"As soon as the mind and mind..." - Quote by Eckhart Tolle
As soon as the mind and mind identification return; you're no longer yourself but a mental image of yourself, and you start playing games and roles again to get your ego needs met.
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“Whatever you want to achieve is secondary: the business, the exchange of information, whatever it may be. Yes, you do that also, but there is a deeper foundation - meeting that human being in a state of shared presence.”
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“Mine honour is my life; both grow in one; Take honour from me, and my life is done.”