Stillness Speaks | 
| Author: Eckhart Tolle
Publisher: New World Library
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 173
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 144
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.1 x 0.7
ISBN: 157731400X
Dewey Decimal Number: 291.44
EAN: 9781577314004
ASIN: 157731400X
Publication Date: August 2003
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Condition: Hardcover book with dust jacket. No remainder marks.
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Expanding on his mantra—Get out of your head and into the moment—Eckhart Tolle offers this new book on living in the now. Here Tolle emphasizes the art of "inner stillness"--the place where thoughts, ego and attachments fall always and we are left only with what the moment has to offer: "When you lose touch with inner stillness, you lose touch with yourself. When you lose touch with yourself, you lose yourself in the world." Don't expect this to be a quick skim or even a straight-through read. Like his previous bestselling book The Power of Now, Tolle uses brief entries and numerous white spaces to give readers easy in-and-out access into enticing spiritual insights that expound on inner stillness, such as learning the difference between surrender and resignation, overcoming the fear death, and how to end suffering. In fact, this is designed to be an ongoing conversation. Pick it up any time or any place, but be sure to allow for plenty of breaks for serious contemplation. Even as you occasionally abandon the book, don't abandon the teachings, pleads Tolle. Embracing and practicing inner stillness is no longer a luxury, he writes, "but a necessity if humankind is not to destroy itself. At the present time the dysfunction of the old consciousness and the arising of the new are both accelerating. Paradoxically things are getting worse and bett! er at the same time, although 'the worse' is more apparent because it makes so much noise." Devotees who have read all of Tolle's books and audio tapes probably won't find new ideas or information here. But they may appreciate the refresher course --revisiting familiar concepts in a slightly different package. --Gail Hudson
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In Stillness Speaks, best-selling author Eckhart Tolle illuminates the fundamental elements of his teaching, addressing the needs of the modern seeker by drawing from all spiritual traditions. At the core of the book is what the author calls “the state of presence,” a living in the “now” that is both intensely inspirational and practical. When the pressures of future and past thinking disappear, fear and frustration also vanish, conquered by the moment. Stillness Speaks takes the form of 200 individual entries, organized into 10 topic clusters that range from "Beyond the Thinking Mind" to "Suffering and the End of Suffering." The entries are concise and complete in themselves, but, read together, take on a transformative power.
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 For The Short Attention Span Spiritual Seeker! May 15, 2008
Tolle's small, concise book, is perfect for the individual who doesn't want to read "The Power of Now"!
This little book contains the essence, distilled down to a few sentences, or short paragraphs, that tell you all you need, to get you on your way towards spiritual awareness.
I leave it next to my bed stand, as a convenient reminder, to actually live what Tolle is sharing, from his own experiences.
Extraordinary - Practical - Profound May 14, 2008
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Extraordinary work.
Also recommend Power of Now.
Tolle has the extraordinary gift to describe the infinite in words.
I read Power of Now first and it offers simple yet profound methods - "portals" into enlightenment.
So Stillness is a simplified, powerful statement of the wisdom of Power of Now.
It relates to our essential Being. So obvious it is overlooked by almost everyone.
I recommend Power of Now first. "Beyond the outward form of beauty there is an inner depth, a holy essence" and Stillness Speaks as a reminder and follow up.
The audio CDs are also useful as reminders and reinforcement to recognizing the truth, and pathway to durable inner peace.
Tolle's method essentially involves bringing to light the fog of thought, and thereby releasing one to know. Stillness Speaks - first sutra, second chapter "Beyond the Thinking Mind, The human condition: lost in thought.; Most people spend their entire life imprisoned within the confines of their own thoughts. They never go beyond a narrow, mind-made, personalized sense of self that is conditioned by the past."
These books can liberate one from this tyranny, opening up the majesty, peace and joy of life, even in the present day with all the cares of the world.
Hear the stillness May 14, 2008
A wonderful way to take some of Eckhart Tolle's life changing words with you. His book A New Earth was life changing for me and this is just a wonderful addition to my library, a little book packed with tons od inspiration.
Stillness Speaks May 12, 2008
This book is a good follow-up book to any of Eckhart Tolle's other books. It can be picked up and read, and reread anytime. A must for daily practice.
Stillness Speaks May 9, 2008
Very Inspiring, great bedside companion, or early morning read. "Stillness" is the companion of "The Power of Now" in small bites.
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