Eckhart Tolle's New Book

For the past several months I have been reading through Eckhart Tolle's new book, A New Earth. I have enjoyed it, as I have all of his previous texts. He is a good writer, and his teaching, I believe, is solid. Though he seems uncommitted to any particular tradition, he has a good understanding of many, particularly Christianity, and uses references to the teaching of Jesus well.

This text is particularly helpful on daily spiritual praxis, in fact I would say it is invaluable. Spiritual practice is its main focus. It also seems to me to be a deeper, more universal counterpart (for folks like us) to the very popular, The Purpose Driven Life. It says so much more.

Here is the Amazon link that you can use to see more about it, or order it if you choose.

The following is a sampling of a fine paragraph from Tolle's work:

When you say, I enjoy doing this or that, it is really a misperception. It makes it appear that the joy comes from what you do, but that is not the case. Joy does not come from what you do, it flows into what you do and thus into this world from deep within you. The misperception that joy comes from what you do is normal, and it is also dangerious, because it creates the belief that joy is something that can be dervied from something else, such as an activity or thing. You then look to the world to bring you joy, happiness. But it cannot do that. This is why many people lives in constant frustration. The world is not giving them what they think they need (298).