On the Power of Now

This is, by all accounts, not a good book. The bulk of it is essentially mindfulness: live in the present, act in the present, don’t internalize the past or the future, and look to be part of something larger. The downside is how deep it dives into the woo-woo. There’s something beautiful about the woo when it’s an ancient tradition — the Tao is something I can visualize — but when Tolle starts on the inner body and feeling the vibration of your individual cells, he’s lost me. There’s an attempt here to syncretize a number of traditions, and I’m happy for you if Tolle’s advice works, but it didn’t do it for me.