A short Eckhart Tolle monologue (YouTube clip) that contrasts a brief experience of deeper spiritual connection with the ease of being pulled back into ordinary concerns—illustrated by an anecdote of a phone call about lost investments that disrupts a momentary transcendence.
People say, I've had enough of this. I don't want to come back. When I die. I definitely had enough. I'm not coming back. And an hour later, the telephone rings. The voice at the other end says, the deal has fallen through. Your investments are lost and they are suing you. What? How? What? How dare they? Suddenly, the world is very real again. An hour ago, you said you had transcended it all. You are no longer the same person you were an hour ago. Because perhaps an hour ago, you were connected to something deeper. But you can't stay there. What about the spiritual? Oh, leave me alone with that spiritual. I don't have time for that now.
Why alcohol feels like relief, and what it is really giving you | Eckhart Tolle
