yes, stop preaching ET teaching into other people, that is not the way it works, remember, we are all one, no separate, so even if they not “get it” now, they will, either in this life of another,not in time, but in the now, we are always a work in progress not all at the same level of evolution at the source.we are in this world but we are not from this world, time only exists here in this plane, so chill out and accept what is.
this body of knowledge is not for everyone,i recomendeded my sister to buy and read the book and after she read it she did not understood a word lol. also my father and some other people, so i stopped.
note its you ego that is trying to add to itself and others this new “pointer”, with is not the ultimate truth, but only point to it.
there is a saying:” wen the student is ready, the master appears”
let them be who they are, there is a purpose for them to not yet be aware and it is their path to find it if it is their fate.
forcing ET teachings into people is just another way of saing:
look at this!there is only the now!you must believe it!my way is better than yours. the “nowism”. kinda like religion became, fundamentalist to a point where if you don’t believe what i say, i am forced to kill you to save your soul.
true spirituality is practice, be the change you want to see in them and you will be awestruck.

I first read this book just over a year ago, it put into words a kind of awakening I had experienced five years ago when my mother died, but had not been able to articulate until reading A New Earth.

This initial awakening had since dissipated as I had fallen back into old egoic mind patterns in the five years since she’d passed away. As a result I was really shaken by the book, Eckhart has described with such clarity exactly the things that I had and have experienced since, but did not have words for – especially his words on enthusiasm – I can’t tell you how on point that was with experiences in my career.

The thing that seems to be ‘bothering’ me now though is, that after I had read it, I suddenly began to attract so much negativity from others in my life – I couldn’t decide if there was suddenly a greater sensitivity to it on my part, or if something had changed or a phenomena was happening that I couldn’t describe.

That was over a year ago now, the phenomena had since faded and people were back to their usual state around me – then recently I picked up the book again to reconnect, and lo and behold I’m finding it’s happening again! but this time even more so since I’ve shared the value I found in the book with some friends and family, who, rather than embracing my suggestions about good reads or good albums like they usually do, have shown a strange and vigorous skepticism even when they have never heard of the book, Eckhart Tolle, or its description.

my sister has even outright refused to read the book with no explanation, and my other sister has responded with verbal aggression after saying she had read a few chapters. (by the way, our family is not religious in any way, we were raised in a decidedly agnostic household)

This is very confusing, especially since we’re not able to see each other very often due to a demanding schedule on my part, there is nothing outside of recommending this book that could have made them so angry.

It’s really not clear where this aggression and negativity is coming from, It seems the more I share this book with the rare person, the more I am pushed away in general.

is it that people aren’t ready? or is it that they see it as me trying to ‘prescribe’ something to them and are offended? I really wonder what Tolle feels about this, has anyone else experienced the same thing?

thanks Damien for sharing your experiences – perhaps I really need to incorporate more “is that so” into my life :)

Thanks for commenting on my blog post about Eckhart Tolle. I love that ‘Is that so’ comment as well. I have Kabbalah on one side and Eckhart’s teachings on the other side-both very similar. Different writers and wise men translate from the sages in their own way but basically saying the same good words.

You might want to get Elizabeth Lesser’s book, Broken Open. Elizabeth will be on Oprah’s webcast and her XM radio show this coming week. She is a jewel not to be missed.

Love & light,
Myrna

Thank you for “Is that so?”

I have to work on a daily basis with someone who constantly keeps up a barrage of negatives regarding work colleagues, and it had begun to make me a nervous wreck. I have to admit that I have also sadly caught myself playing into it.
I found your website whilst surfing for commentary on “A New Earth” which I find intriguing and so enlightening.
Now instead of dreading going back into work tomorrow after a week’s leave I shall go in armed with the right thing to say.
This will, I hope and trust, protect me from becoming part of the negative energy that has bringing me down and causing terrible depression.

Sincerely
Judith