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| A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose (Oprah's Book Club, Selection 61) | 
 enlarge | Author: Eckhart Tolle
Publisher: Penguin
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1328 reviews
Sales Rank: 80
Media: Paperback
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Pages: 336
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Dimensions (in): 7.9 x 5.3 x 0.8
ISBN: 0452289963
Dewey Decimal Number: 204.4
EAN: 9780452289963
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Publication Date: January 30, 2008
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 Easier February 23, 2008
47 out of 82 found this review helpful
It seems to me that it's easier for people to call sin, EGO, rather than what it is ..sin ~ you know stuff like selfishness, self centeredness etc. which is the cause of all sorts of horrible stuff going on in the world, that stuff has always been referred to as sin for as long as I know, but Mr. Tolle calls it EGO and everyone goes AH HA..Oh...that must be what it is...so, now can I ask what do we do with all this EGO we just realized that we had/have....pretend like we didn't know any better or just trudge forward with all the guilt of how we've behaved and believed??? I think this book comes up short in the end.
 Audio Only January 30, 2008
44 out of 67 found this review helpful
Eckhart needs to get a decent narrator to read his material for the audio versions. Just the sound of his voice turns me off. Could there be a LESS enthusiastic reading about enlightenment?
 Good, but not great. February 19, 2008
44 out of 53 found this review helpful
Oprah, Eckhart Tolle is not God and this book is not the Bible.
For the most part this is an interesting read and a good review of correct thinking and of the work of others. Wayne Dyer, Norman Vincent Peale, Jon Kabat-Zinn, A.C. Ping, Andrew Matthews, Norman Cousins, the Tao and Bible studies teach most of the things contained in this book.
Living in the now and not worrying about the past or the future is healthy. It is true enough that positive thinking and doing for others for altruistic reasons is the path to happiness as opposed to the accumulation of things and self-aggrandizement. Likewise, concentrating on the task at hand with joy and enthusiasm is the correct formula for a happier life.
The Pain-Body stuff in chapters 5 and 6 are original theory, but is not very convincing or useful theory.
The idea that there is something that the reader falls short of if this book does not spark enlightenment is presumptive on the author's part. It is thought provoking though.
This book is very interesting, but it is not worthy of all of the hype.
Unnecessarily wordy and shallow February 25, 2008
44 out of 53 found this review helpful
Unnecessarily wordy and shallow
I have read many books on topics such as this and I was disappointed on how complicated the author tired to make the subject. It wasn't until page 72 that a simple sentence finally rang through all of the noise, and that "shining through" was very rare in this book. I hope that people don't miss the simple truths, a simple awareness and the simplicity of Being.
context. February 16, 2008
42 out of 107 found this review helpful
one ought not take the Word of God from its context. The Word will provide promises, not speculation. Give to God what is His, and then you will understand "beingness."
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