|
| A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose | 
enlarge | Author: Eckhart Tolle Publisher: Penguin Category: Book
List Price: £12.99 Buy New: £9.99 You Save: £3.00 (23%)
New (14) from £6.58
Avg. Customer Rating: 46 reviews Sales Rank: 406
Media: Paperback Pages: 336 Shipping Weight (lbs): 1 Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6 x 1.1
ISBN: 0141017821 EAN: 9780141017822 ASIN: 0141017821
Publication Date: June 29, 2006 Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
|
| Customer Reviews:
A Masterpiece from Tolle - Best Read of 2006 so far April 25, 2006 21 out of 25 found this review helpful
Although I love the philosophy behind Eckhart Tolle's "The Power of Now" I have tried to complete it several times but not yet succeeded. In contrast, I have devoured every word of "A New Earth". It delivered many powerful insights for me and the fundamental messages of recognising and letting go of the Ego and either embracing acceptance, enjoyment or enthusiasm at all times have really struck a deep chord. I echo a fellow reviewer's comments that sentences are often best read and then reread to really let them land.
This will be one of my all time companions to be read over and over. The messages are simple, profound and ultimately life changing.
A life altering book March 31, 2006 13 out of 16 found this review helpful
Certain books I have considered seminal in my life, this is certainly one of them. What is said is not new, it has a very Zen perspective. What I liked about it was its simplicity and how at the end of it you were aware of a simple way you would make a dramatic difference to the way you live your life. How Tolle defines your ego and your pain body are truly illuminating and form a new benchmark in my life. Read this book, it is fascinating.
Waking up - and losing your mind March 9, 2006 49 out of 59 found this review helpful
"A New Earth: awakening to your life's purpose" is both deeply profound and wonderfully liberating. Tolle is particularly well known for "The Power of Now" and "Stillness Speaks", yet this new book takes his spiritual teaching to an altogether different level. In a simple and profound way he is able to illuminate several of the deepest truths revealed by teachers over the past 2,500 years. His characterisation of the ego mind, its obsession with form and content, the accumulation of the individual pain-body, and the way in which humans have become so identified with the incessant mental chatter - "lost in thought" - is brilliant. Tolle acknowledges that words can never be adequate to describe the liberation that arises from awakening into consciousness, and our connection to both the space within and the universe of space, yet his ability to convey our ever-present access to Source and the joy of just Being is wonderful. There is nothing to do in this book - no activities, no exercises, no checklists - just a shift in consciousness that lets you come alive. I'm not sure any of this would have made much sense to me ten, or even five years ago. Today it's absolutely mind-blowing at this stage of my spiritual journey.
Fantastic!!! January 6, 2006 18 out of 22 found this review helpful
I love this book. It is well written, easy to understand and yet not patronizing and it is very interesting. It made so much sense and I finally got an understanding on what the Ego is rather than it just being a word or concept that is used without proper explanation. I found it very beneficial and helpful to boot. I have tried to read some other of Tolles books and not found them as dynamic and amazing as this one. It is a must read.
Fantastic book written with great clarity November 27, 2005 33 out of 40 found this review helpful
In short a brilliant book, I have read a lot of books on this type of subject, and a lot of them are heavy going or difficult to grasp. For me that is the beauty of this book it is very easy to read and understand the point of what is being said.The author shows us clearly how we create unhappiness in our lives, and even better, shows us how to change the habitual way we see the world, and ourselves within it, to bring the happiness back. A highly recommended read. For what it is worth, my advise to anyone reading this type of book is to read carefully, ensuring each word and sentence is absorbed and understood, if need be go back and read a sentence again and again until it 'sinks in'. Because, if you are like me when you are reading, you can end up skating over entire pages, which you have read but not absorbed, ultimately missing the point, which would be a shame for this truely enlightening book.
|
|
| Powered by Associate-O-Matic
| |