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Summary: This isn't philosophical entertainment
Review: As an author in this same genre, I really appreciate the courage it took for Eckhart Tolle to write this. However, I do believe that only those who have come to the point in their spiritual practice where they are working at humbling themselves and opening to the more vast reality that is beyond thinking and conceptualizing will appreciate it. Globally speaking, this is a pretty small audience. Mr. Tolle had to have known that many, who are still seeking philosophical or psychological entertainment as a means to enlightenment, simply wouldn't understand this work. He had to have known that writing in this way wouldn't/couldn't be as popular as his first book. And yet it seems he followed his heart to produce the work that he felt he needed to produce. This has been inspirational for me. Reviews here on Amazon seem to hold considerable sway over potential readers - but I wouldn't let the negative reviews here deter you from exploring this work. I would encourage anyone who feels drawn to go deeper from where The Power of Now was able to take you, to really open your heart and follow Eckharts recommendations for slowing digesting the words he's presented here. Let them sink in deep. I've received precious gifts from this book and believe with all my heart that others can and will as well... Shannon Duncan, Author Present Moment Awareness
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Summary: Missing the point
Review: For all those that choose to criticise this book, they are clearly missing the point. First of all, the guy that read the entire book while standing in the bookstore cannot have possibly gotten the full impact of what Tolle is saying. Yes, you can wolf down a $100.00 meal and say there was nothing there, but that is more a reflection of you than the meal. Having authored 8 books, including a popular motivational one here on amazon.com, I can tell you that Tolle says more, using fewer words, than any other writer I know. Indeed, even savoring one sentence can instantly change your state. Yes, the material is simliar to "The Power of Now," but that's like saying a gold ring is not good because it's made out of the same thing as a gold necklace. Hello! When you have the best there is, there is no need to improve on it. Everything Tolle puts out comes from that same golden place, and indeed, I found "Stillness Speakers" to have many even deeper and more refined ideas than the brilliant "The Power of Now." Or should I say, he finds new and creative ways to further drive home his life altering concepts. If you "get it," you will know what I mean, if not, than no amount of words will change your mind.
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Summary: Again, he speaks to the heart....
Review: This book, "Stillness Speaks", is one of the finest, most clear, and yet most difficult books I have read about the simple practice of being *still*. Using words, of necessity from 'intellect', to describe a practice which our very culture does it's utmost to destroy, Eckhart Tolle manages to convey the feelings and emotion of STILLNESS.
A wondrous, remarkable book --- which will aid the transformation of anyone who wishes to be free of the tyranny of ego/intellect.
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Summary: Pride and Ego
Review: Some of the reviews here, defending the book, are interesting. Some reviewers would have us believe that those who do not appreciate the book are somehow less than enlightened. Implying, of course, that these reviewers themselves ARE somehow enlightened, and therefore entitled to judge. And these comments often come from the same people who will fulminate about "Don't trust your ego!!" Well, my friends, your ego has slipped in through the back door and bitten you on the behind. You are guilty of the old fashioned sin of pride! So, as always, the self-proclaimed "enlightened" ones have a lot more work to do. At least the people who dislike the book are honest about it. This book is a waste of time and money. Buy "The Power of Now" instead. It is a far superior book, with much the same content. The point is not to continuously buy books about these things. The point is to DO them!
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Summary: The best book
Review: I really loved this book by Eckhart Tolle. I understand that it seems like Eckhart is following more authors by saying similar ideas that are supposed to help us. Yes, that is the point. If not Eckhart, something -- perhaps life itself -- will help awake us. But -- if you do pay attention closely -- the words have not been said before. There is something deeper than the words. I have been having trouble sleeping lately. I read parts of his new book and I was at peace and able to sleep right away. Sincerely. If Eckhart does not help bring peace, find something that does assuming peace is something you would approve to have. For me, I have not discovered peace in any other writer as I have Eckhart Tolle. Aside from Tolle, I would recommend A Course in Miracels, another book that has brought me lasting happiness. I really liked the brevity and power of Eckhart Tolle's new book. If you liked The Power of Now, you will also love this little gem!
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Summary: 17 Dollar Hamburger
Review: For seventeen dollars I expected much, much more from this book. This was a waste of time and I felt while reading this little book that I was never getting my money's worth. For seventeen dollars I expected a full-course meal filled with insights and memorable thoughts, instead all I got was a bunch of chopped liver that was disposable. What was the author thinking when he sat down and wrote this silly volume that probably took him about 20 minutes to write. Seventeen dollars for this. Come on, give readers like me a break!!!
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Summary: A Mistake To Publish Now
Review: Well, Mr. Tolle has really disappointed me this time. I was thinking that this book had something special to it and an important message to share, but I was wrong! Dead wrong! What this book is, is simply marketing and salesmanship. What happened to the Eckart Tolle of old who explained to readers valuable concepts with passion and love. This book is nothing like that. It is just a bunch of loose paragraphs put together in a jumbled form that have no comparison to his earlier work. I feel betrayed as a reader and I wish I had never spent the time reading this book.
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Summary: A great addition to Power of Now
Review: I guess it should not be surprising that most of the on-line reviews of this book are all at the extremes. As Tolle says himself, it is hard to communicate beyond words when you are communicating with words. What I liked about this small volume (the price aside) is that it captures in Tolle's very clear and precise wording the various messages in the Power Of Now and drives them home with even more precision and poignancy than that first volume. In fact, for me, he is effectively responding to a few questions I had from reading that earlier book, questions that were not answered in the book itself. How can you get beyond thought when the medium of the message is "words" that must necessarily be processed through the thinking process in the first instance? I don't know, and he doesn't, but I like the very practical suggestions that he makes, indeed the same ones he made in the Power of Now, but with greater focus and clarity - the silence between sounds, the spaces in what we see, the gaps between words in a conversation. For me this is an excellent addition to the Power of Now, and well worth the price.
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Summary: Comfort in your own skin
Review: This book is great. When silence becomes our friend, then we know we are on purpose. I achieved this when I read Optimal Thinking: How to Be Your Best Self. Optimal Thinking showed me how to be my best and create my best life. I suggest you read both of these books if you want to make the most of every moment.
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Summary: penetrates directly to the True Self
Review: The words in this book penetrate directly to the True Self, bypassing the mind. It goes so deep that sometime only a few pages can be absorbed at a time.I find that the information brought forth in this book is simple and profound, no "fluff."
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