The Power of Now : A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment

Eckhart 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 reading this book, readers are already holding the world in a different container--more conscious of how thoughts and emotions get in the way of their ability to live in genuine peace and happiness.Tolle packs a lot of information and inspirational ideas into__The Power of Now__. (Topics include the source of Chi, enlightened relationships, creative use of the mind, impermanence and the cycle of life.) Thankfully, he's added markers that symbolise "break time". This is when readers should close the book and mull over what they just read. As a result,__The Power of Now__reads like the highly acclaimed__A Course in Miracles__--a spiritual guidebook that has the potential to inspire just as many study groups and change just as many lives for the better. --__Gail Hudson__ To Make The Journey Into The Power Of Now We Will Need To Leave Our Analytical Mind And Its False Created Self, The Ego, Behind. From The Beginning Of The First Chapter We Move Rapidly Into A Significantly Higher Altitude Where One Breathes A Lighter Air, The Air Of The Spiritual. Although The Journey Is Challenging, Eckhart Tolle Offers Simple Language And A Question And Answer Format To Guide Us. The Words Themselves Are The Signposts. The Book Is A Guide To Spiritual Awakening From A Man Who Has Emerged As One Of This Generation's Clearest, Most Inspiring Teachers. Eckhart Tolle Is Not Aligned With Any Particular Religion But Does What All The Great Masters Have Done: Shows That The Way, The Truth, And The Light Already Exist Within Each Of Us. Author's Preface To The Paperback Edition -- Introduction: The Origin Of This Book ; The Truth That Is Within You -- You Are Not Your Mind: The Greatest Obstacle To Enlightenment ; Freeing Yourself From Your Mind ; Enlightenment : Rising Above Thought ; Emotion : The Body's Reaction To Your Mind -- Consciousness : The Way Out Of Pain: Create No More Pain In The Present ; Past Pain : Dissolving The Pain-body ; Ego Identification With The Pain-body ; The Origin Of Fear ; The Ego's Search For Wholeness -- Moving Deeply Into The Now: Don't Seek Your Self In The Mind ; End The Delusion Of Time ; Nothing Exists Outside The Now ; The Key To The Spiritual Dimension ; Accessing The Power Of The Now ; Letting Go Of Psychological Time ; The Insanity Of Psychological Time ; Negativity And Suffering Have Their Roots In Time ; Finding The Life Underneath Your Life Situation ; All Problems Are Illusions Of The Mind ; A Quantum Leap In The Evolution Of Consciousness ; The Joy Of Being --^ Mind Strategies For Avoiding The Now: Loss Of Now : The Core Delusion ; Ordinary Unconsciousness And Deep Unconsciousness ; What Are They Seeking? ; Dissolving Ordinary Unconsciousness ; Freedom From Unhappiness ; Wherever You Are, Be There Totally ; The Inner Purpose Of Your Life's Journey ; The Past Cannot Survive In Your Presence -- The State Of Presence: It's Not What You Think It Is ; The Esoteric Meaning Of Waiting ; Beauty Arises In The Stillness Of Your Presence ; Realizing Pure Consciousness ; Christ : The Reality Of Your Divine Presence --^ The Inner Body: Being Is Your Deepest Self ; Look Beyond The Words ; Finding Your Invisible And Indestructible Reality ; Connecting With The Inner Body ; Transformation Through The Body ; Sermon On The Body ; Have Deep Roots Within ; Before You Enter The Body, Forgive ; Your Link With The Unmanifested ; Slowing Down The Aging Process ; Strengthening The Immune System ; Let The Breath Take You Into The Body ; Creative Use Of Mind ; The Art Of Listening -- Portals Into The Unmanifested: Going Deeply Into The Body ; The Source Of Chi ; Dreamless Sleep ; Other Portals ; Silence ; Space ; The True Nature Of Space And Time ; Conscious Death -- Enlightened Relationships: Enter The Now From Wherever You Are ; Love/hate Relationships ; Addiction And The Search For Wholeness ; From Addictive To Enlightened Relationships ; Relationships As Spiritual Practice ; Why Women Are Closer To Enlightenment ; Dissolving The Collective Female Pain-body ; Give Up The Relationship With Yourself --^ Beyond Happiness And Unhappiness There Is Peace: The Higher Good Beyond Good And Bad ; The End Of Your Life Drama ; Impermanence And The Cycles Of Life ; Using And Relinquishing Negativity ; The Nature Of Compassion ; Toward A Different Order Of Reality -- The Meaning Of Surrender: Acceptance Of The Now ; From Mind Energy To Spiritual Energy ; Surrender In Personal Relationships ; Transforming Illness Into Enlightenment ; When Disaster Strikes ; Transforming Suffering Into Peace ; The Way Of The Cross ; The Power To Choose. Eckhart Tolle. