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.
Shali Provided This Update:
When A New Earth was about to tape, my family and I had just moved to Stockholm, Sweden, in January 2008. ... Being in a totally different country was really exciting, but at the same time I felt very disengaged and isolated. I had a 3-year-old daughter, and I had just left my friends, my family and my entire support network back home in the United States.
My question to Eckhart Tolle was how could I practice my spirituality in the midst of everything that was going on in my life: adjusting to living in a new country and setting up normal routines for our family with a husband who traveled quite a bit as well.
What I learned from that experience is that Eckhart had given me the greatest piece of advice that anyone had ever given me. He said that I didn't have to go away to an ashram and meditate for eight hours a day to practice my spirituality. He told me that I could be present and make dealing with my child and anything else that was going on in my life my spiritual practice.
Since the experience of participating in the A New Earth webcast, I have become much more mindful. I practice my full meditation and write in a gratitude journal, which I encourage my daughter to do as well. But more than that, I feel more in control of my life and all the surroundings around me, all the situations around me. I feel more confident and more peaceful.
My question to Eckhart Tolle was how could I practice my spirituality in the midst of everything that was going on in my life: adjusting to living in a new country and setting up normal routines for our family with a husband who traveled quite a bit as well.
What I learned from that experience is that Eckhart had given me the greatest piece of advice that anyone had ever given me. He said that I didn't have to go away to an ashram and meditate for eight hours a day to practice my spirituality. He told me that I could be present and make dealing with my child and anything else that was going on in my life my spiritual practice.
Since the experience of participating in the A New Earth webcast, I have become much more mindful. I practice my full meditation and write in a gratitude journal, which I encourage my daughter to do as well. But more than that, I feel more in control of my life and all the surroundings around me, all the situations around me. I feel more confident and more peaceful.
Published 03/23/2014