BY CATHLEEN FALSANI Religion Columnist
Chicago Sun-Times
Oprah Winfrey has been spiritually educating her viewers for years. On Monday, she began offering formal instruction to more than 700,000 students across the globe.
Before the first session of “A New Earth” — a free, 10-week online class taught by Winfrey and Eckhart Tolle, the German-born spiritual teacher and author of the current Oprah’s Book Club pick A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purposes — according to Oprah .com, hundreds of thousands had registered to take part in the 90-minute cyber sessions each at 8 p.m. on Mondays.
A New Earth is not light reading. It’s esoteric and high-minded. Literally. In his best-selling tome, Eckhart encourages readers to view the book as an opportunity for enlightenment.
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