Eckhart Tolle doesn't sell lots of books because he "re-vamped" some ancient wisdom.
He sells lots of books because he actually IS enlightened, and is experiencing the truths which he teaches. Just reading "love thy neighbor" or "be at peace" doesn't create love or peace within you. It is an act of your personal Will to literally become those truths. Eckhart Tolle has become the truth which he now teaches, which is why he is so successful.
And about the re-vamping of "ancient wisdom." The reason why his teachings are the same as ancient ones, is because truth is always true. Something cannot exist as truth 1000 years ago but not exist as truth today, because truth is timeless.
So it makes sense that an enlightened man today and an enlightened man 5000 years ago would teach the same thing. They are experiencing the same profound, timeless truths that have always and will always exist.
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