Stillness Speaks
Eckhart Tolle distills the teaching of The Power of Now and A New Earth into a short book of aphoristic passages meant to be read slowly, one at a time, as a practice rather than an argument. Organized around stillness as the doorway to presence, the book runs through the voice in the head, the reactive emotions, the body as a carrier of old grief, the trap of being defined by one's role, and the practice of accepting what is actually happening in the room. Each passage is designed to be short enough to return to and specific enough to operate on, and together they form a pared-down user manual for the contemplative practice Tolle's longer books unpack. Published in 2003, Stillness Speaks is the slim companion volume most often handed to readers who are new to Tolle's vocabulary.
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Eckhart Tolle distills his teaching into a slim book of short paragraphs and one-line meditations on presence, the noisy mind, the body, relationships, and the still awareness that holds them all.
Yes. Stillness Speaks (2003) is Eckhart Tolle's shorter follow-up to The Power of Now (1997). It is structured as brief meditations rather than a continuous argument.
Yes, recommended. Stillness Speaks assumes familiarity with the core ideas of The Power of Now. New readers should start with the longer book.
Stillness Speaks was written by Eckhart Tolle, published in 2003 by New World Library.
Stillness Speaks is 151 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, Stillness Speaks takes most readers 2 to 3 hours to finish.
Stillness Speaks is a standalone novel by Eckhart Tolle, not part of a series.
Stillness Speaks is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.