Eckhart Tolle- A New World

I had no idea who Eckhard Tolle is, until I read a brief review about his latest book: A New Earth from some magazine (which I forgot). The instant i scanned through the description of the book (which was really brief) I decided I want a copy of this book immediately. So I bought this book a few months back, last year to be exact and started reading.

This type of book that involves deeper discussion on inner self awakening has been my favourite read in recent years. Books by Krishnamurti, Seth/ Jane Roberts are amongst those i like to read for my spiritual growth. To read these books, I cannot just read like reading any other genre of books, because these books stimulates my thinking.
Unlike reading novels, which, you merely had to rely on the descriptions used, to imagine the events of stories that escalates, reading self awakening books like the above mentioned require deeper understanding and more brain cells to process whichever that crosses the path your eyes set on.

I found that Eckhard Tolle work showed signs of Krishnamurti's ideology. Like, Tolle's earlier book, The Power of Now, emphasizes not being caught up in thoughts of past and future as a way of being aware of the present, this moment. His later book A New Earth further explores the structure of the human ego and how this acts to distract people from their present experience of the world. It is the feeding of the human ego that is thought to be the source of inner and outer conflict. According to Tolle, human ego exists unnoticed by us. It feeds on mostly the negative energies that we emits (angry, hatred, greed, etc) Only in examining one's ego may people begin to see beyond it and obtain a sense of spiritual enlightening or a new outlook on reality.

Reading A New Earth, the readers are given an insight to human nature/behaviour, and of course, the source of all conflicts- human ego. It is a refreshing read, actually, and a very enlightening one, it brought the readers away from being too focused on their daily routines, and to look within themselves, to search for the "self" that is long forgotten.

There are a lot of different sections in this book, which touched on almost every aspect of our lives. what interested me most, is the part which mentioned the ego of being a parent, and also the ego of being a reknown celebrity. it is something that reinforce their societal roles, and that, is a part of their ego. as our parents aged, they tend to feel more urgency to stabilise their social role as a parent. this is because ego feeds on what we thought is our character/ role (which is instilled into our life system through socialization).

and more.. and more...

if you want to understand more on ego, read his book and you'll know a thing or two about your own ego as well.

his books offers too much that it's recommendable for people like us (who are living a busy life), especially when his words are comprehendable for even those who just started to read spiritual books as such. his book is a good start, to guide you into reading and understanding spirituality. (nothing superstitious here, it's more about spiritual growth).

have fun reading! :)