Stillness Speaks by Eckhart Tolle Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Stillness Speaks
Book Review: What a clear and refreshing book
Summary: 5 Stars
Spiritual books have an air of cult about them, this book is no such thing. Deeper than our values, inter-wound into our beliefs and absent from our mindless habits there is a higher self. Be here now.The signposts used in this book have helped me to put what matters most first. Eckhart Tolle places into words the hardest of ideas and clearly states the beliefs that hinder my happiness. The writings are open and inviting, following the same gentle tone used in The Power of Now. Each chapter follows a basic theme, striking a note on the things that are deep down in all of us. And just looking at and knowing these signposts makes my mind a more interesting place.
In essence, this book is the core of what many religions take years to teach. Its secret is not in the teaching, but in the writings openness and acceptance to what we are.
I would recommend this book to anyone to which it appeals.
Book Review: Stillness promoting
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is an attempt to recognize the stillness that lies beneath all. Stillness is the gate through which we enter into, what they call in Tao the Great Way, in Christianity, where we realize God. All through our lives, our minds are filled with voices, essentially other people's voices which, through repititon (a conditioning of sorts), we come to accept as our own. From this, we form our view of the world, our reality. Beneath this, is reality itself, existing in complete stillness, or neutrality, going wherever it wants to go, completely uninterested in our version of it. Often, our version of reality diverges with reality itself. Voices in our minds tell us to go one way, while reality goes its own way. That's when we feel suffering and dissatisfaction. If we learn to slowly disengage with many of these voices, all that mental noise, we become more and more in tune with stillness, listening less and less to our own mental noice, more and more to this stillness. Result: we become less and less in conflict with reality as it is. We flow with life, not against it. This book is a great pointer to that stillness, but not stillness itself, as Eckhart Tolle will tell you. Nevertheless, it is a great guide on the pathless path to stillness. Also recommended are Byron Katie and Tony Parsons.Book Review: inspiring and comforting
Summary: 4 Stars
I found this audiobook to be very relaxing and comforting. Eckhart Tolle seems to remind you that peace is what is really important,and is what you lose the most if you get too involved with mass consciousness, but through paying attention to the stillness all around you and more importantly within you, you can rediscover the peace in the Now that is everyone's salvation.He is a wise and empathetic teacher who truly lives his message, and there is a lot here to inspire others.Book Review: A collection of 'signposts'
Summary: 4 Stars
While the CD?s aren?t intended to be ?entertaining? they are perhaps a little too ?dry?. Eckhart Tolle presents many ?signposts? as he calls them. While the CD may be of interest to collectors of signposts, the CD is not very engaging and lacks the subtle dynamism and wry sense of humour of his talks in front of a live audience or at retreats. I?d still recommend buying the CD?s if you can afford them, but if you have a limited budget I?d recommend you buy his ?live? recordings in preference.Book Review: stick with it
Summary: 4 Stars
I have to admit to not understanding a thing that was written, a book to profound and deep. Spoken in riddles and tree hugging phrases a book you have to want to read, and not one you buy as a gift for some one else unless you are sure they ARE SPIRITUAL beings. Well this was my opinion when I first started to read it, but now I have changed my mind after I stuck with it and opened my mind to many of the things I read. I will keep trying to understand but I guess it's going to take me for ever. Nevertheless thank you Kerry for the gift.I would have rather read it than not.