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Best books to read after The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle
The Power of Now is one of the best-selling spiritual books in history — a guide to present-moment awareness and the peace that lies beyond compulsive thinking, drawing on Buddhism, Hinduism, Christianity, and Tolle's own experience of spontaneous transformation. These 8 books extend into mindfulness, Buddhist philosophy, contemplative psychology, and the neuroscience of consciousness.
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A New Earth
by Eckhart Tolle
Tolle's follow-up — extending The Power of Now's teaching from individual consciousness to the concept of 'ego' and its role in collective human suffering, and from personal awakening to the possibility of a global shift in consciousness.
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The Miracle of Mindfulness
by Thich Nhat Hanh
Vietnamese Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh's gentle, practical guide to present-moment awareness — the Buddhist foundation for the practices Tolle teaches, written with characteristic directness and warmth.
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Wherever You Go, There You Are
by Jon Kabat-Zinn
Scientist Jon Kabat-Zinn's account of mindfulness meditation — adapted from Buddhist practice into the secular Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program — the bridge between Tolle's spiritual teaching and the evidence-based mindfulness that has entered mainstream medicine.
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The Heart of the Buddha's Teaching
by Thich Nhat Hanh
Nhat Hanh's comprehensive introduction to the core teachings of Buddhism — the Four Noble Truths, the Eightfold Path, impermanence, non-self — providing the doctrinal framework that Tolle's teaching draws on and translates for a Western non-Buddhist audience.
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Flow
by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
The scientific account of 'flow' — the state of complete absorption in an activity — which provides the psychological research basis for the kind of present-moment engagement that Tolle describes as the natural state of consciousness beyond thought.
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The Untethered Soul
by Michael A. Singer
Singer's account of how to release the habitual thought patterns and emotional contractions that prevent inner peace — the direct successor to The Power of Now in the contemporary Western spiritual literature, using different vocabulary for the same inner journey.
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Waking Up
by Sam Harris
Neuroscientist Sam Harris's secular account of spirituality — arguing that meditation and contemplative practice are valuable tools for understanding consciousness and reducing suffering without requiring any religious beliefs — the evidence-based complement to Tolle's experiential teaching.
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The Happiness Trap
by Russ Harris
Clinical psychologist Russ Harris's Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) guide — a psychological framework for defusing from unhelpful thoughts and living according to values rather than being controlled by mental content, which closely parallels Tolle's teaching from a clinical psychology angle.
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