Book Review – The New Earth by Eckhart Tolle

‘The New Earth’ is Eckhart Tolle’s second book, which also became a best-seller. Although it takes time to digest and understand Tolle’s language, his book has awakened a lot of insight and awareness in me. It has been featured in Oprah’s book club, followed by a 10-week webinar in 2008. Find out if this book is worth adding to your “want to read” pile.

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Eckhart Tolle’s second book is a continuation of this first book ‘The Power of Now’. While his first book was in question and answer format, this book is more like a long essay. Tolle’s book follows the intention of creating an awakening and a shift in people’s consciousness and not adding to anyone’s beliefs.

The New Earth was published in 2005, has reached the New York bestseller lists in 2008 and has sold more than five million copies in English.

More in details

‘The New Earth’ touches on various themes, beginning with an analogy for the transformation in human consciousness that Tolle sees is about to occur and has already begun in the world: the flowering of human consciousness (chapter one). It refers to the first spiritual messengers such as Buddha, Jesus and Laozi and that their message was not fully understood in their time.

Tolle delves into the term ‘ego’, which he began to develop in ‘The Power of Now’. His definition of the term ‘ego’ is ‘an illusory sense of self based on one’s memories and thoughts’. Chapters two through four go into more detail about how we have identified with our thoughts and emotions (= ego). He also explains more about how we have become obsessed and attached to things that, in his words, create an ego that we normally did not have.

In the next chapters five and six, he describes the human tendency to carry around a collection of old emotional pains, which he calls the “pain body.”

I really enjoyed the chapters towards the end (seven to ten), where he explains the difference between objects of consciousness and space of consciousness, between outer and inner space and outer and inner purpose. In regards to consciousness, he enlightened me through his perception of the three stages of inner consciousness: acceptance, enjoyment and enthusiasm, which is very much aligned with my vision of self-development.

About the Author

Eckhart Tolle was born in 1948 in Germany. He is a writer, public speaker, and spiritual teacher and has written two bestsellers: The Power of Now and The New Earth. He currently lives in Vancouver in Canada.

Recommendation

This book is for you if you have enjoyed the previous book (The Power of Now) and feel ready for a more confusing language, which will enter your subconscious mind and transform your consciousness in a way that you cannot conceive with the conscious. rational mind.

Remember to take time to read this book. This won’t be one to read in a few days.