“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.”

German spiritual teacher and self-help author

Eckhart Tolle is a German spiritual teacher and self-help author, best known for books such as The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment, A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose, and Guardians of Being. His work focuses on spirituality, presence, and personal awakening. The best-known titles associated with him present those ideas in practical form, from spiritual teaching to reflective self-help and, in the case of Guardians of Being, a picture book.