Suffering Consciously: Confronting Illness and Addiction

Suffering Consciously: Confronting Illness and Addiction

August 6, 2026 · 41 min

About this episode

Eckhart Tolle discusses addiction and facing illness consciously, encouraging presence and awakening through life's challenges.

This episode is a re-release; it originally aired November 17, 2022.  In this podcast, Eckhart answers questions about addiction and facing illness consciously. Eckhart speaks with a woman who had cancer fears its return and the possibility of an early death. While difficult, Eckhart encourages her to practice presence by staying in the moment because he explains then there is less opportunity to play out scenarios where death seems imminent. He urges her to release the mental gymnastics that plague all of us. He says it’s imperative that we work with life’s challenges and allow them to push us into awakening. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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