Eckart Tolle tapped deeply into the well of intuitive writing when he penned The Power of Now.
During an interview with Oprah, Tolle said:
I had the same strong sense before writing The Power of Now. That was 13 years ago… I was living in England, and I had this strong impulse one morning, knowing I had to move to the west coast of North America without knowing why.”
and Oprah said: “This was just a feeling you had? ”
and Tolle said”
Yes, a strong knowing. So it’s not through a decision-making process, just the realization, “I have to move there. I don’t know why, but I have to go.” So I moved to Vancouver, and then I took a Greyhound bus to California, knew only one or two people, and I said, “Why am I here?” Three weeks passed… I bought a notepad, and suddenly the strong stream came through, and I wrote, “What is Enlightenment?” The moment I wrote that, I knew this is the book (The Power of Now) that wants to be born. So rather than me wanting to write a book, there was a book that wanted to be written.”
I can still remember the first time I saw the book - The Power of Now.
I was at Books-A-Million shopping for a book, when I noticed the cart in the center aisle. I merely glanced at the pile of books – when one of books seemed to shimmer and jump out at me.
I stopped walking and picked up the book. It grabbed my immediate attention as I thumbed through the pages. It felt like the right book to read and so forgetting why I came to the store, I took Eckart Tolle’s book to the cash register and started reading it the moment I got home.
Up until that time — I had these Now moments Tolle writes about, but had never read anyone actually describing it.
You know those moments – when you feel good in your skin and are fully aware and present. There is power there – power in the now.
After purchasing this book – and his book The New Earth — I was amazed to see Eckart Tolle on Oprah Winfrey. You can still see the webinars of the New Earth and the Power of Now at Oprah’s website.
If you are wondering about your obstacles to enlightenment; if you are aware of painful emotions and turmoil in your body; if you would like real strategies for living a fuller life; then you would enjoy reading The Power of Now.
