought, of realizing a dimension within yourself that is infinitely more vast than thought. You then no longer derive your identity, your sense of who you are, from the incessant stream of thinking that in the old consciousness you take to be yourself.” In fact, on page 22, he goes on to explain why it is essential that we collectively learn to transcend thought, and what happens when we don't: "...complete identification with form -physical forms, thought forms, emotional forms... results in a total unawareness of my connectedness with the whole, my instrinsic oneness with every "other" as well as with the Source. This forgetfulness is original sin, delusion, suffering. When this delusion of utter separateness underlies and governs whatever I think, say, and do, what kind of world do I create? To find out the answer to this, observe how humans relate to each other, read a history book, or watch the news on television tonight." Read this selection again carefully. When we forget our connectedness, our oneness with everyone, and with life itself, what happens? Complete identification with our thoughts is one way to forget this oneness, one path to suffering. Identifying with incessant thought is forgetting the vastness of all that lies beyond thought: a vast interconnected Being-ness that is peacecully all-inclusive. Ultimately, it is Love. On our October 6th teleseminar, we were joined by Michael Jeffreys,  organizer of the Santa Monica Eckhart Tolle Meetup and author of “Success Secrets of the Motivational Superstars.” In a lively conversation, we explore how incessant thinking prevents us from taking action, prevent us from enjoying the present moment, and, ultimately, hide our recognition of our oneness with Life. We also discuss strategies for breaking through the illusion of thought, dismantling illusions of form, and experiencing the peace and beauty of being One with Life. Play Audio Now LWT Teleseminar (10/6/09): Seeing Through the Illusion of Thought or Listen in a new window (69 minutes) Right-click to download to your PC, or [ctrl + click] to save to Mac (39.6MB) Sign Up for Our Free Teleseminar Series Our teleseminars are free and are held on the first and third Tuesday of every month at 5:30PT/8:30ET. On the first Tuesday, we are joined by a special guest. On the third Tuesday, we will listen to an excerpt of a recording from Eckhart Tolle, reflect on it, do a Q&A, and end with a guided inner body meditation. If you're interested in hearing Eckhart's owns words on the "Illusion of Thought" and the "Essence" that we are, check out these MP3 tracks we've selected for you. Preview the tracks below and click "Buy." Then purchase and download directly from Amazon. A portion of the purchase benefits Living With Tolle. <A HREF="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Flivwittol-20%2F8014%2F8bbc74e7-f590-49e9-bccb-eaf1af0c6ad2&Operation=NoScript" mce_HREF="http://ws.amazon.com/widgets/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&MarketPlace=US&ID=V20070822%2FUS%2Flivwittol-20%2F8014%2F8bbc74e7-f590-49e9-bccb-eaf1af0c6ad2&Operation=NoScript">Amazon.com Widgets</A> Aristimuno and Larsen no 1:09:08 http://livingwithtolle.com/2009/06/04/inspiration-and-creativity/ http://livingwithtolle.com/2009/06/04/inspiration-and-creativity/#comments Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:41:35 +0000 Leo http://livingwithtolle.com/?p=1226 http://livingwithtolle.com/2009/06/04/inspiration-and-creativity/feed/ 3 Eckhart Tolle, Power of Now, New Earth, Awareness, Economy, recession, presence, inspiration, creativity, opportunities, bold action On this episode of Living with Tolle we discuss how the teachings of Eckhart Tolle can help you to find inspiration for creating beautiful, new things in your life. We discuss how to triumph over the constrictions of complaining and fear. On this episode of Living with Tolle we discuss how the teachings of Eckhart Tolle can help you to find inspiration for creating beautiful, new things in your life. We discuss how to triumph over the constrictions of complaining and fear. We explore how to cultivate acceptance and presence to help you find inspiration and new opportunities with a sense of purpose in your everyday life. In this special video podcast from California, we begin by sharing how life has been calling us to serve through unique projects that are independent of Living with Tolle, but were inspired by Tolle’s teachings. Greg talks about his song Better Friends, his new recording, music video and website www.happyashumanlypossible.com. Leo talks about his work designing two new Eckhart Tolle iPhone Applications: The Power of Now Meditation Deck and The Power of Now Inspiration Deck. In the second half of the podcast we elaborate further on the teachings and how they can be used to inspire creativity around the key question: How is life calling me to serve? Play Audio Now Episode 15: Inspiration, Opportunity, and Service or Listen in a new window (39:53 minutes) Right-click to download to your PC, or [ctrl + click] to save to Mac (45.7MB) Watch the Video of This Episode: [flash medium=6 f={shownavigation=true&showstop=true&showdigits=true&usefullscreen=false&autostart=false}] Key Insights From This Episode: Minutes 0-18: Greg's new project: Better Friends Leo's iPhone apps: The Power of Now Meditation Deck & The Power of Now Inspiration Deck Minutes 18-40: The value of being open and receptive, even in time of a crisis, so you can harness the opportunities or solutions that are available to you. Reflecting on deeper questions of life, such as “how is life calling me to serve?” and cultivating presence so you can be in a space to allow creative reply from Life to flow into your life. Your deepening presence will also allow you to sense the egoic driven fears and then rise into action from a state of conscious awareness. By accepting the fear, or the crisis that may be triggering the fear, you will more easily discover the solutions to alleviate it. As you grow in what Tolle calls “presence power” you will naturally become more receptive to how Life is calling you to serve and live a life of deeper meaning and purpose. Complaining or venting may appear to be “letting off steam,” but in reality, it ends up contaminating your field of presence and preventing the solutions from being perceived and put to use. Complaining does not solve anything and shuts down the full potential of your creativity. It is fuel for the ego and all