Eckhart Tolle鈥檚 Guide to Difficult People
When we start learning about the workings of the brain and behaviour we can begin to become impatient with others who are not as, shall we say, educated. While it鈥檚 a natural reaction it鈥檚 also rather smug, conceited, and almost certainly unhelpful.
Fan-favourite spiritual philosopher Eckhart Tolle has some tips for dealing with it, as relayed by .
Firstly. We鈥檙e all progressing on a path to 鈥榗onsciousness鈥�, says Tolle, and some of us might be further down that road than others. This certainly doesn鈥檛 mean that we鈥檙e any more 鈥榮piritual鈥� or otherwise 鈥榖etter鈥�.
鈥楾hat鈥檚 just spiritual ego and doesn鈥檛 do anybody any good,鈥� comments Gerken, 鈥楾hink about how much better off you鈥檇 be if you could eliminate the bad feelings you harbour about the difficult people in your life. A colleague at work. Maybe some in-laws who are nasty to you. Whoever they may be. Those feelings are an enormous energy suck that are all harm to YOU and no benefit.鈥�
Secondly, when we鈥檙e with someone who鈥檚 frustrating us with their supposed lack of 鈥榗onsciousness鈥� all we need to do is stay present. Don鈥檛 get caught up in their behaviour or be tempted to correct them. Stay calm and deal with it. Tolle gives the example of the one person at a business meeting who stays focused and thoughtful and often provides an example that their colleagues in the meeting end up following.
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