E. Tolle not in Leo's booklist - too esoteric? Not interesting enough?

[Leo Gura]

Because I don't like his oversimplified style.

[pursuitofspirit]

6 minutes ago, integration journey said:

What was he suffering from? 

Severe depression and anxiety. Mental Illness.

[Daniel Balan]

@Leo Gura The first thing I did afer buying your booklist was to search for Eckhart Tolle's The Power of Now. The power of now is the first book I have read in my adult life. It is the book that made me take your teachings about spirituality seriously. Prior reading that book I always skiped your videos that talked about spirituality and only consumed stage orange practical videos from you. Tolle's books had such an unparalleled impact on me. I think that I'm going to re-read the power of now because of this thread

[CARDOZZO]

9 hours ago, UnbornTao said:

Christ's blood - extra God-realized.

Best marketing campaign to sell bottles 

[integration journey]

20 minutes ago, Daniel Balan said:

@Leo Gura The first thing I did afer buying your booklist was to search for Eckhart Tolle's The Power of Now. The power of now is the first book I have read in my adult life. It is the book that made me take your teachings about spirituality seriously. Prior reading that book I always skiped your videos that talked about spirituality and only consumed stage orange practical videos from you. Tolle's books had such an unparalleled impact on me. I think that I'm going to re-read the power of now because of this thread

Is his book a new earth better or which one do you recommend? 

[Daniel Balan]

35 minutes ago, integration journey said:

Is his book a new earth better or which one do you recommend? 

I have read all his books. A new Earth is on par with the power of now. A new earth is basically the part 2 of the power of now. You need to read first the power of now and second a new earth, those books changed my life forever. 

[Inliytened1]

2 hours ago, Leo Gura said:

Because I don't like his oversimplified style.

But that's you in a nutshell.  It seems to have made an impact on people here so I would consider adding it.  

Edited Friday at 12:20 AM by Inliytened1

[CARDOZZO]

The power of now was the first book I've read about spirituality. Made a huge impact on a normie mind (2016).

 

[Inliytened1]

2 hours ago, Miguel1 said:

But then he wouldnt be so popular anymore 

I hope he didn't hold anything back in his book. You would want to hear it raw.

Edited Friday at 12:34 AM by Inliytened1

[Jannes]

Listened to an audio book of him and it was mostly sweet talk.

I cant stand Eckart Tolle for some reason. I also cant stand Owen Cook. Possibly the only 2 people I cant stand for not immediate personal reasons. Interesting for self reflection. 

Edited Friday at 01:03 AM by Jannes

[OBEler]

For a spiritual beginner tolle ist perfect.

[Oppositionless]

There no reason to only read the books on Leo's list . 

[waheed]

I basically look at the book list as titles that influenced Leo years ago, probably if he has to create a booklist now atleast some won't make the list for sure, I would recommend him to do exactly that in next update, retire books, since written words are not timeless.

My favorite author from the list is Ralston offcourse i also don't understand why Francis and J.Krishnamurti made the cut. To me Ralston is bascially J.Krishnamurti 2.0, in a sense that his work is an extended commentry on JK, i don't know if anyone here views him that way.

Ralston is grounded in reality much more then all the airy fairy stuff generally associated with spirituality, which keeps you real.
 

[integral]

It's nearly impossible for the normal person to achieve E. Tolle state of being following what he says.

He's giving people fish instead of teaching them how to fish

[Breakingthewall]

Tolle is a guy who one day was in a state of suicidal depression with obsessive-compulsive disorder, and the next day was in a completely expanded state. Tolle didn't seek this out; it happened by chance. This is possible, but the problem is that Tolle doesn't know how to move from a contracted state to an expanded state because he hasn't made that transition voluntarily, so his teachings are incomplete; they lack the process.

In the other hand, Tolle has excellent explanation about expanded state without falling in mystic religious explanations, is direct and clean. 

Edited Sunday at 08:57 PM by Breakingthewall

[theleelajoker]

12 hours ago, Breakingthewall said:

Tolle is a guy who one day was in a state of suicidal depression with obsessive-compulsive disorder, and the next day was in a completely expanded state. Tolle didn't seek this out; it happened by chance. This is possible, but the problem is that Tolle doesn't know how to move from a contracted state to an expanded state because he hasn't made that transition voluntarily, so his teachings are incomplete; they lack the process 

Interesting perspective. 

[Natasha Tori Maru]

12 hours ago, Breakingthewall said:

 This is possible, but the problem is that Tolle doesn't know how to move from a contracted state to an expanded state because he hasn't made that transition voluntarily, so his teachings are incomplete; they lack the process.

However - does anyone? 

This has been discussed at length all over the forum.

It seems any-thing can prompt 'enlightenment'. But no-thing is a guarantee. 

Or so I gather. Much to the chagrin of many....

[theleelajoker]

45 minutes ago, Natasha Tori Maru said:

However - does anyone? 

This has been discussed at length all over the forum.

It seems any-thing can prompt 'enlightenment'. But no-thing is a guarantee. 

Or so I gather. Much to the chagrin of many....

Daniel Schmidt has an interesting take:

"Sometimes they say that awakening happens by accident, but the practice makes you more accident prone. The techniques, the practices can be very useful to make you more accident prone"

(From his documentaries)

Edited Monday at 10:18 AM by theleelajoker

[Natasha Tori Maru]

22 minutes ago, theleelajoker said:

Daniel Schmidt has an interesting take:

"Sometimes they say that awakening happens by accident, but the practice makes you more accident prone. The techniques, the practices can be very useful to make you more accident prone"

(From his documentaries)

Suffering appears to be a consistent theme... Or - key ingredient? (⁠ꏿ⁠﹏⁠ꏿ)

[Breakingthewall]

1 hour ago, Natasha Tori Maru said:

However - does anyone? 

This has been discussed at length all over the forum.

It seems any-thing can prompt 'enlightenment'. But no-thing is a guarantee. 

Or so I gather. Much to the chagrin of many....

Yes, me, for example. Because of my emotional makeup and family circumstances, I was in a worse state than Tolle. I set myself the essential goal of breaking the energetic pattern that kept me in a shitty state every minute of my life, except during moments of intense escape, that used to seek. 

There's no room for deception here; if your energy is functioning in a contracted mode, you can lie, but you can't deceive yourself. You live on an emotional rollercoaster, and if you're honest, you accept your state. It's possible to completely change this state, but it's extremely difficult because the contracted functioning is very deeply ingrained in your system. 

You need to understand what contraction is, its origin, its cause. It's something innate in being human, since we perceive ourselves as separate and mortal, which is true from a certain perspective. The balance between contraction and openness is difficult; self-preservation is essential, but you can't let yourself be trapped in an energetic cage.

Beware of mystical traps. Projecting yourself toward a higher, spiritual, divine existence is contraction disguised as openness. Total openness is beyond knowledge; it is the fact that you are, and there are no absolute limits, period.