A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose (Oprah's Book Club, Selection 61) | 
 enlarge | Author: Eckhart Tolle
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Publication Date: January 30, 2008
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Book Description
The highly anticipated follow-up to the 2,000,000 copy bestselling inspirational book, The Power of Now
With his bestselling spiritual guide The Power of Now, Eckhart Tolle inspired millions of readers to discover the freedom and joy of a life lived "in the now." In A New Earth, Tolle expands on these powerful ideas to show how transcending our ego-based state of consciousness is not only essential to personal happiness, but also the key to ending conflict and suffering throughout the world. Tolle describes how our attachment to the ego creates the dysfunction that leads to anger, jealousy, and unhappiness, and shows readers how to awaken to a new state of consciousness and follow the path to a truly fulfilling existence.
The Power of Now was a question-and-answer handbook. A New Earth has been written as a traditional narrative, offering anecdotes and philosophies in a way that is accessible to all. Illuminating, enlightening, and uplifting, A New Earth is a profoundly spiritual manifesto for a better way of life—and for building a better world.
About the Author
ECKHART TOLLE is a contemporary spiritual teacher who is not aligned with any particular religion or tradition. In his writing and seminars, he conveys a simple yet profound message with the timeless and uncomplicated clarity of the ancient spiritual masters: There is a way out of suffering and into peace. Eckhart travels extensively, taking his teachings throughout the world.
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 Looking for a Few Nuggets? July 25, 2008
I said once in an essay that I've spent my life preparing for destiny and not much wading through the sands of it. I meant I'd spent all my energy searching and gobbling up hoards of incessant words and thoughts of someone I thought had more of an insight than I was capable of coming up with, gurus' books and self help outlines.
Finally, jaded with definitions of ego and managing thought patterns, I find the books no longer hold my attention.
I did read A New Earth, disregarding my 25 page rule (if a book doesn't do anything for you in the first 25 pages, discard it) because I didn't want to miss anything so highly advertised.
I found a few nuggets. Something can be gleaned from almost all books, and this one does trigger an awareness of the present moment and being, even if all of it doesn't resonate.
"The more shared past there is in a relationship, the more present you need to be; otherwise, you will be forced to relive the past again and again."
"Being one with life you realize you don't live your life, life lives you. Life is the dancer, we are the dance."
"When you shift from thinking to awareness, an intelligence begins to operate in your life."
"Your personal history which is no more than a story, a bundle of thoughts and emotions, no longer forms the basis of your identity. You are being, an awareness that is prior to and deeper than thought and emotion."
"The greater part of most people's thinking is involuntary, automatic, and repetitive... mental static. Thinking happens to you."
"If you are content with being nobody in particular..., you align yourself with the power of the universe."
"Non-resistance, non-judgment, and non-attachment are the three aspects of true freedom and enlightened living."
"Nothing ever happened in the past that can prevent you from being present now; and if the past cannot prevent you from being present now, what power does it have?"
The story of the math professor's surrender to severe limitation was touching and toward the end, Three Modalities made sense.
But overall, I found the book complex and parts even offensive: the pain-body feeds on negative thoughts and awakens hungry when it is time to replenish, a psychic parasite.
"The Return of the Pain-Body" chapter sounds like it was extracted from some old time religion evangelist's sermon about demons.
Simply stating, you might say that what psychiatrists define as ego is just varying degrees of sensitivity. It seems that those suffering less from thoughts and emotions are those who are less conscious.
Tolle says there are no random events, that causes are virtually infinite. How can anyone be sure of that?
The book is alarmingly narcissist, as it deals only with the first person in lieu of what you can do for other people, which in my opinion, is the simple key to a healthy mind.
By all means, give it a try, but you might take the author's own advice, "Don't seek the truth. Just cease to cherish opinions."
When you delve into 300 pages of trying to treat the symptoms and not the cause, you start meeting yourself coming, start sounding contradictory.
For every thousand words that mean nothing to us, are a few carefully chosen ones that through the writer's intelligence and skill inspire us to great heights. Recommend: The Thrill of Hope, Concepts to Ponder. Amazon.com
The bottom line is that this is my opinion and response. Everyone has one.
Sacrament of the Present Moment : rewritten, but without the love. July 25, 2008
In short: traditional Catholic spirituality rewritten in the current vocabulary. The evidence?
Eckhart Tolle (pg.225): (1) non-resistance (2) non-judgment, (3) non-attachment
Ignatian Banners of Christ (in the Spiritual Exercises) (1) vulnerability (2) humility (3) poverty
Or take Eckart's sense of Presence and the Now. Here's a quote from "The Sacrament of the Present Moment" by Jean Pierre Caussade, a humble eighteenth century priest
" And so we leave God to act in everything, reserving for ourselves only love and obedience to the present moment. For this is our eternal duty. This compelling love, steeped in silence, is required of every soul...Pure, simple and sure, it is a straight path along which souls walk with courage and faith, looking neither to the right nor to the left, unconcerned with everything else. "
Or page 78 in "A New Earth" "This is why we call it Presence. The ultimate purpose of human existence, which is to say, your purpose, is to bring that power into this world." Isn't this a rephrasing of what it means to be in Christ? To be alive with the Holy Spirit in Christ? There are many such examples.
What is strange is Eckhart's explicit anti-Catholicism. On page 70, for example, he draws a parallel between the Catholic Church, in the first paragraph, and Pol Pot, in the second. I didn't uncover any of his own opinions which seemed at odds with Catholic tradition, although there is much that is missing - and vital - a concern with social justice being chief here, or a respect for the discipline of communal life.
I would say that the Catholic antidote to the ego is living in a web of relationships which we call community, where we learn to respond to God's love in the present moment. Eckhart Tolle's antidote to ego seems to be rather more solitary and less loving.
 Way Out of Suffering & Into Peace July 24, 2008
"A New Earth" offers unique insights into suffering and the way to peace. Much of the material relates to a Buddhist perspective but the message is universal. Unlike his previous book "The Power of Now," which was focused strictly on personal transformation, this book takes a broader perspective. This book is about transforming the self and the world.
The message can be life-changing with insights on suffering, peace, beauty and social interaction. A must-read for a broad perspective on suffering and peace.
Another book that you have to read is "Nexus: A Neo Novel." "Nexus" offers an experiential story of suffering, and finding love and peace.
life-changing July 24, 2008
If this book doesn't change your outlook on life, nothing will. I bought the book and the audiobook, but if you're deciding between the two, I recommend the audiobook. It's read by the author and his warm and friendly voice, tone, and inflection really helped me absorb his powerful lessons.
A New Earth helping people create A New Perspective July 24, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I avoided reading this book at first, thinking it would just be more of the same, on the heels of The Power of Now. Then clients in my therapy practice started quoting it. Eckhart's talk about the ego seems to help men, in particular, to find a language that is comfortable for them in grappling with life issues. Then the book was handed to me by a friend who was passing them out at a birthday dinner. I really loved reading it. I enjoyed reading a few pages a day, and letting it sink in. It has been critiqued as a repackaging of ancient wisdom which we've all heard already from other sources. I agree with that idea to a point. Another perspective I have is that it is ancient wisdom in a fresh package. It was quite a joy to read. It is a true gift, and I am glad that Oprah is promoting it.
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