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Hello Everyone!!
Wow! That was an incredible session the other night, Monday March 3. I love that so many spirits/people were gathered together, at one moment in time, around the globe. On an energetic and unseen level, every person had connected their thread of consciousness to the whole, thus weaving a band of possibility for a shift into a higher consciousness for the planet. In the words of Jesus, "when two or more are gathered, I am in their midst." And as Oprah said, "God cannot be contained in a church." We are the one consciousness, communicating, first through stillness, secondly through words, to eventually create heaven, which is peace, on earth. But, as Eckhart said, "it all begins with the individual."
We are awakening now. How do I know that? Because you logged in for that first session with Oprah and Eckhart. People have often expressed to me their desire to awaken just as Eckhart had in one swift night. I can only tell you, for most of us, it doesn't happen that way. For most people it is a gradual awakening. There is nothing wrong with gradual, only the mind will tell you otherwise, as the mind is never satisfied with what is. Accept the present moment fully and you are awake. As soon as you identify again with every thought that arises, you have gone back to sleep, spiritually speaking. The underlying awareness, the I Am that is deeper than your thoughts, has become covered up.
For those of you who are not familiar with my background. I am Eckhart's partner in life and in work, taking his teaching around the world. My role has been and to some extent still is one of "behind the scene support." However, as awareness has grown, I have also begun to do spiritual counseling and teaching. To put it more accurately, it is the awareness that does the counseling and teaching, not the person called Kim.
Many profound spiritual experiences have been part of my awakening. I would like to briefly tell you about one such experience, which happened during one of my annual trips in India. I was staying in a town at the foot of the holy mountain Arunachala in South East India, and I would often spend my mornings meditating in a small cave half way up the mountain. One morning, as I was meditating, I heard an inner voice (which felt very different from the usual thoughts that would go through my head) saying to me, "There are two things that you need to do when you return home. One, do not go back to the work you are doing. Two, you are to move out of the place where you live." Then, poof...the voice was gone! When I got home two months later, I had almost forgotten about the voice. Shortly after my return, my employer called and asked me to come back to work. (They wanted to renew my contract, which had expired). Suddenly, I was surprised to hear myself say, "No thank you. I won't be coming back." It felt as if I was watching myself from some other dimension. Then the memory of what I had experienced in the cave came rushing back to me. Over the following month, I was like an outside observer, watching myself go through the motions of packing and moving boxes, furniture and other household items. Since I had no idea where I would move to, occasionally fear arose. After I moved out, I found myself with very little money, no job and no home. Friends of mine put me up temporarily. Then one day, out of the blue, Eckhart (whose book The Power of Now had just been published) asked me to help him with his work. In that moment, I realized why I had to leave my home and job. I was being called to trust and live my life in God. I had to leave my past behind and trust in the unknown. I had to be ready and open for a totally new life situation. I remembered that Jesus had said something like, "Do not worry what you shall eat, what you shall wear, even what you shall say, for in the moment that you need them, it shall be given."
Prior and after this experience, I had many others. However, I now know that no experience in itself is all that important. The experience comes and goes. In the past, I sometimes tried to hold on to such an experience and even make it into part of my identity. I now know that the experiences themselves are not ultimately what matters. What is it then that is ultimately important? Present moment awareness. That is the inner space out of which all experiences come and into which they return. As Eckhart puts it, "You are not what happens, but the space in which it happens."
Knowing yourself as that space is inner peace.
Be well...be in peace,
Kim Eng
Hi Kim, thank you for sharing your experience, there are many individuals out here, searching and seeking. All this material is food for our souls, ummy yummy stuff. There is so much on the menu to look at. And we can select that which is correct for our well being. The jentle guidance and love comes forth, and for myself I AM elated. Real words to describe how you were able to transform and move forward. Trusting and carrying thru to what you earnestly seeked within your own being. Blessings to you and all those sending out the message. The dark seas of unconciousness - receding Set sail into a new horizon Winds of change shore to shore We are the people of this world Can you hear it in the wind that oh so soft caress In your heart of hearts open the door Knock and the door shall be opened Seek and ye shall find thank you all for helping others gain sight into their own beingness Blessings and love Ellen