complaints, big or small, keep you from living your full potential. New opportunities to create and contribute are always available to you. A constant focus on the past or future, or a continual complaint about the present moment, close off the doors of opportunity and those “beyond my imagination” discoveries. Accepting and being fully present in the Now will raise your awareness of the many opportunities for play and creativity offered by Life. Questions for Deeper reflection: How have the teachings of Eckhart Tolle inspired you to create? How have they inspired you to take bold massive action and to follow new opportunities? How are anxious, constricting thought patterns keeping you form fully experiencing life? How are you nurturing your creativity? Items mentioned on this episode: Greg's new song & web site: Better Friends Leo's Eckhart Tolle iPhone Apps:The Power of Now Meditation Deck and Inspiration Deck These are available exclusively at the iTunes Store. Sign up here to be notified of our official release. Eckhart Tolle on Oprah Winfrey's "A New Earth Webinar" Deepak Chopra on The Ellen Show Print Products Mentioned: Ekhart Tolle's Power of Now Inspiration Deck (the print version) is available from New World Library. L. Aristimuno and G. Larsen no 39:53 http://livingwithtolle.com/2009/04/24/living-with-tolle-14-awareness-in-hard-economic-times/ http://livingwithtolle.com/2009/04/24/living-with-tolle-14-awareness-in-hard-economic-times/#comments Fri, 24 Apr 2009 06:03:35 +0000 Leo http://livingwithtolle.com/?p=1168 http://livingwithtolle.com/2009/04/24/living-with-tolle-14-awareness-in-hard-economic-times/feed/ 9 Eckhart Tolle, Power of Now, New Earth, Awareness, Economy, anxiety, recession, presence On this episode of LWT we discuss the economy. How can the teachings of Eckhart Tolle help us understand our relationship to the economy and to our individual economic situation? We discuss ways of dealing with the current economic situation using awa... On this episode of LWT we discuss the economy. How can the teachings of Eckhart Tolle help us understand our relationship to the economy and to our individual economic situation? We discuss ways of dealing with the current economic situation using awareness and presence. Play Now Episode 14: Awareness in Hard Economic Times or Listen in a new window (30:16 minutes) Right-click to download to your PC, or [ctrl + click] to save to Mac (34.6MB) Key Insights From This Episode: How you approach your situation from a state of presence will depend on the level of presence you were cultivating before this situation came to you. Use awareness, be the silent watcher, watch and question your thoughts, do not let them control you. Witness how your pain body is activated, how your deepest fears are agitated, and how you are reacting to the economic situation around you. Cultivate acceptance to foster a more conscious decision making process as you face economic hardships. From this state of acceptance, not resistance, you can interact with your life situation dynamically and will be open to discovering new ways in which life is calling you to serve. We have an opportunity to look at our deeper purpose in life. Be aware of how your sense of ego or your "economic self" is shaping the ways you face your current situation. Realize that you are not your life stories, or the past, or the future, or your home, or your career, or your economic situation. Look beyond your individual sense of self. Look beyond our collective definitions of who we are - they are temporary (and unsustainable). Connect to a deeper level of life and move beyond the thoughts and stories of your ego. You are life itself. Life expressed in form. There is no lack in life force. The one Source of Life that is never ending, never depleting, never in a recession. It is ever-flowing. Items mentioned in this episode: Living With Tolle: Episode 5: Practicing Acceptance Deepak Chopra on Ellen Eckhart Tolle's Finding Your Life's Purpose (DVD) Eckhart Tolle on Avoiding Identification With Content and Fear of Loss We both really enjoy Leo Babauta's: Zen Habits blog. Check out the "finances & family" category for great practical tips. Questions for deeper reflection: 1. As I face the new economic landscape before me, how can I practice acceptance? How can I use my economic situation to cultivate awareness? 2. How can I play with form? How can I re-invent myself? How can I explore this world of forms differently? How can I connect with my family, with my community, with other forms around me? How can I be a better friend? 3. Who am I? What am I? What happens once I realize that I am not my life stories, but that I am Life itself? Let us know what you think. If you have a question or if you want to share your experience, please use the comments section below to share and continue the conversation. If you enjoy this podcast, please look us up in the iTunes store and write a quick review! Thanks! L. Aristimuno and G. Larsen no 30:16 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/2009/02/20/living-with-tolle-take-5-avoid-confrontation-and-stay-in-presence/ http://livingwithtolle.com/2009/02/20/living-with-tolle-take-5-avoid-confrontation-and-stay-in-presence/#comments Fri, 20 Feb 2009 22:26:20 +0000 Leo http://livingwithtolle.com/?p=825 http://livingwithtolle.com/2009/02/20/living-with-tolle-take-5-avoid-confrontation-and-stay-in-presence/feed/ 3 Eckhart Tolle, Power of Now, New Earth, Confrontation, Family, Anger, Rage, Living With Tolle, Practice, Presence, Peace, Rage, pain Body In this episode: How to avoid rage and confrontation through presence. 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! - In this episode: How to avoid rage and confrontation through presence. 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! 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. Greg and Leo guide us back towards a state of awareness and presence through the fundamental teachings of Eckhart Tolle. We will continue to produce our longer, more in-depth podcasts once a month. Play Now: Take 5 : How to Avoid Confrontation, Stay in Presence or Listen in a new window (9:20) minutes) Right-click to save to your computer or MP3 Player (10.7MB) You can send comments, share stories, and suggest real life situations of your own. Simply use the comment section below to continue the conversation. My Podcast Alley feed! {pca-d87dc0cd9d8cce412f56e1cb9d2ee428} Leo Aristimuno and Greg Llarsen no 9:20