Oprah Winfrey is in charge of the world’s largest book club, and soon, she will break new ground and offer online classes for students wanting to investigate some of her favorite books and authors. Starting Monday, March 3, Oprah Winfrey will join Eckhart Tolle, author of New Earth, to teach a ten-week online course about the book and its themes. The classes are free and take place once a week on Monday nights. Each week, students will have a chance to interact with both Oprah and Eckhart Tolle online before and during the class. Each class will correspond to a chapter in the book, and class discussions will revolve around the chapters’ themes.

Eckhart Tolle published New Earth in 2005, and it’s since become a very popular title. The book encourages a collective sense of commitment to changing the way we live for people who want to make a difference. Eckhart Tolle, a spiritual teacher and mystic, recognizes that the times we live in require desperate change on many fronts, and his books answers the important question: what can one person do to bring about that change? Tolle’s book is written very clearly and is easy to understand, and his writing tries to help readers enter new levels of consciousness. He wants to awaken readers to their lives’ true purpose, and to help them achieve that purpose.

Throughout this particular online course, the students will discuss what they have gained from the book and what dysfunctional patterns they see within themselves, and how to turn those patterns around into fulfilling their life goals and purposes.

Tags: Non-Traditional Students, Online Education