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The past cannot survive in your presence. It can only survive in your absence.

Eckhart Tolle

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Eckhart Tolle
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: February 16
Author
Philosopher
Writer
Luenen
Ulrich Leonard Tölle
Mindfulness
Survive
Absence
Presence
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Past

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