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 enlarge | Author: Eckhart Tolle
Publisher: Penguin
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1215 reviews
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Media: Paperback
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Pages: 336
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Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5.5 x 1
ISBN: 0452289963
Dewey Decimal Number: 204.4
EAN: 9780452289963
ASIN: 0452289963
Publication Date: January 30, 2008
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 A Life-changing Book August 1, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is the best book I have ever read and I have read hundreds. If you are looking for answers, you will find them here. Please read it.
A gift. July 31, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Most of the ideas in "A New Earth" can be found in Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism and other spiritual teachings, but Tolle's ability to find the essence and harmony of those teachings, strip them of their doctrinal coverings and communicate those ideas in an effective and relevant manner makes this book of the most important written of this year.
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A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose July 29, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This is NOT a book about the earth's environment per se. It takes us back to our origin--our purpose in life when we awaken to it, to a spiritual basis of humility and oneness. To Consciousness. Tolle has a very logical way at arriving at this basis and one which we need NOW,
because the consciousness of most humans of today is in crisis.
 Tolle is in denial July 29, 2008
13 out of 18 found this review helpful
I read this book for a bookclub discussion. I must say that I was skeptical to begin with, but after 300 plus pages of mind-numbing abstract language, I almost felt sick. Tolle has reduced himself to a shell of a person with no ego, no emotions, no thoughts, no past, no future in the mistaken view that somehow his detachment makes him a deeper, more spiritual being. Unfortunately, I see him as a social misfit who has managed to hypnotize himself with endless verbiage so that he doesn't have to face up to the pain and suffering that are a normal part of existence. His denial is a psychological defense mechanism to help him cope with the assaults on his ego (he thought he was going to be a great intellectual until his college experience proved otherwise). The tradeoff of so much denial is a feeling of righteousness and resulting power that the puritan exchanges for pleasure. I don't trust anyone for advice who has isolated himself or herself from society. Engagement and involvement in life are so much more pleasurable than detachment even though you can be hurt when you invest yourself and your emotions.
It's healthy to have an ego; usually the insecure are those who need to compensate by defensiveness. People with big egos are often more interesting than the shy, retiring type. Tolle's book will fade like all the others because it doesn't understand psychology, people's drives, or their needs, What he offers is magic--all problems will magically disappear by becoming aware--aware of something we already know: we exist.
To really learn about human nature and how to live a life, literature can help people explore. Instead of taking a class trying to decipher the meaningless abstract chatter of Tolle (consider this excerpt:"Although the unmanifested realm of pure consciousness could be considered another dimension it is not separate from this dimension of form. Form and formlessness interpenetrate. The unmanifested flow into this dimension as awareness, inner space, Presence. How doe it do that? Through the human form that becomes conscious and thus fulfills its destiny. The human form was created for this higher purpose, and millions of other forms prepared the ground for it., p. 291 ) consider taking a class in Shakespeare or Samuel Beckett who know more about life than Tolle will ever know.
A spiritual guide to a better life July 29, 2008
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
If you were to say that this book inspires a completely new way of thinking, you would be wrong. That's because new-age guru Eckhart Tolle bases his teachings on the existing concept of moving beyond thinking. He explains that you can only connect to the energy that flows through the universe only when you hush the incessant voice in your head. This book made a huge media splash early in 2008 when Oprah Winfrey selected it for her bestseller-making book club and encouraged worldwide discussion of it via live Web seminars. Readers eagerly shared their "aha moments" online, citing points in the book that ignited their "shifts in consciousness." And yet anyone who is at all familiar with Eastern philosophies will not find Tolle's messages quite so groundbreaking. For instance, the concept of ego transcendence has been part of the Eastern spiritual lexicon for centuries. getAbstract agrees that Tolle's guidance fulfills a need for current-day seekers, and recommends it to anyone who relishes the spiritual quest for authentic selfhood and inner stillness, or who is simply curious to discover what provoked all the buzz.
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