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We have forgotten what rocks and plants still know - we have forgotten how to be - to be still - to be ourselves - to be where life is here and now

Eckhart Tolle

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Eckhart Tolle
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: February 16
Author
Philosopher
Writer
Luenen
Ulrich Leonard Tölle
Life
Mindfulness
Stillness
Plants
Plant
Forgotten
Rocks
Calmness
Stills
Tranquility
Still
Serenity

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