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What a liberation to realize that the 'voice in my head' is not who I am. 'Who am I, then?' The one who sees that.

Eckhart Tolle

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Eckhart Tolle
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: February 16
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Philosopher
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Ulrich Leonard Tölle
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