The reading of this, amongst other things helped no end.
When I'm done with it, I'm going to read it again.
I have never done this with a book before [apart from the bible
]]]>]]]>I have a load a audio files when he did a 5-day seminar in India called "Touching the Eternal". If anyone is intrested I'd be happy to send it along. If you have the time and know how Torrents work, download a tracker, I use Bit Lord.
http://www.bitlord.com/index.php
and you can find a video, audio and an E-Book of "The Power of Now" here.
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I've posted a few excerpts from A New Earth in different threads:
http://forum.noblerealms.org/viewtopic.php?id=2358
]]>The one book that impressed me the most, so far, is "Stillness Speak's", he actually goes as far as calling this a sacred book in the introduction, and when I first read that I was like "say what?". To call a book you've written sacred, or a sacred text is no little thing, but then again, after I read it I would have to say that Tolle might have been completely right.
While writing Stillness Speak Tolle say's he was in a very silent state and that silence is transfered to the reader, which was my experience as I read it. He even say's just holding this book in your hand's can quiet the mind, which is no easy feat, and yet I could feel that happen to me. So Tolle amazes me to no end. He's done some incredible thing's with his book's.
For anyone that has one of those "monkey mind's" that can't stop chattering, I would highly recommend Stillness Speak's, I use it myself as a sort of "cool-down" before I do a short eyes-closed meditation and it's always been a big help.
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The Power of Now : http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/1577311 … eader-link
Stillness Speaks : http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/1577314 … eader-link
Unfortunately they don't have sample pages from A New Earth, at least not yet.
Also found some stuff from the Power of Now on Google book search: http://books.google.com/books?ie=UTF-8& … olle+earth
]]>Last week I picked up two of Eckhart Tolle's books, "The Power of Now" and "A New Earth." I've been reading them simultaneously, and even though I'm only about halfway done with them, I'm totally amazed by Eckhart's writing. I highly recommend these books! The message he conveys is very simple and very straight-to-the-point. There's no fluff involved here.
Eckhart's view on spirituality is very unique in that he does not appeal to your ego. In fact he does just the opposite. His books are a deliberate attempt to break down your ego and sense of self. Ironically, this makes the books a bit difficult to read. It's frustrating because the books are not "fun." Your ego will creep in and you'll want to put the book down again and again, and find something more "fun" to do. At least that's the effect they have on me. The real power of his books comes as an afterthought, after you've put them down for the day.
Since reading Eckhart's books, my outlook has already changed dramatically. It's become much easier to observe the ego in "my" self and otherselves. I see myself less as an individual and more as an instrument of the Tao, the Beingness of existence, the Isness, the Source, and so on. Every life is an expression of this force. Think of the Force from Star Wars. Yoda had it right all along.
Anyway, check Eckhart's books out if you're looking for something new to read. You won't regret it.