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 enlarge | Author: Eckhart Tolle
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd (UK)
Category: Book
Buy Used: $15.70
Avg. Customer Rating:  1164 reviews
Sales Rank: 804745
Format: Import
Media: Paperback
Edition: Export e.
Pages: 313
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.7
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.1 x 0.9
ISBN: 0141027592
EAN: 9780141027593
ASIN: 0141027592
Publication Date: October 31, 2006
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Condition: Different cover, same book! Minor reading wear.
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 A New Earth July 21, 2008
This book has taught me to look inside of myself and allow my soul to lead me through my life. I believe the Holy Spirit works within me if I but ask for help or direction. It's taught me to just "BE". I'm always just where I am suppose to be.
Very Inspireing July 21, 2008
This book is very enlighting....and substanciates that WE are fully responsible for changing the way we think and live. Thusfar this book
has helped me to more fully take responsibility for my thinking and
changing my thought pattern's.
You'll want to think about what is written on every page! July 21, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Eckhart Tolle's THE POWER OF NOW was one of the most
powerful books I have read in the past several years . . . it helped
me appreciate the joy of living "in the now."
His latest effort, A NEW EARTH,
goes beyond what he wrote previously to show why it is necessary
to transcend our ego-based consciousness if we truly want
personal happiness . . . also, by so doing, Tolle contends that we
will awaken life's purpose.
Tolle, a contemporary spiritual teacher, is not easy to get "into"
for some readers . . . yet if you make the effort, you will find
yourself drawn into what he has to say by his use of some
very thought-provoking observations--such as this one:
* As I was walking with a friend through a beautiful nature reserve
near Malibu in California, we came upon the ruins of what had been
once a country house, destroyed by a fire several decades ago. As we
approached the property, long overgrown with trees and all kinds
of magnificent plants, there was a sign by the side of the trail put there
by the park authorities. It read: DANGER. ALL STRUCTURES ARE
UNSTABLE. I said to my friend, "That's a profound sutra [sacred scripture]."
And we stood there in awe. Once you realize and accept that all
structures (forms) are unstable, even the seemingly solid material ones,
peace arises within you. This is because the recognition of the
impermanence of all forms awakens you to the dimension of the formless
within yourself, that which is beyond death. Jesus called it "eternal life."
I then read a few more pages before I came across this equally
interesting passage that summed up how I often feel:
* I usually congratulate people when they tell me, "I don't know
who I am anymore." Then they look perplexed and ask, "Are you saying
it is a good thing to be confused?" I ask them to investigate. What does
it mean to be confused? "I don't know" is not confusion. Confusion is:
"I don't know, but I should know" or "I don't know, but I need to know."
Is it possible to let go of the belief that you should or need to know who
you are? In other words, can you cease looking to conceptual definitions
to give you a sense of self? Can you cease looking to thought for an identity?
When you let go of the belief that you should or need to know who you are,
what happens to confusion? Suddenly it is gone. When you fully accept that
you don't know, you actually enter a state of peace and clarity that is closer
to who you truly are than thought could ever be. Defining yourself through
thought is limiting yourself.
Lastly, I liked how he often used stories to drive points home:
* The inability or rather unwillingness of the human mind to let go of the
past is beautifully illustrated in the story of two Zen monks, Tanzan and
Ekido, who were walking along a country road that had become
extremely muddy after heavy rains. Near a village, they came upon
a young woman who was trying to cross the road, but the mud was
so deep it would have ruined the silk kimono she was wearing. Tanzan
at once picked her up and carried her to the other side.
The monks walked on in silence. Five hours later, as they were
approaching the lodging temple, Ekido couldn't restrain himself any longer.
"Why did you carry that girl across the road?" he asked. "We monks are
not supposed to do things like that."
"I put the girl down hours ago," said Tanzan. "Are you still carrying her?"
Now imagine what life would be like for someone who lived like Ekido
all the time, unable or unwilling to let go internally of situations,
accumulating more and more "stuff" inside, and you get a sense
of what life is like for the majority of people on our planet. What a heavy
burden of past they carry around with them in their minds.
Read A NEW EARTH if you're in the mood for something a bit out
of the ordinary, but in a very positive way . . . it will make you
think about what's written on almost every page, then want to
go back to revisit it . . . I know that's the case with me and
so this is one book that I won't be lending to too many others.
 A difficult maze of unfamiliar concepts, with the promise of enlightment to those who persist July 21, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
As a lifelong Christian,academic,and driven achiever, I'm probably not the best customer for Eckhart Tolle's approach. Nevertheless, I felt that the final three chapters held out some encouragement and justified the time I had spent wading through the Buddhist jargon and grating dismissal of all that my culture holds dear. There is much to agree with here; ego is indeed the source of many ills, most of us live mostly unconscious lives, peace would be preferable to the tension and stress many experience, and so forth. I found his reinterpretation of the words of Christ fascinating and a bit off-putting, but worthy of thought. Of course, thought is part of the problem, to Tolle's way of seeing the world. We in the Western world do indeed benefit from more "being" and less "doing", but I believe it's balance we need, rather than an abrupt dismissal of the entire achievement-oriented way of life. For an alternative view on the fulfilled life, see my [[ASIN:1419686178 Intentional Living: Lessons from the Tree of Life].]
A new Earth by Eckhart Tolle July 20, 2008
Amazing life chamging book. Eckhart will be known as one of the spiritual leaders of out time!
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