Stillness Speaks by Eckhart Tolle Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Stillness Speaks
Book Review: A Total Bomb
Summary: 1 Stars
This is really a big let down for me because I am a huge Eckhart Tolle Fan. The problem here is that the book is true to its title because there are more blank spaces than words. It looks to to me that this little book was put together in a rush. The graphics seem homespun and at times something out of a science fiction B movie. Instead of a mystical feel, it looks like smoke under a lamp in some of the photos. I can't take take this inadequate volume seriously.Book Review: A Turn For The Worst
Summary: 1 Stars
This book fails to inspire. How can a book that is mostly filled with white pages do anyone any good. I felt like I paid for the paper, instead of the words. Shame on the publisher!Book Review: A book for awareness and peace
Summary: 5 Stars
Stillness Speaks is a powerful book for those who want to come to a place of true inner peace, no matter what is happening on the outside. It is written with depth and simplicity, it is a sure guide for inner tranquility that teaches you how to come to that place within to discover your own genuine presence, and inner calm amid the chaos that may be going on around you. This book is packed with wisdom, and will certainly make a difference in your life if you really take it in.Book Review: A calming effect.
Summary: 5 Stars
This book has brought me so much peace. I keep it by my bed. I primarily read the first chapter when I need to feel calm. I find it to be most effective. I have purchased five additional copies for family and friends. I highly recommend it as a tool to help find balance.Book Review: A dose of sanity
Summary: 5 Stars
I have just read 'The Power of Now', and had actually read 'Stillness Speaks' before that. I would recommend buying 'The Power of Now' first if mindfulness is fairly new to you. The Power of Now provides more of a foundation for the mind, before going beyond mind and into presence. 'Stillness Speaks', on the other hand, is condensed snippets that are like immediate portals into stillness and sanity for those who have some familiarity with mindfulness/meditation already, as I did. That said, I found 'Stillness Speaks' an immediate and refreshing facilitator of stillness/presence/being for me....and it continues to be this each time I pick it up. A homecoming to 'sanity'. It cuts through mental noisiness, reminds me of my depths and that life is here and now.
In 'Power of Now' Tolle suggests we listen with more than the mind, almost like listening with the body when we read. I instantly recognised in this description my primary mode of reading spiritual texts, and you may too; and I find Tolle's writing very nourishing when read in this subtle way. If my mind is too dominant and I'm in resistance to the moment, however, his writing appears to lack depth or interest, and the way appears barred to me! This suggests to me that his writing does indeed come from a place of being, and not from an egoic, mental level. While I'll read others for more mind-food, I'll continue to dip into Tolle for soul-food and instant peace.