Stillness Speaks
by Eckhart Tolle
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Book Reviews of Stillness Speaks
Book Review: Extraordinary - Practical - Profound
Summary: 5 Stars
Extraordinary work.
Also recommend Power of Now.
Tolle has the extraordinary gift to describe the infinite in words.
I read Power of Now first and it offers simple yet profound methods - "portals" into enlightenment.
So Stillness is a simplified, powerful statement of the wisdom of Power of Now.
It relates to our essential Being. So obvious it is overlooked by almost everyone.
I recommend Power of Now first. "Beyond the outward form of beauty there is an inner depth, a holy essence" and Stillness Speaks as a reminder and follow up.
The audio CDs are also useful as reminders and reinforcement to recognizing the truth, and pathway to durable inner peace.
Tolle's method essentially involves bringing to light the fog of thought, and thereby releasing one to know. Stillness Speaks - first sutra, second chapter "Beyond the Thinking Mind, The human condition: lost in thought.; Most people spend their entire life imprisoned within the confines of their own thoughts. They never go beyond a narrow, mind-made, personalized sense of self that is conditioned by the past."
These books can liberate one from this tyranny, opening up the majesty, peace and joy of life, even in the present day with all the cares of the world.
Book Review: Missing the point
Summary: 5 Stars
For all those that choose to criticise this book, they are clearly missing the point. First of all, the guy that read the entire book while standing in the bookstore cannot have possibly gotten the full impact of what Tolle is saying. Yes, you can wolf down a $100.00 meal and say there was nothing there, but that is more a reflection of you than the meal. Having authored 8 books, including a popular motivational one here on amazon.com, I can tell you that Tolle says more, using fewer words, than any other writer I know. Indeed, even savoring one sentence can instantly change your state. Yes, the material is simliar to "The Power of Now," but that's like saying a gold ring is not good because it's made out of the same thing as a gold necklace. Hello! When you have the best there is, there is no need to improve on it. Everything Tolle puts out comes from that same golden place, and indeed, I found "Stillness Speakers" to have many even deeper and more refined ideas than the brilliant "The Power of Now." Or should I say, he finds new and creative ways to further drive home his life altering concepts. If you "get it," you will know what I mean, if not, than no amount of words will change your mind.
Book Review: Excellent companion to "The Power of Now".
Summary: 5 Stars
I was stunned when I read some of the negative reader feedback Amazon customers submitted about this new book. I'll grant them that it might be best to have read "The Power of Now" as a prelude to "getting" the clearer, more distilled messages in "Stillness Speaks", but that does not diminish the impact of the book. "Stillness Speaks" is not wordy, obscure, or complicated. It is meant to be simple, and as the author often states, words are just signposts that awaken deeper truths that already exist within us.My opinion is not a prejudiced one. After reading his magnificent first book three times in a row, I'd been looking for another book that would help me to reinforce these new concepts for me. Quite frankly, I couldn't understand the reason Mr. Tolle wrote his rambling previous follow-up to TPON called "Practicing the Power of Now". However, when I picked up "Stillness Speaks" and browsed through it in a bookstore, I could not put it down. It now sits on my bedside table, where I can read a passage every morning. Like "The Power of Now", this book will lift your consciousness and change your life for the better . . . IF that is what you're looking for.
Book Review: What the world needs now... is this book!
Summary: 5 Stars
Stillness Speaks is, by design, a shorter and smaller book than the author's previous one "The Power of Now". It's as if to demonstrate visually that it's not about "reading more" and "learning more" that brings one to a place of peace. In fact, Tolle often argues for the opposite, the quieting and stilling of the noisy mind, as the way to allow a greater peace and presence to appear.
The author's assumption is that this "presence/stillness/force" is benign and intelligent and good. Some people with traditional views may struggle with the ambiguity of exactly who or what this source of wisdom and peace is, since it's only loosely defined.
To get the most out of this book, the reader may need to suspend some long held beliefs about the world and their part in it, and see things from a new perspective that's free from a sense of self and ego. That's a major shift for many of us. So this is not light reading. To be taken seriously, it requires an examination of your belief system and that's always a bit scary and challenging. But that's often where growth occurs.
I would recommend this book for anyone who's goal is not so much success as it is peace of mind and congruity of life.
Book Review: Small, short, concise and powerful!
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is my contant companion and has been a tremendous help to me.
For reasons I won't go into here, I've had a lifelong struggle with depression, fear, anxiety and an abysmal opinion of myself. As an adult I've been able to live above it and lead a productive life, but I still struggle with it at times.
Eckhart Tolle has always been a big help to me in this area with his constant emphasis on living in the NOW; the present moment. In this book he combines his teachings of living in the present along with the practice of inner stillness. While he does not disparage thinking and sees it as a valuable tool, he emphasises that we live too much in our thoughts. He encourages us to go into the inner stillness which we all have within and discover the wisdom we all have inside of us if we will bother to take time to still our minds.
This little gem goes with me everywhere. It is small, easy to carry, and will fit not only my briefcase sized bag but also my smaller purse. It is great to read from cover to cover and also to read in small portions -- it is set up that way.
This book is an investment in spiritual peace. It is one book purchase where you can't go wrong.