A New Earth: Create a Better Life
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Offers a spiritual framework for people to move beyond themselves in order to make this world a better, more spiritually evolved place to live.
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A Pleasant Surprise… Unusually good,
I admit… I had my reservations about Tolle and his material. When I first saw the man, he talked way too slowly for my liking and I could have sworn he was half-mole. And after reading the book description and some of the reviews; I had an uneasy feeling that this was going to be a lot of spiritual hokum that tells me that my discomfort was due to my furniture in the wrong place or that I don’t cuddle enough fluffy animals, and that the path to happiness is paved with daily 5-hour meditations where I admire my feet, so that one day I can shoot laser beams from my hands.
Anyhoo… I’m glad my close friend persisted in his recommendations.
I won’t lie: This book can be abstract in places and is very spiritually-centred, so will not be for everyone… however, the spiritual element is incredibly practical. As much as my head imploded in some of the later chapters, his explanation of the ego and pain body are utterly brilliant. (In short: The ego is the “individualistic” element that seeks superiority/being unique, be it by showing off, playing the “hard-done-by-victim” or actions that purposefully make us ‘different’. The pain body is a network of emotions that help to ‘fuel’ the ego. How lovely). What I really admire is how much Tolle talks you through the process of weakening their influences. With most self-help books, the tutor will generally explain their solution and just leave it at that… here, Tolle almost has a built-in FAQ, and explains a lot of the mistakes, potential problems and general things to expect when starting out. If I’m honest, I’ve found this a lot more practical than the majority of other self-help tactics out there… things like affirmations (the art of saying nice things about yourself) seem like short-term fixes that don’t hold water when the going gets tough. Here, I’m seeing a lot more strength. (For anyone else who’s read the book, I’ve found the phrase “The ego feels/thinks…” to be very useful. Of course I don’t say this out loud…)
In terms of whether this book is for “you”… hmm…
Personally, if you’re in a situation where you seem to be “losing sense of who you are”, and fluctuate between highs and lows almost like a minor form of bi-polar depression (one minute you’re a hero, next thing you know you’re nothing), and can feel that you can handle a decent level of abstract psychological/spiritual ideas… then you’re probably ready and should give this a spin!
Peace
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|exactly what I needed to read at the right time,
I am going to keep this short. For years I have been reading spiritual books, trying the exercises, doing the things to bring the learned theoretical information into my life. Time and time again, it didn’t work, I was still depressed, annoyed, lost, etc, etc etc. This book is the first book I have ever read that actually enabled me to see and practice what it said, quite quickly, without lists to guardian angels, thinking about what I want, analyzing the past, changing beliefs and planning for a brighter and more vibrant future. The bottom line is, I didn’t know what I wanted and I still don’t know. Most books ask you to make these goals, to plan ahead, but that is not really possible if you don’t know. This book asks you for the opposite: Wide awake now, here, alert, attentive and conscious and then let’s see what life chooses to do through you.
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|wonderful,
I love the Power of Now but I think A New Earth is even more profound and lucid. I find that this book – like all Eckhart’s books, but this one has it even stronger – has an almost uncanny power. Somehow you can feel the wisdom it contains seeping into you as you read and taking you a little closer to realisation. This book gives you a profound understanding of how the ego works, and after reading it you are never quite the same person again. We are amazingly lucky that Eckhart possesses such an acute intellectual mind with an enlightened spiritual state. (The two don’t often go together.) I’ve also been reading books recommended on Eckhart’s website, including another stunning book called Waking from Sleep by Steve Taylor, which Eckhart recommends as ‘one of the best books on spiritual awakening I have ever read. An important contribution to the global shift in consciousness.’Waking from Sleep: Why Awakening Experiences Occur and How to Make Them Permanent
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