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?
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
