This long-awaited second book by renowned spiritual teacher Eckhart Tolle goes deeper into the teachings so eloquently and clearly expressed in his first book, The Power of Now.

These short, clear entries are organized into ten topic clusters ranging from "Stillness and Silence" and "Beyond the Thinking Mind" to "Relationships" and "Suffering and the End of Suffering." Whether listened to individually or in topic clusters, these entries take on a rare transformative power.

While its message is broad and profound, Stillness Speaks is also highly practical. Eckhart Tolle shows us how to be with another in a relationship that can contain and weather all things, how to sit with a dying person, where to find wisdom, how to free ourselves of guilt, and how to control our constant stream of thoughts. Underneath the words, and in the spaces between them, we find the power of stillness, a vibrantly alive state existing only in the present moment. Stillness Speaks draws upon the essence of all spiritual traditions, offering a message that is both ancient and contemporary, filled with timely and powerful wisdom.

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Eckhart Tolle
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Eckhart Tolle
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October 10, 2003
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New World Library
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Listening Length	2 hours and 33 minutes
Author	Eckhart Tolle
Narrator	Eckhart Tolle
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Audible.com Release Date	October 10, 2003
Publisher	New World Library
Program Type	Audiobook
Version	Unabridged
Language	English
ASIN	B0000T7YWS
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Jason Boehm

May be my favorite Eckhart book (but needs a different cover)

Reviewed in the United States on August 27, 2020

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I love this book so much. Someone once said of the Tao Te Ching that you could read it in 30 minutes or a lifetime. I would say the same about Stillness Speaks, although it might take you an hour or so to read it cover to cover. Most of Eckhart's core teachings are here, including the pain body and inner body awareness, although the words will be even more meaningful if you've read A New Earth and/ or The Power of Now. The 10 chapters make an excellent meditative reading, and I find a certain energy and charge in the words that Eckhart attributes to presence. One quibble: The cover design of Stillness Speaks resembles one of those cheesy inspirational/ Christian books. The UK version of this book has a much more inviting cover (see the purple paperback). That said, this might be my favorite Eckhart book, and I find myself reading it nearly every day. Allow it to, and it will change your life.

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Oscar R Truitt

This is an excellent book! One of those books that does not ...

Reviewed in the United States on April 20, 2018

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This is an excellent book! One of those books that does not need to be read all at once, but in little moments of reflection. I would compare it to my favorite book, I AM THAT, by Sri.Nisargadatta. The insights here touch the deepest part of awareness. I love it. And highly recommend Stillness Speaks to anyone who is experiencing a conscious awakening and wants to focus on that inner space thru simplicity and open-eyed meditation.

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moonbeam

Highly essential to contact your Essence

Reviewed in the United States on May 16, 2017

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Find it buy it...full of reflective aphorisms, or short sayings, sutras, to live by, pointers to the truth using words that in the act of reading become thoughts in your mind, but not ordinary thoughts---repetitive, noisy, self serving, clamoring for attention...The thoughts within this book don't say "look at me," but Look beyond me." Because the thoughts came out of stillness, they have power to take you back into the same stillness from which they arose. That stillness is also inner peace, and that stillness and peace for the essence of your Being.

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Pretty good

Reviewed in the United States on August 25, 2019

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I don't know if it's because I've read Power of Now, but this isn't as moving for me as that. Lots of things repeat, and I do know that the reason is, for the greater part, these concepts aren't difficult. And sometimes you just need to keep repeating them until you've clicked.

That said, I wouldn't wanna speak poorly of any of the works of Tolle. He's a good teacher, and I appreciate this message. I find his original work to be the best by far, though A New Earth is definitely very close to Power of Now. This is the weakest of those three, but I actually might find myself appreciating it. Sometimes you just need a quick little kick in the pants. Or a meditation point. Or there's that one thing you want to be reminded of. This is like the Cliff's Notes version of his books. And that's certainly got its function! Four stars, for me... but as a supplement to Power of Now/ New Earth.

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Eric

This is my favorite books of all time

Reviewed in the United States on October 6, 2016

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This is my favorite books of all time. The writings are segmented in to small sections, yet incredibly powerful. I can read for 30 seconds and become present. Even looking at the book can make my mind become stiller, I might recommend reading the Power of Now or A New Earth first if you haven't read one of Eckhart Tolle's books before this, just because that's what I had done and it made a few concepts more understandable but you can't go wrong with any of those three books in my opinion.

