something nagging me

I just have to mention this because it bothers me about the whole basis of my research. The first time I heard Eckhart Tolle interviewed on Oprah he said something kind of strange. He was talking about why he wrote the book "The Power of Now". He said he was very depressed and had decided to commit suicide. He said he was thinking to himself that "I am going to kill myself" and he said he suddenly realized that "I" and "myself" were 2 people. That's what got him started thinking about his spirit. I think his thinking about this is completely nuts - it's simply a matter of grammar -NOT 2 people! I have a BA in English so I feel somewhat qualified to speak about this. It's merely 2 different words to refer to yourself depending on where in the sentence your reference is - as the subject or the object. It's kind of amazing that he wrote a book on a complete philosophy based on a misunderstanding of grammar. Does that bother you?