Eckhart Tolle

Eckhart Tolle is a German “spiritual teacher” and self-help author. His books include The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment, A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose and the picture book Guardians of Being. While working toward his doctorate at the University of Cambridge in 1977, Tolle abandoned his studies after experiencing what he has described as a spiritual awakening and later began working as a spiritual teacher.