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Eckhart Tolle ( ; (:ˈɛkaʁt ˈtɔlə), born Ulrich Leonard Tölle on February 16, 1948) is a German-born resident of Canada,〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.eckharttolle.com/about/eckhart/ )〕 best known as the author of ''The Power of Now'' and ''A New Earth: Awakening to your Life's Purpose''. In 2011, he was listed by the Watkins Review as the most spiritually influential person in the world.〔 In 2008, a ''New York Times'' writer called Tolle "the most popular spiritual author in the United States".〔 Tolle has said that he was depressed for much of his life until he underwent, at age 29, an "inner transformation". He then spent several years wandering and unemployed "in a state of deep bliss" before becoming a spiritual teacher. Later, he moved to North America where he began writing his first book, ''The Power of Now'', which was published in 1997〔 and reached the ''New York Times'' Best Seller lists in 2000.〔 ''The Power of Now'' and ''A New Earth'' sold an estimated three million and five million copies respectively in North America by 2009.〔 In 2008, approximately 35 million people participated in a series of 10 live webinars with Tolle and television talk show host Oprah Winfrey.〔 Tolle is not identified with any particular religion, but he has been influenced by a wide range of spiritual works.〔 He has lived in Vancouver, Canada since 1995.〔(About Eckhart Tolle ). ''EckhartTolle.com''. Retrieved March 24, 2015.〕 ==Early life and education== Born Ulrich Leonard Tölle in Lünen, a small town located north of Dortmund in the Ruhr Valley, Germany in 1948,〔〔〔Ruhr Nachrichten (2008-05-27). (Amerikas Guru stammt aus Lünen ) ('America’s guru comes from Lünen'). Retrieved 2010-06-03.〕 Tolle describes his childhood as unhappy, particularly his early childhood in Germany. His parents fought and eventually separated, and he felt alienated from a hostile school environment.〔 While playing in buildings destroyed by Allied bombs during World War II, Tolle felt depressed by his experience of "pain in the energy field of the country".〔Douglas Todd (2008-10-16). (Profile: Eckhart Tolle – of the present, future and mother ). ''The Vancouver Sun''. Retrieved on 2010-02-02.〕 At the age of 13, he moved to Spain to live with his father.〔Parker, John W (2000). (Dialogues With Emerging Spiritual Teachers ). Sagewood Press.〕 Tolle's father did not insist that his son attend high school, so Tolle elected to study literature, astronomy and languages at home.〔Ether Walker (2008-06-21). ("Eckhart Tolle: This man could change your life" ). ''The Independent''.〕〔 At the age of 15, Tolle read several books written by the German mystic Joseph Anton Schneiderfranken, also known as Bô Yin Râ. Tolle has said he responded "very deeply" to those books.〔(''Dialogues With Emerging Spiritual Teachers'', by John W. Parker ) Sagewood Press, 2000.〕 At the age of 19, about 10 years before his "inner transformation", Tolle moved to England and for three years taught German and Spanish at a London school for language studies.〔Claire Scobie (2003-08-31). (Why now is bliss ). ''Telegraph Magazine''. Retrieved on 2010-02-02.〕 Troubled by "depression, anxiety and fear", he began "searching for answers" in his life.〔 In his early twenties, Tolle decided to pursue his search by studying philosophy, psychology, and literature, and enrolled in the University of London.〔 After graduating,〔 he was offered a scholarship to do postgraduate research at Cambridge University, which he began in 1977, and from which he dropped out soon after.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Eckhart Tolle」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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