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Even the Sun Will Die: An Interview with Eckhart Tolle (Teaching the Power of Now Series)

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I read the Power of Now and found it very helpful. I expected to be impressed by this interview but it still vastly exceeded my expectations. Tolle not only went ahead with his planned interview on September 11th but was calm and managed to say very thoughtful things on a day filled with panic for most people. This shows the value of what he has to say. Somehow, hearing his voice and intonations helps to understand what he is trying to convey better than words on a printed page. I recommend this interview highly to those who find value in the "Power of Now." Very moving. I have listened to these CDs many times.

This is a wonderful CD and great opportunity to listen to the spaces between the words - as Tolle teachers us - to the author's own interpretation of his message. Unlike others who have reviewed this item, I have all of Tolle's works and still enjoyed this CD.

To those who say it is "hard to follow" I would respond by saying that the fault does not lie in the CD, but elsewhere. To those who say they are put off by the author's voice or speaking mannerisims, I would respond that they should re-read his original work and quit focusing on the shallow forms we humans take and concentrate on the words! Have we come to this - that only good looking/perfect/great sounding people can sell anything? And to those who say the author is only repeating what he said in his origianl book, I repsond, of course! His original book had it all. He has been breaking it down into smaller and smaller pieces at the request of the public, and he has told us this in his previous interviews etc. He has already said that everything we need is in Power of Now, but because we want it in smaller pieces, he is giving it to us - only to get complaints. And for the people who complain that he did not address the 9-11 issue - read the label and listen to the introduction. This issue was addressed in those locations as well as in the message of the text - pay attention!

The mixed reviews do not surprise me. They are an indication that this material is right for someone who has reached a certain point in their development where they are perhaps just at the verge of readiness to surrendering to what IS, rather than trying to control events.

I listened to the audio CDs in my car and experienced a sudden shift, a deep understanding, accompanied by lightness and a feeling of expansion, although I had already read the book "The Power of Now". Make no mistake: this is a highly evolved being speaking to you. I understand that it is difficult for a fast-paced culture (like the American) to listen to the silence and laughter and hear the messages in it. This is the point. As to the 9/11 events: how appropriately he addressed this drama. Yes, drama. As it is merely drama that unfolds, but this IS NOT us. We are eternal being caught up in material reality in this incredible drama. Tolle knows how to bring people back to who they REALLY are.

I've listened dozens of times and each time learn something in a deeper way. The fundamental teaching is of course the same as The Power of Now, yet without as much intellectual explanation, but potentially with more depth if the listener is open. At the risk of being judgmental, I'm afraid those who have berated these CD's with one star ratings just have not yet "got it" and I urge them not to give up!

This is indeed a highly evolved being speaking to you.. Don't listen with your mind...beyond the words there is peace...It's a very simple message, but deeply effective only when you LISTEN.

Don't be put off by the laughter or the silence. Mr Tolle is talking beyond the words, behind the meanings. The mind wants to label everything and put it into boxes...ie..good/bad, right/wrong...this/that and it's not the true self.

Be there and experience what he is saying...We know the truth anyway in our beings. There is NO ego beyond the mind, or judgement, so any negative view points of this CD, are coming FROM THE MIND!!

One day we will all be enlightened, and there will be no more darkness!

Eckhart Tolle is a living doorway into pure, primal, undifferentialed, unconditioned Consciousness and Being.

"Even the Sun Will Die" is an audio interview with Tolle which begins on September 11, shortly after the World Trade Center was attacked.

Tolle not only places the events of that day in historical perspective but brings it into psychological and spiritual focus as well.

This is a deep, profound and important document.

Imagine Eckhart Tolle being fully present and calm while giving this interview on 9/11/2001. I listen to this two cd set over and over and over. The message seems simple enough, but unlearning an eternity of wrong thinking doesn't happen overnight. I highly recommend this program!

I have read and worked with several of Tolle's tapes and found them to be very useful, from a spiritual/meditative standpoint. I find his insights here too to be similar, gets right to the core of the problem of the mind identified society, the confusions we go through as people in navigating this conditioning towards the 'oneness' and such. I find it hard though, to give in to it completely, by it i don't mean the teachings, i mean to Tolle's mindset as it comes through on this particular tape. Yes you can understand where he is coming from, a certain place that is somewhat removed from conditioned responses and perhaps a genuine empathy for what the world and country went through during 9/11. But is it ok to laugh, kindly as it might seem to be? Is it ok to just remove oneself from the pain and talk about what is causing it, almost like a clinical, prescriptive fashion? From a layman perspective those things come across like spiritual arrogance, more than anything else. There is a saying in the Bhagavad Gita that God knows the reasoning behind all things, and yet cries for/with suffering humanity. Sometimes am not sure if Tolle is really reasoning or crying with us, or both.

Eckhart gives advice on how to live without struggle. Remember, there are many pointers out there, in fact, they are everywhere.

The first time I listened to these tapes, they had a profound effect on me. It seems to me that on listening to E.T. I had a foretaste of the stillness he is speaking about several times. This is the reason why, although I now consider E.T. a third class advaita teacher, I am still willing to recommend this interview to people here on Amazon.com.

The first part of the interview, which was recorded on September 11 is about the tragedy itself and the meaning of human suffering, the nature of enlightenment, the search for truth and self-knowledge. E.T. says here a number of things which are quite profound and true. The second tape, which was recorded several weeks later, is about E.T. himself, how he became awakened and how he now lives (his mind activity has been reduced by 80%). He also speaks of the wave of enlightenment today, of the uncertain future of the planet and of past masters, whom he beautifully calls "early flowers".

Although I can think of lots of much more interesting questions to ask an enlightened person than "are you a mutant?", the interviewer does a good job in the sense that she remains unobstrusive during the whole conversation, which is in fact a kind of monologue.

So this is definitely an interesting work. The quality of the sound is impeccable and there are no noisy and disturbing outbursts of laughter from the audience as in "Realizing the Power of Now". Hence maybe its quite hypnotic effect.

Having said that, I have become quite dissatisfied with the teachings of E.T., specially as they are set forth in the books and in "Realizing the Power of Now" and therefore recommend that you also buy "As It Is" by Tony Parsons in order to compare what these two supposedly awakened human beings have to say. I think that Tony's message is simpler and less misleading than that of Eckhart, who insists on having you practice awareness and other dualistic stuff one finds in religious traditions.

Nevertheless, as far as pure non dualism is concerned, "Even The Sun Will Die" is by and large free of the cheap traditional teachings found in Tolle's other "productions". This is why I still recommend it to you.

Bon voyage!