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A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose (Paperback)
by Eckhart Tolle
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Absolutely marvelous and stunningly practical, this book is another must read if you are looking for a connection to higher consciousness. |
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Author: Eckhart Tolle
Publisher: Plume
Pub. in: August, 2006
ISBN: 0452287588
Pages: 336
Measurements: 7.8 x 5.3 x 0.7 inches
Origin of product: USA
Order code: BA00343
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A follow-up to the the enormously successful The Power of Now, which is the #1 New York Times Bestseller with 2 million copies sold. |
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Building on the astonishing success of The Power of Now, Eckhart Tolle presents readers with an honest look at the current state of humanity: He implores us to see and accept that this state, which is based on an erroneous identification with the egoic mind, is one of dangerous insanity.
Tolle tells us there is good news, however. There is an alternative to this potentially dire situation. Humanity now, perhaps more than in any previous time, has an opportunity to create a new, saner, more loving world. This will involve a radical inner leap from the current egoic consciousness to an entirely new one.
In illuminating the nature of this shift in consciousness, Tolle describes in detail how our current ego-based state of consciousness operates. Then gently, and in very practical terms, he leads us into this new consciousness. We will come to experience who we truly are - which is something infinitely greater than anything we currently think we are - and learn to live and breathe freely.
MSL highly recommends The New Earth as well as its predecessor The Power of Now, as the most important source of inspiration on our journey searching for enlightenment.
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Anyone on a spiritual path.
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Eckhart Tolle is a contemporary spiritual teacher who is not aligned with any particular religion or tradition. In his writing and seminars, he conveys a simple yet profound message with the timeless and uncomplicated clarity of the ancient spiritual masters: There is a way out of suffering and into peace. Tolle travels extensively, taking his teachings throughout the world.
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The highly anticipated follow-up to the 2,000,000 copy bestselling inspirational book, The Power of Now
With his bestselling spiritual guide The Power of Now, Eckhart Tolle inspired millions of readers to discover the freedom and joy of a life lived “in the now.” In A New Earth, Tolle expands on these powerful ideas to show how transcending our ego-based state of consciousness is not only essential to personal happiness, but also the key to ending conflict and suffering throughout the world. Tolle describes how our attachment to the ego creates the dysfunction that leads to anger, jealousy, and unhappiness, and shows readers how to awaken to a new state of consciousness and follow the path to a truly fulfilling existence. The Power of Now was a question-and-answer handbook. A New Earth has been written as a traditional narrative, offering anecdotes and philosophies in a way that is accessible to all. Illuminating, enlightening, and uplifting, A New Earth is a profoundly spiritual manifesto for a better way of life - and for building a better world.
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A reader (MSL quote), Canada
<2006-12-30 00:00>
Mr. Eckhart Tolle's teachings are excellent for the Westerners who just begin to wake up not so much to the "true reality" as to the basic falseness of our existence. This is, of course, the most important first step in the right direction. Unlike many contemporary spiritual teachers, Mr. Tolle is not afraid to speak about the madness present in our psyches and in our civilization, and it is very amusing to apply his analysis to the political correctness and the individual rights movement (which both show then their true colors as the ego-reinforcing, freedom-denying ideologies.) In this respect Mr. Tolle is providing a precious service which, however, is more easily accessible in, say, his "Stillness Speaks" than in the present volume.
In contrast to the Oriental (especially East Indian) exponents of Advaita Vedanta, its Western followers tend at some point to veer into the self-help mode. Mr. Tolle is no exception here as evinced by his discourse on the pain-body. Ramana Maharshi would simply ask, "Who feels this pain- body?" and it would become immediately obvious that the right answer is "nobody". But perhaps Mr. Tolle's concern with such merely egoic concepts is a concession to the coarse human nature of the majority of his readers.
I am also rather surprised by Mr. Tolle's adherence to the concept of reincarnation (which term he seems to use as including metempsychosis.) Although still very much present in the popular spiritual culture, this idea has been convincingly debunked not only be Rene Guenon and Ananda K. Coomaraswamy but also - from a different perspective - by Ramana Maharshi and Nisargadatta Maharaj. With Mr. Tolle, however, this may be simply a wordplay since he speaks elsewhere about us "reincarnating" at every instance of regaining our consciousness. Even so, reincarnation - just like the pain-body - is a concept quite alien to the general metaphysical landscape of Mr. Tolle's teachings.
