The Power of Now

I'm not into this kind of books, but I've had this on the phone and a long commute so I've decided to give it a go.

2.5/5, rounding to 3 just because I've listened to it to the end.

All I can say is that this was an interesting experience. Eckhart Tolle clearly had a lot of time to think over his answers and questions, and here and there I had to admit that he's right. It's kinda, that he's talking about (at least for me) basic stuff, to not get stressed, stay calm and think about your situation at the moment (now, it is) and to not depend too much on the things that will (if) happen in the future. But he wraps all of this into his new-age, neo-religion, mysticism and it sounds totally different, yet the same, once you try really hard to understand what's he talking about.

But, we, people, are not the same, and not everyone can just turn off all toward unconsciousness (bad stuff) that happens to most of us, so the best thing that we can do is to do our best to get our shit together :)

Some cons:

The part about (physical) healing was really not something you want to depend on when you need, so please go to the doctor if you need, and then meditate how much you want. Also, a chapter about giving up and surrendering to the others that are mistreating and abusing you... Maybe I've misunderstood but, there is a proper way to deal with that kind of stuff, and trying to think it away won't help in most of the cases.

TLDR: Take everything from this book with a grain of salt and with a clear mind, there are some good
pieces of advice, but there is a lot of opinionated ones.