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A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose (2005)

by Eckhart Tolle

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  MaryAnn12 | Apr 4, 2013 |
Really couldn't get into this book and gave up halfway through. Too much waffle and religious quoting for a book supposed to be about spirituality, which ironically the author is at pains to say is *not* the same as religion. ( )
  floriferous | Apr 1, 2013 |
With the utmost respect to my son, who recommended this book saying it changed his life, I just couldn't get more than half way through it. I have been searching authors and books for words of wisdom that meant something to me, something that could change my outlook on life. New age, emotional healing books, such as this, have continued to disappoint me and make me wonder how many people claim to read and understand them just so that they don't feel stupid. I'll admit it, they are just a bunch of fuzzy words and lofty ideas that lack any real substance- like horoscopes. If book descriptions will allow, I will not spend any more money on this type of book. It's just not for me. ( )
  Twikpet | Mar 29, 2013 |
With the utmost respect to my son, who recommended this book saying it changed his life, I just couldn't get more than half way through it. I have been searching authors and books for words of wisdom that meant something to me, something that could change my outlook on life. New age, emotional healing books, such as this, have continued to disappoint me and make me wonder how many people claim to read and understand them just so that they don't feel stupid. I'll admit it, they are just a bunch of fuzzy words and lofty ideas that lack any real substance- like horoscopes. If book descriptions will allow, I will not spend any more money on this type of book. It's just not for me. ( )
  Twikpet | Mar 29, 2013 |
I think I see where he's trying to go, but sometimes I find it a little dull. (Well, okay, it's *always* a little dull.) Also, although the book is certainly not obese, I think it could have been a bit slimmer. And, I think his outlook would have been better served by a style less terminological (or, terms-and-logic-al, hahaha), and more impressionistic.

Also, I think he's trying to practice mysticism (religion-through-feeling), but, I think sometimes he ends up leaning towards a sort of mild asceticism (remember: sit still and don't feel anything).

(Well, to the extent that he's not just trying to practice his English.... Which, in his hands, acquires a certain Teutonic ponderousness....)

Anyway, I thought that sometimes he could be decently wise, but other times he's just long-winded and trite. If I were his editor, I would have taken the axe to large sections of the book, and assigned him some poetry to read. (BTW, have there ever been any German poets? I know there have been, but it doesn't seem like it, you know?)

*shrugs* I guess it all depends on what you want.

And I suppose that, if you can laugh off the dross, you might gain something from it....

And anyway, here's a factoid for him: in Norwegian, "girl power" is "jentekraft", and "jente" ("girl"), comes to us from the Viking word for "joke". ;)

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  Tullius22 | Aug 3, 2012 |
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Earth, 114 million years ago, one morning just after sunrise: The first flower ever to appear on the planet opens up to receive the rays of the sun.
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Dé uitdaging van deze tijd
De wereld is op een belangrijk kruispunt aangekomen. Het ego-gerichte bewustzijn heeft aarde en mensheid aan de rand van de totale catastrofe gebracht. Het Js dan ook hoog tijd voor een collectieve bewustzijnstransfor-matie, waardoor we onze zwaarte en dichtheid verliezen en de kostbare edelstenen worden die we in wezen zijn, zodat we transparant worden voor het licht van bewustzijn. Sinds mensenheugenis was de mogelijkheid van zo'n transformatie de boodschap van lichtbrengers als Boeddha, Jezus en anderen. Staat de mensheid er nu meer voor open dan toen? En: wat kunnen we doen orn deze verschuiving in onszelf te versnellen? En hoe kunnen we het nieuwe, ontwakende bewustzijn herkennen? Op deze en andere wezenlijke vragen gaat dit boek in. Nog belangrijker echter is dat dit boek zelf een instrument voor transformatie is, ontstaan vanuit het nieuwe bewustzijn. Al lezende ervaren we de verschuiving die in ons plaatsvindt.
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E'-KHART TOLLE is een van de meest prominente spreken wereldwijd op het gebied van verlichting Zijn bestseller The Power of Now i; in 21 talen verschenen. De kracht van het Nu is m Nederland al jdren nummer 1 van de spirituele toptien. Van zijn boeken De kracht van het Nu, De kracht van het Nu Pn de praktijk en De stilte spreekt zijn in totaal al 150.000 exemplaren verkocht. Vlet dit langverwachte nieuwste boek geeft Eckhart Tolle ons opnieuw een kostbaar geschenk.
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Contends that humanity has an unprecedented opportunity to shift from its dangerous, ego-based state of consciousness to a saner, more loving existence, and offers practical advice on how to promote kindness and freedom.

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