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The Power of Now |
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| Age: | 59 years old |
| Sex: | Male |
| Location: | Vancouver |
| Country: |  Canada |
| Height: | 5' 11" |
| Zodiac: |  Virgo (Aug 23 - Sep 22) |
| Last Login: | May 23, 2007 (900 days back) |
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About Me |
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| My non-fiction bestseller, The Power of Now, describes the experience of enlightenment I had after suffering long periods of depression. This book teaches the power of focusing on the present moment and the futility of dwelling on the bygone past or fearing the imagined future. The present moment is all that one really has and being consciously present in the now is the best way to realize the immense potential of the future. "Being in the now" also brings about an awareness that is beyond the mind. This awareness helps in transcending "the pain-body" that is created by the identification of the mind and ego with the body.
My second book is entitled Stillness Speaks, it also has also recorded numerous audio interviews and a video. My third book, A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose, was released on 11 October 2005.
I attened the Universities of London and Cambridge, and live Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. I chang emy name from Ulrich to Eckhart in reference to German mystic Meister Eckhart.
Influences which are alluded to in The Power of Now are the writings of Meister Eckhart, Advaita Vedanta and Zen Buddhism's Lin-chi (Rinzai) school.
Some disciples of Barry Long say that I should acknowledge the influence of this Australian teacher, whose seminars attended in London in the mid-1980s, some years after my awakening. They state that I am a disciple of Long, and that my influence are visible in my writings.
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| .I was unhappy, depressed and anxious. I was not trying to become enlightened or anything like that. I was looking for some kind of answer to the dilemma of life, but I had been looking to the intellect for the answer; philosophy, religion and intellectual inspiration. The more I was looking on that level, the more unhappy I became. I reached a point where the phrase came into my head---and this is in the book "The Power Of Now"---"I can't live with myself any longer." That part of my self---that entity became so heavy and painful.Suddenly I stepped back from myself, and it seemed to be two of me--- The "I", and this "self" that I cannot live with. Am I one or am I two? And that triggered me like a koan. It happened to me spontaneously. I looked at that sentence---"I can't live with myself". I had no intellectual answer. Who am I? Who is this self that I cannot live with? The answer came on a deeper level. I realized who I was.When I'm speaking about it now, it becomes intellectualized because I'm using words, but that realization was beyond words. What "I" as consciousness had identified with was a very heavy mental and emotional form consisting of thought and accompanied by an energy field. At that moment the identification with that mind structure was withdrawn. It collapsed, and what remained was a spacious, peaceful consciousness. The identification was broken, and because of that, the mental/emotional structure---the psuedo self collapsed. My sense of identity broke down and was replaced by something that is very hard to put into words. Awareness. Consciousness. The words only came a few years later. I couldn't even talk about it. I had been anxious and depressed for years and suddenly I was deeply at peace. | |
I'd like to meet:fellow peace makers. |
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Music:Many... |
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Movies:Microcosmo's, Baraka and many more... |
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Books:every religous text in the world |
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Heroes:people who practice kindness |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| MaritalStatus: | In a Relationship |
| Ethnicity: | White / Caucasian |
| SexualOrientation: | Straight |
| Hometown: | Germany |
| Smoker: | No |
| Drinker: | No |
| Education: | Grad / professional school |
| Occupation: | Being in the now. |
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