The Power of Now
A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
by Eckhart Tolle
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“@BisqaMusic power of now! I love it on CD, hearing him read it helps | @NesbertC This book changed my life. | @blusoup Start with "The Power of Now" if you haven't read it yet. If inspired, move to meditation. | A few books that have influenced me 1. Personal Finance: Rich Dad, Poor Dad 2. Trading: Trading in the Zone 3. Mindfulness: The Power of Now 4. Philosophy: Letters from a Stoic, Tao Te Ching 5. Read Anytime: A Book of Simple Living | Absolutely life changing and I have to thank Eckhart Tolle for opening my eyes and helping me see what has always been and always will be. My experience and view of my life and the world is completely different than one month ago | Five books that have the potential to change your life: 1. The Power of Now 2. The Slight Edge 3. Rich Dad Poor Dad 4. Influence 5. Unlimited Power What else | Here’s my ranked reading list from the past year. These books have changed my life! The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership Leadership and SelfDeception The Score Takes Care of Itself The Way to Love Playing to Win The Power of Now Can’t Hurt Me Atomic Habits | It was so powerful because it outlines nondual states—a.k.a something bigger than my own personal, limited view of the world. | Meg Ryan and Ellen DeGeneres gave me copies of this book, and it's gotten me through more crises than I can count. It truly helped me discover how to live in the now—to not linger on past mistakes, but to learn from them and then let them go. For me, this is the Mama Jama of supersoulful books. At every moment, it keeps me in a state of awe and amazement. | The Power of Now and The Secret were two books that added onto me greatly earlier in my journey Understanding that we can take space from our thoughts & allow our mind to simplify (meditation) and then understanding our creative abilities (manifestation)”
Source →“@BisqaMusic power of now! I love it on CD, hearing him read it helps | @NesbertC This book changed my life. | @blusoup Start with "The Power of Now" if you haven't read it yet. If inspired, move to meditation. | A few books that have influenced me 1. Personal Finance: Rich Dad, Poor Dad 2. Trading: Trading in the Zone 3. Mindfulness: The Power of Now 4. Philosophy: Letters from a Stoic, Tao Te Ching 5. Read Anytime: A Book of Simple Living | Absolutely life changing and I have to thank Eckhart Tolle for opening my eyes and helping me see what has always been and always will be. My experience and view of my life and the world is completely different than one month ago | Five books that have the potential to change your life: 1. The Power of Now 2. The Slight Edge 3. Rich Dad Poor Dad 4. Influence 5. Unlimited Power What else | Here’s my ranked reading list from the past year. These books have changed my life! The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership Leadership and SelfDeception The Score Takes Care of Itself The Way to Love Playing to Win The Power of Now Can’t Hurt Me Atomic Habits | It was so powerful because it outlines nondual states—a.k.a something bigger than my own personal, limited view of the world. | Meg Ryan and Ellen DeGeneres gave me copies of this book, and it's gotten me through more crises than I can count. It truly helped me discover how to live in the now—to not linger on past mistakes, but to learn from them and then let them go. For me, this is the Mama Jama of supersoulful books. At every moment, it keeps me in a state of awe and amazement. | The Power of Now and The Secret were two books that added onto me greatly earlier in my journey Understanding that we can take space from our thoughts & allow our mind to simplify (meditation) and then understanding our creative abilities (manifestation)”
Source →“@BisqaMusic power of now! I love it on CD, hearing him read it helps | @NesbertC This book changed my life. | @blusoup Start with "The Power of Now" if you haven't read it yet. If inspired, move to meditation. | A few books that have influenced me 1. Personal Finance: Rich Dad, Poor Dad 2. Trading: Trading in the Zone 3. Mindfulness: The Power of Now 4. Philosophy: Letters from a Stoic, Tao Te Ching 5. Read Anytime: A Book of Simple Living | Absolutely life changing and I have to thank Eckhart Tolle for opening my eyes and helping me see what has always been and always will be. My experience and view of my life and the world is completely different than one month ago | Five books that have the potential to change your life: 1. The Power of Now 2. The Slight Edge 3. Rich Dad Poor Dad 4. Influence 5. Unlimited Power What else | Here’s my ranked reading list from the past year. These books have changed my life! The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership