Eckhart Tolle was born in Germany, graduated from the University of London, and was a research scholar at Cambridge University. When he was twenty-nine, a profound spiritual transformation virtually dissolved his old identity and radically changed the course of his life. The next few years were devoted to understanding, integrating, and deepening that transformation and marked the beginning of an intense inward journey. His first book is the #1 best-seller, The Power of Now.