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The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 291.44
EAN: 9781577311522
Edition: 1
ISBN: 1577311523
Label: New World Library
Manufacturer: New World Library
Number Of Items: 1
Publication Date: September 27, 1999
Publisher: New World Library
Studio: New World Library
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Editorial Review:
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
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.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - My Personal Experience with the Message of this Book
I am a middle-aged professional with a academic background in philosophy.
As I grew older, I felt more strongly that there must be a spiritual realm to our existence. But I was relegated to the thought that this spiritual realm was something that would probably go unanswered for the rest of my life. At times, I would have more spiritual feelings and sensations which reinforced this belief, but still felt that my belief of the spiritual real would be faith based and could never go ... Read More
Rating: - The best book ever written on Exposing the False Self (EGO)
When I saw Oprah mention this book on her show I ran out and got a copy right away. All I can say is THANK YOU VERY MUCH OPRAH. Excellent book teaching you how to live in the now. The best book I have ever read that exposes the false self (EGO) and how the primary job of the ego is to take your happiness away and create all kinds of problems every day.
Here's the ego's program that it is running to justify it's existance "Never Satisfied"
No matter how a situation turns out, ... Read More
Rating:  - Waste of Money....Compiled from various sources....
...and it's not even the "best of", sort of reference.
My thoughts are, that this guy is potentially a cult figure, with followers who are grabbing at straws. I can't imagine what Oprah was thinking. Her original spiritual strengths, were strong enough to take her, further than most people can imagine going.
2-stars is over-rating his books...in my book.
My concern:
Charlatans, exploiting those who may be needing real help.
Rating: - 20080921 REVIEW
Very useful for me. I was sure that this book will be what I want, before buying it. And it is. Many thanks to the author.
Rating: - If You Are Ready to Learn, This is Great Guide to Enlightenment
No matter if you're religious, spiritual, or neither, Tolle's gift to the world is this book and it should be read before one dies (sooner rather than later, if you really want to improve your life). Westerners are especially poor at living in the now...we have no examples or teachers of this in Western society -- or few, at best. Until one discovers how to live in the moment (this will take much practice and re-reading or re-listening to Tolle), life is either anxiety- or depression-ridden, or we are ... Read More
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