In defense of Nick

Oprah has been doing a weekly webcast using Tolle's book. The event is an example of things to come, technically. The book is touching a nerve across the world. Analysis about this will be an interesting topic for some time.

During the 4/21/08 webcast, a young guy, named Nick, asked about issues of practicality which is a good question. To some, Tolle's work may look to be 'navel' gazing; that is, we all don't have the luxury of being present (or receiving presents, we have to work) all the time (example: the Moscow guy already brought up the issue of having to handle the boss); there are things that have to be done in real-time where we need to show that being present contributes to efficacy.

Nick's comment about the cell-phone was right on. It may be working now, in the present. But, unless one takes action now to make sure that the thing is working in the future, it will not be working in the future. Nick's use of 'worry' in this case may have misdirected the discussion.

Tolle's response says that, yes, we need action, yet 'not to worry' is the key. Oprah noted that many think that being present leads to passivity.

Nick's question goes to the core of a hole in Tolle's approach. Since, this topic is of interest to truth engineering, let's look at that further.