📖 Iss Kitab Ke Baare Mein
The Power of Now 1997 mein Vancouver ki ek chhoti spiritual press se nikli thi — koi expect nahi kar raha tha. Tolle pehle 5 saal toh book khud bechte the workshops mein. 1999 mein New World Library ne pick up kiya, aur 2002 mein Oprah ne O Magazine mein recommend ki. Wahaan se game change ho gaya. India mein Manjul ka Hindi translation iss book ko yoga teachers, meditation practitioners, aur even therapists ke liye foundational reading bana diya.
Central idea: aap aapke thoughts nahi ho. Aap woh ho jo apne thoughts ko notice karta hai — 'the observer'. Tolle kehta hai 99% human suffering self-generated hai — past ke memories ko replay karna (regret, guilt) ya future ko imagine karna (anxiety, worry). Real moment — Now — mein actual problems bahut chhoti hoti hain. Mind ne ek 'pain-body' bana di hai aapke andar — purane traumas ka accumulated energy — jo periodically activate hoti hai aur aap ko miserable banati hai. Solution: presence. Apni saans pe attention. Body sensations pe attention. Yeh sun ke 'duh' lagta hai — par actual practice mein extremely hard hai.
Indian readers ke liye yeh book familiar lagti hai kyunki Tolle openly Krishnamurti, Ramana Maharshi, aur Advaita Vedanta ko credit karta hai. 'Witness consciousness' (sakshi), 'thoughtless awareness' (nirvichara samadhi), 'ego dissolution' (ahankar nash) — yeh sab Indian spiritual vocabulary mein already hain. Tolle ne bas in concepts ko Western, secular, accessible language mein repackage kiya. Hindi readers ke liye Manjul ka translation kaafi accurate hai — yoga practitioners aur Vipassana students ke ghar mein common book hai. Critics kehte hain Tolle ko Krishnamurti aur Maharshi ko aur openly credit dena chahiye, aur western audience ko 'discovery' ki feel batake yeh Indian wisdom apne naam likh li. But for someone starting their consciousness journey in Hindi/Hinglish — yeh kitaab definitely worth reading.
Year
1997
Global Sales
10 million+ copies, 30+ languages
In India
Spiritual/self-help category mein top 10 — yoga aur meditation circles ka must-read

