The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment

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Book Reviews of The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment

Book Review: Setting the Record Straight
Summary: 5 Stars

As a matter of background, I have read and listened to myriad self-help books, from Anthony Robbins and Stephen Covey to Shannon Duncan and the like. I spent fifteen years of my life searching for the secret to happiness and joy. Although many of the books and tapes I've read and listened to provided great benefit to my state of mind, none has penetrated my state of being so deeply as this. This is what I had been searching for.

Some will read (or listen) to this book and feel it is potentially nothing more than mystical mumbo jumbo without much practical merit, or puzzle over how to actually get from where they are to where Tolle claims they can be. Some may feel he states the same affirmations over and over, just in different ways, hence rendering the book relatively useless or feeling it to be an exercise in redundancy. Let me address these individuals by saying the problem does not lie in the book/audio but in your own perception.

Firstly, Tolle does, in fact, repeat many of the same concepts and personal perceptions at length, in a variety of ways. For, what he is doing is describing what success in using the concepts feels like from myriad angles. Far from being unnecessarily repetitive, it is essential for those who require a criteria for determining if they are applying the concepts correctly. They say a picture is worth a thousand words. While listening, somewhere along the way, many people will "get it" simply because Tolle repeated a concept from an angle the person finally understood. Again, this repetition isn't for those who already understand, but rather those who are still trying to find the right angle of understanding.

Some may deny the concepts within, such as time is a delusion of the mind, but reality doesn't always conform to our expectations. It is this denial that keeps these individuals chained to their discomfort, and it is certainly their choice to make. For those who've actually experienced what Tolle is describing, he couldn't be more accurate in his statements; experience is the ultimate determinant.

In a nutshell, to experience what Tolle is describing one must focus on things around them at the present moment and keep their focus there. Observe and don't judge what you're observing. The act of becoming intensely aware of that which is around you right where you are (without judgement) is the key, as doing this slowly and eventually draws focus away from the ongoing background noise of the mind; the incessant chattering. How do you know if you're actually making progress? Focus internally on your body and emotions and see how you feel. If you feel calm, joy and happiness, then you're on the right path. If not, then the contrary.

In short, this program will transform your life if understood and used as Tolle intended. Otherwise, one may relegate it as useless and repetitive. Let me say this program receives my highest recommendation for those in emotional pain.

Summary of The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment

Tolle packs a lot of information and inspirational ideas into The Power of Now. (Topics include the source of Chi, enlightened relationships, creative use of the mind, impermanence, and the cycle of life.) Thankfully, he's added markers that symbolize "break time." This is when readers should close the book and mull over what they just read. As a result, The Power of Now reads like the highly acclaimed A Course in Miracles--a spiritual guidebook that has the potential to inspire just as many study groups and change just as many lives for the better. --Gail Hudson

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