Friday, 19 February 2010

Introduction : "The New Earth" Review

Book comments : A new earth by Eckardt Tolle
Eckardt Tolle provides New Age teachings, which really is not that “new” in a modern way.To compare his teachings with two other streams of belief, find below a table










































































































































Subject





Tolle outlining New Age understanding





Concervative religious understanding





Spiritual Christianity





The spirit man





Defined as “consciousness”





Is often not even recognized. Lives mainly from the mind and the emotions





The spirit, having received the Holy Spirit of God





The true identity





The true self I just need to become aware of (consciousness, the spirit)





My self





Christ is my life. Have been crucified with Christ, I no longer live but Christ in me is now my life.





Christ





My consciousness











The Spirit of Jesus, the Spirit of Truth





Truth





My own consciousness





Seen as a set of doctrines





Jesus is Truth. His Spirit in me is Truth.





Death to Ego





Death to mind. Alive to consciousness











Death to the old man. Crucified with Christ. Alive to Christ.





Reality





Created by own consciousness











Determined by God





God





Self











Yahweh





Oneness





With one another through connected consciousness, connected also to Source. A horizontal connectedness











Connected with God through the Spirit of Christ, connected to those who are also in Christ because of vertical connectedness.





Influence





Theosophy, Gnosticism, Mysticism











Holy Spirit through the Scriptures





Revelation





“Awakening” to consciousness











Revelation by the Holy Spirit of the Christ Life





Source





Lucifer











Yahweh





Light





Believe self to be the light





Belief systems considered to b e the light





The Holy Spirit inside and upon me is the light to shine to the world





End





Nirvana. Total surrenderedness to Lucifer.











Total Oneness with God. God sowed His Son and reaped many sons like Him





Peace





To be tolerant with all people











Jesus said I did not come to bring peace but the Sword.





The World





To be one











Scripture says that friendship with the world is enmity with God.





Occult





Considered good, wise











Demonic





Illuminism





Lucifarian illuminism











Godly illuminism





Tree eaten from





Of knowledge of good and evil











Of Life, Jesus Christ





Love





Eros human love











Agape Godly love





Surrender





To consciousness











To Christ































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