Catch Up with Guests from Oprah & Eckhart Tolle: A New Earth
In 2008, millions of people watched as students Skyped in from all over the world to ask Oprah and Eckhart Tolle how to awaken to their purpose. Find out where those guests are today.
Judy from Columbia, South Carolina
The email Judy sent Oprah and Eckhart concerned the pain-body.
"Could you talk a bit about alcohol and drug abuse and the pain-body? Is this an attempt at escape from the pain-body?"
According to Eckhart, this kind of abuse often stems from not wanting to feel the pain anymore, because in some people, the pain-body is active nearly all the time. It can be so dreadful to live with that these people tend to look for an escape.
"The pain-body loves it, but it makes your life more and more miserable," Eckhart said.
Eckhart added that people with a heavy pain-body also have a great chance of awakening. When life becomes unbearable because you are creating so much pain, the desire to break out of the misery is much greater than a normal person's. Eckhart compared it to dreaming: If you're having a pleasant dream, you don't mind continuing to dream. However, if it's a nightmare, you want to awaken from that.
Find out how Judy is doing today...
Published 03/23/2014