Leadership and SelfDeception The Score Takes Care of Itself The Way to Love Playing to Win The Power of Now Can’t Hurt Me Atomic Habits | It was so powerful because it outlines nondual states—a.k.a something bigger than my own personal, limited view of the world. | Meg Ryan and Ellen DeGeneres gave me copies of this book, and it's gotten me through more crises than I can count. It truly helped me discover how to live in the now—to not linger on past mistakes, but to learn from them and then let them go. For me, this is the Mama Jama of supersoulful books. At every moment, it keeps me in a state of awe and amazement. | The Power of Now and The Secret were two books that added onto me greatly earlier in my journey Understanding that we can take space from our thoughts & allow our mind to simplify (meditation) and then understanding our creative abilities (manifestation)”
Source →“@BisqaMusic power of now! I love it on CD, hearing him read it helps | @NesbertC This book changed my life. | @blusoup Start with "The Power of Now" if you haven't read it yet. If inspired, move to meditation. | A few books that have influenced me 1. Personal Finance: Rich Dad, Poor Dad 2. Trading: Trading in the Zone 3. Mindfulness: The Power of Now 4. Philosophy: Letters from a Stoic, Tao Te Ching 5. Read Anytime: A Book of Simple Living | Absolutely life changing and I have to thank Eckhart Tolle for opening my eyes and helping me see what has always been and always will be. My experience and view of my life and the world is completely different than one month ago | Five books that have the potential to change your life: 1. The Power of Now 2. The Slight Edge 3. Rich Dad Poor Dad 4. Influence 5. Unlimited Power What else | Here’s my ranked reading list from the past year. These books have changed my life! The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership Leadership and SelfDeception The Score Takes Care of Itself The Way to Love Playing to Win The Power of Now Can’t Hurt Me Atomic Habits | It was so powerful because it outlines nondual states—a.k.a something bigger than my own personal, limited view of the world. | Meg Ryan and Ellen DeGeneres gave me copies of this book, and it's gotten me through more crises than I can count. It truly helped me discover how to live in the now—to not linger on past mistakes, but to learn from them and then let them go. For me, this is the Mama Jama of supersoulful books. At every moment, it keeps me in a state of awe and amazement. | The Power of Now and The Secret were two books that added onto me greatly earlier in my journey Understanding that we can take space from our thoughts & allow our mind to simplify (meditation) and then understanding our creative abilities (manifestation)”
Source →“@BisqaMusic power of now! I love it on CD, hearing him read it helps | @NesbertC This book changed my life. | @blusoup Start with "The Power of Now" if you haven't read it yet. If inspired, move to meditation. | A few books that have influenced me 1. Personal Finance: Rich Dad, Poor Dad 2. Trading: Trading in the Zone 3. Mindfulness: The Power of Now 4. Philosophy: Letters from a Stoic, Tao Te Ching 5. Read Anytime: A Book of Simple Living | Absolutely life changing and I have to thank Eckhart Tolle for opening my eyes and helping me see what has always been and always will be. My experience and view of my life and the world is completely different than one month ago | Five books that have the potential to change your life: 1. The Power of Now 2. The Slight Edge 3. Rich Dad Poor Dad 4. Influence 5. Unlimited Power What else | Here’s my ranked reading list from the past year. These books have changed my life! The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership Leadership and SelfDeception The Score Takes Care of Itself The Way to Love Playing to Win The Power of Now Can’t Hurt Me Atomic Habits | It was so powerful because it outlines nondual states—a.k.a something bigger than my own personal, limited view of the world. | Meg Ryan and Ellen DeGeneres gave me copies of this book, and it's gotten me through more crises than I can count. It truly helped me discover how to live in the now—to not linger on past mistakes, but to learn from them and then let them go. For me, this is the Mama Jama of supersoulful books. At every moment, it keeps me in a state of awe and amazement. | The Power of Now and The Secret were two books that added onto me greatly earlier in my journey Understanding that we can take space from our thoughts & allow our mind to simplify (meditation) and then understanding our creative abilities (manifestation)”