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 231). Author's Preface to the Paperback Edition Introduction The Origin of This Book The Truth That Is Within You You Are Not Your Mind The Greatest Obstacle to Enlightenment Freeing Yourself from Your Mind Enlightenment: Rising above Thought Emotion: The Body's Reaction to Your Mind Consciousness: The Way Out of Pain Create No More Pain in the Present Past Pain: Dissolving the Pain-Body Ego Identification with the Pain-Body The Origin of Fear The Ego's Search for Wholeness Moving Deeply into the Now Don't Seek Your Self in the Mind End the Delusion of Time Nothing Exists Outside the Now The Key to the Spiritual Dimension Accessing the Power of the Now Letting Go of Psychological Time The Insanity of Psychological Time Negativity and Suffering Have Their Roots in Time Finding the Life Underneath Your Life Situation All Problems Are Illusions of the Mind A Quantum Leap in the Evolution of Consciousness The Joy of Being Mind Strategies for Avoiding the Now Loss of Now: The Core Delusion Ordinary Unconsciousness and Deep Unconsciousness What Are They Seeking? Dissolving Ordinary Unconsciousness Freedom from Unhappiness Wherever You Are, Be There Totally The Inner Purpose of Your Life's Journey The Past Cannot Survive in Your Presence The State of Presence It's Not What You Think It Is The Esoteric Meaning of "Waiting" Beauty Arises in the Stillness of Your Presence Realizing Pure Consciousness Christ: The Reality of Your Divine Presence The Inner Body Being Is Your Deepest Self Look beyond the Words Finding Your Invisible and Indestructible Reality Connecting with the Inner Body Transformation through the Body Sermon on the Body Have Deep Roots Within Before You Enter the Body, Forgive Your Link with the Unmanifested Slowing Down the Aging Process Strengthening the Immune System Let the Breath Take You into the Body Creative Use of Mind The Art of Listening Portals into the Unmanifested Going Deeply into the Body The Source of Chi Dreamless Sleep Other Portals Silence Space The True Nature of Space and Time Conscious Death Enlightened Relationships Enter the Now from Wherever You Are Love/Hate Relationships Addiction and the Search for Wholeness From Addictive to Enlightened Relationships Relationships as Spiritual Practice Why Women Are Closer to Enlightenment Dissolving the Collective Female Pain-Body Give Up the Relationship with Yourself Beyond Happiness and Unhappiness There Is Peace The Higher Good beyond Good and Bad The End of Your Life Drama Impermanence and the Cycles of Life Using and Relinquishing Negativity The Nature of Compassion Toward a Different Order of Reality The Meaning of Surrender Acceptance of the Now From Mind Energy to Spiritual Energy Surrender in Personal Relationships Transforming Illness into Enlightenment When Disaster Strikes Transforming Suffering into Peace The Way of the Cross The Power to Choose Notes Acknowledgments About the Author Eckhart 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 reading this book, readers are already holding the world in a different container--more conscious of how thoughts and emotions get in the way of their ability to live in genuine peace and happiness. Tolle packs a lot of information and inspirational ideas into The Power of Now . (Topics include the source of Chi, enlightened relationships, creative use of the mind, impermanence and the cycle of life.) Thankfully, he's added markers that symbolise "break time". This is when readers should close the book and mull over what they just read. As a result, The Power of Now reads like the highly acclaimed A Course in Miracles --a spiritual guidebook that has the potential to inspire just as many study groups and change just as many lives for the better. -- Gail Hudson Celebrating 25 Years as a New York Times Bestseller — Over 16 Million Copies Sold It's no wonder that The Power of Now has sold over 16 million copies worldwide and has been translated into over 30 foreign languages. Much more than simple principles and platitudes, the book takes readers on an inspiring spiritual journey to find their true and deepest self and reach the ultimate in personal growth and spirituality: the discovery of truth and light. In the first chapter, Tolle introduces readers to enlightenment and its natural enemy, the mind. He awakens readers to their role as a creator of pain and shows them how to have a pain-free identity by living fully in the present. The journey is thrilling, and along the way, the author shows how to connect to the indestructible essence of our Being, “the eternal, ever-present One Life beyond the myriad forms of life that are subject to birth and death.” Featuring a new preface by the author, this paperback shows that only after regaining awareness of Being, liberated from Mind and intensely in the Now, is there Enlightenment. Eckhart Tolle has emerged as one of today's most inspiring teachers. In The Power of Now, already a worldwide bestseller, the author describes his transition from despair to self-realization soon after his 29th birthday. Tolle took another ten years to understand this transformation, during which time he evolved a philosophy that has parallels in Buddhism, relaxation techniques, and meditation theory but is also eminently practical. In The Power of Now he shows readers how to recognize themselves as the creators of their own pain, and how to have a pain-free existence by living fully in the present. Accessing the deepest self, the true self, can be learned, he says, by freeing ourselves from the conflicting, unreasonable demands of the mind and living "present, fully, and intensely, in the Now."