Acceptance is the way to transcendence.

In this podcast, Eckhart answers a variety of questions.

A woman asks about identity at the soul level.

She asks, do we and our most transcendent form retain some aspect of individuality,

even though we all emanate from the one universal consciousness?

Another woman shares a story of her granddaughter, who has a life-threatening illness.

She requests a few moments of presence with Eckhart to bring her joy.

A wife shares heartbreaking details about her husband who's dying of cancer.

She questions if it's possible to remain conscious, with compassion and care.

Eckhart explains, and even though it may seem strange,

being in the presence of death is actually an opportunity.

He says, we learn to suffer consciously and surrender completely.

Eckhart says that even in the midst of life's most painful challenges,

acceptance is the way to transcendence.

Thank you for taking my question.

It's about my husband who's severely ill with brain cancer,

and I'm struggling to stay conscious because of all the needs around me.

We are struggling with the communication.

So I spend a lot of day guessing what he's saying and trying to meet his needs.

And I feel like I'm almost getting more and more unconscious, perhaps because I'm tired.

I get very little time by myself, which I need.

It's also a lot of grief because we have been married for 36 years.

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