A New Earth

"A New Earth" is Eckhart Tolle's latest book that is now being featured on Oprah with an online webcast class on the whole book. I read the book a few years ago and am rereading it now.

I am constantly amazed by the realizations that I have with each page.

The first chapter and lesson were just mainly an overview and explanation of what the book gets into deeper.

The main purpose of his book is to help change the readers consciousness and awaken to their inner being. Most of us are not even aware of an inner being we are so focused on wanting things or the lack of things or achievements in our lives. The tricky part is that we are unconscious meaning not aware of ourselves so how can we become aware of that which we are not aware or conscious of?

So much of our lives are run by unconscious programming. We are raised in ways that cut us off from our true selves. Our ego becomes the way we protect ourselves from pain and suffering at an early age but it is also the part of us that creates pain and suffering. We create stories to help us survive even what seems like the simplest of things - not getting our needs met as a child let alone some of the horrors of child abuse and neglect.

Religious organizations add to our ego's strength by making some think that they are better than others or their way is the only and right way of living. The depths of fear that run in religious organizations can be seen on the Oprah message boards and in some of the questions from viewers of the first online class.

How we come to transcend the ego is by learning about it's functions, how it is developed and fed and what feelings it is covering up. We project our egos on to others. Our feelings will show us what is unconscious in us. If you are feeling anything but love you know it is the ego talking. The ego isn't a bad thing nor does it make you a bad person. We all have ego's. Eckhart Tolle said he doesn't have an ego anymore and that actually is quite hard to believe but what I think he referred to was the fact that he is aware of his ego which helps him keep it from running the show.

We all are responsible for creating our own reality. It is our ego or the awareness of ego that will allow people to use the law of attraction to their benefit.

More about the ego in Chapter 2.

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