If a word doesn't work for you anymore, then drop it and replace it with one that does work. If you don't like the word sin, then call it unconsciousness or insanity. That may get you closer to the truth, the reality behind the word, than a long-misused word like sin, and leaves little room for guilt.

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "If a word doesn't work for you anymore, then drop it and replace it with one that does work. If you don't like the word sin, then call it unconsciousness or insanity. That may get you closer to the truth, the reality behind the word, than a long-misused word like sin, and leaves little room for guilt." in the context of "Eckhart Tolle in The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment (1997) p.71" to mean that wisdom is timeless.