Stillness Speaks (Christian Softcover Originals)

Of course the book is fabulous. No doubt about that. You don't need me to tell you.However, I've received many books from amazon that were damaged in transit. This book was not one of them. The care that went into packing this book so it would arrive undamaged was amazing.Thank you!

I wouldn't have made it through the onset of the pandemic without my Eckhart Tolle books!

A simple reminder of what we really are in a small book that is easy to read and understand. I keep it by my bed and randomly read a page or two most nights.

If you've gone through the Power of Now, this is a great way to revisit it.

Make this your morning meditation practice ASAP

I can't recall if I've already reviewed this book (hazards of the ditzy mind), but here it is...either for the first time or the 10th. I say if a book is good once, it's good a bunch of times!Stillness Speaks, by Eckhart Tolle, written in 2003, is a little, 127 page book that I read and re-read frequently. Simple and yet profound in content, it reminds me over and over and over again that the answers I seek, are found in stillness.Eckhart Tolle has an elegant way of stating simply, that which feels the most complicated. In his many books, he conveys the message of the importance of being in the moment, and of gaining perspective from the egoic chatter the mind so often convinces us is the true and important reality.I very often use a highlighter when I read; a habit I developed in college to help me find points I want to remember later. I had to laugh because I think I've highlighted every word in this book. That's how deeply it speaks to my spirit every time I read it. The book contains 10 short chapters and I will leave you with a favorite quote from each: "True Intelligence operates silently. Stillness is where creativity and solutions to problems are found." "Every thought pretends that it matters so much." "Your unhappiness ultimately arises not from the circumstance of your life, but from the conditions of your mind." "Is life ever 'not this moment'?" "Reincarnation doesn't help you if in your next incarnation you still don't know who you are." "Sometimes surrender means giving up trying to understand and becoming comfortable with not knowing." "We have forgotten what rocks, plants, and animals still know. We have forgotten how to be - to be still, to be ourselves, to be where life is: Here and Now." "Love does not want or fear anything." "To every accident and disaster there is a potentially redemptive dimension that we are usually unaware of." "Suffering is necessary until you realize it is unnecessary.

I love it , must read , thank you Eckhart Tolle.

Very good book

In the late 1990s Eckhart Tolle shot to fame in the world of contemporary spirituality with the publication of his book The Power Of Now, and a few years later, with good help from Oprah Winfrey and her book club, his popularity and success moved onto a whole new level with the book A New Earth. In-between these two excellent books he published another little book that in its own unique way is as good, but not nearly as well-known and popular as it deserves to be. This book is called Stillness Speaks and it is a lovely collection of sutra-like statements centred on some of Eckhart Tolle’s most familiar themes.The book is divided into 10 chapters, each dealing with a particular subject, such as The Now, Acceptance and Surrender, Silence and Stillness, Nature, Relationships, and Who You Truly Are. These are all subjects that Eckhart Tolle has covered extensively in his two other main books, but the difference here is that instead of writing about each theme in great detail, he writes just short statements which can all be read separately. In other words, you can just open the book anywhere you like and read something, and regardless of what you chance upon, it is bound to be very good, inspiring and enlightening. This book is more suited for quiet introspection, meditation and reflection than for the kind of thorough study and exploration that The Power of Now and A New Earth invite. To give you a feeling of what Stillness Speaks really is about, it might be useful to quote from Eckhart Tolle’s introduction to the book:“This is not a book to be read from cover to cover and then put away. Live with it, pick it up frequently, and, more importantly, put it down frequently, or spend more time holding it than reading it. Many readers will feel naturally inclined to stop reading after each entry, to pause, reflect, become still. It is always more helpful to stop reading than to continue reading.”This might seem like a rather strange kind of advice from an author, but the funny thing is that this book, more than any other I’ve come across, really does seem to invite the reader to just hold it, look at it, and thus experience or feel the essence of it. It is a rare book indeed that has the power to induce a state of peace and meditation just by being held, but Stillness Speaks carries that little extra special something. It is a beautiful book in all respects, and one to be loved and treasured over a lifetime. Stillness Speaks may be a small book, but in its own unique way, it is a channel of transformation and authentic spiritual maturity.

Based on 'The Power of Now' his first book. It is basically full of out-takes from that book so you will find this repetitive as it is the same material. however it is a book that can be picked up and dipped into anywhere. It is in the form of short paragraphs to read and reflect on and practise as appropriate.

to use on a regular basis, just to dip in for reminders, when I am "stuck". I usually open randomly and find an appropriate piece of wisdom, to bring me back to presence.

Small but very good. Little snippets of wisdom. Read the power of NOW first

Bought this book last month and decided to start reading it yesterday. Amazingly It reads from the last page129 through to the beginning page 1! I want to return this book for a replacement but there is no option for me to do that. Can someone from AMAZON get back to me please?