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If you completely accept something, it changes. If you completely accept it, it shifts.

Eckhart Tolle

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Eckhart Tolle
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: February 16
Author
Philosopher
Writer
Luenen
Ulrich Leonard Tölle
Something
Shifts
Cosmic
Changes
Accept
Completely
Accepting
Consciousness

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