QUOTES from PRACTICING THE POWER OF NOW by ECKHART TOLLE

PRACTICING THE POWER OF NOW by Eckhart Tolle is the sequel of THE POWER OF NOW, A GUIDE FOR SPIRITUAL ENLIGHTENMENT, Eckhart Tolle best-seller that sold more then 3 million copies worlwide.
This second essay goes to the core of his precedent teachings and exposes us how to free ourselves from “enslavement to the mind.” The aim is to be able to enter into and sustain an awakened state of consciousness throughout everyday life.
"The Power of Now" by Eckhart Tolle is perhaps the modern book that had the biggest impact on the spirituality of the occidental world in the XXIst century. Here are 10 quotes from The Power of NOW that will give you a taste of this unique book.
The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment by Eckhart Tolle was published in 1997 and distributed on a small scale mostly by Eckhart Tolle himself. After the book was recommended by Oprah Winfrey it has been translated into 33 languages. As of 2009, it was estimated that three million copies had been sold in North America.
Ulrich Leonard Tölle was born in Lünen, Germany in 1948. One night in 1977, at the age of 29, after long periods of depression, Tolle says he experienced an "inner transformation" and came to peace with everything. He stayed with friends, in a Buddhist monastery, or slept rough on Hampstead Heath. His family thought him "irresponsible, even insane". He changed his first name from Ulrich to Eckhart; by some reports this was in homage to the German philosopher and mystic Meister Eckhart.