Tonight I had the pleasure of listening to Eckhart Tolle speak for two hours on the topic of living a life of Presence. As hundreds of audience members sat there silently mesmerised by his story telling.

Eckhart is widely recognised as one of the most inspiring and visionary spiritual teachers in the world today. His teachings focus on the significance and power of Presence, the awakened state of consciousness, which transcends ego and discursive thinking. Eckhart sees this awakening as the essential next step in human evolution.

The key learnings I walked away with;

We can fall into the habit of the poor me syndrome - why is this happening to me? This clearly manifests that cycle each time.
Time is an illusion. Letting go of the time driver can change your outlook.
When we are unhappy and stuck in that mindset the only way we see life is through that veil.
We need to condition the mind. Our ego will always take control. We sometimes can be actors in our own story - awaken out of the script, start living.
The need to be alert and aware - use your senses to be present.
Out of stillness is often when we find our way.
If we continue to think we need or seek anything, we are not spiritually aligned or present.
It is about being here and now and not being there and then.
We are always doing instead of being.

This was my first live experience to hear Eckhart speak and it did not disappoint. There are so many distractions today to take our attention and he brings it back to the very basic principle of being consciously aware and present.