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The flower of # consciousness needs the mud out of which it grows.

Eckhart Tolle

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Eckhart Tolle
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: February 16
Author
Philosopher
Writer
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Ulrich Leonard Tölle
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Mud
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Consciousness
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