This is also available as a free podcast video download in iTunes. I have yet
to view them.
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "dhamiltony2k5" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Eckhart Tolle and Oprah transform a world? Ex-pats, you seen what is
> going on with them in America?
>
> Secular spiritual teaching and secular spiritual counseling to modern
> culture. 700,000 people the first nite. A million or more for the
> second. 5 million and then again.
>
> 'Attentive' viewers getting spiritual teaching & spiritual practice
> that you would recognize if you are of the old TMmovement. Pretty
> incredible in a way of the new media. An hour and a half at a time.
> Is more secular spiritual teaching and more people taught spiritual
> practice than even Maharishi accomplished in 50 years. Is proly
> quite more an impact as a social phenomena than a bunch of guys
> (rajas) in burger king hats and robes to compete with.
>
>
> If you have not caught what is going on, you might back up and view
> the archive `classes' with Eckhart and Oprah. Can find it on
> Oprah.com Is quite a thing going on there. As it goes along is
> also a dyana type advaitan/buddhist meditation taught without any
> cultural filter or overlay. Even a led meditation on television. Is
> a Secular spirituality. Starts off in the first hour with them
> giving a very 'transcendentalist' secular definition to spirituality
> and then bloody noses to doctrinal religion by contrast. Goes on to
> really a pretty good transcendentalist's social criticism with very
> little jargon of religion.
>
> http://www.oprah.com
>
> click through the various links to find the archive download-able
> link to the "classes' that have happened. The week's class with them
> is every Monday nite. That becomes available the next day by noon to
> download. Is excellent secular spiritual teaching/counseling
> throughout. Pretty incredible bump it gives to modern culture using
> the facility of all that is internet.
>
> http://www.oprah.com/obc_classic/webcast/archive/archive_watchnow.jsp
>
>
> This is a new thing on the internet to have so many people signing on
> at the same time to view one thing together. Is work in progress as
> far as the connection to the live broadcast. They have it figured
> out pretty well now after several weeks. Live interactive video all
> around the globe. You can download the archive classes though for
> free.
>
> Something seems is going on. Take a look at it if you have not.
>
> Jai Guru Dev,
>
> -Doug in FF
>