艾克哈特·托尔（Eckhart Tolle），生于德国，伦敦大学毕业后，在剑桥大学担任研究员和导师。29岁那年，一次意外的经历彻底改变了他的生活。在接下来的几年里，他致力于解释、整合和深化这种变化。艾克哈特·托尔不倾向于任何一种宗教或传统，在他的教学当中，他用一种简单明了的语言，传达了古代心灵导师简单而深刻的信息：我们可以摆脱痛苦并进入内心的平和世界。目前，艾克哈特·托尔在世界各地旅游讲学，努力将自己的心灵启迪实践传授给世界各地的人。自1996年以来，他居住在加拿大的温哥华。除了这本《新世界：灵性的觉醒》，还著有《当下的力量》。

Building on the astonishing success of The Power of Now, Eckhart Tolle presents readers with an honest look at the current state of humanity: He implores us to see and accept that this state, which is based on an erroneous identification with the egoic mind, is one of dangerous insanity.

Tolle tells us there is good news, however. There is an alternative to this potentially dire situation. Humanity now, perhaps more than in any previous time, has an opportunity to create a new, saner, more loving world. This will involve a radical inner leap from the current egoic consciousness to an entirely new one.

In illuminating the nature of this shift in consciousness, Tolle describes in detail how our current ego-based state of consciousness operates. Then gently, and in very practical terms, he leads us into this new consciousness. We will come to experience who we truly are—which is something infinitely greater than anything we currently think we are—and learn to live and breathe freely.