Eckhart Tolle wrote in "The Power of Now" that all negativity can be caused by denial of the present, so not focusing on the present,
Eckhart Tolle I think actually is interesting in some ways.
Eckhart Tolle.
Eckhart Tolle wrote a whole book about it, "The Power of Now."
Eckhart Tolle. Anybody read Eckhart Tolle?
Eckhart Tolle, is, I think he's sort of my model for this.
Eckhart Tolle takes a refreshingly contemporary approach to the question of what it means to live a meaningful and inspired life and with great intelligence.
Eckhart Tolle has written bestselling books including The Power of Now and A New Earth and they've sold millions of copies worldwide and have been translated into 33 languages.
Eckhart Tolle: Thank you.
Eckhart had a moment to meet with some of us earlier and we found that really valuable.
Eckhart Tolle: Good question.
Eckhart Tolle: to say how happy I am to be here, how impressed I am by what I have seen, and by the people who work here, and the general energy field in the company.
Eckhart Tolle: Knowledge, information, and wisdom, how do they relate?
Eckhart Tolle:
Eckhart Tolle: Bradley Horowitz: We'll press on.
Eckhart Tolle: Bradley Horowitz: I wanna ask you about the work that we do at Google.
Eckhart Tolle: Well it's, the technology is quite miraculous of course; in itself it's neither good nor bad.
Eckhart Tolle: So there are incredible possibilities also for humans to connect with each other, well
Eckhart Tolle: I know, yeah.
Eckhart Tolle: I don't know what you're talking about.
Eckhart Tolle: Bradley Horowitz: I do have a question: you've talked, I think most of us are engineers and technologists and we live a lot in the realm of thoughts and ideas and in our head
Eckhart Tolle: Yes.
Eckhart Tolle: First I recommend that you practice when you're not being challenged because if you can't do it then, then when you're being challenged it's impossible.
Eckhart Tolle: Bradley Horowitz: So we're gonna take the time we have left and take questions both from the Google Moderator online system as well as live in the room here.
Eckhart Tolle: Well as I, for most people the shift is a gradual process from one state
Eckhart Tolle: Thanks.
Eckhart Tolle: Yes.
Eckhart Tolle: I don't have the answer to that.
Eckhart Tolle: I'm quoting the Dalai Lama who loves saying, "I don't know."
Eckhart Tolle: Mary: But we also work at Google and Googlers are sort of a high achieving bunch.
Eckhart Tolle: Okay, thanks.
Eckhart Tolle: Ah, yes, very good, yes.
Eckhart Tolle: Distractions, excitement, stimulus are kinds of drugs or substitutes
Eckhart Tolle: Thank you.
Eckhart and John Mauchly who are here in the middle who built another computer down in Philadelphia at the time, called the ENIAC.
With Eckhart Tolle, I think the beginning of "Power of Now" actually, it's like he's in a dark room.
before Eckhart Tolle started cashing his royalty checks, this dude was talking about the voice in the head.
So Eckhart is here today to assist and suggest with some things for us to consider.
Joining Eckhart in conversation today is our Vice President of Product, Bradley Horowitz.
And so reading Eckhart Tolle was really powerful.
Others will say-- Eckhart Tolle for, example, who definitely is one of my teachers, calls it the thinker.
And maybe Eckhart Tolle is really awesome at presence.
Bradley Horowitz: Eckhart Tolle: Perhaps everybody who works here one would, as they would say in India "You must have very good Karma to be working here."
Bradley Horowitz: Eckhart Tolle: What?
Bradley Horowitz: Eckhart Tolle: Although you might have heard the saying, "Please, God, make me into the person that my dog thinks I am."
Bradley Horowitz: Eckhart Tolle: The fact is the dog isn't thinking -- that's why the dog relates to you with unconditional love because a dog doesn't judge you and you
Bradley Horowitz: Eckhart Tolle: That can happen too -- Bradley Horowitz: Eckhart Tolle: I've met people like that.
Bradley Horowitz: Eckhart Tolle: Even 10 percent being would make your life much easier and much more enjoyable.
Bradley Horowitz: Eckhart Tolle: that before you called things going wrong; little things and later big things.
I was speaking earlier about Eckhart Tolle's book, "The Power of Now," which is kind of fundamental about mindfulness.