New World Now

Throughout the past five years, in the first study of its kind, linguist Lisa Smartt has collected more than 1,500 accounts of final words from those who were a few hours to a few weeks from dying. In this expansive conversation, she decodes the symbolism of those last words, showing how the language of the dying points the way to a transcendent world beyond our own. Lisa is the author of Words at the Threshold: What We Say as We're Nearing Death.

What does it mean to be enlightened or spiritually awakened? In this comprehensive discussion, psychologist and best-selling author Steve Taylor draws upon his years of research as a psychologist and on his own experiences to explain what it means to be an awakened person in the world. Steve is the author of The Calm Center and The Leap, both of which were personally selected for publication by Eckhart Tolle as part of New World Library’s Eckhart Tolle Editions imprint.

What does it mean to be enlightened or spiritually awakened? In this comprehensive discussion, psychologist and best-selling author Steve Taylor draws upon his years of research as a psychologist and on his own experiences to explain what it means to be an awakened person in the world. Steve is the author of The Calm Center and The Leap, both of which were personally selected for publication by Eckhart Tolle as part of New World Library's Eckhart Tolle Editions imprint.

Most of us are well-acquainted with the "inner critic." It’s the negative inside our heads that likes to tell us that we aren't good enough, smart enough, and/or thin enough. In this inspiring interview, renowned meditation teacher Mark Coleman explains how mindfulness and compassion can help free us from our inner critic. He offers practical tools that can radically shift the way we think and feel.

Most of us are well-acquainted with the "inner critic." It's the negative inside our heads that likes to tell us that we aren't good enough, smart enough, and/or thin enough. In this inspiring interview, renowned meditation teacher Mark Coleman explains how mindfulness and compassion can help free us from our inner critic. He offers practical tools that can radically shift the way we think and feel.

Brad Warner didn’t expect his whole life to change when he randomly signed up for a class in Zen Buddhism as a young punk rocker in Akron, Ohio, in the late 1980s, but it did. Now some 30 years later, he’s an ordained Soto-Zen priest and best-selling author who is celebrated for his hilarious, edgy approach to Zen. In this fascinating interview, he explains how the practice of intentionally sitting down and shutting up every day has the potential to improve not only our individual lives, but the world around us as well.

Brad Warner didn't expect his whole life to change when he randomly signed up for a class in Zen Buddhism as a young punk rocker in Akron, Ohio, in the late 1980s, but it did. Now some 30 years later, he's an ordained Soto-Zen priest and best-selling author who is celebrated for his hilarious, edgy approach to Zen. In this fascinating interview, he explains how the practice of intentionally sitting down and shutting up every day has the potential to improve not only our individual lives, but the world around us as well.

We’re all striving to live with a more peaceful heart. Yet there are also times when we need to draw upon the courage and strength of a warrior’s spirit. In this timely interview,  Way of the Peaceful Warrior author Dan Millman explains how embodying a peaceful heart and a warrior’s spirit at the same time allows us to act with strength, integrity, and compassion, even when confronted with life’s most challenging moments.

We're all striving to live with a more peaceful heart. Yet there are also times when we need to draw upon the courage and strength of a warrior's spirit. In this timely interview, Way of the Peaceful Warrior author Dan Millman explains how embodying a peaceful heart and a warrior's spirit at the same time allows us to act with strength, integrity, and compassion, even when confronted with life's most challenging moments.

In a world that seems to get more divided by the day, it can be easy to feel like we don’t have control or can’t make a difference. In this far-reaching interview, self-love expert Christine Arylo shares how the paths of self-love and "the feminine wisdom way” can empower us to get clear about what is our part to do in our work, families, and communities, so we have a chance at shifting and shaping this world into the kind we desire to live in. Christine is the author of Madly in Love With Me and Choosing Me Before We.