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Watch this clip from Eckhart Tolle as he speaks about the pain body. And how it seduces you and keep you unconscious in your own drama.

What is a pain body?

Here is Eckhart’s very own definition right off from his book, The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment.

As long as you are unable to access the power of Now, every emotional pain that you experience leaves behind a residue of pain that lives on in you. It merges with the pain from the past, which was already there, and becomes lodged in your mind and body. This, of course, includes the pain you suffered as a child, caused by the unconsciousness of the world into which you were born.

This accumulated pain is a negative energy field that occupies your body and mind. If you look on it as an invisible entity in its own right, you are getting quite close to the truth. It’s the emotional pain-body. It has two modes of being: dormant and active. A pain-body may be dormant 90 percent of the time; in a deeply unhappy person, though, it may be active up to 100 percent of the time. Some people live almost entirely through their pain-body, while others may experience it only in certain situations, such as intimate relationships, or situations linked with past loss or abandonment, physical or emotional hurt, and so on. Anything can trigger it, particularly if it resonates with a pain pattern from your past. When it is ready to awaken from its dormant stage, even a thought or an innocent remark made by someone close to you can activate it. (pages 29 & 30)

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Found this neat interview of Eckhart Tolle with George Stroumboulopoulos. If you still haven’t heard of Eckhart and his teachings…this is the video clip to watch.

Eckhart talks about the moment of separation he experienced that rid him of his unhappy self  and his story.  How that anxiety night attack made him  realize…he’s the consciousness behind the “I”. This shift of consciousness –the awakening… allowed him to reach a deep peace within.

Listen to this spiritual teacher as he shares how your life is always ‘this moment’ and what prevents you from being in the NOW.

Eckhart Tolle – is considered one of the world’s most influential spiritual teachers – a master of inner calm and peace. In a nutshell, he teaches that you are not your mind. In fact, Eckhart says, your mind is your worst enemy. It overtakes the real you and creates thoughts that make you miserable. So if you want to achieve peace, you’ve got to disassociate yourself from your mind. The key ? Live in the present. Eckhart sums it all up in his book ‘The Power of Now.’ He wrote it in Vancouver, where he now lives. The book came out in 1997 and has sold more than five million copies, thanks, in large part, to an on-air plug from Oprah. She’s also a big fan of Eckhart’s follow-up book, ‘A New Earth.’  -George Stroumboulopoulos

A New EarthThe Power of Now

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What does it mean to live a full life? What do you compare it to? How do you gauge it? Will you be lying on your death bed hearing yourself say, “I should have done that when I had the chance 25 years ago?”

Honestly, I can’t say I am there, since…I am only 27 and still have a lifetime ahead to deter from such regrets. So I am asking you…yes YOU. What personal insights can you share with me right now? So such regret or regrets does not cross my mind when it is time for me to make that transition?

Share your life experience with me and those who are reading this. Educate us. Tell us the lessons you’ve learned and the realization you’ve had. Save us the heartaches and the tears. Help us truly LIVE!

Enlighten us…SHARE your insights.

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