The most important life lesson is the realization of who we are in our essence -- beyond the person, beyond our form, beyond our story. The mastery of life is to live in the two dimensions -- form and essence -- simultaneously.
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In this video clip, Eckhart Tolle explains the present moment is really quite simple, however, it is the story we create in our minds about whatever is happening in the present moment that becomes problematic and produces unhappiness. The most important life lesson is the realization of who we are in our essence -- beyond the person, beyond our form, beyond our story. The mastery of life is to live in the two dimensions -- form and essence -- simultaneously.

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