What is essential is invisible to the eye. In this episode, Eckhart jokes with a live

audience about a video game that's been reviewed in the New York Times. He wonders

if his work could be having an impact on mainstream culture after all because

the name of the game is stillness. That's really funny. He goes on to answer

questions about such topics as trusting our feelings and how to eliminate

conflict in our lives, especially when the opinions of others differ from our own.

His answers may surprise you.

I get the newspaper delivered to my hotel room and when I looked at the

front page of the New York Times this morning I thought something weird

happening. It's not about fake news. I has our gathering manifested an

alternate reality line stream that's just a speculative thought.

An article on the front page of the New York Times about a video game, the

object of which is stillness. On the front page of the New York Times, why would

they... We must have had an effect on the collective consciousness to make this

happen. I'll just read a few lines to you. The game is called Walden, the

video game based on Thorough's 19th century retreat in Massachusetts, will

urge players to collect arrowheads, cast their fishing poles in the tranquil pond,

perhaps even jot notes in the journal, all while listening to music, natural

sounds and excerpts from the author's meditations. The lead designer came up with

the idea as a way to reinforce our connection to the natural world and to

challenge our hurried culture. The object of the game is simple stillness. Thorough

was sitting in a moment when life was beginning to speed up and he identified

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