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Copy/paste the text below into your blog. <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/76334.A_New_Earth_Awakening_to_Your_Life_s_Purpose?utm_medium=api&amp;utm_source=blog_review" style="float: left; padding-right: 20px"><img alt="A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose" border="0" src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/photo.goodreads.com/books/1170890306m/76334.jpg" /></a> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/76334.A_New_Earth_Awakening_to_Your_Life_s_Purpose?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/4493.Eckhart_Tolle">Eckhart Tolle</a><br/><br/> <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19153672?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review"><h3>My review</h3></a> rating: 5 of 5 stars<br/>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. <br/> <br/>Throughout the entire book, he reiterates the same points. He does not offer ‘instructions’. Here’s a great example-how to let go of attachment. “Don’t even try. It’s impossible. Attachment to things drops away by itself when you no longer seek to find yourself in them.” <br/> <br/>My copy is frilled with flags (the best Christmas present I got last year was a flag dispenser!). There is so much you’ll want to remember that once you have finished it, you will find yourself picking it up at odd times and leafing through it. You’ll find a page and read something, and <wow> it will resonate. <br/> <br/>Here’s the author’s summary: “Enjoyment of what you are doing, combined with a goal or vision that you work toward, becomes enthusiasm. Even though you have a goal, what you are doing in the present moment needs to remain the focal point of your attention; otherwise, you will fall out of alignment with universal purpose. Make sure your vision or goal is not an inflated image of yourself and therefore a concealed form of ego, such as wanting to become a movie star, a famous writer, or a wealthy entrepreneur. Also make sure your goal is not focused on having this or that, such as a mansion by the sea, your own company, or ten million dollars in the bank. An enlarged image of yourself or a vision of yourself having this or that are all static goals and therefore don’t empower you. Instead, make sure your goals are dynamic, that is to say, point toward an activity that you are engaged in and through which you are connected to other human beings as well as to the whole. Instead of seeing yourself as a famous actor and writer and so on, see yourself inspiring countless people with your work and enriching their lives. Feel how that activity enriches or deepens not only your life but that of countless others. Feel yourself being an opening through which energy flows from the unmanifested Source of all life through you for the benefit of all. <br/> <br/>All this implies that your goal or vision is then already a reality within you, on the level of mind and of feeling. Enthusiasm is the power that transfers the mental blueprint into the physical dimension. That is the creative use of mind, and that is why there is no wanting involved. You cannot manifest what you want; you can only manifest what you already have. You many get what you want through hard work and stress, but that is not the way of the new earth.” <br/> <br/>All I can say is read it, and watch your life change! <br/> <br/> <br/><br/><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/list/771552?utm_medium=api&utm_source=blog_review">View all my reviews.</a>