1、1The Power of NowCONTENTSAbout this BookAbout the AuthorAcclaimPreface Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction The Origin of This Book The Truth That Is Within You CHAPTER ONE: You Are Not Your Mind The Greatest Obstacle to Enlightenment Freeing Yourself from Your Mind Enlightenment: Rising above Thou
2、ght Emotion: The Bodys Reaction to Your MindCHAPTER TWO: Consciousness: The Way Out of Pain Create No More Pain in the Present Past Pain: Dissolving the Pain-Body Ego Identification with the Pain-Body The Origin of FearThe Egos Search for Wholeness CHAPTER THREE: Moving Deeply into the Now Dont Seek
3、 Your Self in the Mind End the Delusion of Time Nothing Exists Outside the Now The Key to the Spiritual Dimension Accessing the Power of the NowLetting Go of Psychological Time The Insanity of Psychological Time 2Negativity and Suffering Have Their Roots in Time Finding the Life Underneath Your Life
4、 Situation All Problems Are Illusions of the Mind A Quantum Leap in the Evolution of Consciousness The Joy of Being CHAPTER FOUR: Mind Strategies for Avoiding the Now Loss of Now: The Core Delusion Ordinary Unconsciousness and Deep Unconsciousness What Are They Seeking? Dissolving Ordinary Unconscio
5、usness Freedom from Unhappiness Wherever You Are, Be There Totally The Inner Purpose of Your Lifes Journey The Past Cannot Survive in Your PresenceCHAPTER FIVE: The State of Presence Its Not What You Think It Is The Esoteric Meaning of “Waiting“ Beauty Arises in the Stillness of Your Presence Realiz
6、ing Pure ConsciousnessChrist: The Reality of Your Divine Presence CHAPTER SIX: The Inner Body Being Is Your Deepest Self Look beyond the Words Finding Your Invisible and Indestructible Reality Connecting with the Inner BodyTransformation through the Body Sermon on the Body Have Deep Roots Within Bef
7、ore You Enter the Body, Forgive Your Link with the Unmanifested Slowing Down the Aging Process Strengthening the Immune System Let the Breath Take You into the Body Creative Use of Mind The Art of Listening CHAPTER SEVEN: Portals into the Unmanifested Going Deeply into the Body The Source of Chi 3Dr
8、eamless Sleep Other Portals Silence Space The True Nature of Space and TimeConscious Death CHAPTER EIGHT: Enlightened Relationships Enter the Now from Wherever You Are Love/Hate Relationships Addiction and the Search for Wholeness From Addictive to Enlightened Relationships Relationships as Spiritua
9、l Practice Why Women Are Closer to Enlightenment Dissolving the Collective Female Pain-Body Give Up the Relationship with Yourself CHAPTER NINE: Beyond Happiness and Unhappiness There Is Peace The Higher Good beyond Good and Bad The End of Your Life Drama Impermanence and the Cycles of Life Using an
10、d Relinquishing Negativity The Nature of Compassion Toward a Different Order of Reality CHAPTER TEN: The Meaning of Surrender Acceptance of the Now From Mind Energy to Spiritual Energy Surrender in Personal Relationships Transforming Illness into Enlightenment When Disaster Strikes Transforming Suff
11、ering into Peace The Way of the Cross The Power to Choose 4About this BookTo make the journey into The Power of Now we will need to leave our analytical mind and its false created self, the ego, behind. From the beginning of the first chapter we move rapidly into a significantly higher altitude wher
12、e one breathes a lighter air, the air of the spiritual. Although the journey is challenging, Eckhart Tolle offers simple language and a question and answer format to guide us. The words themselves are the signposts.For many of us there are new discoveries to be made along the way: we are not our min
13、d; we can find our way out of psychological pain; authentic human power is found by surrendering to the Now. We also find out that the body is actually one of the keys to entry into a state of inner peace, as are the silence and space all around us. Indeed, access is everywhere available. These acce
14、ss points, or portals, can all be used to bring us into the Now, the present moment, where problems do not exist. It is here we find our joy and are able to embrace our true selves. It is here we discover that we are already complete and perfect.Many of us will find that our biggest obstacle to this
15、 realization is our relationships, especially our intimate relationships. But again, we are in “new territory“ and all is not what it had seemed before. We come to see that our relationships are yet another doorway into spiritual enlightenment if we use them wisely, meaning if we use them to become
16、more conscious and therefore more loving human beings. The result? Real communion between self and others.If we are able to be fully present and take each step in the Now; if we are able to feel the reality of such things as the “inner-body,“ “surrender,“ “forgiveness,“ and the “Unmanifested,“ we wi
17、ll be opening ourselves to the transforming experience of The Power of Now.5About the AuthorEckhart Tolle was born in Germany, where he spent the first thirteen years of his life. After graduating from the University of London, he was a research scholar and supervisor at Cambridge University. When h
18、e was twenty-nine, a profound spiritual transformation virtually dissolved his old identity and radically changed the course of his life.The next few years were devoted to understanding, integrating, and deepening that transformation, which marked the beginning of an intense inward journey.Eckhart i
19、s not aligned with any particular religion or tradition. In his teaching, he conveys a simple yet profound message with the timeless and uncomplicated clarity of the ancient spiritual masters: there is a way out of sufferingand into peace.Eckhart is currently traveling extensively, taking his teachi
20、ngs and his presence throughout the world. He has lived in Vancouver, Canada, since 1996.Acclaim for “The Power of Now”6“If I were allotted only one book, I would choose Eckhart Tolles The Power of Now. Why? Because this book emanates a spirit of love, not only through its words, but in the spaces b
21、etween the words. No book has touched me, nor embraced me as this one has.“ Patricia Gordon, Calgary, Alberta“This book offers us a wonderful gift, but we must have the courage to seize it. I encourage you to accept this gift. I believe our very survival on this planet is dependent on the inner jour
