Oprah Winfrey - Eckhart Tolle - (A New Earth) And What Oprah Didn't Know...

Dec. 26, 2011 - PRLog -- Did you participate in Oprah's "A New Earth" classroom? Here's something you should know, that maybe, just maybe, Oprah didn't.

The Power of Now and A New Earth sold an estimated three million and five million copies respectively in North America by 2009. In 2008, approximately 35 million people participated in a series of 10 live webinars with Tolle and television talk-show personality Oprah Winfrey.

Tolle's books and teachings have stimulated much commentary from theologians and journalists. Tolle is not identified with any particular religion, but his work has been influenced by a wide range of spiritual teachings.


BUT WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW...

Is that Tolle's work was largely a re-hash of Jiddu Krishnamurti, (May 12, 1895 – February 17, 1986)

J. Krishnamurti was a renowned writer and speaker on philosophical and spiritual subjects. His subject matter included: psychological revolution, the nature of the mind, meditation, human relationships, and bringing about positive change in society. He constantly stressed the need for a revolution in the psyche of every human being and emphasized that such revolution cannot be brought about by any external entity, be it religious, political, or social.

Krishnamurti was born into a Telugu Brahmin family in what was then colonial India. In early adolescence, he had a chance encounter with prominent occultist and high-ranking theosophist Charles Webster Leadbeater in the grounds of the Theosophical Society headquarters at Adyar in Madras (now Chennai). He was subsequently raised under the tutelage of Annie Besant and Leadbeater, leaders of the Society at the time, who believed him to be a "vehicle" for an expected World Teacher.

As a young man, he disavowed this idea and dissolved the worldwide organization (the Order of the Star) established to support it. He claimed allegiance to no nationality, caste, religion, or philosophy, and spent the rest of his life traveling the world, speaking to large and small groups and individuals. He authored many books, among them The First and Last Freedom, The Only Revolution, and Krishnamurti's Notebook. Many of his talks and discussions have been published. His last public talk was in Madras, India, in January 1986, a month before his death at his home in Ojai, California.

It amazed me that credit wasn't given to J. Krishnamurti for Tolle's "teachings" because if you read Krishnamurti's work what Eckhart taught was, to be generous, a carbon copy!

If you were struck by the teachings on the audiocast you will be well served to get your hands on J. Krishnamurti's work.

One of my favorite in his series is:"The Awakening of Intelligence" by J. Krishnamurti.
It is almost impossible to read the 'original works' from this truly evolved being and not be changed by even his writings.



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