Well right now, I just want to return this book to Amazon and get another one. It would be easy to dismiss this book as a fruit-salad of New Age and pseudo-buddhist clichés, mashed to a fine purée of nonsense and sold as a cure for what ails you in our age of secular alienation. I highly recomdend it to anyone who would like to improve the quality of this moment of their life. I knew the answers to much of humanity's suffering was right in front of me. Eckhart Tolle seems to be making no attempt to proselytize, or gain a following in opposition to Christianity or any other religious group. Another one of those awesome, life-changing books! Tolle's The Power Of Now is an extreme eye opener for any who are going through hard times. I passed this book dozens of times in my yoga studio back in 2003. like he said, it takes some people a great number of sufferings to finally surrender. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the Enter key is pressed. Eckhert Tolle gave me the courage to choose it and live it. I felt trapped inside an endless corridor of meaninglessness and pain.The Saturday morning when I was contemplating really ending it, I heard an inner voice say "one last book, read one last book and if you still want to kill yourself, go ahead." This is true of pretty much anything in the arena of Personal Growth or Development, from yoga to marriage counseling. He told me about root chakras and staying grounded while being in the center of your head. It's outdated, in terms of content and his wisdom. The phenomenal bestselling self-help book of its generation – for spiritual followers of the Dalai Lama and Deepak Chopra. I recommend this book if you are into new age spirituality or not. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon. I am up at stupid o'clock because my redneck neighbors upstairs are fighting once again. I was completely engulfed by my personal connection to the author's own pain and fear before his journey began. Thank you Eckhart! The basis of the American sports industry, What to consider when buying a new computer, Genesis Gap Teaching on Angelic Rebellion and When Things Began Dying, Relationship of Fallen Angels to Old Earth Creationism, Holy Miracles of God and Evil Occurrences of Satan, Very Special Prophecy Ministered to My Wife and I, How to find the right wedding videographer, What is God saying to you? First of all, I must say I'm very much into all kinds of self-help books as well as new age stuff. When we are intensely present in the Now, we respond from deep consciousness and flow with ease and joy in life. There's a lot of corny passages and long paragraphs that don't make sense. A native of Germany, Eckhart Tolle attended the University of London, and upon graduation went on to become a research scholar and supervisor at Cambridge University. I like reading about practical practices on bettering oneself. This article has been kept purposely very general and abstract in order not to color your own thoughts and opinions as you consider what, if anything to adopt or reject from Mr. Tolle and "The Power of Now". His #1 NYT bestselling book is a modern classic in the field of personal growth and spirituality; Oprah Winfrey credits The Power of Now with helping her to "get through September 11, 2001" and she featured it on her December 2002 "Oprah’s Favorite Things" show. The answer we all want is simple but not easy, Reviewed in the United States on August 10, 2017. The suggestions in this book are similar to suggestions I've heard from someone I know who is in psychic school. But in my opinion it is just gnostic crap. I gave the book a 5 Star rating because I truly believe it had transformed my life and set me well and truly on the route to discovering and my soul and connecting with it. Tolle has taken some good wisdom from the world's religions, dressed it in New Age language, personalized it with his own less impressive wisdom, and then used a powerful personal story* to sell the book. And while there are tenets to Mr. Tolle's body of work that may not jibe with an individuals own set of core religious beliefs, why would it be necessary for all of it to do so? Just do not allow anyone else to decide for you what is or is not in conflict with your Christian beliefs. Thankfully, he's added markers that symbolise "break time". That small space is everything. Upon 2nd reading of this book, I realized that any form of negativity I may have in the moment actually reflects a resistance to the present moment - a refusal to accept the here and now (which is the only reality). We’d love your help. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of, Published The important thing is to make up your own mind. But who am I without thought, judgment, or control ? With all of the hoopla over Oprah Winfrey's "New Earth" webclass with "Power of Now" author Eckhart Tolle, it is no surprise that many in the Christian community are quick to paint Mr. Tolle's teachings as unChristian if not downright evil. I would recommend it to anybody interested in connecting with their soul and attaining a state of infinite peace. This book was written in 1997. Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2019. Unable to add item to List. To see what your friends thought of this book, I have health problems also. I don't know if it is in this book or not though. There is no nice way to say this. I was excited to read this book. I was feeling suicidal and had been for two years. I've read a few books with similar messages about living in the present, being mindful, and grateful--it's a very zen-like message--but this book was different. As written, the book was repetitive, boring, and repeatedly insulting to the reader. There was a problem loading your book clubs. August 19th 2004 The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment. It was so popular and its praises so well sung by my yoga teacher, Steve Ross, that I thought it must be a bunch of new age mumbo jumbo.
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