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| Practicing the Power of Now: Essential Teachings, Meditations, and Exercises from The Power of Now | 
 enlarge | Author: Eckhart Tolle
Publisher: New World Library
Category: Book
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Media: Hardcover
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Pages: 128
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Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5 x 0.7
ISBN: 1577311957
Dewey Decimal Number: 291.44
EAN: 9781577311959
ASIN: 1577311957
Publication Date: October 10, 2001
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 Companion Book March 18, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This short book is not the entire publication of the Power of Now. It is a workbook which provides clips from the book and practice exercises. Although I would probably not have purchased this book knowing this (I wanted the whole book), it has served as a companion reader for A New Earth.
 Extraordinary! February 24, 2008
I am utterly grateful for this book. Eckhart Tolle has given us a simplistic outline to provide the necessary practices, definitions, and fundamental descriptives required to conceptualize the Power of Now. Do not expect a discursive, narrative tome...read instead the original manuscript, The Power of Now, if that is what you want. This is the "simplified" version...explicit, available, concise...a wonderful introduction as well as a concise expositon of the basics of NOW...
Read it and be transformed.
 Practice? Why? February 14, 2008
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
The Angel Hunter
I bought this book long after I started listening to and reading Eckhart's stuff. It is fine as a little refresher and daily reminder type book. However, his original book, 'The Power of Now', is so powerful and simple to practice I didn't really see the need for this one after I bought and read it. I realize that embracing the moment, living in the essence of what is, was all I ever needed. Practice sounds like a task: which consciousness does not require. I would buy 'A New Earth' if you want another Eckhart book provided you already own the original: `The Power of Now'.
Important guide February 13, 2008
I refer to his earlier book which render extensive material and commentary on various topics. I would encourage other Tolle enthusiasts to read the new book first.
Good principles, but less than perfect February 8, 2008
5 out of 10 found this review helpful
The reviews on this book, along with Oprah's comments, and my own personal interest in Zen Buddhism made me excited to get my hands on it. I expected to really enjoy it. I had a hard time with it though, which was really disappointing.
Essentially, Eckhart Tolle is a man who had a great spiritual experience/awakening at 29 years old he. He went on to study eastern religions and practices and then build his own philosophy, much of which is based on Zen Buddhism.
The idea of living in the `Now' is a super powerful one. Tolle does a good job of explaining it and his Q&A format is easy to understand. For someone who has never experienced meditation or the teachings of Zen Buddhism, this book can be thought provoking. However, there were a number of things that made me suspicious of Tolle's `philosophy'.
First, at the end of the book I asked myself what I'd learned. The answer was not much. I felt like he'd gone round and round and round his central ideas. It became tiring rather than enlightening, and I kept having to force myself not to skim.
Second, he used the words of historical religious leaders a little too loosely for me. The only religion I know enough about to comment on is Christianity. It was very clear to me that he was taking the teachings of the New Testament way out of context. And if Tolle's teachings are eternal in nature, why wouldn't he use the scriptures as they are?
And okay it really bugged me that he said, "Never personalize Christ. Don't make Christ into a form identity." Isn't the whole message of Jesus Christ about him being the son of God raised to immortality through resurrection after the cross? How do you take the person of Christ out of Him paying the price for mankind's sins? I'm not trying to do promote Christianity by saying that. My point is that he uses the New Testament, but then remakes Jesus into something that fits Tolle's philosophy rather than what is actually taught in the scriptures.
Makes me wonder if he does the same with the other religions.
Third, if Tolle lives what he preaches, I would expect him to be humble, truthful, salt-of-the-earth type person who gives what he has as a gift to mankind. When I looked up his really snazzy, expensive website and see all the products for sale, his touring schedule, testimonials, etc. I'm left with a bad taste in my mouth - tastes like high-end marketing campaign actually. Why is that necessary if he is only in it for helping humanity? I'd expect a true spiritual leader to offer his wisdom with no expectation for compensation (monetary of fame).
Overall, I guess I'd say that Tolle's book is worth taking a look at. It is based on some wonderful truths. But go into reading it with you eyes open. There are some definite clues that Tolle might be promoting his own personal philosophy rather than teaching the wisdom of the ages.
(I'd actually recommend Robert Jackson's podcasts at www.aquietmind.com - He puts the same ideas into practice in a simpler way. And although he takes donations if you feel inclined, it is otherwise free.)
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