An edition of The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment (1997)

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An edition of The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment (1997)

The power of now

a guide to spiritual enlightenment

by

  • ★★★ ★ 3.7 (99 ratings) ·
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  • 219 Currently reading
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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."

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New World Library
Language
English
Pages
208

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Religion & Spirituality, nyt:paperback_advice=2012-01-14, Self-Improvement, Open Library Staff Picks, New York Times bestseller, Spiritual life, Nonfiction, Religious Philosophies, Religion, Religion and Psychology, Spiritualism, Affirmations, Comparative Religion

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First Sentence

"A beggar had been sitting by the side of a road for over thirty years."

Table of Contents

Preface
Page xiii
Foreword
Page xvii
Acknowledgments
Page xxiii
Introduction
Page 1
The Origin of This Book
Page 1
The Truth That Is Within You
Page 3
Chapter One. You Are Not Your Mind
Page 9
The Greatest Obstacle to Enlightenment
Page 9
Freeing Yourself from Your Mind
Page 14
Enlightenment: Rising above Thought
Page 18
Emotion: The Body's Reaction to Your Mind
Page 20
Chapter Two. Consciousness: The Way Out of Pain
Page 27
Create No More Pain in the Present
Page 27
Past Pain: Dissolving the Pain-Body
Page 29
Ego Identification with the Pain-Body
Page 34
The Origin of Fear
Page 35
The Ego's Search for Wholeness
Page 37
Chapter Three. Moving Deeply into the Now
Page 39
Don't Seek Your Self in the Mind
Page 39
End the Delusion of Time
Page 40
Nothing Exists Outside the Now
Page 41
The Key to the Spiritual Dimension
Page 42
Accessing the Power of the Now
Page 44
Letting Go of Psychological Time
Page 46
The Insanity of Psychological Time
Page 48
Negativity and Suffering Have Their Roots in Time
Page 49
Finding the Life Underneath Your Life Situation
Page 51
All Problems Are Illusions of the Mind
Page 53
A Quantum Leap in the Evolution of Consciousness
Page 55
The Joy of Being
Page 56
Chapter Four. Mind Strategies for Avoiding the Now
Page 59
Loss of Now: The Core Delusion
Page 59
Ordinary Unconsciousness and Deep Unconsciousness
Page 60
What Are They Seeking?
Page 62
Dissolving Ordinary Unconsciousness
Page 63
Freedom from Unhappiness
Page 64
Wherever You Are, Be There Totally
Page 68
The Inner Purpose of Your Life's Journey
Page 73
The Past Cannot Survive in Your Presence
Page 74
Chapter Five. The State of Presence
Page 77
It's Not What You Think It Is
Page 77
The Esoteric Meaning of "Waiting"
Page 78
Beauty Arises in the Stillness of Your Presence
Page 79
Realizing Pure Consciousness
Page 81
Christ: The Reality of Your Divine Presence
Page 86
Chapter Six. The Inner Body
Page 89
Being Is Your Deepest Self
Page 89
Look beyond the Words
Page 90
Finding Your Invisible and Indestructible Reality
Page 91
Connecting with the Inner Body
Page 93
Transformation through the Body
Page 94
Sermon on the Body
Page 96
Have Deep Roots Within
Page 97
Before You Enter the Body, Forgive
Page 99
Your Link with the Unmanifested
Page 100
Slowing Down the Aging Process
Page 102
Strengthening the Immune System
Page 102
Let the Breath Take You into the Body
Page 104
Creative Use of Mind
Page 105
The Art of Listening
Page 105
Chapter Seven. Portals into the Unmanifested
Page 107
Going Deeply into the Body
Page 107
The Source of Chi
Page 108
Dreamless Sleep
Page 110
Other Portals
Page 110
Silence
Page 112
Space
Page 113
The True Nature of Space and Time
Page 116
Conscious Death
Page 118
Chapter Eight. Enlightened Relationships
Page 121
Enter the Now from Wherever You Are
Page 121
Love/Hate Relationships
Page 123
Addiction and the Search for Wholeness
Page 125
From Addictive to Enlightened Relationships
Page 128
Relationships as Spiritual Practice
Page 130
Why Women Are Closer to Enlightenment
Page 136
Dissolving the Collective Female Pain-Body
Page 138
Give Up the Relationship with Yourself
Page 143
Chapter Nine. Beyond Happiness and Unhappiness There Is Peace
Page 147
The Higher Good beyond Good and Bad
Page 147
The End of Your Life Drama
Page 150
Impermanence and the Cycles of Life
Page 151
Using and Relinquishing Negativity
Page 156
The Nature of Compassion
Page 161
Toward a Different Order of Reality
Page 164
Chapter Ten. The Meaning of Surrender
Page 171
Acceptance of the Now
Page 171
From Mind Energy to Spiritual Energy
Page 175
Surrender in Personal Relationships
Page 177
Transforming Illness into Enlightenment
Page 180
When Disaster Strikes
Page 182
Transforming Suffering into Peace
Page 183
The Way of the Cross
Page 186
The Power to Choose
Page 188
Notes
Page 193

Edition Notes

Originally published in Canada by Namaste Publishing Inc. in 1997.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 193).

Published in
Novato, Calif

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
291.4/4
Library of Congress
BL624 .T64 1999

The Physical Object

Format
Hardcover
Pagination
xxiii, 193 p. ;
Number of pages
208
Dimensions
9.2 x 6.4 x 0.9 inches
Weight
14.4 ounces

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL8750279M
ISBN 10
1577311523
ISBN 13
9781577311522
LCCN
99042366
LibraryThing
11451
Goodreads
1369698

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL5727686W

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