The Power of Now

Eckhart Tolle is quickly establishing himself as one of today's most inspirational teachers. The author explains his shift from despair to self-realization just after his 29th birthday in The Power of Now, which is already a word-of-mouth blockbuster in Canada. Tolle spent another ten years trying to understand this shift, during which time he developed a philosophy that has Buddhist, relaxation, and meditation theoretical connections but is also quite practical. In The Power of Now, he teaches readers how to see themselves as the cause of their own suffering and how to live a pain-free life by totally immersing themselves in the present moment. He claims that learning to access the innermost self, the true self, can be learnt by liberating ourselves from the mind's contradictory, unreasonable demands and living fully in the present moment.