Source →“@BisqaMusic power of now! I love it on CD, hearing him read it helps | @NesbertC This book changed my life. | @blusoup Start with "The Power of Now" if you haven't read it yet. If inspired, move to meditation. | A few books that have influenced me 1. Personal Finance: Rich Dad, Poor Dad 2. Trading: Trading in the Zone 3. Mindfulness: The Power of Now 4. Philosophy: Letters from a Stoic, Tao Te Ching 5. Read Anytime: A Book of Simple Living | Absolutely life changing and I have to thank Eckhart Tolle for opening my eyes and helping me see what has always been and always will be. My experience and view of my life and the world is completely different than one month ago | Five books that have the potential to change your life: 1. The Power of Now 2. The Slight Edge 3. Rich Dad Poor Dad 4. Influence 5. Unlimited Power What else | Here’s my ranked reading list from the past year. These books have changed my life! The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership Leadership and SelfDeception The Score Takes Care of Itself The Way to Love Playing to Win The Power of Now Can’t Hurt Me Atomic Habits | It was so powerful because it outlines nondual states—a.k.a something bigger than my own personal, limited view of the world. | Meg Ryan and Ellen DeGeneres gave me copies of this book, and it's gotten me through more crises than I can count. It truly helped me discover how to live in the now—to not linger on past mistakes, but to learn from them and then let them go. For me, this is the Mama Jama of supersoulful books. At every moment, it keeps me in a state of awe and amazement. | The Power of Now and The Secret were two books that added onto me greatly earlier in my journey Understanding that we can take space from our thoughts & allow our mind to simplify (meditation) and then understanding our creative abilities (manifestation)”
Source →“@BisqaMusic power of now! I love it on CD, hearing him read it helps | @NesbertC This book changed my life. | @blusoup Start with "The Power of Now" if you haven't read it yet. If inspired, move to meditation. | A few books that have influenced me 1. Personal Finance: Rich Dad, Poor Dad 2. Trading: Trading in the Zone 3. Mindfulness: The Power of Now 4. Philosophy: Letters from a Stoic, Tao Te Ching 5. Read Anytime: A Book of Simple Living | Absolutely life changing and I have to thank Eckhart Tolle for opening my eyes and helping me see what has always been and always will be. My experience and view of my life and the world is completely different than one month ago | Five books that have the potential to change your life: 1. The Power of Now 2. The Slight Edge 3. Rich Dad Poor Dad 4. Influence 5. Unlimited Power What else | Here’s my ranked reading list from the past year. These books have changed my life! The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership Leadership and SelfDeception The Score Takes Care of Itself The Way to Love Playing to Win The Power of Now Can’t Hurt Me Atomic Habits | It was so powerful because it outlines nondual states—a.k.a something bigger than my own personal, limited view of the world. | Meg Ryan and Ellen DeGeneres gave me copies of this book, and it's gotten me through more crises than I can count. It truly helped me discover how to live in the now—to not linger on past mistakes, but to learn from them and then let them go. For me, this is the Mama Jama of supersoulful books. At every moment, it keeps me in a state of awe and amazement. | The Power of Now and The Secret were two books that added onto me greatly earlier in my journey Understanding that we can take space from our thoughts & allow our mind to simplify (meditation) and then understanding our creative abilities (manifestation)”
Source →“@BisqaMusic power of now! I love it on CD, hearing him read it helps | @NesbertC This book changed my life. | @blusoup Start with "The Power of Now" if you haven't read it yet. If inspired, move to meditation. | A few books that have influenced me 1. Personal Finance: Rich Dad, Poor Dad 2. Trading: Trading in the Zone 3. Mindfulness: The Power of Now 4. Philosophy: Letters from a Stoic, Tao Te Ching 5. Read Anytime: A Book of Simple Living | Absolutely life changing and I have to thank Eckhart Tolle for opening my eyes and helping me see what has always been and always will be. My experience and view of my life and the world is completely different than one month ago | Five books that have the potential to change your life: 1. The Power of Now 2. The Slight Edge 3. Rich Dad Poor Dad 4. Influence 5. Unlimited Power What else | Here’s my ranked reading list from the past year. These books have changed my life! The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership Leadership and SelfDeception The Score Takes Care of Itself The Way to Love Playing to Win The Power of Now Can’t Hurt Me Atomic Habits | It was so powerful because it outlines nondual states—a.k.a something bigger than my own personal, limited view of the world. | Meg Ryan and Ellen DeGeneres gave me copies of this book, and it's gotten me through more crises than I can count. It truly helped me discover how to live in the now—to not linger on past mistakes, but to learn from them and then let them go. For me, this is the Mama Jama of supersoulful books. At every moment, it keeps me in a state of awe and amazement. | The Power of Now and The Secret were two books that added onto me greatly earlier in my journey Understanding that we can take space from our thoughts & allow our mind to simplify (meditation) and then understanding our creative abilities (manifestation)”
