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The whole world changes when there's presence - sunlight everywhere - because you're not separate from the world.

Eckhart Tolle

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Eckhart Tolle
Age: 76
Born: 1948
Born: February 16
Author
Philosopher
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Luenen
Ulrich Leonard Tölle
World
Sunlight
Separate
Presence
Everywhere
Changes
Whole

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