Posts tagged ‘present’

blindness

Posted August 17th, 2009 by sim. Comment (0).

Some of my friends are very well trained in being present. One of them is very found of Eckhart Tolle’s teachings and is very proud of the fact that he is practicing being present. However, when he talks about his family, especially his children, there is only sorrow and lots of judgments. He doesn’t talk about his children from his heart, even [...]

test how zen you are with your parents

Posted August 9th, 2009 by sim. Comment (0).

I rediscovered Eckhart Tolles’s work with his new book – a new earth. He says, at some point, that you can test how enlightened you are by spending some time with your parents (I can’t remember if it was one or two weeks). It’s interesting – how can you be present just in that moment [...]