Lorimar's review
POWER OF NOW, THE
by Eckhart Tolle
Thanks for adding www.audible.com into your review. I just checked out that site, and was very excited to see something like that even exists.
-Jared
Lorimar's review
POWER OF NOW, THE by Eckhart Tolle
Lorimar's review
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audiblecom-listens,
self-help-philosophy-religion
I love this book, but it is an acquired taste. It's definitely not for everyone. It is very "new agey" and cerebral. I actually have never read it in book form, but have listened to it as an Audible.com book several times, which brings an additional "acquired taste" factor because it's read by the author who has an odd, hard-to-pin-down accent. Sometimes you feel like Sigmund Freud is talking to you. It can be hard to stay focused on it, but you reap great rewards when you do.
It's a very significant book about how important it is to live in the NOW. The past doesn't matter, and the future is completely unpredictable, and the only thing that is truly real is this exact moment. I definitely have a disease in which I spend too much of my time somewhere else-- either rehashing something in the past or having anxiety anticipating something in the future. It takes a lot of practice to live in the Now.
I particularly like how he is able to tie all of the major ...more
It's a very significant book about how important it is to live in the NOW. The past doesn't matter, and the future is completely unpredictable, and the only thing that is truly real is this exact moment. I definitely have a disease in which I spend too much of my time somewhere else-- either rehashing something in the past or having anxiety anticipating something in the future. It takes a lot of practice to live in the Now.
I particularly like how he is able to tie all of the major ...more
Thanks for adding www.audible.com into your review. I just checked out that site, and was very excited to see something like that even exists.
-Jared