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Jul 14, 2019, 09:42 AM
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Has anyone found anything helpful in his writings?
(I was going to buy a book but haven’t ... or if I have I’ve lost it or lost the plot  )
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Jul 14, 2019, 11:42 AM
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Yes, I have, Fuzzy. I've read The Power Of Now and found one major idea in it which has been quite helpful to me: to paraphrase: "DON'T THINK." I've listened to some of his YouTube videos too and found them helpful in a lot of ways, to hear and see him personally expand on his thoughts. It is my personal opinion that he is the Real Deal, when it comes to a truly enlightened being.
A warning though: As with so many of these people, I believe he has tended to lose sight of the human experience, where most of us are. So he has lost compassion for it. Many of the things he says in that book come across to me as unfeeling and callous in the extreme. Same with Krishnamurti. But my approach to these things is not to expect to read the book and have my whole life immediately changed, but to see if I can find ONE THING that resonates with me, then stop and see if I can put it to use. Don't let the whole thing overwhelm you to the point where you feel you can't use the material at all. Anyway that's my 2 cents. Much love and good wishes to you 
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Jul 14, 2019, 06:34 PM
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I haven't read any of Tolle's books. But a few years ago I watched one or two YouTube videos of talks he'd given. Here's a link to one:
My impression was that he was long on "theory" & short on "nuts & bolts".  I prefer the American Buddhist nun Pema Chödrön. 
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Jul 15, 2019, 11:14 AM
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Thank you Mopey and Skeezyks
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