"There is a wonderful ancient Sufi saying which……" — Eckhart Tolle
"There is a wonderful ancient Sufi saying which I'm going to paraphrase slightly. It says, 'When the heart weeps for what it has lost,' in this case 'heart' means 'ego,' 'when the heart weeps for what it has lost, the spirit rejoices for what it has found.'"
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722 Quotes by Eckhart Tolle
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