The word God has become empty of meaning through thousands of years of misuse... By misuse, I mean that people who have never glimpsed the realm of the sacred, the infinite vastness behind that word, use it with great conviction, as if they knew what they are talking about. Or they argue against it, as if they knew what it is they are denying. This misuse gives rise to absurd beliefs, assertions, and egoic delusions, such as "My or our God is the only true God, and your God is false," or Nietzsche's famous statmeent "God is dead.
Eckhart TolleThe greater part of human pain is unnecessary. It is self-created as long as the unobserved mind runs your life.
Eckhart TolleWorry means the mind is controlling you. Worry is always pointless. A solution never comes out of worry.
Eckhart TolleOnly when you've truly had enough suffering in your life, are you able to say ' I don't need it anymore'.
Eckhart TollePay attention to the gap - the gap between two thoughts, the brief, silent space between words in a conversation, between the notes of a piano or flute, or the gap between the in-breath and the out-breath. When you pay attention to those gaps, awareness of 'something' becomes - just awareness. The formless dimension of pure conciousness arises from within you and replaces identification with form.
Eckhart Tolle