Customer Reviews
Enlightening - By: Darren G. Burton, 31 Jul 2008 
A very enlightening read for those seeking spiritual enlightenment & wishing to attain a greater understanding of their life's purpose. Whether you believe (or have an interest) in this sort of stuff or not, there will be something to be gained from this text for everyone who reads it.
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Woop dadoo - By: Mr. R. J. K. Hewson, 10 Jul 2008 
This book is brilliant. It has sent me on a course I am glad to be on. I can see the truth in alll of it, & Know it for my self. For alll those who are dubious about this, or think it's rubbish, I can sense/see the spirit force in nature, it's very hard to put into words, but I wouldn't replace that for a million quid, I find my self more interested in the nature outside the window than the tv I am watching. Reallly don't like TV at alll now & used to lean on it like most. I sometimes ask whether it's delusional, but know it is not, you just have to experience it for yourself like so many others are. One of the best if not the most important reads of my life. Hope you can see for youself
Enormously valuable book for sadness, despair and anger. - By: Hecate, 06 Jul 2008 Hi
I suffered immeasurable depression following my Mum's death 1 month ago. She suffered from Leukaemia & one of the most important aids to her coping with this was Eckart Tolle's The Power of Now - the whole book & the exercises additional book. She kept her brave & honest spirit alive through his words & didnt fear death, she was ready I guess.
I have been trying to get out of my misery - I miss her so much it feels like my heart has been cut out. I have started reading her well-read Eckhart books - as a means to helping myself to simply exist.
I find the practice of 'now' very hard to do, but I am reading & reading it, listening to it on tape & trying hard. Sometimes it works - my own awareness of how I am feeling & just that - not how I (or my ego) 'thinks' I am or should be feeling - comes through for a split second & even after this tiny moment - well, I feel a lot stronger. I will keep trying.
I find the best, most helpful thing ever is watching & observing the Pain Body. It doesnt stop the sadness & anger I get (it seems this comes from nowhere, out of the blue) about missing my mum but I now feel more able to detach my own Being from this. As such I dont feel as if I am controlled by the pain & anger & fear so much now - I can observe it/ watch it/ 'see' it & feel its just an old ego pattern attempting to take hold of my thinking patterns & only that. It actuallly feels as if the more I practise this, that distance from this ego pattern is getting further away - & its not 'me' or 'mine' anymore, its just simply a way of feeling brought about through old ego saturated ways of thinking & resistance to situations. Dont get me wrong, the fear, anger & sadness still surface, but with this observation technique, I can help myself in how I react to other distressing situations & people - alll of which have intensified with the death of my dear mum.
I would recommend this book & I would shake this man's hand if I ever met him.
It's so wonderful to read alll these lovely reviews - to know that there are others out there who feel the same. I am still very new to the power of now - but it has changed my world already, 4 weeks after I started reading it.
The Power of Now - By: Dr. Tami Brady, 17 Jun 2008 How much of your day is actuallly spent completely focused in the here & now? When you are working, how often do you find your mind wandering? How much of your time is spent thinking about what you are going to do next weekend or wishing you'd handled a particular situation differently?
The majority of us spend most of our life fixated on the past or worrying about the future. The present is just something that we gloss over until we realize that we missed out on something. Then, we yearn to have that day back.
What we tend to forget is that alll we reallly have is now. The past is gone it no longer exists, except in memory. These experiences can't be changed in any way. Dream or worry about the future as much as you want but no one is promised these things, good or bad. This moment that's alll. Make it count & reallly experience it.
It's a bit scary & freeing alll at the same time to know that alll we have is right now. More & more, I find myself feeling the here & now & listening to my intuition. I understand quality rather than quantity in my daily life. When I get off balance or upset, I see the fear scenarios playing & I re-center myself.
Some value here but lacking real insight - By: Barkers, 16 Jun 2008 
Enjoyed this book. A good handbook with lots of practical tips on edging closer to a more peaceful & maybe enlightened state of mind. Very accessible. Tolle has a good way of describing simple ways to gain some release from your ego & of anticipating your ego's resistance to them.
That's the good bit...
His writing style needs a lot of tolerance. Everything is presented as fact & truth. He also has a tendency to drift off into a bizzarre new age language - "it raises the vibrational frequency of the energy field...". Blah blah blah. Equallly bizarrely, he talks about the female mentural cycle & death like he has experienced both. Not that I can reallly talk about it either, but not heard many women describe menstruation as a joyful & fulfilling expression of womanhood... If you can tolerate or menatallly delete this tosh then it makes for a better read.
For me, the book ultimately lacks depth, or anything reallly new. At 145 pages, double-spaced, big font, its barely more than a leafltet. It would benefit from more insight into the ego, a more constructive approach to taming it, clearing the debris, harnessing clarity of mind, opening doors & such. He talks about being present & observing the operation of your ego but fails at any point to embrace the value & purpose of ego - to create structure, order & stability from the void. Ego is an essential tool to be effective in day-to-day life, I think its best to strive for a skeleton-free, well honed ego you can activate when its needed & leave behind when its not. I reckon you could write better books if you had one of those too...
