The Calm Center

This book is part of the new Eckhart Tolle Editions and is introduced by him. For Tolle, how religious you are depends on the depth of your beliefs while spirituality is indicated by your degree of presence (also being present in the moment – the power of now). These poems, as he says, have as their ultimate subject the reader's state of consciousness. Many of the titles are indicative: The Voice inside your Head, Divine Dissatisfaction, The Alchemy of Attention, The Pressure to Do, A Moment without Thought, The Off-Loading, The Perfect Paradox. The themes are familiar to any reader on the spiritual path and the poems encourage you to hold fast, have faith and win through while also commenting on the need for acceptance and surrender at certain points in the process. Above all, there is a sense of a common journey and a reassurance that all will be well despite obstacles and challenges – indeed through these as they enable us to grow and transform. Highly recommended as contemplative reading – a refreshment as well as a stimulus for the soul.