Learning to outgrow emotional reactivity.

In this episode, Eckhart talks about the importance of finding stillness.

He says, we are never more ourselves than when we are still.

Eckart then answers questions about what we can expect during the stages of awakening.

Eckart says, as we become more conscious,

we learn to respond rather than react to conflict.

Eckhart explains, we may feel the emotion,

but it doesn't take us over because ego diminishes

as we step into the light of presence.

So here we are in the present moment

and we start by

becoming aware of the present moment.

That may be a strange thing to say. how do you become aware of the present moment?

First, you become aware of what is in the present moment.

Sensory perception. Then you become aware of yourself, become aware of the inner body,

the aliveness that pervades the inner body, sense of aliveness. Every cell is alive. And there's a total sense of aliveness and that's the entry point into becoming aware of yourself as awareness

stillness one could also say stillness is the space for everything and that

stillness or awareness or presence is who you are essentially.

So as you sit there, I assume you're sitting,

or maybe you're standing or lying,

you become aware of whatever it is you're perceiving, and you're also aware of whatever it is you're perceiving and you're also aware of yourself at the same time,

not the historical self, not aware of yourself as a thought, not aware of yourself as an emotion,

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