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Being one with life is being one with Now. You then realize that you don't live your life, but life lives you. Life is the dancer, and you are the dance.

Eckhart Tolle

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Eckhart Tolle
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: February 16
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Philosopher
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Ulrich Leonard Tölle
Life
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