When challenges arise in your life, what happens inside of you? For many of us, the larger the "problem," the more we resist, contract, and react unconsciously. On the other hand, explains Eckhart Tolle, in any given moment we have the chance to remain open to life, align with what is, and experience the natural sense of peace and aliveness that he calls "the joy of being."

The Joy of Being is a four-session program that explores the process of awakening to our identity beyond the limits of thought, and the impact this transformation can have in the world. Speaking after a three-year teaching hiatus, Eckhart discusses:

- Working with whatever conditions arise as your guide for the continuing practice of presence
- Using the inner body and sense perception as anchors to the Now
- Freedom from sufferingÑthe spiritual seekerÕs best motive
- The practice of Òbeing the spaceÓ for the situations and circumstances you often find difficult

"The joy of being is derived not from something that happens, or from some object, but from the essence of who you are," teaches Eckhart. "To know yourself as that is joy." The Joy of Being points to a revolutionary phase in human developmentÑwhere thinking is no longer the dominant aspect of our lives, and unconditioned awareness expresses itself through and as each one of us.