All Roads Lead to.....

One of the classic teachings of the New Age movement is that all roads lead to the same place. This is simply not true. Eckhart Tolle, in his webast with Oprah Winfrey, stated in session 1 that his teaching is not at odds with those of religion, but "goes deeper". He stated that if you follow each religion deep enough, they all basically end at the same place.

If this is true, than how can those religions have different ends? In Christianity, the end is a relationship with the Living God, and ultimately spending eternity in His presence. In Buddhism, the end is ultimate enlightenment and the cessation of existing. Wicca, on the other hand, strives to bring oneself into communion with nature.

Knowing this, how can these all lead to the same place? If that place is God, no matter how you see that entity, how can some of these lead there if they don't have any consideration for a God?

You see, not all roads lead to the same place. Rather, they each lead in one of two ways: 1) toward God or 1) Away from God. The question is really this, which way are you going to head?

Christianity holds one thing to be true that no other religion has: it's not about us or what we can do. Any other religion is about what I can do. I can be good enough, or I can follow enough rules, or I can do this or that. In Christianity it's about what God can do, and our dependence on Him. We cannot do it on our own, and as soon as we recognize that, we can truly experience freedom from trying to do it ourself.

Tolle, while he's expressing that there is some deeper meaning in life, is still trying to do it on his own. Give up trying, and start relying.