logo
episode-header-image
Aug 2025
44m 6s

Essential Teachings Special: Addiction t...

OPRAH AND ECKHART TOLLE
About this episode
Eckhart answers questions on several topics, including one about addiction. He says people are addicted to many substances. But the greatest addiction of all is thinking. It’s like a drug…and people can’t stop.  They resist letting go because it shields them from the painful parts of their lives. Eckhart says the solution is presence. Becoming aware slows down an overactive mind. Our confusion dissipates…and thinking loses its ability to wreak havoc in our lives. 

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Up next
Sep 10
Watch Your Mind
This episode is a re-release; it originally aired December 22, 2022. In this podcast Eckhart discusses the path to awakening. He encourages listeners to detach from the mind, instead of being the mind. He says most of us get so enmeshed in our thinking we mistake it for reality. ... Show More
35m 23s
Sep 3
Forgiving our Unconsciousness
This episode is a re-release; it originally aired December 15, 2022. In this podcast, Eckhart talks briefly about what he calls the beingness behind our five senses which lead to the deeper essence of who we are. Eckhart then answers a question about forgiveness. He says until we ... Show More
47m 32s
Aug 27
The World is Not Here to Make You Happy
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 awakenin ... Show More
34m 31s
Recommended Episodes
May 2021
How to Stop Overthinking? | Sadhguru Answers
Sadhguru tells us why we struggle to put brakes on our thought process and shows us a way to gain control of it. Conscious Planet: https://www.consciousplanet.org  Sadhguru App (Download): http://onelink.to/sadhguru__app Official Sadhguru Website: http://isha.sadhguru.org Sadhgur ... Show More
11m 1s
Dec 2019
#179 — The Unquiet Mind
Sam Harris speaks with Judson Brewer about addiction, craving, and mindfulness. They discuss the nature of reward-based learning, the role of subjective bias in addiction, the neuroscience of craving, the neural correlates of the sense of self, real-time neuroimaging, effort and ... Show More
34m 1s
Dec 2023
How to Stop Excessive Unnecessary Thinking
Send me a messageOur society today values thinking above being. We are encouraged ever since preschool to always be thinking. While human thinking and intellect are the greatest tools for survival on our planet, if that thinking isn't infused with presence, wisdom, and conscious ... Show More
28m 4s
May 2019
Addiction
I have an educational conversation about Addiction with Psychologist Reem Shaheen. What are some of the biggest misconceptions in the region, how to handle addiction if you come across it and what can be done more to help in the region. _ _ This episode is sponsored by Carriage U ... Show More
40m 56s
Jan 2019
Overthinking is an Addiction
<p>Episode 537 - Are you addicted to overthinking? You probably just think that overthinking is something that you do, but not that you are addicted to it right? Well, in this episode I am going to chat about how to overcome that addiction.</p> <p><p>Feeling stuck? It's time to t ... Show More
18m 38s
Nov 2022
Episode 50 - I never thought I was an Addict
We tend to believe that addiction is about the physical dependence to substances, but actually it is a way wider spectrum. Addictions are more about the actions you take to numb yourself from whats going on and stop yourself from really being present. Even if you don't overuse il ... Show More
30m 19s
Aug 2019
Everything you think you know about addiction is wrong | Johann Hari
What really causes addiction -- to everything from cocaine to smart-phones? And how can we overcome it? Johann Hari has seen our current methods fail firsthand, as he has watched loved ones struggle to manage their addictions. He started to wonder why we treat addicts the way we ... Show More
15m 9s
Mar 2016
Ep. 93 - The Thinking Mind
Ram Dass illuminates the trap that many of us fall into as we grow up - which is the idea that we are our thoughts. The more accurate view would be, "I am and I think.” Thinking is a power that we have - “Intellect is a great servant but a lousy master.” Most of us live almost en ... Show More
44m 24s