Tolle is also sharp in his critique of false paths to freedom. A New Earth states, "If the history of humanity were the clinical case history of a single human being, the diagnosis would have to be: chronic paranoid delusions, a pathological propensity to commit murder, and acts of extreme violence and cruelty." To his credit, Tolle is quite good at recognizing human folly, which is significant given New Age tendencies to deny evil outright. "How 'spiritual' you are has nothing to do with what you believe but everything to do with your state of consciousness," he writes in A New Earth. While he quotes freely from Jesus, Buddha, and others, he focuses on the divinity in all beings. Tolle claims no specific religion and states that his teaching fits with the essence of all spiritual paths. As many as one million people watched them live, and 27 million more downloaded them afterward. This spring she hosted 10 Monday-night web seminars with him. She calls her work with him the most important and exciting thing she has ever done. Tolle, in turn, has given Oprah a new sense of purpose.
Oprah winfrey's recent promotion of Eckhart Tolle has put the German-born author's latest work, A New Earth, on the bestseller lists with the largest reprint run in the history of Penguin Books.
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