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The Power of Now: A
Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment by Eckhart
Tolle
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- Hardcover: ; Dimensions (in inches):
0.88 x 9.34 x 6.34
- Publisher: New World Library; ISBN:
1577311523; (October 1999)
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Ekhart Tolle's message is simple: living in the now
is the truest path to happiness and enlightenment.
And while this message
may not seem stunningly original or fresh, Tolle's clear writing,
supportive voice, and enthusiasm make this an excellent manual for anyone
who's ever wondered what exactly "living in the now"
means.
Foremost, Tolle is a
world-class teacher, able to explain complicated concepts in concrete
language. More importantly, within a chapter of reading this book, readers
are already holding the world in a different container--more conscious of
how thoughts and emotions get in the way of their ability to live in
genuine peace and happiness.
Tolle packs a lot of information and inspirational ideas into The
Power of Now. (Topics include the source of Chi, enlightened
relationships, creative use of the mind, impermanence, and the cycle of
life.)
Thankfully, he's added markers that symbolize "break
time." This is when readers should close the book and mull over what
they just read. As a result, The Power of Now reads like the highly
acclaimed A Course in Miracles--a
spiritual guidebook that has the potential to inspire just as many study
groups and change just as many lives for the better. --Gail Hudson
Book
Description
Eckhart Tolle is
emerging as one of today's most inspiring teachers. In The Power of Now,
already a word-of-mouth bestseller in Canada, the author describes his
transition from despair to self-realization soon after his 29th
birthday.
Tolle
took another ten years to understand this transformation, during which
time he evolved a philosophy that has parallels in Buddhism, relaxation
techniques, and meditation theory but is also eminently practical.
In The Power of Now he shows readers
how to recognize themselves as the creators of their own pain, and how to
have a pain-free existence by living fully in the present.
Accessing the deepest self, the true self, can
be learned, he says, by freeing ourselves from the conflicting,
unreasonable demands of the mind and living "present, fully and
intensely, in the Now." |