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You are this universe experiencing itself, very briefly, as a human.

Eckhart Tolle

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Eckhart Tolle
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: February 16
Author
Philosopher
Writer
Luenen
Ulrich Leonard Tölle
Briefly
Experiencing
Universe
Human
Humans

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