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 enlarge | Author: Eckhart Tolle
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Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1217 reviews
Sales Rank: 977614
Format: Import
Media: Hardcover
Pages: 336
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 8.5 x 5.4 x 1.5
ISBN: 071814810X
EAN: 9780718148102
ASIN: 071814810X
Publication Date: 2005
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 Awful August 18, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The author offers a few good points, but between those points are pages and pages of useless rambling. I could not make it through the whole book.
 An Important Book August 18, 2008
The title of this book is a little misleading. It's not really about a "new earth" or "life's purpose" but about something more important, namely the nature of consciousness, the nature of our own minds, the way we identify with our ego mind to our detriment,how we don't really know who we are until we tune in to what Huxley called "Mind-at-large," how that is available to us through what he calls "the discovery of inner space,""the nameless," " the eternal." We get in touch with this level of true being through awareness of the breath, the space between thoughts, inner body awareness.
People who practice meditations will recognize that none of this is really new. In fact Hinduism and Buddhism, as he acknowledges, described these very concepts and practices long ago. But it's nonetheless refreshing to have this secular, modern reminder spelled out in a very compelling way.
I'm not sure I can be as optimistic as he is that this new dimension of consciousness will be taking over and transforming our world ('the new earth"), but I can hope he's right! I think it's a very important book and I'm glad Oprah recommended it to people.
a tool August 16, 2008
Some reviewers have found this book to be a rehash of some long standing beliefs. In metaphysics there are Infinite ways to say the same thing. So in that context nothing is old nor is it new.
Eckhart is to me simply exploring the human dynamic/experience in ways that for the most part are often over looked and/or considered in this kind of detail.
I have a close friend who is very stressed by her job. I've been exploring with her that due to her ego investment in her work she has become defined by it. Such a definition almost always invites stress. What the book invites one to consider I felt is very appropriate to her situation so I am having it sent to her today.
Like all Masters some will hear his message and others will not. Thanks to his teachings about the Now and how most are still not present due to all their mind/ego chatter going on, to me he is contributing to what some call the collective Awakening or transitioning.
Spiritual teachers could easily be thought of as reminders. The help us get back in touch with what we already know.
Those that feel the need to judge something or someone are playing the game of making the myth of separation real. To them I would say EnLighten Up!
A new Earth August 16, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I never received this book. Money was taken out of my account and the book never came. I contacted the vendor and never received a reply. Very disappointed!!! I always buy from amazon.com and couldn't believe that this situation could possibly happen.
Beyond the words... and into action August 15, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Ignore everyone else and read it...
You learn something from every book you read... why not move past the critics and judge the book for yourself. Regardless of your religon or beliefs, the book will open your eyes to another aspect of life that you may not have considered.
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