Whatever the ego seeks and gets attached to are substitutes for the Be…

Eckhart Tolle
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Whatever the ego seeks and gets attached to are substitutes for the Being that it cannot feel. ✨ Eckhart Tolle (2006). A New Earth (Oprah #61): Awakening to Your Life's Purpose, p.38, Penguin
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Whatever the ego seeks and gets attached to are substitutes for the Being that it cannot feel. ✨ Eckhart Tolle (2006). A New Earth (Oprah #61): Awakening to Your Life's Purpose, p.38, Penguin

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