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The most common ego identifications have to do with possessions, the work you do, social status and recognition, knowledge and education, physical appearance, special abilities, relationships, person and family history, belief systems, and often nationalistic, racial, religious, and other collective identifications. None of these is you.

The most common ego identifications have to do with possessions, the work you do, social status and recognition, knowledge and education, physical appearance, special abilities, relationships, person and family history, belief systems, and often nationalistic, racial, religious, and other collective identifications. None of these is you.

Approximate author period: c. 1948 AD · modern

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Author or tradition
Eckhart Tolle
Attribution: attributed
Country attributed
Not established
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Historical period
Approximate author period: c. 1948 AD · modern
Approximate author-period anchor from documented birth year 1948; activity date not established; Wikidata Q60137, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60137 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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Recorded source
Contributor-provided quotation collection

Supplied reference C; CSV row 241071; supplied attribution, independently unverified

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