Brian Johnson's Reviews > The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment

Eckhart Tolle's first uber-best-selling classic.

“You are here to enable the divine purpose of the universe to unfold. That is how important you are!”

~ Eckhart Tolle from The Power of Now

Eckhart Tolle is a cool dude. In addition to having the greatest collection of sweater vests in the world, he’s REMARKABLY lucid. (States obvious.)

I’m still getting my head/soul around how we live with peace AND mojo and I lean toward Osho on this one:

Tolle: “There is one certain criterion by which you can measure your success in this practice: the degree of peace that you feel within.”

Osho: “Peace has to dance and silence has to sing. And unless your innermost realization becomes a laughter, something is still lacking. Something still has to be done.”

But, that’s for a longer discussion. If this resonates with you, GET THE BOOK. :)

Some of my favorite big ideas from this book include:

1. Watching the Thinker - Peek-a-boo! :)
2. Reconnecting - With Divine Intelligence.
3. Accept It - As if you had chosen it.
4. Catch the Pain Body - The moment it awakens.
5. Clock Time vs. Psychological time.
6. Presence - The promise of salvation.
7. If It Makes You Sick - Quit eating it.
8. Take Responsibility & Choose.
9. Actions & Fruits - Relax into the moment.
10. Life Situations vs. Life - Big distinction.
11. A Perfect Recipe - For dissatisfaction.
12. Journey Into Yourself - What life’s all about.

I’ve summarized those Big Ideas in a video review that you can watch here: https://youtu.be/yAaw6ia3mgk?feature=...

I’ve also added The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle to my collection of Philosopher’s Notes--distilling the Big Ideas into 6-page PDF and 20-minute MP3s on 600+ of the BEST self-development books ever. You can get access to all of those plus a TON more over at https://heroic.us.