Eckhart Tolle on Shyness, Self-esteem and Ego
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Eckhart Tolle
Eckhart Tolle was educated at the Universities of London and Cambridge, and at the age of 29 experienced what he considered a spiritual transformation that marked the beginning of his life as a counselor and spiritual teacher. He is author of The Power of Now and Oprah's Book Club selection A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life's Purpose.
By Eckhart Tolle
Published on 03/29/2008
If you're shy, then what you fear is to be found wanting. So because you're afraid of that, whatever the disapproval
or the criticism would represent an injury of your mentally made sense
of self which is the ego.