Source →“@BisqaMusic power of now! I love it on CD, hearing him read it helps | @NesbertC This book changed my life. | @blusoup Start with "The Power of Now" if you haven't read it yet. If inspired, move to meditation. | A few books that have influenced me 1. Personal Finance: Rich Dad, Poor Dad 2. Trading: Trading in the Zone 3. Mindfulness: The Power of Now 4. Philosophy: Letters from a Stoic, Tao Te Ching 5. Read Anytime: A Book of Simple Living | Absolutely life changing and I have to thank Eckhart Tolle for opening my eyes and helping me see what has always been and always will be. My experience and view of my life and the world is completely different than one month ago | Five books that have the potential to change your life: 1. The Power of Now 2. The Slight Edge 3. Rich Dad Poor Dad 4. Influence 5. Unlimited Power What else | Here’s my ranked reading list from the past year. These books have changed my life! The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership Leadership and SelfDeception The Score Takes Care of Itself The Way to Love Playing to Win The Power of Now Can’t Hurt Me Atomic Habits | It was so powerful because it outlines nondual states—a.k.a something bigger than my own personal, limited view of the world. | Meg Ryan and Ellen DeGeneres gave me copies of this book, and it's gotten me through more crises than I can count. It truly helped me discover how to live in the now—to not linger on past mistakes, but to learn from them and then let them go. For me, this is the Mama Jama of supersoulful books. At every moment, it keeps me in a state of awe and amazement. | The Power of Now and The Secret were two books that added onto me greatly earlier in my journey Understanding that we can take space from our thoughts & allow our mind to simplify (meditation) and then understanding our creative abilities (manifestation)”
Source →“@BisqaMusic power of now! I love it on CD, hearing him read it helps | @NesbertC This book changed my life. | @blusoup Start with "The Power of Now" if you haven't read it yet. If inspired, move to meditation. | A few books that have influenced me 1. Personal Finance: Rich Dad, Poor Dad 2. Trading: Trading in the Zone 3. Mindfulness: The Power of Now 4. Philosophy: Letters from a Stoic, Tao Te Ching 5. Read Anytime: A Book of Simple Living | Absolutely life changing and I have to thank Eckhart Tolle for opening my eyes and helping me see what has always been and always will be. My experience and view of my life and the world is completely different than one month ago | Five books that have the potential to change your life: 1. The Power of Now 2. The Slight Edge 3. Rich Dad Poor Dad 4. Influence 5. Unlimited Power What else | Here’s my ranked reading list from the past year. These books have changed my life! The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership Leadership and SelfDeception The Score Takes Care of Itself The Way to Love Playing to Win The Power of Now Can’t Hurt Me Atomic Habits | It was so powerful because it outlines nondual states—a.k.a something bigger than my own personal, limited view of the world. | Meg Ryan and Ellen DeGeneres gave me copies of this book, and it's gotten me through more crises than I can count. It truly helped me discover how to live in the now—to not linger on past mistakes, but to learn from them and then let them go. For me, this is the Mama Jama of supersoulful books. At every moment, it keeps me in a state of awe and amazement. | The Power of Now and The Secret were two books that added onto me greatly earlier in my journey Understanding that we can take space from our thoughts & allow our mind to simplify (meditation) and then understanding our creative abilities (manifestation)”
Source →Recommended by 12 notable people, including Naval Ravikant and Oprah Winfrey
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Tolle delivers a series of teachings urging you to detach from past and future to find peace in the present moment. The writing is calm and direct, often circling back to the same core message: you are not your mind. Some passages feel like gentle revelations, while others repeat until they lose punch. The absence of concrete techniques may leave you stranded if you need more than insight. It works best as a contemplative slow read rather than a linear argument.