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This book saved my life

Reviewed in the United States on August 22, 2016

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This book changed my life! I felt like I was spinning out of control and maybe going crazy, then a friend recommended this book to me. I have read it 3 times already and I'm getting a little more out of it each time! This book is for you if you have an obsession with the past and your mind likes to make up stories about the future. If you are looking to quiet your mind and feel good again, this book is for you. Its not an easy read, thus the many times I've already read it. But after I was done with this book, I purchased The New Earth, another book written by Tolle. Love, love, love that book. They go hand in hand. I highly recommend this book!

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I reread this book at the end of every year.

Reviewed in the United States on December 29, 2020

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It is good to be reminded of Truth. I am grateful to Tolle for this book. When his The Power of Now came out, and when I received it as a Christmas gift, it took me many years to sit down and read it. I needed painful experiences. After receiving the grace of participating in a ten-day vipassana meditation course, I knew it was time to put into practice Tolle's teachings, which coincide with S. N. Goenka's. I finished reading A New Earth as well, which is a great follow-on of The Power of Now. I wanted something distilled to reread every year to recalibrate me to the Now, to I Am, and it is this book, Stillness Speaks. I only hope that Tolle writes a book based on his course Conscious Manifestation, because after 2020, we as a species truly need to create more consciously on this planet.

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A book that will stick around

Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2021

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It distills the most poignant themes and statements from the sometimes dense and difficult The Power of Now and gives bite-sized chunks for contemplation and reflection. Divided into chapters based on major thematic elements in Tolle's works, the book is a good devotional or daily meditation. Almost a set of koans, where the primary works are sometimes a bit of a slog - these are much better for regular reading.

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Laughing Buddha

Beyond all words and philosopies there is........stillness......

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 2, 2019

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In the late 1990s Eckhart Tolle shot to fame in the world of contemporary spirituality with the publication of his book The Power Of Now, and a few years later, with good help from Oprah Winfrey and her book club, his popularity and success moved onto a whole new level with the book A New Earth. In-between these two excellent books he published another little book that in its own unique way is as good, but not nearly as well-known and popular as it deserves to be. This book is called Stillness Speaks and it is a lovely collection of sutra-like statements centred on some of Eckhart Tolle’s most familiar themes.

The book is divided into 10 chapters, each dealing with a particular subject, such as The Now, Acceptance and Surrender, Silence and Stillness, Nature, Relationships, and Who You Truly Are. These are all subjects that Eckhart Tolle has covered extensively in his two other main books, but the difference here is that instead of writing about each theme in great detail, he writes just short statements which can all be read separately. In other words, you can just open the book anywhere you like and read something, and regardless of what you chance upon, it is bound to be very good, inspiring and enlightening. This book is more suited for quiet introspection, meditation and reflection than for the kind of thorough study and exploration that The Power of Now and A New Earth invite. To give you a feeling of what Stillness Speaks really is about, it might be useful to quote from Eckhart Tolle’s introduction to the book:

“This is not a book to be read from cover to cover and then put away. Live with it, pick it up frequently, and, more importantly, put it down frequently, or spend more time holding it than reading it. Many readers will feel naturally inclined to stop reading after each entry, to pause, reflect, become still. It is always more helpful to stop reading than to continue reading.”

This might seem like a rather strange kind of advice from an author, but the funny thing is that this book, more than any other I’ve come across, really does seem to invite the reader to just hold it, look at it, and thus experience or feel the essence of it. It is a rare book indeed that has the power to induce a state of peace and meditation just by being held, but Stillness Speaks carries that little extra special something. It is a beautiful book in all respects, and one to be loved and treasured over a lifetime. Stillness Speaks may be a small book, but in its own unique way, it is a channel of transformation and authentic spiritual maturity.

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KNUT

A book to dip into.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 6, 2017

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Based on 'The Power of Now' his first book. It is basically full of out-takes from that book so you will find this repetitive as it is the same material. however it is a book that can be picked up and dipped into anywhere. It is in the form of short paragraphs to read and reflect on and practise as appropriate.

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A good book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 7, 2018

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to use on a regular basis, just to dip in for reminders, when I am "stuck". I usually open randomly and find an appropriate piece of wisdom, to bring me back to presence.

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Mr Ush

As good as his other books

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 27, 2017

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As a guide to living in the present moment as good as, if not better than, the author's other books. Not too much terminology or psycho-babble. Very down to earth and yet at the same time very profound.

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FAW

Very practical spiritual enlightenment

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 24, 2019

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Very practical spiritual enlightenment. A must have book, probably best with the audio addition.

Great for listening on walks whilst appreciating nature.

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