In normal everyday usage, "I" embodies the primordial error, a misperception of who you are, an illusory sense of identity. This is the ego. The illusory sense of self is what Albert Einstein, who had deep insights not only into the reality of space an time, but also into human nature, referred to as "an optical illusion of consciousness. Eckhart Tolle
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  1. To love is to recognize yourself in another.

  2. The past has no power over the present moment.

  3. Life isn't as serious as the mind makes it out to be.

  4. Realize deeply that the present moment is all you will ever have.

  5. What will be left of all the fearing and wanting associated with your problematic life situation that every day takes up most of your attention? A dash, one or two inches long, between the date of birth and date of death on your gravestone.

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