A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose

by Eckhart Tolle
A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose
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August 11th 2006 (first published 2005) by Plume

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Paperback, 316 pages

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0452287588    (isbn13: 9780452287587)

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"A New Earth" encourages a collective sense of commitment to changing the way we live, for people who want to make a difference. With the kn...more




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Kim
03/03/08
Kim rated it: 1 of 5 stars

Read in April, 2008
recommended to Kim by: Kristin, Oprah
Well...where do I start? I have written a lot about my thoughts on this book (and dare I say 'new age movement') and I have a list of pros and cons further in my 'book report' if you want to read further--sorry, it's long! I read this book because I am an Oprah fan--love her book club-- and also a Christian and I wanted to know what all the hubbub was about. I'm not going to bash the book-- although the first 4 chapters were VERY hard to understand but it was just a bunch of off the wall new-a...more
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Michelle
03/08/08
Michelle rated it: 2 of 5 stars

Okay so I had high expectations for this book. Normally I don't really go for Oprah selections but I heard so many great things about it plus I am totally into new agey type things, I thought it would be right up my alley.

My problem with this book was twofold. First, a lot of the ideas weren't new to me. Living in the present (you are not walking across the room to get a book, you are walking across the room), not letting your ego attach itself to things (that is not "my car"...more
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Lain
02/02/08
Lain rated it: 1 of 5 stars

I opened this book, hoping to find something inspiring, eye-opening, and life-changing. Instead, it appears to be filled with the same old New Age babble about self-actualization and "each being the part of the one." It's not that I disagree -- it's just that I don't think there's anything particularly new or different. The same old, same old about non-judgment, embracing all things, blah blah blah. Call me crazy, but I think I've read this about 100 times before in every issue of New ...more
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Madeline
Read in May, 2008
ok, i'm about half way through. first thing i notice is this guy is pretty long-winded. it took him 127 pages to tell me that the ego is the source of all the earths problems. Anything you feel or think or say comes from the ego. and thats a bad thing. we all need to be "enlighted" and gain "awareness" of our "presence."

heres a nice quote from the book: "Enlightened collectives will fulfill an important function in the arising of the new conscious...more
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Liz E
02/28/08
Liz E rated it: 5 of 5 stars

recommended to Liz E by: Oprah
recommends it for: everyone
Oprahmercial. Well if you can over look that aspect I highly recommend this book. Tolle's penmanship allows difficult philosophical, psychological principles to come together simplified. This book simplifies complex notions of western approaches with an eastern point of view on metaphysics. I think it is a helpful tool for those cynical about the current state of humanity. I also believe it could be a great entry book into Eastern philosophy. He seems to Americanize complex metaphysical approach...more
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Carrie
03/07/08
Carrie rated it: 4 of 5 stars

bookshelves: all-time-favorites
Read in March, 2008
recommended to Carrie by: Oprah's Book Club
recommends it for: Self-help seekers
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Michael
02/28/08
Michael rated it: 3 of 5 stars

Read in February, 2008
recommended to Michael by: Mom
Practically: spot-on treatment of the ego as problem source. Lots of advice that would be beneficial for most people.

Philosophically: not rigorous, despite an implicit claim to be the next step following the path from Descartes through Sartre. Equivocal vocabulary lets him subtly draw questionable logical connections. Some metaphysical foundations are implicitly assumed. Notably missing is any treatment of ethics, or much in the way of implications at all. All in all, I am probably giv...more
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Sarah
08/17/08
Sarah rated it: 1 of 5 stars

I think that because I have what I feel is a strong faith, this book just didn't make a big impression. I feel like a lot of the ego stuff he was talking about is basically morals and values, of which if you already have a high regard for and were taught about them, then a new awakening to being good is sort of insulting.
Anyone can be mindful for an instant, staying mindful, though, can be the work of a lifetime. I feel like Tolle has reduced himself to a shell of a person with no ego, no ...more
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Jenell
05/18/08
Jenell rated it: 4 of 5 stars (review of isbn 0452289963)

Read in May, 2006
In A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose, Eckhart Tolle simply and beautifully employs spiritual parables from many traditions to distill and illuminate the One truth to which they point: God in me; me in God. Form (the material world) is interpenetrated by nothingness (space, quantum possibilities, consciousness, spirit, God). If so many cultures can agree that we, as form, are permeated with spirit, why do we experience so much separation and suffering?

