Has anyone read the book The power of NOW?

[MsSparkle]

I started reading it last week and i am finding it really enlightning.

Has anyone else read this book and what did you think and did it affect you in anyway?

i was told to read it
i bought it (about 5 years ago)
didn't read it
maybe i should?!

Yes read it, it's a good read.

I have it on my bookshelf somewhere, it's by Eckhart Tolle, yes? Haven't read it yet.

Its a good read, not easy going though! ET is a very well respected guy, I saw him speak once, very convincing.

I read A New Earth first. Changed my life, actually. Got me meditating. Now I'm reading The Power of Now. I'm absolutely certain it's this way of thinking, and creating space in my life free of thought that has helped me control the depression that's been hampering me nearly my whole life.

amidaiwish - I think that you do need to be in the right 'place' to get Tolle's writing. I tried it last summer when I was in a really awful depressive episode and I could only get past the first couple of chapters. What I read was helpful, but I wasn't inspired enough to really stick with it.

this is a really good way to hear Tolle's teachings without having to go cross-eyed reading his books!

I loved The Power of Now, loved 'A New Earth' even more - have to say I felt a real shift in how I looked at life-and-its-meaning after reading the latter, and a lot more peaceful. [I had previously been angsting endlessly over Buddhism vs Christianity, and wrestling with a load of largely self-inflicted emotional problems]. I don't find him the warmest or most appealing of writers, but he was the first person to really communicate to me the core of ALL religions, and to explain clearly and convincingly the benefits of stepping behind the 'waterfall' of our thoughts. I meditate more-or-less daily anyway, but more important is the ability I am now trying to cultivate to 'fall' into a sort of inner peace and silence when going about my daily business (er - not when trying to juggle breakfast-uniforms-schoolbags-handbag-workbag-keys-phone etc in the mornings, I should add - i wish...), whenever I get a moment to remember to do so. I am hoping this will more and more become second nature

Bought it ages ago. Never read it but I think I'll try taking it on hols.