The Calm Center: Reflections and Meditations for Spiritual Awakening (An Eckhart Tolle Edition) Kindle Edition
by Steve Taylor (Author), Eckhart Tolle (Introduction) Format: Kindle Edition
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Discover the Essence of Who You Really Are
These powerful meditations and poetic reflections will comfort, inspire, and gently bring you out of the hectic day-to-day and back to the bedrock of peace, and even joy, of your true, essential, and authentic self. By encouraging you to see the limitations of your everyday, conditioned personality, Steve Taylor empowers you to step outside of it so you can breathe the fresh air of freedom. His words will guide you on a journey through the landscape of wider awareness, pointing out the obstacles and landmarks along the way to enlightenment. A profound modern spiritual text with the power to transmit awakening, The Calm Center will help you open to the deepest and highest experiences of a life fully lived.
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“If you open yourself to their transformative power…each piece will work its magic within you.”
— from the introduction by Eckhart Tolle, author of The Power of Now and A New Earth
“Every now and then a book appears that adds beautiful drops to the stream of ineffable wisdom that has flowed through the ages. The Calm Center is such a book. It opens a path to the authentic self.”
— Elizabeth Lesser, author of Broken Open and cofounder of Omega Institute
“Transcendent yet grounded, profound yet simple, timeless yet refreshingly new. Steve Taylor’s book takes flight and lifts us up, up, up beyond ourselves.”
— Arjuna Ardagh, author of The Translucent Revolution
“The Calm Center calls us back, encourages us on the journey, and reminds us of the joy and ease beneath all the daily trying. These poems help take us home.”
— Oriah Mountain Dreamer, author of The Invitation
“A beautifully written guide into the fierce, liberating aliveness within the present moment. Steve Taylor’s intimacy is transforming.”
— Michael Bernard Beckwith, author of Life Visioning
“A delightful and inspiring collection of teachings spoken from the heart of one who knows.”
— Peter Russell, author of From Science to God
--This text refers to the hardcover edition.
About the Author
Steve Taylor’s books, published in eighteen languages, include Waking from Sleep, Out of the Darkness, and The Fall. Since 2011, he has appeared annually in Mind, Body, Spirit magazine’s list of “the world’s 100 most spiritually influential living people.” He teaches at Leeds Beckett University and lives in Manchester, England.
--This text refers to the hardcover edition.
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Publication date : April 27, 2015
File size : 1916 KB
Word Wise : Enabled
Print length : 132 pages
Publisher : New World Library (April 27, 2015)
Customer Reviews: 4.8 out of 5 stars 119 ratings
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Steve Taylor is the author of The Clear Light, Spiritual Science, The Leap, The Calm Center and several other books on psychology and spirituality. Eckhart Tolle has described his work as 'an important contribution to the global shift in consciousness.' Steve is a senior lecturer in psychology at Leeds Beckett University in the UK. He is the chair of the Transpersonal Psychology Section of the British Psychological Society. For the past nine years, he has been included in Mind, Body, Spirit magazine's list of 'The 100 most spiritually influential living people.' For more information see www.stevenmtaylor.com
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George Ochsenfeld
5.0 out of 5 stars A Guide to the Joyful, Loving, Calm Center Within
Reviewed in the United States on October 14, 2015
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Don’t let the word ‘poems,’ used by other reviewers, stop you from buying this book. These are not the obscure, difficult pieces that many of us encountered in school. They are inspiring, easy to read expressions of spiritual wisdom.
Of the 55 meditations, 41 speak directly to the reader, in a gentle, second-person voice, offering insight, encouragement, and direction on the journey to Now and to the realization that at the deepest level, we are Consciousness itself. The book guides the reader to that joyful, loving, calm center within.
As Eckhart Tolle says in the introduction to The Calm Center, each of these meditations has the power to work magic and bring about, “…a distinct shift in your state of consciousness.”
Steve Taylor, psychologist, writer, and spiritual teacher, has written several books that touch on the topic of spiritual awakening. My favorites are The Fall, Back to Sanity, and Waking From Sleep. They offer brilliant, original insights into human consciousness, utilizing historical, psychological, anthropological, and other scientific data. In spite of their breadth and depth, these books are accessible and fun to read. They offer a visionary path out of the madness currently afflicting our world.
In writing The Calm Center, Taylor has discovered what many mystics and spiritual teachers have known, that good poems can be even more powerful than good prose in conveying spiritual truths.
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Cheri Peterson-Ross
5.0 out of 5 stars Elevation of spirit
Reviewed in the United States on May 17, 2020
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These poems are beautiful and insightful. Each has helped me to live more in the moment and see the beauty present in each event. I read one poem every night before bed or when I need to recentee. Very glad I ordered this book when I heard the recommendation in one of Elkhart Tolle’s sessions.
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essies
5.0 out of 5 stars What's really important
Reviewed in the United States on December 2, 2016
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This book was given to me a a gift and I have gifted my special friends with it. It is such a treasure. Steve Taylor I had never heard of you before, but I am grateful for your exquisite ability to write such short but ever so poignant words. I have used it over and over to start my day or end it with a reminder of what's really important anyway!
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Janet v.
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2015
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I am enjoying this book tremendously….not a lover of most poetry, but this is direct, clean, simple and real.
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MrsLiles
5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT book to have out all the time
Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2017
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GREAT book to have out all the time. When you get the itch to look at your phone/social media, grab this book instead and get a few pages read. It'll do wonders for your soul.
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Frostz1
5.0 out of 5 stars Door to meditation
Reviewed in the United States on April 14, 2019
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This book has often been a part of my morning meditation. Wonderful and insightful. Steve Taylor has gifted the universe
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Lorien Nemec
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful, relevant, timeless
Reviewed in the United States on August 27, 2019
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This book felt like a homecoming every time I read a page. I love how the passages are broken into short readable bites.
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Amy
5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect gift for someone that enjoys spiritual reading and poem ...
Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2018
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Perfect gift for someone that enjoys spiritual reading and poem format. Deep inspirational thoughts and insight. Highly recommend this book!
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Sandra Whitworth
3.0 out of 5 stars Good style and to the point.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 4, 2016
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Steve Taylor's writing resonates with a lot of What Ekhart Tolle has conveyed in his books, It is easy to read and nice book to give to a friend who likes being in the 'here and now'. Its useful to return to it every now and then to touch base with 'Being' when you need it.
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Sue
5.0 out of 5 stars A breathtakingly beautiful collection of meditative poems!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 14, 2017
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A breathtakingly beautiful collection of meditative poems! I actually bought this as a gift to myself, but have given it to my friend as a birthday present so will have to order another one to keep. This is a very special collection which speaks deeply to the stillness and silence within us. They are written from a place of sacred presence and hold an energetic frequency that have the power to take us deeply into the truth and peace that resides within us all. Joyous, healing and sacred words!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful, simple, profound.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 12, 2017
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One of the most beautifully simple and profound books I've read. Don't read any further reviews, just buy it and enjoy :)
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Chris
5.0 out of 5 stars ... just recently awakening and these writings make me feel amazing, they really do bring you into a more ...
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 7, 2016
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Really powerful poems- I'm just recently awakening and these writings make me feel amazing, they really do bring you into a more peaceful, present and joyful state of being. Thank you so much.
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Lesley
5.0 out of 5 stars Everyone should own a copy !
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 8, 2016
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Beautiful poetry, never fails to bring comfort and bring me into presence. I read a poem a day then start all over again. My friends and family love receiving Steve's works as gifts too. I even pack the poems when I travel. Just beautiful.
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