Good read - The New Earth by Eckhart Tolle

This book does a great job of describing the cause behind personal problems - the ego. It describes how your ego can take over your true self and deny yourself that state of happiness or awareness. Throughout the book, he gives examples and quotes from Jesus Christ, the Buddha, and other spiritual influences and gives clear, simple meanings of their teachings. He introduces the concept of the "pain body", how it feeds off of negative energy (anger, depression, envy) and how it works with the ego to keep yourself in that painful state.

This book is more spiritual and philosophical rather than religious or psychological. I have read a few books on psychology, but this book does not try to diagnose human problems in scientific terms, rather it exposes the root cause of our problems in the ego and how we can become aware, conscious, or enlightened.

I recommend this book to anyone.