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Amazon.com Review
Ekhart Tolle’s message is simple: living in the now is the truest path to happiness and enlightenment. And while this message may not seem stunningly original or fresh, Tolle’s clear writing, supportive voice, and enthusiasm make this an excellent manual for anyone who’s ever wondered what exactly “living in the now” means. Foremost, Tolle is a world-class teacher, able to explain complicated concepts in concrete language. More importantly, within a chapter of r…
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July 20, 2010 at 12:24 am
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July 20, 2010 at 9:30 am
After reading happiness books like “Finding Happiness in a Frustrating World”, I felt like I had a good handle on what science had uncovered about how to live a happy life and have to say that I am MUCH happier for having read them. But, while the field of positive psychology has made some great contributions to my happiness levels, it’s books like The Power of Now that come along and let you know there’s STILL more you can learn.
July 20, 2010 at 2:02 pm
A key concept of the book (if I’m explaining it right) is that you will start to experience a certain kind of enlightenment when you learn to leave your analytical mind behind. In other words, instead of “thinking” try just “observing your thinking.” And when you do this, you also need to realize that all this “thinking noise” that goes on in your head all day long is not really who you are- an enlightening concept indeed!
July 20, 2010 at 3:28 pm
To that end, the book is set up in a question and answer format to help you get to understand these kinds of concepts. While it might seem ridiculous to some, it really isn’t. Case in point, we all talk to ourselves or have witnessed others talking to themselves at times (maybe during a sporting event perhaps). If you ask someone who they are talking to, they will usually say “I’m talking to myself.” And this, by definition, means that there have to be two “selves”, an “I” talking to “myself”- and so justifies the idea of two selves (a “you” and a “thinking you” in the book).
July 20, 2010 at 4:38 pm
Well, if these seem to be the kind of concepts you’re ready to explore, this is your book. It raises some good questions and certainly brings up one that you can’t argue with: all we have is the here and now. As the book so astutely points out, “Nothing ever happened in the past; it happened in the Now. Nothing ever happened in the future, it will happen in the Now.” And learning to live in the now IS the point of the whole book.
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July 21, 2010 at 2:23 am
I have refrained from writing a review of this book for nearly a year and a half, being content to simply practice what Tolle has expressed so simply – remain in the present moment for that is all we have. After nearly three decades of practicing meditation to become enlightened (some day) I found it disheartening to conclude that I wasn’t really getting anywhere, yet I was reluctant to give up the effort. Then Tolle popped into my life like a much needed life preserver, showed me who I really am, and put an end to my thrashing about in self-created whirlpools of despair – when you discover you are the ocean itself the whirlpools peter out in embarrassment.