The power of now : a guide to spiritual enlightenment

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Title:

The power of now : a guide to spiritual enlightenment

Author:

Tolle, Eckhart, 1948-

Subject Term:

Spiritual life.

Publication Date:

2004

2004,

1997

Format:

Book

Language:

English

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It's no wonder that The Power of Now has sold over 16 million copies worldwide and has been translated into over 30 foreign languages. Much more than simple principles and platitudes, the book takes readers on an inspiring spiritual journey to find their true and deepest self and reach the ultimate in personal growth and spirituality: the discovery of truth and light. In the first chapter, Tolle introduces readers to enlightenment and its natural enemy, the mind. He awakens readers to their role as a creator of pain and shows them how to have a pain-free identity by living fully in the present. The journey is thrilling, and along the way, the author shows how to connect to the indestructible essence of our Being, "the eternal, ever-present One Life beyond the myriad forms of life that are subject to birth and death." Featuring a new preface by the author, this paperback shows that only after regaining awareness of Being, liberated from Mind and intensely in the Now, is there Enlightenment.

Preface	p. xiii
Foreword	p. xvii
Acknowledgments	p. xxiii
Introduction	p. 1
The Origin of This Book	p. 1
The Truth That Is Within You	p. 3
Chapter 1 You Are Not Your Mind	p. 9
The Greatest Obstacle to Enlightenment	p. 9
Freeing Yourself from Your Mind	p. 14
Enlightenment: Rising above Thought	p. 18
Emotion: The Body's Reaction to Your Mind	p. 20
Chapter 2 Consciousness: The Way Out of Pain	p. 27
Create No More Pain in the Present	p. 27
Past Pain: Dissolving the Pain-Body	p. 29
Ego Identification with the Pain-Body	p. 34
The Origin of Fear	p. 35
The Ego's Search for Wholeness	p. 37
Chapter 3 Moving Deeply into the Now	p. 39
Don't Seek Your Self in the Mind	p. 39
End the Delusion of Time	p. 40
Nothing Exists Outside the Now	p. 41
The Key to the Spiritual Dimension	p. 42
Accessing the Power of the Now	p. 44
Letting Go of Psychological Time	p. 46
The Insanity of Psychological Time	p. 48
Negativity and Suffering Have Their Roots in Time	p. 49
Finding the Life Underneath Your Life Situation	p. 51
All Problems Are Illusions of the Mind	p. 53
A Quantum Leap in the Evolution of Consciousness	p. 55
The Joy of Being	p. 56
Chapter 4 Mind Strategies for Avoiding the Now	p. 59
Loss of Now: The Core Delusion	p. 59
Ordinary Unconsciousness and Deep Unconsciousness	p. 60
What Are They Seeking?	p. 62
Dissolving Ordinary Unconsciousness	p. 63
Freedom from Unhappiness	p. 64
Wherever You Are, Be There Totally	p. 68
The Inner Purpose of Your Life's Journey	p. 73
The Past Cannot Survive in Your Presence	p. 74
Chapter 5 The State of Presence	p. 77
It's Not What You Think It Is	p. 77
The Esoteric Meaning of "Waiting"	p. 78
Beauty Arises in the Stillness of Your Presence	p. 79
Realizing Pure Consciousness	p. 81
Christ: The Reality of Your Divine Presence	p. 86
Chapter 6 The Inner Body	p. 89
Being Is Your Deepest Self	p. 89
Look beyond the Words	p. 90
Finding Your Invisible and Indestructible Reality	p. 91
Connecting with the Inner Body	p. 93
Transformation through the Body	p. 94
Sermon on the Body	p. 96
Have Deep Roots Within	p. 97
Before You Enter the Body, Forgive	p. 99
Your Link with the Unmanifested	p. 100
Slowing Down the Aging Process	p. 102
Strengthening the Immune System	p. 102
Let the Breath Take You into the Body	p. 104
Creative Use of Mind	p. 105
The Art of Listening	p. 105
Chapter 7 Portals into the Unmanifested	p. 107
Going Deeply into the Body	p. 107
The Source of Chi	p. 108
Dreamless Sleep	p. 110
Other Portals	p. 110
Silence	p. 112
Space	p. 113
The True Nature of Space and Time	p. 116
Conscious Death	p. 118
Chapter 8 Enlightened Relationships	p. 121
Enter the Now from Wherever You Are	p. 121
Love/Hate Relationships	p. 123
Addiction and the Search for Wholeness	p. 125
From Addictive to Enlightened Relationships	p. 128
Relationships as Spiritual Practice	p. 130
Why Women Are Closer to Enlightenment	p. 136
Dissolving the Collective Female Pain-Body	p. 138
Give Up the Relationship with Yourself	p. 143
Chapter 9 Beyond Happiness and Unhappiness There Is Peace	p. 147
The Higher Good beyond Good and Bad	p. 147
The End of Your Life Drama	p. 150
Impermanence and the Cycles of Life	p. 151
Using and Relinquishing Negativity	p. 156
The Nature of Compassion	p. 161
Toward a Different Order of Reality	p. 164
Chapter 10 The Meaning of Surrender	p. 171
Acceptance of the Now	p. 171
From Mind Energy to Spiritual Energy	p. 175
Surrender in Personal Relationships	p. 177
Transforming Illness into Enlightenment	p. 180
When Disaster Strikes	p. 182
Transforming Suffering into Peace	p. 183
The Way of the Cross	p. 186
The Power to Choose	p. 188
Notes	p. 193

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