A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose

Eckart Tolle

Penguin, 2005 - Self-Help - 315 pages

Building on the astonishing success of The Power of Now, Eckhart Tolle presents readers with an honest look at the current state of humanity: He implores us to see and accept that this state, which is based on an erroneous identification with the egoic mind, is one of dangerous insanity.

Tolle tells us there is good news, however. There is an alternative to this potentially dire situation. Humanity now, perhaps more than in any previous time, has an opportunity to create a new, saner, more loving world. This will involve a radical inner leap from the current egoic consciousness to an entirely new one.

In illuminating the nature of this shift in consciousness, Tolle describes in detail how our current ego-based state of consciousness operates. Then gently, and in very practical terms, he leads us into this new consciousness. We will come to experience who we truly are—which is something infinitely greater than anything we currently think we are—and learn to live and breathe freely.

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Contents

• CHAPTER: 1
• Our Inherited Dysfunction: 8
• Spirituality and Religion: 17
• A New Heaven and a New Earth: 23
• The Voice in the Head: 30
• The Lost Ring: 38
• CHAPTER THREE: 59
• Being Right Making Wrong: 66
• The Ego Is Not Personal: 72
• All Structures Are Unstable: 79
• CHAPTER FOUR: 85
• Preestablished Roles: 90
• Role or Function?: 97
• Conscious Parenting: 103
• The Pathological Ego: 109
• Pathological Forms of Ego: 118
• The Ego in Illness: 124
• The Birth of Emotion: 131
• The Duck with a Human Mind: 137
• How the PainBody Renews Itself: 144
• How the PainBody Feeds on Your Thoughts: 145
• Dense PainBodies: 151
• National and Racial PainBodies: 157
• Presence: 164
• Unhappiness: 172
• The PainBody as an Awakener 18: 183
• Abundance: 190
• Not Minding What Happens: 198
• Can You Hear the Mountain Stream?: 236
• The Breath: 243
• Inner and Outer Space: 250
• Lose Yourself to Find Yourself: 254
• A Dialogue on Inner Purpose: 262
• CHAPTER: 279
• Awakening and the Outgoing Movement: 288
• The Three Modalities of Awakened Doing: 295
• Enthusiasm: 301
• The New Earth Is No Utopia: 307
• About the Author 315: 315

About the author

Eckhart Tolle is a contemporary spiritual healer who is not aligned with any particular religion or tradition. In his writing and seminars, he conveys a simple yet profound message with the timeless and uncomplicated clarity of the ancient spiritual masters: There is a way out of suffering and into peace. Eckhart travels extensively, taking his teachings throughout the world. He lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Bibliographic information

• Title: A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose; Oprah's Book Club
• Author: Eckart Tolle
• Publisher: Penguin, 2005
• ISBN: 0525948023, 9780525948025
• Length: 315 pages
• Subjects: Body, Mind & Spirit / Inspiration & Personal Growth; Body, Mind & Spirit / Spirituality / General; Self-Help / Spiritual