A New Earth Awakening to Your Life's Purpose

by Tolle, Eckhart

• ISBN13: 9780452287587
• ISBN10: 0452287588
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-08-29
• Publisher: Plume

Summary

The highly anticipated follow-up to the 2,000,000 copy bestselling inspirational book, The Power of Now With his bestselling spiritual guide The Power of Now, Eckhart Tolle inspired millions of readers to discover the freedom and joy of a life lived in the now.” In A New Earth, Tolle expands on these powerful ideas to show how transcending our ego-based state of consciousness is not only essential to personal happiness, but also the key to ending conflict and suffering throughout the world. Tolle describes how our attachment to the ego creates the dysfunction that leads to anger, jealousy, and unhappiness, and shows readers how to awaken to a new state of consciousness and follow the path to a truly fulfilling existence.The Power of Nowwas a question-and-answer handbook. A New Earthhas been written as a traditional narrative, offering anecdotes and philosophies in a way that is accessible to all. Illuminating, enlightening, and uplifting, A New Earthis a profoundly spiritual manifesto for a better way of life—and for building a better world.

Author Biography

ECKHART TOLLE is a contemporary spiritual teacher 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.

Table of Contents

CHAPTER ONE The Flowering of Human Consciousness	1	(24)
Evocation	1	(4)
The Purpose of This Book	5	(3)
Our Inherited Dysfunction	8	(5)
The Arising New Consciousness	13	(4)
Spirituality and Religion	17	(3)
The Urgency of Transformation	20	(3)
A New Heaven and a New Earth	23	(2)
CHAPTER TWO Ego: The Current State of Humanity	25	(34)
The Illusory Self	27	(3)
The Voice in the Head	30	(4)
Content and Structure of the Ego	34	(1)
Identification with Things	35	(3)
The Lost Ring	38	(4)
The Illusion of Ownership	42	(4)
Wanting: The Need for More	46	(3)
Identification with the Body	49	(3)
Feeling the Inner Body	52	(1)
Forgetfulness of Being	53	(1)
From Descartes's Error to Sartre's Insight	54	(2)
The Peace That Passes All Understanding	56	(3)
CHAPTER THREE The Core of Ego	59	(26)
Complaining and Resentment	61	(3)
Reactivity and Grievances	64	(2)
Being Right, Making Wrong	66	(1)
In Defense of an Illusion	67	(2)
Truth: Relative or Absolute?	69	(3)
The Ego Is Not Personal	72	(2)
War Is a Mind-set	74	(3)
Do You Want Peace or Drama	77	(1)
Beyond Ego: Your True identity	77	(2)
All Structures Are Unstable	79	(2)
The Egos Need to Feel Superior	81	(1)
Ego and Fame	82	(3)
CHAPTER FOUR Role-playing: The Many Faces of the Ego	85	(44)
Villain, Victim, Lover	37	(52)
Letting Go of Self-Definitions	89	(1)
Pre-established Roles	90	(3)
Temporary Roles	93	(1)
The Monk with Sweaty Palms	94	(1)
Happiness as a Role Vs. True Happiness	95	(2)
Parenthood: Role or Function?	97	(4)
Conscious Suffering	101	(2)
Conscious Parenting	103	(1)
Recognizing Your Child	104	(2)
Giving Up Role-playing	106	(3)
The Pathological Ego	109	(3)
The Background Unhappiness	112	(2)
The Secret of Happiness	114	(4)
Pathological Forms of Ego	118	(3)
Work—With and Without Ego	121	(3)
The Ego in Illness	124	(1)
The Collective Ego	125	(2)
Incontrovertible Proof of Immortality	127	(2)
CHAPTER FIVE The Pain-Body	129	(32)
The Birth of Emotion	131	(3)
Emotions and the Ego	134	(3)
The Duck with a Human Mind	137	(2)
Carrying the Past	139	(2)
Individual and Collective	141	(3)
How the Pain-Body Renews Itself	144	(1)
How the Pain-Body Feeds on Your Thoughts	145	(3)
How the Pain-Body Feeds on Drama	148	(3)
Dense Pain-Bodies	151	(1)
Entertainment, the Media, and the Pain-Body	152	(2)
The Collective Female Pain-Body	154	(3)
National and Racial Pain-Bodies	157	(4)
CHAPTER SIX Breaking Free	161	(24)
Presence	164	(3)
The Return of the Pain-Body	167	(2)
The Pain-Body in Children	169	(3)
Unhappiness	172	(2)
Breaking Identification with the Pain-Body	174	(3)
"Triggers"	177	(3)
The Pain-Body as an Awakener	180	(3)
Breaking Free of the Pain-Body	183	(2)
CHAPTER SEVEN Finding Who You Truly Are	185	(38)
Who You Think You Are	186	(4)
Abundance	190	(2)
Knowing Yourself and Knowing About Yourself	192	(2)
Chaos and Higher Order	194	(1)
Good and Bad	195	(3)
Not Minding What Happens	198	(1)
Is That So?	199	(1)
The Ego and the Present Moment	200	(4)
The Paradox of Time	204	(2)
Eliminating Time	206	(2)
The Dreamer and the Dream	208	(2)
Going Beyond Limitation	210	(3)
The Joy of Being	213	(1)
Allowing the Diminishment of the Ego	214	(3)
As Without, So Within	217	(6)
CHAPTER EIGHT The Discovery of Inner Space	223	(34)
Object Consciousness and Space Consciousness	227	(2)
Falling Below and Rising Above Thought	229	(1)
Television	230	(3)
Recognizing Inner Space	233	(3)
Can You Hear the Mountain Stream?	236	(2)
Right Action	238	(1)
Perceiving Without Naming	239	(2)
Who Is the Experiencer?	241	(2)
The Breath	243	(3)
Addictions	246	(2)
Inner Body Awareness	248	(2)
Inner and Outer Space	250	(3)
Noticing the Gaps	253	(1)
Lose Yourself to Find Yourself	254	(1)
Stillness	255	(2)
CHAPTER NINE Your Inner Purpose	257	(22)
Awakening	259	(3)
A Dialogue on Inner Purpose	262	(17)
CHAPTER TEN A New Earth	279	(32)
A Brief History of Your Life	282	(2)
Awakening and the Return Movement	284	(4)
Awakening and the Outgoing Movement	288	(3)
Consciousness	291	(2)
Awakened Doing	293	(2)
The Three Modalities of Awakened Doing	295	(1)
Acceptance	296	(1)
Enjoyment	297	(4)
Enthusiasm	301	(5)
The Frequency-holders	306	(1)
The New Earth Is No Utopia	307	(4)
Notes	311	(4)
About the Author	315