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A NEW EARTH
Awakening to  Your Life's Purpose

ECKHART TOLLE

CONTENTS Chapter One The Flowering of Human Consciousness – 6

Evocation..................................................................................................6 The Purpose of This Book........................................................................8Our Inherited Dysfunction........................................................................10 The Arising New consciousness..............................................................12 Spirituality and Religion..........................................................................14 The Urgency of Transformation...............................................................16A New Heaven and a new Earth...............................................................18

The Illusory Self......................................................................................20 The Voice in the Head.............................................................................22 Content and Structure of the Ego.............................................................24Identification with Things........................................................................25 The Lost Ring...........................................................................................26 The Illusion of Ownership........................................................................29 Wanting: The Need for More....................................................................31Identification with the Body.....................................................................33 Feeling the Inner Body.............................................................................34 Forgetfulness of Being.............................................................................35 From Descartes's Error to Sartre's Insight...............................................36The Peace that Passes All Understanding................................................37

Chapter Two Ego: The Current State of Humanity – 19

Complaining and Resentment..................................................................40 Reactivity and Grievances.......................................................................42 Being Right, Making Wrong....................................................................43In Defense of an Illusion..........................................................................44 Truth: Relative or Absolute?....................................................................45 The Ego Is Not Personal..........................................................................46 War Is a Mind­set.....................................................................................48Do You Want Peace or Drama? ...............................................................49

Chapter Three The Core of Ego – 39

Beyond Ego: Your True Identity .............................................................50 All Structures are Unstable.......................................................................51 The Ego's Need to Feel Superior..............................................................52Ego and Fame...........................................................................................52

Chapter Four Role­Playing: The Many Faces of the Ego ­ 54
Villain, Victim, Lover...............................................................................55 Letting Go of Self­Definitions..................................................................56Pre­established Roles................................................................................57 Temporary Roles.......................................................................................58 The Monk with Sweaty Palms..................................................................59 Happiness as a Role Vs. True Happiness..................................................59...