The Power of Now
Eckhart Tolle · A spiritual guide to ending mental suffering by living fully in the present moment.
3 people say it helped them, in their own words on Hacker News.
What people said
the book showed me that I was worrying and thinking way too much and that this is at best useless and sometimes even dangerous.
Helped me stay present. Helped me overcome past regrets and future stresses
the result is amazing, it has seriously helped me with anxiety, fear, self hatred, etc.
Description from Open Library
Eckhart Tolle has emerged as one of today's most inspiring teachers. In The Power of Now, already a worldwide bestseller, the author describes his transition from despair to self-realization soon after his 29th birthday.
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Tolle took another ten years to understand this transformation, during which time he evolved a philosophy that has parallels in Buddhism, relaxation techniques, and meditation theory but is also eminently practical. In The Power of Now he shows readers how to recognize themselves as the creators of their own pain, and how to have a pain-free existence by living fully in the present.
Accessing the deepest self, the true self, can be learned, he says, by freeing ourselves from the conflicting, unreasonable demands of the mind and living "present, fully, and intensely, in the Now."
What people got from it AI summary
Best if you overthink, worry about past or future, and struggle with anxiety.
- Quieted overthinking
- Eased anxiety and fear
- Anchored them in present
Style
Reflective & spiritual · 224 pages
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