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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:  1117 reviews
Sales Rank: 9
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
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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
ASIN: 0452289963
Publication Date: January 30, 2008
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| Customer Reviews:
 Awawened Master? The Meek Equals Egoless? May 18, 2008
156 out of 212 found this review helpful
The book is 316 pages, & has 10 chapters with 2-11 parts in each. This book is better than the first in that it gives more details on Buddhist beliefs.
However, the authors vanity & EGO are sometimes shocking. He jumps to conclusions from experiences that don't appear "egoless." He has made the pursuit of being "awakened or enlightened" into a western style competitive race. Chapter 5 was drivel pyschbabble & even had histoical mistakes. Ex: The pre-Christian cultures he mentioned on page 156 revered females? If that was true, why did they sell their own women into slavery?
Also, the ideas the author presents are not original & his tone is a bit patronizing & contradictory. When he states that you should not dwell on the future, but stay in the present. But, a moment later he states that you must focus on a vision or goal that you are striving to reach. One could simply read the works of the authors he listed on page 131. Life is far more complex & transitory than he seems to indicate.
"Dukkha, or suffering is part of life." Mindful practice is all we can truly focus on. It is not an escape from the stresses we all have in our daily lives. On page 273, he states "the decision arrives ready made. It comes through awareness, not through thinking." I can't speak for others, but one often will have to think to be fully aware. I found pages 234-7 to be the wisest examples in the book. Then again, I learned these things from episodes of the 1970's show "Kung Fu." Lastly, I recommend folks read Daniel Goleman's "EQ," for both ego & emotional information. While "mindfullness" is well covered in the Dalai Lama's "The Art Of Happiness."
 An alternative to Christianity, where God is Me February 27, 2008
126 out of 214 found this review helpful
Simply enough, Tolle's book is so attractive and popular because it removes the distractng reminder of a God who loves us enough to die for us, but who also loves us too much to acquiesce when we deliberately choose to spend Eternity apart from Him. Follow Tolle's philosophy and you'll break the second commandment; namely, you'll make a god in your own image (yours!) God wants for us what Tolle's book supposedly offers, but He is the only one who can get us there.
Another Oprah Brainwashing February 1, 2008
106 out of 235 found this review helpful
Just another lemming reaction to an Oprah selection. It's sad commentary that so many people will wait until she puts her approval on a selection and then rush to purchase it and then feel that they belong in the select few. If you want to improve your spiritual life try the one book that has always been the answer, THE BIBLE!!
No New earth. August 9, 2006
102 out of 145 found this review helpful
i have read nearly all of Tolles books. All have been incredibly disappointing. This one probably the most disappointing.I understand the reviewers below, some who have not finished the book but have been hooked on the future promise of better things. ( Like a horoscope). Had there been no other books on the market of exactly the same nature before tolle started writing then I would have probably enjoyed some aspects. But really there is nothing new here. Certainly no New earth. That is another fantasy, living in the future idea. The reincarnation idea is also not new and Hindus have practised this for centuries. Obviously new readers will be impressed but those who have searched a little themselves will see the lack of substance in this book before the end. I could not even pass it on to someone else. I thought that would not be a nice thing as i found it so poor in the end.
More New-Age Garbage February 29, 2008
94 out of 149 found this review helpful
This book and books like this, insert out of context scripture to ease Christians into believing that this is what God wants them to be reading and doing, when actually it is leading you away from the truth and away from God. It worked on Oprah, and it will work on many others too.
It's amazing how many new-age "spiritual" books have been written. Why? Because the "spiritual seekers" that are reading and writing them haven't found what will truly fulfill them. The WORD of GOD.
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