The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment - - Eckhart Tolle

Eckhart Tolle is a person with an unbelievably clear, powerful and succinct account of how and why our mind-based ego consciousness runs us, robs us of our birthright as humans, and why our society, at every turn, supports this process. His message is exquisitely eloquent and direct: Learn, through endless practice (unbending intent as Don Juan would say) to observe your mind without judgement. See where this leads you again and again as your sense of who you are escapes psychological time and the vastness, wholeness, and beauty of Creation opens before you.

He encourages the reader to let go of the ego and brain “noise” and be in the now, which is how he says he lives. Most all of the “problems” we have in life don’t directly effect us in the moment, yet we are controlled and tortured by them he says. Tolle also makes the case for healing past pain and suffering through simply being fully here now. Making these changes in our materialistic, image possessed, ego driven society is a challenge indeed, but he would say it’s our only way out. This is truly life changing stuff.

Tolle gets right to the point and explains so much about inner peace and how our minds actually work that I found myself wanting to share what he and the Kanes have discovered. If THE POWER OF NOW is the technical manual for reaching fulfillment (because it is mostly explanations about awareness rather than illustrative examples), then WORKING ON YOURSELF DOESN’T WORK is the practical guide with real world examples and insights that describe exactly how satisfaction is possible in everyday life.