To me the ego is the habitual and compulsive thought processes that go…

Eckhart Tolle
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To me the ego is the habitual and compulsive thought processes that go through everybody's mind continuously. External things like possessions or memories or failures or successes or achievements. Your personal history. ✨ Sunday Profile: Eckhart Tolle. Interview with Dan Harris, abcnews.go.com. February 15, 2009.
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