The World is Not Here to Make You Happy
About this episode
Eckhart Tolle discusses the relationship between suffering and happiness, emphasizing that the world is a catalyst for awakening rather than a source of happiness.
This episode is a re-release; it originally aired December 8, 2022. In this podcast, Eckhart answers a question about overcoming suffering and finding happiness. Eckhart says the world is not here to make us happy, it's here to make us conscious. He says the beginning of awakening is the end of suffering. We are liberated from the demand that anything should make us happy. Eckhart explains the world does not have the power to make us happy. But it is a wonderful catalyst to help us awaken. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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