The Power of Now : A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment

Eckhart Tolle is emerging as one of today's most inspiring teachers. In The Power of Now, already a word-of-mouth bestseller in Canada, 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. C......Page 2 Foreword......Page 4 Acknowledgments......Page 7 The Origin Of This Book......Page 8 The Truth That Is Within You......Page 10 The Greatest Obstacle to Enlightenment......Page 13 Freeing yourself from your mind......Page 16 Enlightenment: Rising above Thought......Page 19 Emotion: The Body's Reaction to Your Mind......Page 21 Create No More Pain In The Present......Page 26 Past Pain: Dissolving The Pain-Body......Page 27 The Origin Of Fear......Page 31 The Ego's Search For Wholeness......Page 33 End The Delusion Of Time......Page 35 Nothing Exists Outside The Now......Page 36 The Key To The Spiritual Dimension......Page 37 Accessing The Power Of The Now......Page 38 Letting Go Of Psychological Time......Page 40 The Insanity Of Psychological Time......Page 41 Negativity And Suffering Have Their Roots In Time......Page 42 Finding The Life Underneath Your Life Situation......Page 43 All Problems Are Illusions Of The Mind......Page 44 The Joy Of Being......Page 46 Loss Of Now: The Core Delusion......Page 49 Ordinary Unconsciousness And Deep Unconsciousness......Page 50 What Are They Seeking?......Page 51 Dissolving Ordinary Unconsciousness......Page 52 Freedom From Unhappiness......Page 53 Wherever You Are, Be There Totally......Page 55 The Inner Purpose Of Your Life's Journey......Page 59 The Past Cannot Survive In Your Presence......Page 60 It's Not What You Think It Is......Page 62 Beauty Arises In The Stillness Of Your Presence......Page 63 Realizing Pure Consciousness......Page 65 Christ: The Reality Of Your Divine Presence......Page 68 Look Beyond The Words......Page 70 Finding Your Invisible And Indestructible Reality......Page 72 Transformation Through The Body......Page 73 Have Deep Roots Within......Page 75 Before You Enter The Body, Forgive......Page 77 Your Link With The Unmanifested......Page 78 Slowing Down The Aging Process......Page 79 Strengthening The Immune System......Page 80 The Art Of Listening......Page 81 Going Deeply Into The Body......Page 83 The Source Of Chi......Page 84 Other Portals......Page 85 Space......Page 87 The True Nature Of Space And Time......Page 89 Conscious Death......Page 91 Enter The Now From Wherever You Are......Page 93 Love/Hate Relationships......Page 94 Addiction And The Search For Wholeness......Page 95 From Addictive To Enlightened Relationships......Page 98 Relationships As Spiritual Practice......Page 99 Why Women Are Closer To Enlightenment......Page 104 Dissolving The Collective Female Pain-Body......Page 105 Give Up The Relationship With Yourself......Page 109 The Higher Good Beyond Good And Bad......Page 112 The End Of Your Life Drama......Page 114 Impermanence And The Cycles Of Life......Page 115 Using And Relinquishing Negativity......Page 119 The Nature Of Compassion......Page 123 Toward A Different Order Of Reality......Page 124 Acceptance Of The Now......Page 129 From Mind Energy To Spiritual Energy......Page 132 Surrender In Personal Relationships......Page 133 Transforming Illness Into Enlightenment......Page 136 When Disaster Strikes......Page 137 Transforming Suffering Into Peace......Page 138 The Way Of The Cross......Page 140 The Power To Choose......Page 142 Preface Foreword Acknowledgments 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 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." To make the journey into the Now we will need to leave our analytical mind and its false created self, the ego, behind. From the very first page of Eckhart Tolle's extraordinary book, we move rapidly into a significantly higher altitude where we breathe a lighter air. We become connected 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.” Although the journey is challenging, Eckhart Tolle uses simple language and an easy question and answer format to guide us. A word of mouth phenomenon since its first publication, The Power of Now is one of those rare books with the power to create an experience in readers, one that can radically change their lives for the better. 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

a Spiritual Teaching Of Rare Power And Clarity, Presented In The Form Of Dialogue Between Teacher And Seeker. Profound Insights Are Gained --we Are Not Our Mind; We Can Find Our Way Out Of Psychological Pain; Authentic Power Is Found In Surrendering To The Now. More Than A Book --a Precious Gift, A Loving Companion, A Guide To Enlightened Living.

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