Richard Abanes Refutes Eckhart Tolle - Sort Of

Richard Abanes Refutes Eckhart Tolle - Sort Of

Author and journalist Richard Abanes has written
a book responding to Eckhart Tolle's "A New Earth"
and "exposing" his teachings as... What?

Well, from the press release on PRWeb, his book
"A New Earth, An Old Deception" he effectively
refutes several of his own interpretations of Mr.
Tolle's teachings. Unfortunately (IMHO) he has
them all wrong.

Here are a few of the things purported to be debunked:

• Who or what is God--and is God separate from us?
• Does Tolle accurately interpret the Bible?
• Is everyone essentially "One" with all that exists?
• Is evil real, or do we only perceive it as real?
• Are all religions equally false/true and do they all teach a single core Truth?
• Is suffering just an illusion of our mind?

Quite frankly my own Christian faith neither wants
nor desires for Mr Abanes to expose anything about
what Eckhart Tolle teaches. If he does not find the
content to be helpful to his own spiritual journey,
he is free to move on.

In my experience, this kind of closed minded critique
is really unnecessary for those able to reason for them-
selves. I cannot say that I agree with all that Mr Tolle
holds to be true, but have found much to be instructive
and quite useful. None of this has been any kind of
threat to my Christianity.

Evidently a response to Mr. Tolle was deemed necessary
(or perhaps profitable) due to the huge sales of "A New
Earth" as well as "The Power of Now". And no, I have
no more of a problem with Mr. Abanes making money
from his books than I do with Eckhart Tolle getting his
royalties. Perhaps next time Richard Abanes could
earn his offering something of his own, instead of just
panning a work that at least attempts to assist people
with their own spiritual journeys.

Read the PRWeb Press Release HERE
and then make up your own mind on his
works merits.

Because as always, all of this is just MHO...

Eat a peach!

Floyd Bogart

An Eckhart Tolle Case Study

An Eckhart Tolle Case Study

With all the uproar (both positive and negative)
about the Eckhart Tolle/Oprah Winfrey webclass,
I thought it might be good to take a look at the
effect that this type of self development is having
on an actual human life.

I came across a blog post in a Google Alert I that
I have set up to keep me informed about just this
kind of thing. Julie is a blogger that goes by the
title of Nature Chick. Her blog is not about her
spiritual progress, but about her life in general as
many of the best blogs are.

Take a look at her post about The Power of Now
and it's affect on her life HERE.

She doesn't seem to have become a zombie, or
a self denying ascetic. Actually she just seems
to have become someone that is enjoying life for
the first time in quite a while.

I see, hear nor feel anything within this woman's
experience to concern me for her emotional or
spiritual wellbeing. What is more, I see no danger
to her personal belief structure either.

We live in a society where dysfunction seems
to be the norm instead of the exception, and
not everyone has the resources, time or even
the emotional strength and will to overcome
their issues via intensive therapy.

So maybe this is a shortcut to a healthier life
and world view that can allow a significant
portion of the population to live a happier and
more fulfilling life...

Why is this threatening to some people?

Floyd Bogart

Eckhart Tolle - A New Earth Web Class

Eckhart Tolle - A New Earth Web Class

This is an amazing event. I can't say I've ever been
that big of an Oprah fan, but when she teams up with
Eckhart Tolle in this big of a way, I have to take off
my hat to the lady...

Without further ado, I'll turn the stage over to this duo:





The rest of this series may be seen at my
Squidoo Lens: Eckhart Tolle & The Power of Now

Floyd Bogart