Practicing the Power of Now: Essential Teachings, Meditations, and Exercises from the Power of Now

152 Pages·1999·13.93 MB·English

by  Eckhart Tolle

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PRACTICING
THE POWER OF
NOW
ESSENTIAL TEACHINGS,
MEDITATIONS, AND EXERCISES
FROM THE POWER OF NOW
Eckhart Tolle
! onal Growth / Spirituality
516.00/ $24.95 Canada
ft rower of Now has in a short time already
proven to be one ofthe greatest spiritual books
written in recent times. It contains a power that
goes beyond words, and it can lead us to a much
quieter place beyond our thoughts, a place
where our thought-created problems dissolve,
and we discover what it means to create a liber-
ated life. In Eckhart Tolle's words:
/speak ofaprofoundtransformation
ofhuman consciousness, notas a distantfuture
—
possibility, butavailable now no matter
who or whereyou are. You are shown how to
freeyourselffrom enslavement to the mind,
enter into this enlightenedstate of
consciousness, andsustain it in everyday life.
Throughout The Power ofNow, there art-
specific practices and clear keys that show us
how to discover for ourselves the "grace, case,
and lightness" that come when we simply quiet
our thoughts and sec the world before us in the
present moment.
Practicing the Power ofNow is a carefully
arranged series of excerpts from The PotUi
hat directly give us those exercises and
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PRACTICING
THE POWER OF
NOW

PRACTICING
THE POWER OF
NOW
ESSENTIAL TEACHINGS,
MEDITATIONS, AND EXERCISES
FROM THE POWER OF NOW
Eckhart Tolle
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LibraryofCongress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Tolle, Eckhart, 1948-
Practicing the powerofnow : essential teachings, meditations, and
exercises from the powerofnow/ EckhartTolle.
p. cm.
ISBN 1-57731-195-7 (hardcover. : alk. paper)
1. Spiritual life. I.Tolle, Eckhart, 1948- Powerofnow. II.Title.
BL624.T645 2001
291.4'4-dc21 2001003028
First printing, September 2001
Printed in Canada on acid-free, partially recycled paper
ISBN 1-57731-195-7
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The beginningoffreedom is the realization
thatyou are not "the thinker.
The momentyou start watching the thinker,
a higher levelofconsciousness becomes activated.
You then begin to realize thatthere is a vast realm
ofintelligence beyondthought, that thought is only a
tiny aspectofthat intelligence. —
You also realize thatallthe things that truly m—atter
beauty, love, creativity,joy, innerpeace
arisefrom beyondthe mind.
You begin to awaken.
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CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
by Eckhart Tolle 9
PART ONE
ACCESSING THE POWER OF NOW
CHAPTER ONE
Being and Enlightenment
1
CHAPTER TWO
The Origin ofFear 27
CHAPTER THREE
Now
Entering the 33
CHAPTER FOUR
Dissolving Unconsciousness 47
CHAPTER FIVE
Beauty Arises in the Stillness ofYour Presence 57