Eckhart Tolle's Findhorn Retreat: Stillness Amidst the World by Eckhart Tolle Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Eckhart Tolle's Findhorn Retreat: Stillness Amidst the World
Book Review: Very Much Worth the money and the time
Summary: 4 Stars
This DVD set will amaze you with how much a spiritual Teacher like E.T. can evoke on the apparently simple subject of (spiritual) stillness without boring you in the least (assuming you do care about spiritual matters)
Overall I preferred the "New Earth" CD set, but this one is still a great piece. A final piece of advice: I strongly recommend the CDs over the book as they go down a lot easier and can equally easily be re-played (over and over).
Book Review: It's like being there
Summary: 5 Stars
Eckhart's Findhorn Retreat is a real treat. Ever since finding myself deeply effected by something mysteriously more than just the words and ideas presented in "The Power of Now", I've found that same 'presence' in some of his other works as well. It's definitely here in this beautiful 4 cd presentation. Eckhart does a wonderful job of effortlessly sharing with depth and humor,the presence and stillness of the one eternal moment. If you haven't yet sensed it for yourself in his other work, this is the one to make it happen. A beautifully packaged treasure by one of the most significant teachers of our age. I highly recommend it. It's one of his best, and Amazon's price is the best anywhere. Whether you're an old Eckharthead or hearing him for the first time, this is one you'll listen to again and again.Book Review: Nothing out of this world
Summary: 2 Stars
This is a collection of four CDs with a duration of about one hour each which were recorded in Findhorn, Scotland, where Eckhart Tolle was giving (or should I say "preaching"? there is so little interaction with the audience...) a retreat.
I have listened to only one CD, but my impression is that this is a rather mediocre performance. I think Tolle is at his best when he speaks slowly and avoids silly jokes. In other words, Tolle is good when he is trying to hypnotize you, but when he is just rambling on and on about the ego and enlightenment, he is just very ordinary.
I heard him say quite a few very shallow things. The most obvious one was in relation with traditional meditation techniques. On the one hand he says it is fine to practice say Tibetan visualization exercises, but he adds a caveat: since any technique is a screen between you and you, you will have to discard these things in the end. Wouldn't it have been wiser to say: throw away all meditation techniques right from the beginning?
Tolle also claims that one doesn't need to relinquish any material possessions. To renounce claiming them as one's own in one's mind is enough. This is supposed to be true renunciation. Fine, but what about all the damage you cause to the Earth by using a car to name but one example? And how do you know you are no longer identified with your money or car or anything you possess if you never try to give them up? Jesus, whom Tolle is quite fond of quoting, encouraged his disciples to practice voluntary poverty.
There is a real danger, when one disdains the outward things in favor of the so-called purely spiritual, a tendency quite obvious in the Christian Reformation, which has rejected the rituals and other tangible spiritual practices of Catholicism, to escape in a world of disincarnated concepts, where one IMAGINES to have given up everything.
I find Tolle mediocre. Not that everything he says is wrong, not at all. Tolle is very good at unpacking what he calls the "mechanics of the ego". But on the whole his message sounds somehow second-hand and vulgar, sorry. And the commercialism that increasingly surrounds him and his works just makes me sick.
I prefer Krishnamurti (Jiddu Krishnamurti).
Book Review: I wish I could go to Findhorn
Summary: 5 Stars
This series is like going on a private retreat whenever you're able to take a few moments with your CD or mp3 player. I find Eckhart's written work to be such a challenge for me to read, comprehend and digest that I've gone to audio for his works. The amazing thing is that the secret to life is all right here in his presentation. He doesn't make a pitch for coming to Findhorn on your own to "find" yourself, or to purchase more of his products to better understand how to find yourself. He basically presents the key to being in the now that anyone can access if only they allow themselves that luxury. It's a simple process but as all simple things, it is far from easy. I can only say that I don't know why listening to Echart's words has a calming affect on me, but they do. I've been fortunate to have his CD's on when stuck in major snowstorms on highways or in similar conditions in the heat of summer. For some reason, with his words and thoughts in my mind I always find a slight smile coming to my face and a realization that, this is the now, and I may as well accept it and live in it. I'm very grateful for Eckhart's words and the humility with which he presents them. I would recommend this series to anyone who needs a break from this insane world.Book Review: I wish Everyone would listen to this.
Summary: 5 Stars
I have purchased all of Eckhart Tolle's CD's, Books, Tapes etc.
These were very enjoyable to listen too and be reminded of...
"The Power of Now." He his truly a very good spiritual teacher.
I recommed this to anyone who want to get out of their pain.