Stillness Speaks by Eckhart Tolle Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of Stillness Speaks
Book Review: A wonderful spiritual book
Summary: 5 Stars
This is a great follow up to the Power of Now. Eckhart takes universal spiritual truths that have been known to mystics for years and shares them with the general population. This book is written in the same form as Buddhist Sutras. The book is short and to the point.
Examples from the book:
Whatever you accept completely will take you to peace.
Sometimes surrender means giving up trying to understand and becoming comfortable with not knowing.
Through "you" formless consciousness has become aware of itself through you.
Spiritual awakening is awakening from the dream of thought.
Eckhart uses Zen teachings and quotes Jesus and Buddha several times in his book. Of all the books I have read I believe Eckhart Tolle is the most enlightened. I detect no Ego in his writings and he seems to write from a higher level of consciousness than most of us live at. He teaches that the ego is not us, we are the witnessing awareness, we need to quit getting lost in our stream of thought and stay aware of the present moment. We also need to stop falling under the delusion of our conditioned mind (pain body)and see life as it really is. The main teaching is to quit resisting life and embrace what is. 5 star book read it until you get it.
Book Review: Small, short, concise and powerful!
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is my contant companion and has been a tremendous help to me.
For reasons I won't go into here, I've had a lifelong struggle with depression, fear, anxiety and an abysmal opinion of myself. As an adult I've been able to live above it and lead a productive life, but I still struggle with it at times.
Eckhart Tolle has always been a big help to me in this area with his constant emphasis on living in the NOW; the present moment. In this book he combines his teachings of living in the present along with the practice of inner stillness. While he does not disparage thinking and sees it as a valuable tool, he emphasises that we live too much in our thoughts. He encourages us to go into the inner stillness which we all have within and discover the wisdom we all have inside of us if we will bother to take time to still our minds.
This little gem goes with me everywhere. It is small, easy to carry, and will fit not only my briefcase sized bag but also my smaller purse. It is great to read from cover to cover and also to read in small portions -- it is set up that way.
This book is an investment in spiritual peace. It is one book purchase where you can't go wrong.
Book Review: stillness reveals light
Summary: 5 Stars
I love all of Mr. Tolle's books and tapes. However, the use of this book and tapes help some of the families I work with that have children with behavior problems. The material helps them to focus, calm down and respond to inapporiate behavior instead of reacting to it..Book Review: Good copy
Summary: 1 Stars
Tolle has managed to pull together the thoughts of the writers of present living and non duality and made the subject into his own. A good book for the beginner in this field. Anyone who has read widely will see it as just another self help book of which there are millions on the market. How do i know this book is useless. It made no difference to me. I have read this stuff years ago in a beginners guide to relaxation. As I say however it is a good start for beginners.Book Review: How wonderful to be able to give 5 stars without reservation!
Summary: 5 Stars
To say that this author has changed my life is such an understatement. This is the first time that a wisdom has touched me so profoundly that a year after picking up "The Power of Now" I am still reaping the rewards of that book, of "A New Earth" and now, "Stillness Speaks." Who could imagine that Mr. Tolle's books could possibly get better and better? I'm not sure that they do. I think it's only that each one is so profound that you find yourself believing each is better than the last one you read because you learn so much from each. Today I re-read the sutra about "the dance of form." It literally opened up a whole new way of looking at life for me. It lifted me out of a despondent state and made me so excited about life again - in seconds. How to express my gratitude for such a gift? Simply, I suppose, to recommend this great writer and thinker and his books to others, and to practice being in the NOW as much as I possibly can. I truly believe it is the path to peace, love and understanding in this troubled world.