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...the past gives you an identity and the future holds the promise of salvation, of fulfillment in whaterver form. Both are illusions.

Eckhart Tolle

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Eckhart Tolle
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: February 16
Author
Philosopher
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Luenen
Ulrich Leonard Tölle
Identity
Promise
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Illusions
Future
Fulfillment
Form
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Past
Enlightenment
Giving
Salvation
Illusion

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