Eckhart Tolle: A new earth (2006, Plume)
Paperback, 315 pages
English language
Published Sept. 10, 2006 by Plume.
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.
Powerful book. It is in the practice of being present that this text finds it's merit.
Sadly, A New Earth is worse than The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment. It's mostly the same content, just repackage. I guess there's a little bit more information on the pain-body, but that's about all it has to offer. Basically, "your life's purpose" is to awaken and just be in the Now. Everything else is secondary. That's fine and well, and is probably true, but Tolle's earlier book says the same thing. To make matters worse, A New Earth is significantly more boring than his earlier book.
Fantastic. This will go on the "Books to read several more times" shelf. Came to it from Dan Harris's 10% Happier with the scepticism Harris conveyed about it. I think he was too harsh. The talk about frequencies is strange but when you're discussing hard to nail down topics, you use whatever language you can. The science behind taking it literally is less important than the general message. I learned a great deal from it.
