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Humans are potentially capable of living in a state of consciousness compared to which normal wakefulness is like sleeping or dreaming.

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
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