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LisaLynne

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18. I think the OP has just been being bombarded with ads featuring him and didn't ...

Reply to seabeyond (Reply #17)

Thu Jan 24, 2013, 11:51 AM

Jan 2013

know who he was, which is understandable. Ads irritate me, too. Mine are all about cats, though. Cats and shoes. :/

I also read the Power of Now and I agree -- I think he's right on about not letting the past dominate what you are thinking/doing right now. I carry a lot of resentments from the past that I just need to let go, so I think he's spot on about that.

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Who the FUCK is Eckhart Tolle? [View all] radiclib Jan 2013 OP

Here. octoberlib Jan 2013 #1

Sounds like the name of a character is a WC Fields movie tularetom Jan 2013 #2

A very good con man. Whovian Jan 2013 #3

A serious woo purveyor. GoneOffShore Jan 2013 #4

I tend to stay away from any books that have titles like octoberlib Jan 2013 #5

How is he in your face? LisaLynne Jan 2013 #6

His ads are everywhere on the Innertubes radiclib Jan 2013 #9

Thankfully I've missed those. LisaLynne Jan 2013 #10

Oprah fawned over him when she still had her show. SunSeeker Jan 2013 #7

"You rang?" - Meher Baba Berlum Jan 2013 #19

In what way is he in your face? KaryninMiami Jan 2013 #8

anyone who talks about philosophy from anything but a scientific materialist viewpoint KittyWampus Jan 2013 #15

+ 1 Berlum Jan 2013 #20

The ads you're seeing are because of where you've been online lunatica Jan 2013 #11

Website that explains the process... hunter Jan 2013 #13

DuckDuckGo Rocks! toddaa Jan 2013 #28

That's just it---I NEVER look at books on spirituality radiclib Jan 2013 #23

yeah, sure. Whatever you say lunatica Jan 2013 #24

There was a video of his on DU demwing Jan 2013 #27

A working class German guy turned woo-woo New Ager. Odin2005 Jan 2013 #12

perfect thread for philosophical dwarves to pile on and declare "woo" on. KittyWampus Jan 2013 #14

Or the "septics" as I call them kentauros Jan 2013 #16

people kept telling me that with my philosphy with life i had to read power of now. seabeyond Jan 2013 #17

I think the OP has just been being bombarded with ads featuring him and didn't ... LisaLynne Jan 2013 #18

they kind of freaked me out at first. I read about this or that and then see ads. Yeah, I knew KittyWampus Jan 2013 #22

I take time to be in The Now for a few moments throughout the day lunatica Jan 2013 #25

"declare woo on" OneGrassRoot Jan 2013 #30

AdBlock is your friend n/t PasadenaTrudy Jan 2013 #21

This ^^ Earth Bound Misfit Jan 2013 #26

Rehashed, watered down Alan Watts toddaa Jan 2013 #29

Tolle's primary teaching Shankapotomus Jan 2013 #31

I agree--MBSR is offered at major medical centers now zazen Jan 2013 #32

Capitalism & Ego is always the danger Shankapotomus Jan 2013 #33