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If you are in a state of intense presence you are free of thought, yet highly alert. If your conscious attention sinks below a certain level, thought rushes in, the mental noise returns, stillness is lost, you're back in time.

Eckhart Tolle

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