The Kingdom of heaven is a state of consciousness.

In this episode, Eckhart talks about how we define success.

He asks, do we look to the world to determine that for us,

if yes, we may be heading down the wrong path because to a large

extent Eckhart says the world is insane he explained money property prestige

and power do not signify we've reached the pinnacle.

He says for the people who strive to attain these things, many say, after the initial

high comes a very emotional low.

Eckhart reveals the greatest source of riches is within and the real indicator of success

is our state of consciousness. He asks, do we bring light to this world? In the Bible

Jesus described it as the kingdom of heaven. In present day terms, Eckhart explains

the kingdom of heaven is a state of consciousness.

Thank you, thank you.

Wonderful to be here.

Thank you for waiting patiently. But in fact most of you are enlightened or close to enlightenment so you actually haven't been waiting for anything because you've given up waiting.

Waiting is part of the old state of consciousness.

And you are all here because in you there's something new arising we could call it

presence a dimension of consciousness that is, one could say, deeper or higher than the thinking

function, which is fine, but in itself, in the absence of the transcendent dimension, which is presence, the thinking

function can be pretty crazy, but it can also do wonderful things.

It can be destructive and it can be wonderful like fire,

an enormous energy,

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