Tolle states th...more
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Brittany
05/13/08
Brittany rated it: 2 of 5 stars

Read in May, 2008
recommended to Brittany by: Oprah
recommends it for: No one
This book is completely awful. Don't feed in to the Oprah hype. It's abstract and somewhat hard to follow, even for me, a third year law student. Not entertaining at all. There are some tidbits of useful information, but if your mother taught you anything, you probably have already heard the useful parts. There are also a lot of contradictions in Tolle's writing/thought process. Don't go on the message boards on Oprah's website because the people on there are crazy nutjobs and can't provide any ...more
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Martha
03/31/08
Martha rated it: 5 of 5 stars

Read in January, 2008
What is so powerful about this book is not that there is much new material here. We’ve all heard about how the ego keeps us chained to our judgements, fears, and desires. The difference is in how the author explains his points. Finally, we understand! Wouldn’t you love it if all the stuff you’ve read about enlightenment suddenly became crystal clear? (I see you all nodding!) This is it.

Throughout the entire book, he reiterates the same points. He does not offer ‘instructions...more
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Rogier
03/06/08
Rogier rated it: 5 of 5 stars (review of isbn 0452289963)

bookshelves: spirituality
Read in March, 2008
This is a wonderful and very helpful book. Coming from a ACIM vantage point, it takes a little bit to adjust to his terminology, because Tolle uses words in a different way. His Consciousness is ACIM's Spirit and Mind, and ACIM's consciousness (and the thoughts you think you think) is Tolle's "thoughts." Likewise ACIM's "guilt" equates to Tolle's pain body, so in a way it's simply the "wrong mind." His biblical " New Earth" is the Course's " Real Worl...more
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Trudy
01/03/08
Trudy rated it: 4 of 5 stars

Read in May, 2007
This is a follow up to Tolle's The Power of Now. I read this one first, and got a lot more out of it. This is a book about how what we tell ourselves about our world (experiences, relationships, events) becomes our world, for good or bad. It also gives practical advice (if you're willing to hang in there) about how to transform your thinking so as to improve your life and truly live in the Now. Tolle pulls from every religious system out there, and introduces new (to me) perspectives on biblic...more
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Liz
02/29/08
Liz rated it: 4 of 5 stars

bookshelves: spiritual
Read in March, 2008
I just finished and I can't rate this book. Reading it a second time seems like the most logical step in order to give an accurate rating.

It's a hard book to read. At least it was for me. A lot of content went in one ear and out the other. Not that I wasn't reading but I wasn't able to grasp everything. The first time through, a lot of the book seemed repetitive. Like Tolle had to tell us, the reader, over and over again the same thing in order for us to understand what he was sayin...more
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Mary
02/01/08
Mary rated it: 5 of 5 stars

Read in February, 2008
This is basically The Landmark Forum in book form. I'm very curious about the relationship between Tolle and Landmark Education, but I haven't been able to find any info on that so far. I suspect that I find this book so powerful because I've done The Landmark Forum. I suspect it might be a little too theoretical to have much practical impact on my real life if I didn't have that background and training. Read this book if you've ever considered doing the Forum to get a little taste of what t...more
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Alicia
07/27/07
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Read in December, 2007
recommends it for: those interested in personal/planetary transformation
This book is so amazing, I had to read it slow so I would absorb it all. It moved me to tears many times, so I had to stop a lot! I have not read The Power of Now, but this one really resonated with me and current challenges in personal and planetary transformation. I loved how he snuck in bits from major religions and explained their universal relevance outside the context of their religious context. The personal examples are quite illustrative & help ground the book's meaning.
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Marissa
01/28/08
Marissa rated it: 4 of 5 stars

Wow. This is a life changing book. My only criticism is that Tolle is a theorist and so doesn't give many applicable examples of how to use the theories in real life. This I've had to do on my own. But this book is well worth the read. Here's the rub: you can read it and do nothing or you can read it and try to alter your way of thinking. When will someone write a book that makes people's lives change that doesn't take work??? :)
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Bell
03/26/08
Bell rated it: 3 of 5 stars

recommends it for: self-help buffs
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Cheryl
02/16/08
Cheryl rated it: 5 of 5 stars

bookshelves: inspirational
Read in February, 2008
recommends it for: graduates, all adults
5 stars! Uplifting and inspiring!

Having Oprah Winfrey say, "Your book is my book club pick" epitomizes a leap in success. It's certainly the dream of almost every author I know. For one Canadian author it's a dream come true. Vancouver-based author and spiritual teacher Eckhart Tolle must feel like he's riding a wave. His book A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose is Oprah's 61st choice for her book club. Oprah is hugely responsible for Tolle's earlier rise in fame ...more
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Laurie
02/10/08
Laurie rated it: 5 of 5 stars

Read in April, 2008
Loved this book. It has changed how I look at life.
I read a lot of "self-help", "spiritual insight" books and this is one of the best I have ever read. I just finished it and I want to read it again. His writing is very easy to understand --clear and simple and he shares insights that you can use in your life immediately. IT is chock full of fascinating insights on every page.

Some of my favorite points are:

1. The pain-body--a "psychic p...more
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