The Secret To Life…According to Eckhart Tolle

It’s something available to every one of us.

[Note: The voice over for this article will appear on Friday, December 5.]

People travel many paths in life. Those paths tend to differ based on the continent/country we live in.

In the poorer parts of the world — Africa, South America, South Asia and the Middle East — eking out a life of subsistence is, unfortunately, as good as it gets for many.

Here in America, it’s mostly about achieving some kind of financial and career success so we can enjoy the finer things in life (good food, car, house, etc.) and some level of notoriety.

I’ve written extensively about the fact that pursuing the finer things and notoriety spring from our egos and as such can never lead to lasting contentment.

A life path that works

What’s a path that does work? And by work, I mean a path that leads us to inner peace and a feeling of being at one with the universe/God or whatever your belief system is.

There are various ways of expressing what that path is. This one by Eckhart Tolle might be the best and most eloquent I’ve come across:

“The secret of life is to die before you die — and find that there is no death.”