Episode · The Rubin Report · 2019-06-19
Books mentioned on How Mindfulness Can Bring Balance to Your World (Eckhart Tolle Interview)
Dave Rubin of The Rubin Report talks Eckhart Tolle (Author, 'The Power of Now' & 'A New Earth' ) about his background and experience with anxiety and depression, the essence of mindfulness, consciousn
Eckhart Tolle recommended The Book of Ecclesiastes by Samuel Cox, and discussed Nausea by Jean-Paul Sartre and Anna Karenina by graf Leo Tolstoy. Dave Rubin discussed 12 Rules for Life by Jordan B. Peterson.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Book of Ecclesiastes
The Book of Ecclesiastes is a wisdom text from the Hebrew Bible traditionally associated with Solomon, exploring the meaning of life, human striving, and the ultimate transience of earthly pursuits.
Recommended“if you want to read about that state I recommend in the Old Testament there is the Book of Ecclesiastes which starts with a famous phrase as in the old translation vanity of vanities all is Vanity”
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Nausea
Discussed“and that Norse is actually a novel by example satra where he describes that state so that's exactly how it is”
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Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy is a classic nineteenth-century Russian novel that explores themes of betrayal, faith, family, and societal hypocrisy through the tragic romance of its title character.
Discussed“for example in Anna Karenina at the end of the book just before she commits suicide uh the world the tall story describes how she sees the world just before how she commits suicide”
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12 Rules for Life
12 Rules for Life by Jordan B.
Discussed“I've been on tour with Jordan Peterson and during the Q and A's I see so many people that will say to him you know I just read your book and I'm applying the 12 rules for life and my life is better my relationships better”
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Other mentions in this episode (3) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“I'm Dave Rubin and joining me on the Reuben report today is the internationally best-selling author of The Power of Now which is sold 12 million copies worldwide since it was first published with translations into 52 languages along with his most recent book A New Earth which has already sold over 15 million copies worldwide and has been translated”
“I'm Dave Rubin and joining me on the Reuben report today is the internationally best-selling author of The Power of Now which is sold 12 million copies worldwide since it was first published with translations into 52 languages along with his most recent book A New Earth which has already sold over 15 million copies worldwide and has been translated”
“I just fit into this because we mentioned right before we started that I've been on tour with Jordan Peterson and during the Q and A's I see so many people that will say to him you know I just read your book and I'm applying the 12 rules for life”