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Loading... A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose (2005)by Eckhart Tolle
No current Talk conversations about this book. Good Book! (  ) 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". ;) (7/10) (  ) Tullius22 | Aug 3, 2012 | no reviews | add a review
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Tolle presents readers with an honest look at the current state of humanity: he implores us to see and accept that this state, which is based on an erroneous identification with the egoic mind, is one of dangerous insanity. However, there is an alternative to this potentially dire situation. Humanity now, perhaps more than in any previous time, has an opportunity to create a new, saner, more loving world. This will involve a radical inner leap from the current egoic consciousness to an entirely new one. In illuminating the nature of this shift, Tolle describes in detail how our current ego-based state of consciousness operates. Then gently, and in very practical terms, he leads us into this new consciousness. We will come to experience who we truly are--which is something infinitely greater than anything we currently think we are.--From publisher description.… (more)
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Editions: 0718148576, 0143143492, 0141042885
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