Introduction

Since it was first published in 1997, The Power of Now has already had an impact on the collective conscious­ ness of the planet far beyond anything I could have imagined. It has been translated into fifteen languages, and I receive mail from around the globe every day from readers

who tell me that their lives have been changed through coming into contact with the teach­ ing embodied in the book.
Although the effects of the insanity of the egoic mind are still visible everywhere, something new is emerging. Never before have so many people been ready to break out of collective mind-patterns that have kept humanity in bondage to suffering since time