22、ney that Eckhart Tolle is urging us to take.“Bill Carpenter, Businessman and Fellow Spiritual Seeker“I found this book to be a wonderful perspective for people like me who wish to integrate the message delivered so eloquently by A Course in Miracles and Deepak Chopras Seven Spiritual Laws of Success
23、. Every time I return to a segment of the book, I am surprised to find a new deeper meaning than the previous read.“ Jean-Pierre LeBlanc, CEO, SAJ E (manufacturer and retail chain of natural health products)“This manuscript is like a collection of Daily Bread in that the gleanings of knowledge that
24、are made available by Eckhart are in a spiritually digestible form of question and answer. These conscious awareness triggers are a must read in this present age of truth seekers.“ David L. Jones, author of A Warrior in the Land of Disease“The book gave me comfort and inspired me no end and gave me
25、insight after insight regarding my own personal journey. It was a revelation and a joy to read.“ Albert Koopman, Business Executive“I have searched for meaning, well-being, health and life, but unfortunately I was searching outside myself. The Power of Now has shown me how to find lifes elusive 7tre
26、asures within.“ John Kuchenthal, Organizational Development Consultant“I heartly recommend this profoundly inspiring book to all seekers today.“Lama Surya Das, author of Awakening the Buddha Within“ . . . a reminder to be truly present in our own lives and liberated from our past and future. It can
27、transform your thinking. The result? More joy, right now!“ O: The OPRAH Magazine“Tolle has succeeded on two fronts: synthesizing the teachings of masters such as Jesus and the Buddha into an easily accessible guide to achieving spiritual consciousness and making a strong case that the inability of h
28、umans to free themselves from dominance by the mind and live in the present is the root cause for misery in the world . . . . He makes enlightenment seem attainable and necessary for both individual peace and the health of the planet.“ ForeWord Magazine“Fresh, revealing, current, new inspiration. Ou
29、t of the many spiritual books that cross my desk this one stands out from the flock . . . . If you are considering getting back in touch with your soul, this book is a great companion.“ Common Ground, Vancouver, British Columbia“With intense and compelling clarity, Tolles guidance holds the promise
30、of leading us to our own best and highest place within, to resonate with and reflect the energy of true transformation.“ Spirit of Change Magazine“This seems to be the right book for many people at this point in time. The writing is clear as a bell; the words ring true. Truly an exceptional book tha
31、t promises to make a real difference in peoples lives.“8 Tom Oakley, Banyen Books, Vancouver, British ColumbiaPUBLISHERS PREFACE9BY MARC ALLENAuthor of Visionary Business and A Visionary LifePerhaps once in a decade, or even once in a generation, a book like The Power of Now comes along. It is more
32、than a book; there is a living energy in it, one you can probably feel as you hold it. It has the power to create an experience in readers, and change their lives for the better.The Power of Now was first published in Canada, and the Canadian publisher, Connie Kellough, told me she heard repeated st
33、ories of positive changes and even miracles that have happened once people got into the book. “Readers call in,“ she said. “And so many of them tell me of the wonderful healings, transformations, and increased joy they are experiencing because they have embraced this book.“The book makes me aware th
34、at every moment of my life is a miracle. This is absolutely true, whether I realize it or not. And The Power of Now, over and over, shows me how to realize it. From the first page of his writing, it is clear that Eckhart Tolle is a contemporary master. He is not aligned with any particular religion
35、or doctrine or guru; his teaching embraces the heart, the essence, of all other traditions, and contradicts none of them Christian, Hindu, Buddhist, Muslim, indigenous, or anything else. He is able to do what all the great masters have done: to show us, in simple and clear language, that the way, th
36、e truth, and the light is within us.Eckhart Tolle begins by briefly introducing us to his story a story of early depression and despair that culminated in a tremendous experience of awakening one night not long after his twenty-ninth birthday. For the past twenty years, he has reflected on that expe
37、rience, meditated, and deepened his understanding.In the last decade, he has become a world-class teacher, a great soul with a great message, one that Christ taught, one 10that Buddha taught: a state of enlightenment is attainable, here and now. It is possible to live free of suffering, free of anxi
38、ety and neurosis. To do this, we have to come to understand our role as the creator of our pain; our own mind causes our problems, not other people, not “the world out there.“ It is our own mind, with its nearly constant stream of thoughts, thinking about the past, worrying about the future. We make
39、 the great mistake of identifying with our mind, thinking thats who we are when, in fact, we are far greater beings.Over and over, Eckhart Tolle shows us how to connect with what he calls our Being:Being is the eternal, ever-present One Life beyond the myriad forms of life that are subject to birth
40、and death. However, Being is not only beyond but also deep within every form as its innermost invisible and indestructible essence. This means that it is accessible to you now as your own deepest self, your true nature. But dont seek to grasp it with your mind. Dont try to understand it. You can kno
41、w it only when the mind is still, when you are present, fully and intensely in the Now . . . . To regain awareness of Being and to abide in that state of feeling-realization is enlightenment.The Power of Now is nearly impossible to read straight through it requires you to put it down periodically an
42、d reflect on the words and apply them to your own life experience. It is a complete guide, a complete course, in meditation and realization. It is a book to be revisited again and again and each time you revisit it, you gain new depth and meaning. It is a book that many people, including me, will want to study for a lifetime.The Power of Now has a growing number of devoted readers. It has already been called a masterpiece; whatever it is called, however it is described, it is a book with the power to change lives, the power to awaken us to fully realize who