Read this if...
- •A product manager at a scaling startup who feels that every sprint launch only resets the clock on the next anxiety spike, and needs a way to step out of the hamster wheel of future-focused planning to find calm in the present.
- •A high school teacher weighed down by students' personal crises, who lies awake replaying their stories and needs a mental release that doesn’t require a step-by-step program.
- •A recent retiree who just left a 30-year career and now stares at an open calendar with dread, craving a perspective that makes 'doing nothing' feel meaningful rather than empty.
Skip this if...
- •you'll likely put it down if you demand concrete, practical steps—the book offers only repeated assertions.
- •Skip if you find abstract language like 'Being' and 'the pain-body' too vague, as the book relies on these without clear definitions.
- •Avoid if you want a structured program with milestones; this is a reflective, often circular read that frustrates linear thinkers.
A beautiful hardcover gift edition of Eckhart Tolle’s #1 New York Times bestselling classic, with a two-color interior, a paper-over-board cover, and printed edges. For more than 25 years, The Power of Now has been awakening readers to the life-changing gifts of the present moment, selling nearly 20 million copies in 30 languages around the world. Eckhart Tolle takes readers on an inspiring spiritual journey to find their true self and connect to their indestructible essence, Being: “the eternal, ever-present One Life beyond the myriad forms of life that are subject to birth and death.” In this profound guide, Tolle introduces readers to enlightenment and its natural enemy, the ego. He…
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Difficulty:hard
Length:258 pages (Medium)
Audience Fit
- A product manager at a scaling startup who feels that every sprint launch only resets the clock on the next anxiety spike, and needs a way to step out of the hamster wheel of future-focused planning to find calm in the present.
- A high school teacher weighed down by students' personal crises, who lies awake replaying their stories and needs a mental release that doesn’t require a step-by-step program.
- A recent retiree who just left a 30-year career and now stares at an open calendar with dread, craving a perspective that makes 'doing nothing' feel meaningful rather than empty.
- you'll likely put it down if you demand concrete, practical steps—the book offers only repeated assertions.
- Skip if you find abstract language like 'Being' and 'the pain-body' too vague, as the book relies on these without clear definitions.
- Avoid if you want a structured program with milestones; this is a reflective, often circular read that frustrates linear thinkers.
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Recommended by 21 sources and appears in Law of Attraction, Enlightenment, and Self Improvement.
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Pete Holmes
“@BisqaMusic power of now! I love it on CD, hearing him read it helps | @NesbertC This book changed my life. | @blusoup Start with "The Power of Now" if you haven't read it yet. If inspired, move to meditation. | A few books that have influenced me 1. Personal Finance: Rich Dad, Poor Dad 2. Trading: Trading in the Zone 3. Mindfulness: The Power of Now 4. Philosophy: Letters from a Stoic, Tao Te Ching 5. Read Anytime: A Book of Simple Living | Absolutely life changing and I have to thank Eckhart Tolle for opening my eyes and helping me see what has always been and always will be. My experience and view of my life and the world is completely different than one month ago | Five books that have the potential to change your life: 1. The Power of Now 2. The Slight Edge 3. Rich Dad Poor Dad 4. Influence 5. Unlimited Power What else | Here’s my ranked reading list from the past year. These books have changed my life! The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership Leadership and SelfDeception The Score Takes Care of Itself The Way to Love Playing to Win The Power of Now Can’t Hurt Me Atomic Habits | It was so powerful because it outlines nondual states—a.k.a something bigger than my own personal, limited view of the world. | Meg Ryan and Ellen DeGeneres gave me copies of this book, and it's gotten me through more crises than I can count. It truly helped me discover how to live in the now—to not linger on past mistakes, but to learn from them and then let them go. For me, this is the Mama Jama of supersoulful books. At every moment, it keeps me in a state of awe and amazement. | The Power of Now and The Secret were two books that added onto me greatly earlier in my journey Understanding that we can take space from our thoughts & allow our mind to simplify (meditation) and then understanding our creative abilities (manifestation)”
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