A very simple and practical series of lessons in how to discover and stabilise inner peace in everyday life

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Product Description

To make the journey into The Power of Now we will need to leave our analytical mind and its false created self, the ego, behind. Although the journey is challenging, Eckhart Tolle offers simple language and a question and answer format to guide us. Surrender to the present moment, where problems do not exist. It is here we find our joy, are able to embrace our true selves and discover that we are already complete and perfect. If we are able to be fully present and take each step in the Now we will be opening ourselves to the transforming experience of The Power of Now. It's a book to be revisited again and again.



This worldwide phenomenon has captured the world's imagination with its ability to change readers' lives for the better.

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #20491 in Books
• Published on: 2005-10-10
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 224 pages

Amazon.co.uk 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 symbolise "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

Oprah Winfrey
'THE POWER OF NOW can transform your thinking. The result? More joy, right now.'

Review
'THE POWER OF NOW can transform your thinking. The result? More joy, right now.' (Oprah Winfrey )

'Pointing to the portals of the eternal Present, this practical mystic's modern gospel offers transcendent truths that set us free.' (Dan Millman )

'In the self-help heaven that is the US, Eckhart Tolle is fast becoming the next Deepak Chopra. His book, THE POWER OF NOW, is the bible du jour - a must-read for anyone looking for a modern take on spirituality.....Essential reading for anyone who might be feeling weighed down by the past or fearful of the future'. (Red )

'This book is generating quite a buzz of excitement. It is quite simply one of the clearest and most accessible texts on becoming more present that we have seen.' (Kindred Spirit )

'Reading this book has taught me to witness my actions from several viewpoints. I have read it many times over and I get more from it each time I dip in. I try to read a few pages each morning and carry those words with me throughout the day. I've recommended it to lots of friends, who have also found it helpful.' (Belinda Carlisle )

‘One of the best books to come along in years. Every sentence rings with truth
and power’. (Deepak Chopra )

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Customer Reviews

Interesting but oddly depressing
An interesting read that I found oddly depressing. Like the advocates of neuro-linguistic progamming who claim to be able to rewire our heads to make us see the world and our lives in a more positive light, there is a sense here that we should be renouncing, evading or rising above our condition, emotions and consciousness. I can accept that the mind is a learning, habitual device which will accept programming from negative experiences and can be taught to evaluate situations more positively. I can understand that Christianity offers an alternative to our way of life, and even to our world, and that many of the evolved survivalist instincts we carry can actually hold us back from happiness, enlightenment or development. What I don't agree with is Tolle's refusal to engage with the emotional, bloody striving of human life. It does seem that Christ saw that there was more to life than what we can physically see and intellectually understand, but the impression one gets from his teaching is of searching for ways to describe ineffable truths about the Kingdom, and his actions appear to suggest that righteous anger, painful love, physical sacrifice and deep, wounding and exhilirating emotion are part of God's plan for us. The kind of detached floating serenity Tolle offers as an alternative is not familiar to me from the Bible. This wouldn't be a problem if Tolle didn't repeatedly quote from the Bible and other sources (without annotations showing chapter and verse), and claim that these snippets support his argument, when in fact they often don't. Tolle is fond of explaining that Jesus is referring to "the Now" when in fact reading the quotations in context doesn't confirm that he is. I'm not as familiar with Buddhism, but unless Tolle's grasp of it is firmer than his hold on the tenets of Christianity, this book is likely to be more a personal account of spirituality than a useful introduction to Zen. Any book which suggests that seek the spiritual realities beyond the petty frustrations and quarrels of everyday life is not without worth to many readers, but the most convincing point in this book is that we should not allow the present time, or our presence, or our essential selves, to be contained by guilt and an expectation of failure learned from our past, or fear of the future. This concept has been explained in more detail in books such as A Course In Miracles, which Tolle refers to as an inspiration. By all means try this book, ignore the jarring mismatch between the Oprah-touted idea that this book offers a bolt of instant peace and happiness and the difficult Zen concepts that it introduces, but do also consider looking at the wonderfully rich narratives and full emotional engagement of the Bible, the Koran, and centuries of spiritual, emotional and scientific struggle that have brought us where we are today.

amazing clarity
This is possibly the most powerful and insightful book on spirituality ever written. The most amazing thing about it is its clarity - its account of the workings of the human minds is truly stunning. Like no other book I've read, it has an enlightening effect as you read it - you can feel the clarity and insight spreading to you. It has led me on to another amazing book called the Fall by Steve Taylor, which is highly recommended by Eckhart on his website. The Fall provides a historical and cultural context to Eckhart's work, showing the ego's terrible effects throughout history and suggesting that, as a species, we are now transcending it. The Fall:the Insanity of the Ego in Human History and the Dawning of a New Era: The Insanity of the Ego in Human History and the Dawning of a New Era

Ersatz Mysticism of the Very Worst Kind!
I wanted to enjoy this book ... really I did! I tried and tried but the more I read of it the more irritated and confused I became - so much so that I ended up throwing it across the room in frustration.

As earlier reviewers pointed out the basics to this system are possibly even older than the hills themselves. Zen is a wonderfully liberating and exhilarating process but goodness me this book reflected none of this! I found the attitude of the writer wholly incompatible with that of anyone who truly understands the Buddhist Way - the first stage of which is the annihilation of the ego. This is where I fell out with this book from the opening Preface where the author eulogizers at tedious length on his over-inflated opinion of its importance in the evolution of the planet. From here on in it went downward fast with mind-numbingly banal questions and answer sessions. It smacks somewhat of a very lazy style of writing and I can only suggest that its success is merely down to its title.

If you are attracted to its title then I suggest that better purchases would be 'The Divine Matrix' by Gregg Braden as to an introduction to the metaphysics of the eternal space of now and 'F**k It' by John C. Parkin for a wonderful guide to how to dissolve your ego and enter into that same space in order to truly reclaim your power without the awful pseudo-Christian 'guilt hangover' complex that this book instills in you.