I was also struck by the resonance to the ideas in Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures. While the language in Science and Health is different, because it was written in the 19th century, it is clearly in harmony with Tolle's writing.

So now, in addition to getting spiritual direction from sacred texts of the world and Science and Health, I have added Power of Now to my spiritual travel bag. The closest on-line dialogue I've found for ideas like this is at ( ).


Invitations for daily life   August 12, 2001
 3 out of 4 found this review helpful

This book was recommended over a period by various people from house people to inmates. I have a list of souls I started 2 years ago to discuss and share Conversations with God. Now I just send out what I feel at the time may be appropriate from what I receive and occasionally my own thoughts. It is no longer centered on discussions of CWG.

CWG and many other works are more invitations to consider while this book not only does that but invites the reader to apply in very simple ways methods that may result in change in consciousness.

This book is aptly titled but will put off many. If one can take their mind out of it and be as objective as they know how it can provide some simple concepts to look at and perhaps apply.

I know it has helped me remember my Now. There is no-thing else.

As I am also involved with a metaphysical outreach for inmates where I can and I will recommend this book to them. As you can all imagine being an inmate invites many different methods of coping. Inmate or not this book may help many.

Be Blessed


If I only owned one book   August 11, 2001
 8 out of 10 found this review helpful

I have hundreds of books, many in the area of spiritual growth, and many good ones from notable authors like Wayne Dyer, Deepak Chopra, James Redfield. However if I could only keep one book, it would be "The Power of Now". You have to read it to experience it for yourself, words do not aptly describe...


The truth doesn't need to be complicated   August 9, 2001
I was a little put off when the author described himself as sitting on a park bench being incredibly happy for two years affter his enlightenment. Sounded nuts to me. Then I realized that real enlightenment might look a little nuts to the rest of us. The author is able to explain profound truths very simply. I found the information changing my attitudes and behavior immediately. And he explained some things I have wondered about, for instance I have wondered about the future of the earth and the human race (which doesn't look good) and how consciousness could continue if the human race doesn't continue. His explanation of consciousness experimenting with form makes more sense to me than other things I've read. He also takes us gently to task, somewhat like the Dalai Lama, and doesn't allow us to make excuses for our poor habits. This is also a good book for anyone wanting some insight on relationships.


Utterly profound, a book to TRULY change your life.   August 8, 2001
 51 out of 60 found this review helpful

I was attracted to the title of this book, and when I picked it up and read Eckhart Tolle's first words, a description of waking up in the middle of the night years ago filled with dread and an unnameable fearfulness, I thought: "This is me". When I returned to the bookstore a few days later to buy it, ALL of their multiple copies were sold, as was another bookstore's. Three local libraries had it out on loan, with a waiting list to reserve it. This is a book that connects to people. The premise of "The Power of Now" is that, rather than USING our minds, we have grown into a society that is used BY our minds, trapping us in a neverending cycle of repetitive, negative thinking that totally absorbs us out of ourselves and any awareness about the miraculous moment we are in RIGHT NOW. This is not a new concept, and the author is admitedly influenced by the teachings of the Buddha and "A Course in Miracles". What makes his approach so remarkable (aside from his clear, vital writing style) is a simple question-and-answer format that Tolle has drawn out of years of teaching. Tolle presents probing, often argumentative questions raised by his students, and then answers them with eye-opening truths. The book is also notated throughout for moments to stop reading, put it down, and get a feeling of the message that's been presented. And it's these moments NOT reading, but allowing yourself to be conscious of what you've read, that really opens the ideas for you. "The Power of Now" is so vastly superior to other books of its kind, it is staggering. While I am currently relaxing my way through a third reading, none of the philosophy of "Now" is in any way promotive of obsession or in conflict with ANY religious or spirtual belief, as a previous reviewer seemed to suggest. I will be buying a LOT of these for holiday presents.