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Awareness is conscious connection with universal intelligence. Another word for it is Presence: consciousness without thought.

Eckhart Tolle

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Eckhart Tolle
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: February 16
Author
Philosopher
Writer
Luenen
Ulrich Leonard Tölle
Universal
Awareness
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Consciousness
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Presence
Thought
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Without
Intelligence

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