Another surprise, this time on the factual level, is his repeating the fallacious story about 2-3 million witches having been killed by the Church. This feminist fable has been proven untrue many, many times over (most recently during the Da Vinci Code controversy) and Mr. Tolle - usually very accurate in the matters of historical record - should really know better (the facts are: not 2-3 million but about 150 thousand, and not all women but 25% men; also, mostly not at the hands of the Catholic church but by the Protestants.)
Despite these shortcomings The New Earth is a valuable text for initiating a transformation of human consciousness at the most rudimentary level. Once this is accomplished, Ramana Maharshi or Nisargadatta Maharaj should be allowed to take over.
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Paul Love (MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-30 00:00>
If you are a fan of Tolle's, this book will delight you. It gives a clear, concise, summary of the major points he had made in other books but elaborated upon insightfully for practical application in one's life. This is a book that I plan to re-read many times (I'm a slow learner, it seems), and I've already garnered a number of insights that have given me the courage to trust Life and let It carry to into further embrace of the Presence. I hope the audio CDs will be quickly available for my use on my daily walks, since of all the Tolle audios (lectures and book readings) that I have so far, I put the highest confidence in this one as providing a continuing powerful emotional boost and reminder (of what I and all of us already know but need constant reminding of).
I found the title (A New Earth) a tad misleading, since it is only in the last chapter (called "A New Earth") that the topic of the collective awakening (and global social, environmental, political transformation) is mentioned at all and then only briefly - but this suits me fine. Tolle basically believes that world transformation (an awakened New Earth) can only come into existence through individual awakening ("awakened doing"); all other action is ego-driven and will not bring us what we yearn for. This book has already helped me greatly in furthering my understanding that all "troubles" (my fears and addictions) are the result of ego identification and can be dropped with conscious awareness. If you relate to Tolle's previous work, you will surely love this book as the best yet. |
M. Kushner (MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-30 00:00>
I highly recommend this newest book by Eckhart Tolle! Similar to his The Power of Now, it is full of 'pointers' and 'reminders' of how bringing 'Being' into our outer world is what life is truly about. His statement that, '...your state of consciousness is primary, all else is secondary', says it all. What I really enjoyed about this book is that it explains exactly what consciousness is and how easy it is to be joyful, peaceful and happy NOW - this minute - not later on down the road after you have attained this or that! I bet that the people who connect with Eckhart's teachings are the ones who have been 'out of sync with life' and have had no success 'fitting in' with different religions, groups, places, etc., until now. People like that (myself included), will find Eckhart's books positively invaluable. As Eckhart points out, we have been trying to go back 'home' since we were born into form! Trust me, I can't explain it the way Eckhart does but I KNOW IT IS TRUE. I am one of those people who are uncomfortable around people who profess to 'know' and think that their way is the only way etc.; however, I am writing this review in hopes that it may be a meager 'pointer' for someone who is lost, worried or who may be suffering in some way. I believe that you will find the 'relief' you need and deserve in Eckhart's writings. Give this book your attention and see what happens! |
Evan Finer (MSL quote), USA
<2006-12-30 00:00>
Tolle's works are a blessing, in that they are very powerful for helping people evolve, and that they have caught on enough to impact so many people and thus our society at large. In reading the well thought out reviews of others, I can't help but chime in with what I think is the most important aspect of Tolle's books - that they vibrate strongly and offer the presence ("being", "now"...) that he speaks about. The books allow us to relax into and vibrate along with this presence, thus helping the reader to know what "now" is, and to learn how to stay "there". Tolle, in this book and the Power of Now, does have a lot to say, a lot of theories and ideas, all of which are very interesting and grounded in long-standing spiritual traditions (of various kinds; not a particular line); but for me it's all stuff to keep me busy while I enjoy the feeling of the work. However, as many reviewers have mentioned, for lots of readers, this information - the ideas - will be very powerful if they have never been entertained before. Overall, all of Tolle's books are recommended very highly. |
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